Even though my dear mother does not sew, she knows when she finds some fabric that would make a lovely skirt or blouse that I (miss Antoinette) will be happy to make it for her!

We found a lovely giveaway through our dear friend’s blog “Country Hearts At Home” that “Warehouse Fabrics Inc.”

is having a giveaway!!!!

This lovely store is giving away a $50 shopping spree to the providential winner of this lovely giveaway, so head on over and make sure to enter this giveaway!  They have such lovely fabrics, it will be hard to spend only $50 if we win!

The first is over at “Prairie Flower Farm” and you can enter the giveaway by clicking HERE!

She is giving away lots of really neat things so head on over to check it out!

The second is over at a wonderful new site new web-site called “Raising Homemakers”

and they are giving away the whole 10 DVD set of  the “Homestead Blessings” collection!!!!!

WOW, you cannot pass that one up!  I already have the whole set, but I know I could really bless one of my dear friends with them!   You can enter the giveaway HERE!!!

I would also encourage you to read the other posts on the site as it is very refreshing to read!

And last but not least a giveaway at “Homestead Revival” for a very useful family first aid kit!  Enter this giveaway HERE!

This is the lovely hankie that was sent to our winner Miss Lindsay over at Content in Christ!   The colors she picked out are so lovely, it turned out beautifully!

I also have some wonderful news!  I will be changing some things around in my shop and will be selling some of these lovely hankies and even some pillow cases soon!  My love and passion is sewing and so I will no longer be making the scrubs and focusing more on doing what I love…..sewing!   I hope to start selling skirts in the near future too!  You can still buy my lip balm though, that will still be in my shop!

Leave a comment letting me know what you think about the hankie and the up and coming changes to my shop, I just LOVE comments from my dear readers!

Have a blessed week everyone!

Congratulations dear for being the blessed winner of our lovely giveaway!  I (Miss Antoinette) sent you an e-mail, so please respond when you have the time!

Thank you everyone who did enter, it was so neat to see some new bloggers and even a lurker come out of hiding to participate! lol

You other dear ladies would also be very encouraged and absolutely love Miss Lindsay’s blog Content in Christ and she is having a giveaway of her own too, but hurry as it ends the 16th (Friday) of this month! You can enter her giveaway HERE!  She is giving away 2 items she has mad a bag and an apron, and I (Miss Antoinette) absolutely LOVE the apron that is pictured below! Too cute!

Again thank y’all for entering our giveaway and have a blessed week!

God Bless,

That said, a couple months ago as usual being pressed for time I threw some ingredients into a large pot for a quick soup. My whole family raved about it and said it was a “keeper” recipe. Oh dear did I begin to panic while trying to remember everything I had just thrown into the pot! I quickly jotted down the ingredients. A few days later I followed my “recipe” again and nervously waited for the responses. To my relief I was able to actually repeat one of my whims accurately and have made it several times since just to make sure. So my friends, I can confidently share my special culinary whim with you so you may enjoy and I do not have to panic whether or not I got it down right.

Chicken Kale Soup

~makes 6 hearty portions~

In a large pot place:

5 cups water

2 large potatoes, diced

diced 1 cup carrots, diced

Boil gently until almost tender, then add:

1 Tbl. Sea salt

1 Tbl. Minced dry onion

1 Tbl. Garlic powder

½ tsp. fresh ground black pepper

4 cups cooked chicken, cubed

4 cups kale, chopped

1 can (15 oz) garbanzo beans with liquid

1 can (15 oz) diced tomatoes

Simmer for 10 minutes.

Great served with homemade rolls and a big tossed salad.

Enjoy!

Now for another special treat. Our dear friend Christa from Country Hearts at Home is celebrating her blogs first anniversary by having a special giveaway. These items are handmade by her from start to finish and I have to tell you from firsthand experience her work is exquisite….precise….almost perfect! (I say almost because only God is perfect in what He creates) You can spring on over to Christa’s blog (HERE). Tell her the ladies at Practical Simplicity sent you and enter to win her special creations. Read through her post as there are several ways to earn extra entries!

Spring Blessings,

Over at THIS blog, a lady is giving away two Kitchen Aid Mixers! The trick is that when you enter the giveaway, you must mention that “Miss Antoinette sent me” to the giveaway!  If you win and my name is on the comment selected, we both win one of the mixers!  How neat is that!?  I would love to have this in my hope chest!  How about you!?

So join in on the fun!

Blessings in Christ,

Over at “Life In A Shoe” they are having a giveaway for a $50 gift certificate to Marie Madeline Studio!  It goes till this coming Friday, or Saturday,  so head on over and enter before it is too late!

Blessings in Christ,

First off There is a lovely giveaway over at Miss Jasmine’s blog “Joyfully at Home” !!!   She is giving away three paper doll books by “Noble Rose Press” That are so lovely!  I have wanted to purchase these for some time to put into my hope chest, so this is a wonderful opportunity to try and win them and you can too, the winner will be announced next Friday!      You can also visit the ladies who put these paper dolls to greather at their blogs:

Miss Emily Rose at: “Simply Vintage Girl” And her dear sister Miss Breezy at: “A Bowl of Moss and Pebbles”

I have been so encouraged by these ladies blogs, and I hope you will be blessed, and encouraged by them as well!

The second thing is I am going to be doing a special “365 Day Snap Shot Challenge” that I am hosting, and you can read more about, and join me at my photography blog:

“Practical Simplicity Photography”

The challenge should be a fun one, so won’t you join me?

Blessings in Christ,

Miss Antoinette

The first one is a giveaway of Marie Madeline Studio’s new Rout 66 skirt pattern!!! Enter HERE, this giveaway ends on the 8th (Monday) so enter soon!

The next one is another M.M.S item, and this one is a custom apron of your choice!!!!  This giveaway ends on the 10th and you can enter HERE!!!

Have a blessed day in the Lord dear readers!

Love in Christ,

Miss Antoinette

Gretchen from Fashionably Modest Patterns is having a wonderful Valentine’s Day contest for single ladies over at her blog!   Read more about it HERE!   You can see her updated prize post HERE as well!!!   There is lots to win in this contest, so wont you join her?   The deadline is February 16, so hurry and enter as soon as you can!!!

Also, let her know I told you about her contest please!

Blessings,

Miss Antoinette