Happy Mother's Day! I hope you are enjoying this special day yourself or celebrating it with your mother. Remember when I wrote about my Great-Grandmother's recipes that were written down in a little notebook on old Christmas cards? Well, that post put me in touch with my cousin, Katie Clemmons. Katie and I share the… Continue reading Happy Mother’s Day and Journal Giveaway
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Love rules.
Happy Earth Day
Every day should be Earth day. That's what our planet needs: every single day devoted to treating the world we live in with more thought. Reduce, reuse, recycle is good but refusing needs to be the first "R" in the list. We all need to live like the Earth won't last forever because at this… Continue reading Happy Earth Day
Happy Five Year Blog Anniversary Plus a Giveaway
Yes, I'm skipping about wearing gingham because this month marks five-years since I first pressed 'publish' and Go Gingham came to be! Wondering how five years have gone so quickly? Me, too! Even though there's no gingham in these pictures - we're celebrating this five-year milestone with fruit instead of gingham. This apple came from… Continue reading Happy Five Year Blog Anniversary Plus a Giveaway
Green Living Tip 24 {Use Maps for Gift Wrapping}
Today's green living tip: use maps for gift wrapping. It's green, unique, and saves money to wrap gifts with maps. Old maps are abundant (and extremely inexpensive, or free) at garage and estate sales. There may even be a stash of them in your basement or storage area. Maps can be cut and used to… Continue reading Green Living Tip 24 {Use Maps for Gift Wrapping}
Hello Site Re-Do
Well, it's finally done - Go Gingham's site re-do. Our IT department has been hard at work the last few months and they're still working through some kinks so if you find a broken link or something doesn't load properly, please let our web developer me know. Why re-do Go Gingham? This site is now… Continue reading Hello Site Re-Do
Our Year Long Home Organization Project and Having Less Stuff
The results are in from last year's home organization project and our goal to have less stuff. The verdict? I'm thrilled. The space is glorious. Drawers are opening and closing without bursting. Much like space in the margins of a book - or a website not being too cluttered - that's what it looks like.… Continue reading Our Year Long Home Organization Project and Having Less Stuff
Favorite Food and Health Books
We're always reading books - from the library because we love the library - and this year, we had a food and health theme going on. We made a list of our top food and health related books with a little review - in case you need a gift idea for a foodie or health… Continue reading Favorite Food and Health Books
Home Organization Project 44
This is week #44 of our ongoing home organization project. This crazy weekly clean-out was our New Year's Resolution for the year. My plan was to do several projects ahead of time and then write about them. What's actually happening is that I'm completely scrambling on Fridays and spending the afternoon cleaning, organizing, and sorting… Continue reading Home Organization Project 44
Home Organization Project 42
"Can't we just write about cleaning out my closet and not actually do it?" Well, no, we can't. The poor thing. He put off this week's home organization project until this afternoon and when he asked if I wanted wine and cheese, I said, "Only if you're still going to do your closet with me."… Continue reading Home Organization Project 42
Home Organization Project 41
This week's home organization project - if you're new - hello! - as part of this year's New Year's Resolution, each week, we're cleaning and sorting out a different area of our house. This is week #41 of the year long project and it's getting easier to get rid of stuff. For years I've kept… Continue reading Home Organization Project 41
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