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Gingerbread House Cake

Gingerbread House Cake

What do you get when you mix a gingerbread house with a cake? A gingerbread house cake! I'm not sure you could find a cheerier holiday cake than this, and it's tasty too. Here are the steps involved in making your own! Make the gingerbread cake batter found on the...

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Festive Kitchen Christmas Tree

Festive Kitchen Christmas Tree

Decorating the kitchen with a small Christmas tree adds an extra bit of holiday cheer to your home. To continue my gingerbread theme this year, I made mini gingerbread houses and tiny stars for the ornaments and strung fresh cranberries as a garland. To finish it all...

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How to Make a Fuller Garland

How to Make a Fuller Garland

I love the tradition of placing a garland around the front door and I've discovered that I can make it much fuller by adding more elements to the garland once it's hung. I'll show you how! The first step is hanging the garland. I don't want to place any nail holes on...

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Curated Holiday Cookie Box

Curated Holiday Cookie Box

Last year, I shared inspiration for creating Christmas cookie boxes for gift giving. This year I'm sharing more inspiration for creating these curated little boxes of cookies. Imagine the typical plate of homemade holiday cookies you've probably baked many times, and...

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How to Make Hand-Formed Sugar Cookies

How to Make Hand-Formed Sugar Cookies

One of my favorite things to bake during the holidays is sugar cookies and to use them in my curated cookie boxes. A big part of that process is creating cute new cookie designs that are hand-formed. So, what are hand-formed cookies anyway? Basically, they're cookies...

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Holiday Shaped Sugar Cookies Recipe

Holiday Shaped Sugar Cookies Recipe

What's the holiday season without festive cookies?! It just wouldn't be right, I say! I first created this recipe to make hand-shaped cookies that I use in cookie boxes for gift giving. I needed the cookies to not get puffy when baked, and stay true to their shape to...

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IT'S ME, SERENA!

In 2002, I was dreaming of creating a fun and happy little event to sell my vintage and handmade goods. In 2002, I held my first event in my neighbor's barn along with a handful of friends. The sale became wildly popular and began attracting visitors from across the country and recognition in national magazines. Today The Farm Chicks Vintage & Handmade Fair fills the Spokane County Fairgrounds and features hundreds of creatively and carefully curated spaces packed with vintage and handmade goods. Many describe it as a bucket list event, magical, inspirational, and the best event of its kind in the USA. I describe it as the best weekend of the year!

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ALL ABOUT THE FAIR

The Farm Chicks Vintage & Handmade Fair 2024

The Farm Chicks Vintage & Handmade Fair 2024

Where my beaches at? The Farm Chicks Fair, of course! There's no better way to kick off the start of summer than at The Farm Chicks Vintage & Handmade Fair! And what could be more fun than a summer beach theme for this best weekend of the year? We're pulling...

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The 2023 Farm Chicks Vintage & HandmadeFair

The 2023 Farm Chicks Vintage & HandmadeFair

We're always digging up cute stuff! The Farm Chicks Vintage & Handmade Fair, June 3 & 4, 2023 at the Spokane, Washington Fairgrounds. Hours: Saturday, June 3: 9am-6pm and Sunday, June 4: 9am-4pm. We can't wait to see you soon!

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The 2020 Poster That Never Was

The 2020 Poster That Never Was

With all of the disappointment that came with having to cancel the 2020 Farm Chicks Fair, I never even got around to officially sharing the poster and talking about the theme, so I thought it'd be fun to share it even though it will now never come to be. The 2020...

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AROUND THE HOME

Christmas Tree with Real Gingerbread Ornaments

Christmas Tree with Real Gingerbread Ornaments

My love for gingerbread houses continues to grow and this year, I decided to go all out and deck our tree as if it were a mountain village of gingerbread homes. Not only was this project such a cheery boost for my spirit, it brought back nice memories of childhood...

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How to Care for Potted Mums

How to Care for Potted Mums

No autumn season seems complete without a cheery mum or two adorning the front stoop or porch. The key is keeping the plants healthy all through the season, so I've compiled some tips for selecting and growing healthy mums. When selecting your Chrysanthemum plants,...

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Kitchen Tour

Kitchen Tour

Life in the house is beginning to feel more settled since we moved in and I thought it'd be a nice time to finally share a tour of the kitchen. The space is really open and includes a small bar area off to one side and the dining room on the other side.There are two...

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