Today I get to write about a fun event that took place this past weekend, the Vesterheim Nordic Celebration and Marketplace! Elea's Uhl-Tide Creations: elea.uhl@gmail.com The marketplace featured local vendors and skilled craftsmen with both traditional Scandinavian items and new items created with Scandinavian inspiration, books, and custom items for sale. There were demonstrations from skilled folk artists showcasing wood-carving, rosemaling, weaving, jewelry making, and mu

Happy Easter to you and your family! We attended church this morning and I am always amazed to see so many people come together from all ages and all backgrounds to celebrate such a joyous day! My husband and I were ten minutes early to church, but we still managed to be late enough to land a spot in the second pew right behind the pastors. Which meant that when the service was going we essentially had front row seats. One part of the service that has always had a special

This is certainly a post I had no plan to write. The past week has been an incredibly difficult time for my husband and I as we suffered our third miscarriage in a row. I will write more about our losses later in this post, but for now I thought I'd kick off the instructions on how to make a koselig journal as it has served me well during our time of loss. TOOLS Decorative Cardstock Paper White Cardstock Scissors Double-sided Adhesive Ribbon Composition Book Pencil Embellis