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Merry Christmas From Briarberry!
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday season! Take some time to celebrate and spread joy and love. I hope you have the opportunity to enjoy the warmth of friends and family and that you have everything you need and more. For Christmas this year, our family had the opportunity to host a Christmas Eve dinner. We decked the halls and invited loved ones and a few friends to share the evening together celebrating old and new traditions. For me, this really is the most wonderful time of the year made better by the spirit of sharing and remembering the birth of a tiny baby who came to change…
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Cancer Doesn’t Get to Take Everything
Like all of you, I hate cancer. The past two weeks our family has been mourning and saying farewell to a beloved family member, my Father-in-Law, Kurt. He was one of the very best ones. Someone who knew how to love people the moment he met them, as he did with me. He knew how to serve people and gave every part of himself to the people and causes in his world that needed him. We love him and will forever feel that it was too soon to have to say goodbye. He fought bone cancer as long as he could before it took him. These weeks of sadness and…
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Burnt Custard Pear Pie
As a child growing up, I have such golden memories of Thanksgiving and the beautiful dinner, always far too much, even for our giant extended families to eat. I loved walking in from the crisp outside air to smell the mixture of all the warm, traditional smells of Thanksgiving coming from the kitchen. Then seeing the bustle of activity as my Aunts and Uncles, Parents, and Grandparents rushed to make the final touches on the special dish they prepared, each one made with extra care to share with loved ones on this day. Beautiful place settings, the tinkling of glass and silverware, and the fun of looking around the room…
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Holiday Treasures Charcuterie Board
As we enter the start of the holiday season I start to look for some of my favorite treats and delights in stores and shops that are special because they remind me of holidays and sparkling memories. For your holiday parties and events, make a board that encompasses all of your favorites surprises to share. With something for everyone, it will be a hit at Thanksgiving and Friendsgiving as well as being a pretty snack and conversation starter. Supplies: Log cutting Charcuterie Board- Try this one. Costco Shopping list: Dried Pears, Dried Strawberries, Croissants, White Creme and Peppermint Pretzel crisps, Sonoma Creamery Pepper Jack Cheese Crisps. Local Grocery shopping list:…
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Waffle Stitch Pillows
As soon as the bustling excitement of Halloween is over, I find myself tidying my home and reaching for all of the details that add coziness and warmth. Cooler temperatures have crept in and my way of welcoming each season in its time is to create soft and comfortable spaces. Waffle stitch for crochet is one of my favorite stitches. It’s not too difficult to learn and once you have it, you’ll love it’s repetition and soothing texture. These pillows work up more quickly than they seem because we will only be crocheting the front panel and then using our sewing skills to make a zippered back. A sewing machine…
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A Zombie Potato Charcuterie Board
A wise person once said, “Charcuterie Boards are basically adult lunchables.” I have loved browsing ideas for charcuterie boards all over the internet and seeing some of these fun ideas show up at get togethers and events. I love the creativity and uniqueness that you can add to each board, making each addition coordinated to the theme of the board, or sometimes something totally different can be added to create just the right touch. For October, I have been brainstorming a charcuterie board with Macabre details and Zombie flair. Have a look and give these a try. They are just as delicious as they are spooky and they will be…
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Spiced Apple Cider Donuts
I have been known to be easily coerced into making all sorts of questionable decisions when the result will end in donuts. This time of year, I think one of the best trick or treats might be donuts on a string. There might have been a time when I would have shied away from looking silly while trying to wolf down one of the magical donuts dangling from a string, but on Halloween, it’s right up my alley. You might be someone who is skeptical about the amazing deliciousness of a donut on a string, and if you are, I would like you to give these donuts a try and…
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Swiftie Bracelets
Let’s face it. You’re going to the movie. You either weren’t able (like me) to spring for the tickets to the tour and so you missed it live, or you DID see it and you can’t wait to relive the fun. Either way, you’re probably going to need a few friendship bracelets. I took my daughters to the Eras Tour movie for our Witches Night Out and we had such a blast and made some fun memories. We loved the positive energy of the other (mostly tweens and teens) people in the crowd, the way everyone danced from their seats with a few very excited fans rushing to the front…
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Pudgy Candy Corns
A Beginner Friendly Crochet Pattern Representing the warm colors of Autumn with their sugary sweet taste, candy corns are everywhere you look at this delightfully fun time of year. I love the old fashioned, nostalgic flair that these Pudgy crochet Candy corns bring when I set them around the house. From decorating a bed, to the fireplace mantle, hiding them in the throw pillows on the couch or set up on the dining room sideboard, these candy corn are making me smile just like the sweet treats they are reminiscent of. Materials: Gauge: 8 Stitches X 10 Rows = 2″X 2″ Square Pattern used for gauge: Single Crochet Sizes: Finished…
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Pumpkin Patch Skirt
Intermediate advanced crochet pattern for size 18 months to 2T skirt It’s a favorite tradition in our family to take the kids to the local pumpkin patch and turn them loose in the fields hunting for the perfect pumpkin to carve. I always love seeing the ones they pick and later, how they end up transforming them into scary visions of Halloween terror. While they are searching for their own version of the perfect one, I look for a Sugar Pie Pumpkin to make pies and cookies with and we buy honey and sugar cookies at the farm counter as we’re leaving. There’s something extra fun and exciting about introducing…
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