NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

Eco-friendly produce bag

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I am clearly not the first person to buy a reusable produce bag, but I am excited about my purchase anyhow. So, I’ll share. We always use our cloth bags at the store, but hate all the little produce bags we end up with. So, I jumped at the chance to buy a reusable produce […]

Homemade peanut butter granola bars

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These are really yummy. You won’t regret making them. This was a recipe given to me by my coworker, Jodi. She always has these in her lunch. One day, she let me try a little. I died of happiness with one bite. Then I grabbed the rest out of her hand and gobbled it down. […]

Spreading the love – first-ever GIVEAWAY!

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I was pretty excited to receive this cute little pumpkin from Emry at My Little Creative Outlet. (Thanks, Emry.) I wanted to spread the love and pass it on, so I decided to make something myself and give away on our blog. This is something we’ve never done, so we’ll see how it goes. Last weekend, […]

Fall-ified window boxes

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  Someone asked what we would do with so many pumpkins from our garden. I picked 12 at first. I’ll probably have another 12 this week. Well… The abundance of pumpkins helped our two window boxes get fall-ified this weekend. I left the ivy in the boxes, cause it’s still growing well. I pulled everything else out. […]

Where was I?

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This is a crazy week for us. Ryan’s traveling with work. So, Frankie and Lola and I are spending some QT (quality time) together. Ryan slaved this weekend to  put up board and batten wainscoting in the dining room. I should try to begin caulking and painting. Here’s a sneak peek. Squeal! While I love it, what […]

The Woodward Pumpkin Patch

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I like pumpkins about as much as I like Christmas trees. A lot people, a lot. A few folks asked about this pumpkin from a past post.  It’s not a Funkin. It’s actually ceramic. My great-aunt made it for us for our housewarming. She made us a snowman for Christmas, too. Loves it. I picked […]