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Back in the day (I'm admitting that I'm old) when I played sports, we received trophies for prizes. It was recently brought to my attention that some sports today are receiving medals and rings for prizes after winning a big competition. This makes perfect sense to me as these must be easier to display and carry around.  We had requests for a personalized way to display these images of triumph. Here's the result:   The hubby built the frame and center shelves.      I painted the frame white to mimic the home plate.      I painted the design...

We have some exciting news to share: We have moved!  We have been contemplating this change for a little while. We decided that we wanted to expand our businesses and homesteading adventures and wanted a bit more acreage to accomplish this task. Here's our story.   We had been discussing the future for a while but didn't really take any steps to make it happen. We perused the typical home sites but never took any major steps. Until, the day that we found a large property that had two houses on it with a shared driveway. We knew that my...

The feelings of stress and anxiety in our culture is almost palpable. I recently listened to a presentation by Joel Salatin where he described today's society as similar to a bee hive that has been jostled. The people, or bees,  are uptight and buzzing around looking to attack the threat without knowing what the threat may be. He explained this analogy better than I did, but it made sense.  It wasn't long after the conference that I witnessed heated conversations from both view points. They all had some things in common:      - Heated emotion     - Derogatory...

We were recently contacted by a customer that wanted our help with replacing their shutters. This was a new project for us but we were excited for the challenge.    Here are a few pictures of the old shutters:     The customer chose a design for the shutters and the hubby went to work. In order to withstand the weather conditions that these shutters must face, cedar wood was chosen for the project. Here are the shutters that he completed for them:     We offered to add a stain or paint to the shutters but the customer wanted...

We recovered an old horseshoe from a local horse farm and wanted to find some way to give it a new life.  We cleaned the horseshoe with a mixture of vinegar water and elbow grease. It looked great but needed something else.... When you think of horseshoe, you think of horses. When you think of horses, no other state comes to mind more quickly than the beautiful state of Kentucky. So, we attached the reclaimed horseshoe to one of our Kentucky signs and the result was even better than we expected!   And we weren't the only ones that felt...