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Download this free printable 8×10 Sisters print! Shortly after I started The Birch Cottage blog, we found out that our oldest son and his wife were expecting. We were going to be grandparents! A very short time later, we were told that we would soon become the grandparents to twins. Jennifer actually carried the twins full term. Our little Pearl was born first, followed within
You can enjoy the scent of sweet lemonade all year long with this Lemon Sugar Scrub! When I think of summer, fresh squeezed lemonade is definitely one of the things that comes to my mind. You know, those glasses of lemonade that you can buy at the county fair where they squeeze the giant lemons right there in front of your eyes, pour it over
Download these 14 free printable vintage cactus illustrations – perfect for your Southwest decor! A few years ago, my husband and I took several weeks to travel from Ohio to California and back. It was quite the road trip and we absolutely loved every minute of it. Our daughter was stationed on the USS Essex and they had been underway in preparation for going on
As I was working on creating some patriotic cupcake toppers, I thought it would be really cool to create some Canada Day Cupcake Toppers for our Canadian friends, too. You see, we really do have Canadian friends. Our family vacations in Canada every summer. In fact, my husband’s family has vacationed in French River, Ontario, Canada for well over 50 years. It started with Lenny’s
Are you starting to think about July 4th? I sure am and these free printable patriotic cupcake toppers are the perfect touch of red, white and blue that you need for all your Independence Day family gatherings. The month of July is special to our family and not just because we’re patriotic. I mean, with two sons serving in the Army and a daughter in
Download this free printable 8×10 Beautiful Things print for your home! I ran across this beautiful things quote online and I just thought it would make a lovely sign or print or wall hanging to brighten your home and to remind us (all of us) that the most beautiful “things” in life are the moments and memories we share with the people we care about.
I think these vintage airplane illustrations would just make the perfect wall decor for a boy’s bedroom or even your husband’s den. My dad’s birthday is May 8th, so in celebration of his birthday, I’ve put together this collection of free printable vintage illustrations. I’ve been intentionally trying to create and share more prints that are a little more masculine, such as these masculine art
I created these Floral Bicycle Sugar Hand Scrub Labels for Mother’s Day especially with mom in mind. There are three similar, but different designs of sugar hand scrub printable labels to choose from. Sugar Hand Scrub If you aren’t familiar with my favorite sugar hand scrub, you can read all the detailed instructions here and here. I absolutely love this sugar hand scrub and I honestly
Celebrate Mother’s Day with this free printable bicycle floral Mother’s Day card. No matter what you get mom for Mother’s Day, she always, always looks forward to receiving cards from her children. By the way, Mother’s Day is just around the corner – May 18th this year. Mother’s Day is a bitter sweet day for me as my mother passed away when I was but
Download this set of three free printable sympathy cards! To say this past week or so has been an emotional roller coaster ride, is somewhat of an understatement. We started the month of April off anticipating the arrival of our grandson. We welcomed our grandson into the world and he is an absolute perfect bundle of joy, sweetness and love. Then this past weekend we
Download these three free Contentment and Thankfulness 8×10 prints! Do you ever find yourself wondering if you’ll ever truly be happy? Or wondering how you even find true happiness? I have to admit, that thought used to cross my mind – a lot. You see, I wanted a perfect life and I wanted everything in my life to be perfect. I thought that if everything
I thought it would be nice to create a set of printable care tags for your handmade gifts. Since I’ve been sharing a Learn to Crochet series and encouraging you to make handmade gifts, I thought a set of printable care tags would be a nice added touch. This post contains affiliate links to products I recommend. If you click on a link and make
