NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

One pan skillet cookies

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First up – our cookie. I tried something that I found on Pinterest and inspired by our new-found love of cast iron. The awesome part of this cookie is that you make it all right in the skillet. No dirty pans or bowls. It was also really quick. The bad part – Ryan and I […]

Cleaning cast iron skillets

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Okay, this may be one of the most random things I’ve ever written a post about. (And I’ve written about some random things in three years.) The subject: Cast iron My husband has recently become obsessed with old cast iron skillets. He found one in an antique store. Then, his grandmother gave him two more […]

Giveaway: 25 free Shutterfly Christmas Cards

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Christmas is coming, folks. Can you believe it? (Don’t hate me for bringing it up.) And with the approach of the holiday season, I was thrilled to get an email from Shutterfly offering us free Christmas cards as part of their holiday promotion. (And, better yet –  25 free cards for three NewlyWoodwards readers, too.) […]

What I “should” do

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Okay, so I usually stay pretty non-controversial on ye old blog. But there’s something that’s been bugging me. Maybe it bugs you, too. It’s when an anonymous commenter comes to NewlyWoodwards and tells me what I “should” do. If it was only once or twice, I’d ignore it. (And have.) But, now it’s happening on […]

What I "should" do

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Okay, so I usually stay pretty non-controversial on ye old blog. But there’s something that’s been bugging me. Maybe it bugs you, too. It’s when an anonymous commenter comes to NewlyWoodwards and tells me what I “should” do. If it was only once or twice, I’d ignore it. (And have.) But, now it’s happening on […]

Sending postcards with Postcardly

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File this under “why didn’t I think of this?” I recently read about Postcardly, a cool new online service that allows you to send postcards through the snail mail to friends and family with your own photos. Through email. Basically, you set up “fake” email addresses to align with snail mail addresses on the Postcardly […]