Mothers Day for my MIL

TOTAL BATHROOM REDO!

 We still need to frame the mirrors and find flooring but she LOVED it!

Izzy's "Its sooo fluffy"

Long story short Izzy and I were in a friends wedding back in February and the bride and I could not possibly seee spending $150 on a dress Izzy might be able to wear 6 months from now. So we plotted and $60 in fabric later and too many hours of sewing to count here is the picture story of what we ended up with.

This is the $150 version at Davids bridal

and a bodice I thought was prettier than the original.

My first attempt at the bodice

bodice all sewn

finished dress minus the embroidered  ribbon belt

embroidered ribbon belt closeup

fun after the wedding

getting ready at the Bride's parents house.

Izzy with the GORGEOUS BRIDE!

Izzy walking down the isle.

Updating furniture

 So I have been helping a friend pack and plan their next move as they travel with her husbands job and the more we thought about it the more we dreaded that trip to find furniture for taking with them. Then is dawned on is the only reason she didn't like the furniture sitting in her garage that was planned for craigslist was the unstained wood look she wanted something finished that she could wipe off her kids messes and go on with life. Sooo a trip to Lowes and 24 hours later we were in her garage while the kids rode bikes staining away with neighbors coming over asking what we were up to and telling us we were crazy. On we went a dining room set and an entertainment center later we are in love with what we accomplished and the results, AND WE SAVED A TON OF MONEY! We even got adventurous and recovered the seats to her kitchen table in less than 3 hours. 

So this is what her garage looked like for 3 days while we worked on it all between Dr apts and running errands and trying to get our phones fixed with 6 kids in tow under the age of 8.

And here are some before and afters

And I will add pictures of the entertainment center and reupholstered chairs later when I remember to snag a shot.

Obsessed with corral!

Well at least the color. Over the past week my grandparents and several aunts were in town visiting and well its inevitable we hit an estate sale. I scored an adoreable pair of earrings and a turquoise and silver necklace for five dollars. I also got several antiqueish books and a beautiful piece of fabric. The fabric was only fitty cents and it has totally inspired me to finish my bedroom. It already has the brown from my velvet curtains i got on freecycle, as well as the sage green that my walls are painted. It has yellow and corral which i will be slowly adding to the room as i give some of my furniture a facelift with paint and stain. Pictures will come as i finish projects and i will have a reveal at the end.

Update! here are some sneak peek picks

Freedom Acres Farm: Hebrew Roots in a Nutshell

Sorry this one is a good post as well enjoy!

Freedom Acres Farm: Hebrew Roots in a Nutshell: Recently a blogger I follow posted on her new found excitement of celebrating the Lord's Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot). I commented that i...

Freedom Acres Farm: Living for a Blessing!

I ran across this wonderful blog the other day thanks to pinterest! they have a cream cheese recipe that totally made my day. I got curious and started looking at the rest of their blog and to my surprise they are on the same journey as we are! Back to our Hebrew roots and closer to our creator without all the traditions that man has created to distract us from the true meaning of being a follower of YHWY. I hope that anyone interested will read this blog post and follow the inks at the end to find out more about our journey. I do not claim to know the answers to life but since Nate and i started studying more and more into Leviticus and feeling like we were missing something in our walk I have felt more confident in my salvation and I feel  "free"  I can not explain it I just don't worry about things or what people think I am just me doing what I can to serve my Lord. 

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dreams come true!

Ok sorry for the delay here is the recipe I promised for the  Orange Cranberry cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.

Orange Cranberry Cupcakes
3/4c butter softened
3 eggs
2 1/2c flour
2 1/2tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 3/4c sugar
1 1/3 tsp vanilla
1 1/4c milk (goats milk)
juice from 3 large oranges
2 TBSP orange zest
2 hand fulls dried cranberries
mix all together and set aside

2 boxes of brownie mix mixed up as directed on box (used coconut oil)
and fill cupcake liners 1/3 full.
fill remainder with cake mix. and bake @ 325 for apx 20 min.

Cream Cheese frosting

1c butter softened
1c cream cheese softened
mix together till fluffy then add extracts
1tsp vanilla
1tsp coconut
1tsp almond
8 TBSP whipping cream
mix together then slowly add in 2lbs powdered sugar one cup at at time.
if too thick add in a little more whipping cream.