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Buy It For Life

Buy It For Life

Buy it for life. Buy once, buy well. Investment piece. It comes by many names, but boils down to the same idea. Why Buy It for Life? As a household of ten, we are, by both necessity and nature, frugal. Often, this means not buying the cheapest option, but investing in...

What is Vegetable Tanned Leather?

What is Vegetable Tanned Leather?

So, what exactly is vegetable tanned leather? There are a lot of leather options out there - it can get confusing! First, let's start with the basics. Leather is a material created from the hide of an animal, most frequently steer. In reality, these hides are a...

Christians and Sustainability in the Fashion Industry

Christians and Sustainability in the Fashion Industry

As Christians, are we called to a life mindful of sustainability? I'd argue vehemently that we are. This Earth is a gift entrusted to us by Our Creator and, just like a unique and precious gift given by someone we love, we should treat it with care and attention. It's...

How Can I Use Leather in the Kitchen?

How Can I Use Leather in the Kitchen?

There are so many beautiful uses for leather in the kitchen! Leather is such a beautiful, durable, and useful material and it really shines in the kitchen or bar. Leather is not only incredibly versatile but also provides the perfect touch of understated luxury for...

Why is Vegetable Tanned Leather Superior?

Why is Vegetable Tanned Leather Superior?

Leather is one of the oldest, most durable material known to man. A quick googles search will tell you that man has been preserving animal hides and using them for shoes, clothing, and shelter since at least 400 BC. The idea of nose to tail animal use isn't new! Let's...

Wild Things Schooling Running Amok

Wild Things Schooling Running Amok

Everyone is doing some sort of schooling at home these days. Be it a marching on of the regular homeschooling or eLearning distributed from their brick and mortar school. I know a lot of people are stressing out about the situation in which they've landed and I...

God Always Provides

God Always Provides

As I scrolled through Facebook the other day, I stumbled upon  a piece about large families. It was an outline of things you should never say to a mama of many. All of the expected, regular comments were there including that old zinger “how do you AFFORD all these...

5 Favorite Camping Recipes

5 Favorite Camping Recipes

Early morning coffee is my favorite part of family camping trips. Quiet and peaceful, you can see and hear the world waking up around you. The air is a little crisp and with any luck, the kids are still sleeping away in the tent. But as soon as they wake up, you know...

St Louis – City for Family Fun!

We've visited St Louis about a dozen times in the last year. Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis That sounds crazy, doesn't it? We certainly don't live nearby. It's about a five hour drive for us. When our youngest was born with Bilateral Clubfoot, I researched my little...

Batch Cooking Homemade Hot Pockets

Batch Cooking Homemade Hot Pockets

My kitchen is the most used room in the house. It seems that someone is always in there searching for a snack, cooking something up, or grabbing a drink (but never washing a dish. Hmm...) {This post contains affiliate links} Having food on hand, which require little...

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