Biscuit Top Chicken Pot Pie

Biscuit Top Chicken Pot Pie is not only one of my favorite casseroles, but an easy go to meal that kids of all ages like.  Chock full of veggies, and made from all natural ingredients (no canned soups in this one!) It’s my husband’s favorite too, and while he isn’t picky at all, he makes

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Inspiration Monday Party | 7 Fabulous Room Reveals

Welcome back to the Inspiration Monday Party!  And we are so glad you share your love of creating with us each and every week.  Don’t forget to share the love by rocking our sweet party button on your page and visiting some other links at the party too. If you are new here welcome, here

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3 things: Remove the roadblocks that take away your joy and creativity

 source Living a creative life, and pursing creativity can be stress-relieving and relaxing. An outlet in a hectic and sometimes painful world. But sharing our hearts, thoughts, art, words, makes us vulnerable too. To create and share, means we have to expose that side of us. Being daring and adventurous enough to see not just

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Show + Tell Saturday at twelveOeight

The sun is shining this morning, and the rooftops have frost upon them that stubbornly clings as the sun attempts to warm them.We are spending today busy finishing up a few projects, and making dinner to share together with our daughter, hubby and sweet little Kaleb this evening. A walk with the dog, perhaps just

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Rustic Valentine Countdown Calendar

This is the first countdown calendar I have made, and now I am officially hooked. We are working on a thrifty do it yourself wood fireplace mantel for our gas fireplace, and I hope to have it done soon. We have done some restructuring to our homeschool time, and trying really hard to stick to

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Winter Dining Room Decor | with Amy from The Blissful Bee

Hello twelveOeight readers! It’s Amy here from The Blissful Bee and I’m so happy to be back again with some fun eye candy for you all today. With Christmas being over, we all tend to pack up our Christmas decorations and just go back to our “default” decor. This year I have tried to keep

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Inspiration Monday Party | You Bake Me Happy Features

Welcome back for another fun party this week! We hope your 2014 is already off to a blessed, creative start, and know that you will find even more inspiration here this week. Choosing party features is really hard because y’all are so amazing and talented. You are!! And we are so glad you share your

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Show + Tell Saturday at twelveOeight

I love Saturdays. A big cup of strong coffee with some milk (and caramel of course.) It’s quiet for a bit, and I can share some of the beautiful things I spied this week with you. January is a time of renewal, restoration and sometimes getting back on the path we desire.  Here are a

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Easy Cheddar Broccoli Soup | Sharing the blog love too

I cannot think of a time of year that we enjoy soup more than the cold days of Winter. Now that the tree is down and my days have become a bit more organized, I am trying really hard to stay on track with laundry and meal planning. Am I the only one that just

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Peanut Butter + Chocolate Chunk Brownies

Some days are chocolate days. I personally find that I function at a much higher level with enough coffee and chocolate to fuel a small army. We have two options each day, happy mommy or not as happy as she could be mommy. That’s right, you know the one I always choose. Since chocolate and

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How To Save Money On Kids Clothes + My Sytem That Works Part 1

Clothing a large family can get expensive.  Real quick. I have used a system like this for years, coming up with new ideas, tweaked them over time and created a streamlined system that works really well for me. You don’t have to have a large family to reduce spending in some important areas however.  Years

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Inspiration Monday Party | Healthy Recipe Ideas

~Happy 2014!~ We are so excited to get our 1st 2014 “Inspiration Monday Party” started. This is the place where your links are seen simultaneously on all four blogs at once.. all you need to do is link up to ONE of our sites. For most of us, the new year usually brings with it

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Tommorow Is A New Day | Free Printable with Brooke from Blissful Roots

Hey friends! We have a special treat today, a printable to begin the  New Year with a grateful spirit.  Brooke from Blissful Roots has created this  free printable just for us, thank you Brooke!! Happy new year twelveOeight readers, don’t you LOVE new beginnings?   I absolutely do!   I’m so glad the new year begins right

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Moss + Twine Wrapped Topiary

I decided to do a topiary head count today, including the Christmas topiary pair gracing the sofa table, I counted eight. I’m not sure if that is too many. But the count will be reduced to six once all of the Christmas decorations have been put away. That was until, I put some laundry away.

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Favorite Recipes 2013

Wishing you a wonderful, blessed & abundant year in 2014 friends! I had so much fun putting together the Best DIY roundup for 2013 and seeing how far we have come around our house. And I couldn’t forget about what we whipped up in the kitchen so here is a group of my favorite things

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twelveOeight’s BEST DIY Projects of 2013

  There may still be a list of things to be done around our home (it would help if we all didn’t keep thinking of new things right?) but I had a blast seeing how far we have come in just a year. You are the reason, by the way. I can sand and paint,

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Inspiration Monday Party | DIY New Year Ideas

Last party of the year AND it’s a FOURTH MONDAY party…our favorite kind. We have a special guest hostess joining us during this fun holiday season!If you’re linking up via Glitter, Glue & Paint, WELCOME! We’re so glad you’re here. And welcome back to all of our regular party-goers, as well…you guys always rock this thing! Today your

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Welcome to twelveOeight! I’m Tanya and I am so glad you are here. If you are ready to start loving the home you have now, then join me on my mission. One thrifty project at a time we can make our today homes our dream homes.

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