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Home Made Taco Seasoning

"In this house we serve Tacos" Salsa 24:7   We love tacos. I mean, we REALLY love tacos. All Mexican food, really. We honeymooned in Texas and fell in love with the amazing taste of real, authentic tex-mex. We have eaten at the oldest American Mexican restaurant (San Antonio river walk is a place I can not recommend enough!)   It's safe to say, we're taco snobs. A store bought off the shelf taco kit is better then no tacos but nothing will beat home made tacos.   We usually have chicken or steak tacos but we do sometimes do ground beef. I marinate my chicken or steak for up to 12 hours. If I'm serving chicken or steak I...

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Paint vs. Stain

Wood grain is like your finger print. It has texture and has the same pattern even if you remove a layer. So, even if we sand away the bumps in the wood, the wood grain will still be there. Ever burn your finger on a glue gun and rip some of your thumb off with it? Yep. Your finger print is still here. Stain The top of Jack's sign is stained. Stain looks like vegetable oil, depending on the colour of the tint in the stain. Stain penetrates the wood. It soaks down into the wood and brings out the different colours in the wood grain. Not only will you see the slight texture of the wood, but you will also...

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Hey, I'm Ashley

Hey! I'm Ashley. If I'm not at home or in my wood shop you can find me at a thrift store or an all you can eat taco bar.  When I started in 2015 I was making wreaths and circle signs but I've expanded into Montessori toys, door mats and of course, laser engraved IG props. And tacos. I love tacos. Taco recipes, pictures of tacos. You get it. I've been really open about our struggles with infertility, frequent miscarriages, the stillbirth of our daughter, our foster care journey and in 2017 when we finally brought home our son, my battles with postpartum depression and more recently. our adoption processes.  I'm the most outgoing introvert you'll ever meet. Sure I...

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