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April 23, 2023

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Happy Sunday friends! I don’t know about your neck of the woods, but the warm weather didn’t last long and we have had everything from snow to hail and rain this past week. On a positive note, my tulips did bloom! As I put this cold, yucky week behind me, I thought I would share all the good Mitten Moments I did see this week.

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Do you remember me telling you that my youngest son recently bought a home? Well, if not, he did and it came with five raised garden beds! He has been gracious enough to let us create a “family garden” We gathered last weekend and worked to gether to get the beds ready.

Stay tuned for some posts on our family garden. I’ll be doing a new series starting next week!

“A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.” — Gertrude Jekyll, British Horticulturist

It’s taken me awhile but I just finished the book Confess by Colleen Hoover. I did enjoy it, but now I need something new to read. If you have any suggestions, I’d appreciate it if you let me know in the comments below!

It was a joyous week for middle son, his wife and our family! His most recent MRI was good and he won’t need any follow-up for a year! That was the BEST moment of the week, hands down!

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Not all my blog posts are about home decor, diy etc. Sometimes, I share what’s on my heart and this week I did just that. I chatted about perserverance and what has worked for me in my life. If you missed it, there’s still time to read The Best Encouraging Advice & Scriptures on Perservance: Overcoming Life’s Challenges.

I hope it encourages you!

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“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” – Walter Elliot

Have you started decorating the inside of your home for spring? I’ve shed all those heavy layers and dark accents for some lighter, brighter decor items!

It feels and looks so fresh!

You can find my favorites in my post The Best & Budget-Friendly Decor Items for Spring. From natural textures to fun spring colors, there is something for everyone’s taste!

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Motivation Monday / Wednesday’s Word

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A Few Of My Favorite Moments

Speaking of gardens, my good buddy Jennifer from Cottage on Bunker Hill make the coolest DIY Custom Clay Plant Markers for her garden.

What a fun DIY and I love the way they look in her garden.

Maybe she’ll take an order and make some for our family garden!

Mitten Moments - Cottage on Bunker Hill

Are you in need of a quick and easy dip recipe? If so, Jen from Midwest Life and Style has the most perfect one! Stop on by her blog and she her recipe for The Best Creamy Spring Herb Dip.

Mitten Moments - Midwest Life and Style

Have you ever heard of Cornishware? Molly from Molly in Maine has the prettiest collection! She shared her Coastal Blue and White Cornishware styled in her beautiful hutch.

Molly has the prettiest home inside and out. One you will want to explore!

Mitten Moments - Molly in Maine

And now…

Here are some other WONDERFUL mitten moments I found:

This DIY Moss Frame Art Gallery

These Easy Weekday Meal Prep Ideas

These DIY Clay Succulent Pots

This Early Spring Garden Tour

These Beautiful and Simple Framed Press Flowers

This DIY Decorative Stand for Over the Table

That’s all the Mitten Moments for this week. I hope you enjoyed them and pray they have inspired you!

I’ll be sharing my monthly Pinterest Challenge with some of my blogging friends this coming week. It’s all about spring door decor.

See you then!

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Comments

  1. cindy says

    April 23, 2023 at 6:55 pm

    so glad to hear the good news about your middle son…thank you for the perserverance scripture

    Reply
    • cottageinthemitten@gmail.com says

      April 23, 2023 at 7:33 pm

      You are so welcome! We are so grateful for his good report!

      Reply
  2. Kelly Radcliff says

    April 23, 2023 at 7:40 pm

    Such a great week full of great news! God is good! Thanks for sharing my framed pressed flowers, thankful for you my friend!

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    • cottageinthemitten@gmail.com says

      April 24, 2023 at 10:16 am

      He is so good!

      Reply
  3. Carol Karl | Living a Real Life says

    April 23, 2023 at 7:55 pm

    Wow, your tulips are awesome. I planted a whole pile last year and not one of them came up. I think it was too warm for them. I can’t wait to see what you do with your son’s garden.

    Reply
    • cottageinthemitten@gmail.com says

      April 24, 2023 at 10:17 am

      Carol, you wouldn’t believe how many we have and how many have been eaten by the squirrels and rabbits! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  4. Elizabeth@pineconesandacorns says

    April 23, 2023 at 8:32 pm

    Kim, happy weekend. Praise the Lord, great news about your son! Loved your perseverance post this week, thank you for sharing!

    The weather here has been up and down but the opposite of you, it’s been unseasonably hot.

    Have a wonderful week Kim!

    Reply
    • cottageinthemitten@gmail.com says

      April 24, 2023 at 10:18 am

      Thanks, Elizabeth! I’m so glad you enjoyed my post on perseverance. Enjoy that warm weather…I’m still dreaming of it! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Jen says

    April 23, 2023 at 8:45 pm

    Thank you so much Kim for sharing my dip recipe. Sounds like it will pair perfectly will all of the yummy things you grow in our family garden.😉

    Reply
    • cottageinthemitten@gmail.com says

      April 24, 2023 at 10:18 am

      Yes! I think it will, Jen! Have a great week!

      Reply
  6. Leslie Watkins says

    April 23, 2023 at 9:10 pm

    Loving so much inspiration this week. Thankful for the great MRI report. Prayers answered. And raised bed garden that you can play in? Yes, please! Thank you so much for sharing my post this week. You know how to touch a friend’s heart! Heading back to read your perseverance post I missed this week. Have a wonderful week, Kim!

    Reply
    • cottageinthemitten@gmail.com says

      April 24, 2023 at 10:19 am

      Definitely answered prayers! Hope you have a wonderful week!

      Reply
  7. Tammy says

    April 23, 2023 at 11:35 pm

    Great news about Mitchell. Thank you for sharing your heart this week. How fun to work on a family garden together at your son’s new place.

    Reply
    • cottageinthemitten@gmail.com says

      April 24, 2023 at 10:20 am

      That garden is going to be such a fun project full of many good memories, I’m sure! Hope you have a wonderful week, Tammy! xo

      Reply
  8. Rachel Harper says

    April 24, 2023 at 7:43 am

    Kim,
    Sounds like you have had a blessed week. So happy your son’s MRI was good and a family garden sounds amazing. Thank you for sharing my DIY this week.

    Reply
    • cottageinthemitten@gmail.com says

      April 24, 2023 at 10:16 am

      Thank you, Rachel! It was a great week!

      Reply
  9. Karin says

    April 24, 2023 at 9:43 am

    Here are the titles of two books you might find interesting:
    1) The Kingdoms of Savannah. George Dawes Green

    2) Verity. Colleen Hoover

    I have just read The Kingdoms… and finished it over a weekend.
    Let me know if you found these books at least interesting.

    Reply
    • cottageinthemitten@gmail.com says

      April 24, 2023 at 10:21 am

      Thanks so much, Karen! I did read Verity and I loved it! I will check out your other suggestion. Have a wonderful week!

      Reply
  10. Molly says

    April 24, 2023 at 2:58 pm

    Hi Kim! You are so sweet to share my Cornishware blog post today! Thank you! We have similar chilly wet weather here in Maine. Today is a “feels like” of 33. I am so ready for spring weather! It looks like you have lots to look forward to with your new family garden, though! How fun! So happy to hear your middle son’s MRI was good news. Yay! I so admire your perseverance and positivity!

    Have a great week, my friend!

    Reply
    • cottageinthemitten@gmail.com says

      April 25, 2023 at 12:48 pm

      Thanks so much, Molly! Praying the weather takes a warm turn for the both of us! Have a wonderful week!💙

      Reply

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