It is hard to think about Christmas in July but when you create you have to think ahead! Several years ago my husband & I made a lot of ...

Ingredients - 1/2 cup butter or margarine - 1 1/2 cups flour - sifted - 1/2 teaspoon salt - 1 teaspoon baking powder a few grinds of fresh b...

The following article was posted in the Tampico Tornado newspaper in 1896- it appears there has always been scammers in the world! July 25, ...

Tonight my hubby drew the name for the contest- and the winner is....... Holly Kurtz! Congrats Holly!

When my gggrandfather John Ellis Shere first came to Yorktown, Illinois from Albion, New York his occupation was an ice man. Blocks of ice w...

Tammy has a contest for a pair of prim shutters on her blog- go take a peek and enter www.countrygirlathome.blogspot.com

I just realized that last Tuesday I had made my 100th blog post here on Pilgrims & Pioneers! I can't believe it has all gone so fast...

Last Saturday I started work on another prairie bonnet with the hopes I would have finished by the end of the week. Well after that post my ...

Yesterday I was the proud recipient of 4 blog awards!. I am so thrilled and flattered! They were from: http://kklprimitives.blogspot.com/ h...

Today I received 4 blog awards! I was so honored and thrilled but in the middle of posting and passing on these awards my key board decided ...

As I was browsing the web the other day I came across this site This is an early wool quilt. To view more antique quilts go to http://www.ro...

It has been so long since I have had time to sew! But tonight I have made a start on another prairie bonnnet. This one is from a soft navy a...

This video shows children dressed in period costumes explaining and demonstrating pioneer life in Ohio. They really do a pretty good job- ni...

I have gotten an award for my blog from Chrissy at http://www.theprimitivecornishhovel.blogspot.com/ She has a wonderful blog so make sure ...

Making butter is done by agitating cream until it turns to a solid- butter. Many different types of vessels have been used to do this over t...