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  Making homemade powdered flower food is a simple and effective way to nourish and prolong the life of your fresh flowers.     Powdered Flower Food is something you can create with just a few simple household items: sugar, baking soda, and citric acid. We use this recipe for our fresh cut flowers at […]

How to make your own Powdered Flower Food

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flowers cut

Bottle up the blooms outside and create your own Spring Perfume! Light, fresh, and a great Mother’s Day gift! A Seasonal DIY Perfume There’s a point in spring where things start to shift, even if nothing outside looks all that different yet. The air changes first. Windows stay open a little longer into the night. […]

Simple Spring Perfume You Can Make Yourself

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The inevitable change. The moment when suddenly your kids aren’t littles running around the house anymore, but teenagers (and soon to be young adults) ready to take their own leap forward. I’m feeling it now more than ever, so come sit with me, friend (you may need to grab a tissue). Today I drove one […]

How Did We Get Here? On Parenting Teens and Letting Go

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Mother and daughter in kitchen

Creamy, savory, and a flavor that takes you right back to childhood Some traditions just carry Sunny days, Grandma’s warm voice welcoming us into the kitchen, hands of siblings fighting over her fresh jar of bread and butter pickles – these moments are what treasured memories are made of. Growing up, every visit to my […]

Delicious Bread and Butter Pickle Dip | A Reimagined Family Recipe

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Homemade Pickle Dip

If you’re prepared, you’re not scared – in this case, of a rocky family vacation. Whether this blog has found you before your spring break trip, your winter skiing excursion, or your first time out of the country with the family, welcome and settle in for the 9 most important skills I’ve learned for handling […]

Planning & Executing a Successful Family Vacation (Without Losing Your Mind)

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Sailboat in the ocean

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