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ClassiclyAmber The Nifty Thoughts & Creative Ideas of a Mini-Farm Fam

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ClassiclyAmber · 2W ago

Our Kitchen Shelves

I couldn’t take it any longer. The kitchen cabinets were nearly ostracizing me from the area. I had to conquer. So I did…and much has been banned from the kitchen, including appliances we don’t use, plastic drinking cups and TONS of mason jars! On this cabinet above, the doors came off to create op

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ClassiclyAmber · 3W ago

Staying Creative

Here is a cute but inspiring vid with tips on staying creative. A dear friend shared it with me a while back, and I just rewatched it for a memory jog. Which one of these ideas are you in the most need of right now?

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ClassiclyAmber · 1M ago

Meet Barnabas.

Sorry that he didn’t want to wake up for his interview…It’s a lot of work being a puppy, you know. We’ve been wanting a dog like this for a long time. Barnabas is 8 weeks old, and is a Great Pyrenees. He will be helping us keep up with all the animals outside once we get [...CLICK for more article

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ClassiclyAmber · 1M ago

Natural Cold + Congestion Relief

The recent sick stuff we had going on here transformed to this annoying, lingering cold and congestion dealio for my hubby and myself. My mindset is to avoid the doc/hospital unless absolutely necessary, so we’ve been treating this here at home and getting some relief. Just thought I’d share a few

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ClassiclyAmber · 1M ago

Gianna Turns 5

This past week, we have celebrated the 5th birthday of our oldest girl, Gianna Belle. We have 5 children, and it never ceases to amaze me the speed at which they grow. My daughter, was it not but recently when we wrapped you snug as a bug in the blanket your great grandmother knitted for you? [...

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ClassiclyAmber · 1M ago

Double Rainbow

We’ve recently gotten some decent rain – and afterwards? …This lovely double rainbow filled the skies behind our homestead. The kids thought it was so cool! Nolan was so sure he saw gold at the end of it! =-P Well, we didn’t find it, but we were thankful for the rain and did enjoy the [...CLICK for

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ClassiclyAmber · 2M ago

Maidenhair Fern Care

This past weekend, my bestie and myself revisited some antique booths and both of us fell in love with a particular potted plant. Looking around, we observed lots of these plants spotted all over the place. Not only that, but women were SNATCHING them up~! We nabbed a couple for ourselves and then

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ClassiclyAmber · 2M ago

Colored Claw Foot Tubs

I recently finished up a graphics package for a client and used a pic of our claw foot tub. In it, though, I changed up the color of the tub to pop. The current color on our tub is brown, a shade that hubby added on when he refinished our tub when we built our [...CLICK for more article goodness!---

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ClassiclyAmber · 2M ago

Lofty Reading

Ah, so this has been on the brain lately. Wouldn’t a small loft above be a wonderful zone to read? For what we have here in the living – I would opt to do somewhat of a combo of the 1st and 2nd pics here. The walls would be lined with shelves of books. Our ceilings [...CLICK for more article good

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ClassiclyAmber · 2M ago

Happy Saturday

It’s been a lovely, restful Saturday here at the homestead. This pic isn’t from today, but from recently. What do you think of all those stripes? Is it fantastic much? There were soooo many of them that morning that we went out and took some quick shots. The winds briskly floated them away and brou

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