It's Birthday Season at Harvest Lane Cottage! Gift Ideas for the Girls in Your Life

Harvest Lane Cottage Gift Ideas Series

First up Girls!

 

For Younger Girls

• Baby Doll ~ This one comes in white and black  

• Candy Land 

• Sit and Spin

• Hungry Hippos 

• Spirograph

• Sewing cards

• Paper dolls

• Bubbles

For Older Girls

• A bag filled with flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, vanilla, chocolate chips and my chocolate chip cookie recipe.

• Pillowcase embroidery kit 

• Personalized Stationery and stamps

• National Geographic Microscope Science Kit

• Sewing box with supplies

• Fleece Blanket No Sew Kit

• Embroidery floss for friendship bracelets

• Puzzles

• Jewelry making supplies

I hope these ideas will spark some for you when you next need a girl's gift. 

Happy gift giving!

Laura

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Favorite Books from Summer Reading

  

Hello everyone!

Here we are nearing the end of another summer. Since I work in the schools, I'm in that in between time of school starting and actual fall. It's a good time to wrap up the summer reading list. I did pretty well. I read and listened to more than I planned. Here are just my favorites. You may see all the books I read in my Goodreads list. 

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BIBLE

I finished reading the Bible. 

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FICTION FAVORITES:

Dead Sea Rising

Jerry B Jenkins

Dr. Craig Evans, Biblical Consultant

and 

Dead Sea Conspiracy by Jerry B Jenkins

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Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche

Nancy Springer

I enjoyed this so much!

She's Sherlock Holmes' little sister.

Here are the others I read this summer:

Enola Holmes Elegant Escapade by Nancy Springer

Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose by Nancy Springer

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For a Lifetime

Timeless Book 3

Gabrielle Meyer

 I LOVED IT! 

I've enjoyed this whole series.

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Every Hour Until Then by Gabrielle Meyer

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

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NON-FICTION FAVORITES:

Western Heritage a Reader

Hillsdale College Press

I'm taking the Hillsdale College Western Heritage course for free.

Update 8/5: I am studying the Romans now.

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JFK Conspiracy 

Oh! This was so good for understanding the atmosphere of the late '50s and early '60s in the USA.

It's about the assassination attempt while Kennedy was president elect. 

Finished on June 5th.

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What have you enjoyed reading this summer? Any plans yet for fall?

Laura ~ Glad for Summer Break!

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BRING ON THE 'BER MONTHS!

I love fall!

BRING ON THE 'BER MONTHS! 

I love how in August and early September we get a few cool mornings to give us hope for tomorrow— but then, we get slammed with ninety plus degree days again!

I'm entering birthday season this weekend. It lasts about a month. Three of my children, my grandson, my brother, and  my brother-in-love all have birthdays this month!

A week later, fall will arrive along with all the cozy joy it brings! I plan to cast on a little sweater for my grandson to celebrate the beginning of the 'ber months. I plan to use the Flax pattern by Tin Can Knits. They have an app which makes it easy to follow their patterns. Flax is free.

I've already bought a few new fall decorations. I chose a couple of new garlands. I do love maple leaves. Carthage is called the Maple Leaf City, and we host the Maple Leaf Festival every October with thousands in attendance. We have so many maple trees in Carthage, it's the most beautiful time of the year. 

I look forward to autumn crafting, too. Inspiration is everywhere, and I'm definitely more inspired during the fall months. For now, though, I'm finishing works in progress through the end of August. It would be so fabulous if I just had to start something new, because everything else was finished. Think I'll make it? I don't even know. I'm almost done knitting my fingerless mitts. Next, I'll work on a sewing project that I've started. 

All for now, have a lovely Sunday. I'll have family in, and I'm looking forward to it. 

Enjoy today!

Laura

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