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Bread of Life {A Giveaway}

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It has been nearly a decade since I taught myself how to sew. I’ve understood the value in the skill. How I could create frugal clothing and furnishings for our home and take my husband’s hard earned dollar further. But it has always been something I had to endure and get through each spring and fall. Certainly nothing I ever looked forward to or actually enjoyed doing!

Especially over the last couple years as my sewing machine started falling apart one piece at a time. I had nicknamed it “The Toe Cramper” because the plastic on top of the presser foot broke and I’d have to use my big toe to slide down a small, very small, sharp piece of plastic to run it. Then the machine fell to the ground and the bobbin winder was crooked and took forever to spin while I held it on with my fingers and finally a coil of metal on the presser foot  snapped off and it stopped working altogether.

I was ecstatic!

Not because I could no longer sew, but because it would force the issue and I would have to get my antique 1921 Singer sewing machine in good working order. Thanks to a lovely and extremely kind neighbor who knows how to do just that I finally have sat down and found pleasure in sewing! It is so quiet and wonderful to work with! And while I’m making those neat even stitches, I ponder about the hands who have used it before me and what they created with it. I love knowing that it’s a timeless, classic piece of equipment and will one day become a family heirloom…

It is a deeply satisfying feeling knowing that you have purchased something that wasn’t meant to break in a few years so that you’d be forced to purchase new but instead you’re going about your domestic duties with tools meant to last more than a lifetime!

I envision my daughters teaching their daughters skills that will serve them so well on that machine! Wouldn’t that be something?

And, likewise, I envision my grandchildren and perhaps great grandchildren seeing the food that nourishes and sustains them being served on my new, hand crafted, engraved, and heirloom quality butcher block cutting board.

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 Isn’t it beautiful!?

I custom-ordered it from Haven Enterprises, the same wonderful family who has made the door casing above our entry door. I’m very much looking forward to having this piece become part of our family’s memories around the table!

Once again, they have most generously offered to give away a similar bread board to one of my readers!!

ENTER TO WIN a hand crafted, engraved, and heirloom quality butcher block cutting board from Haven Enterprises!
ENTER TO WIN a hand crafted, engraved, and heirloom quality butcher block cutting board from Haven Enterprises!

What a wonderful gift! What amazing craftsmanship! Isn’t it absolutely lovely? I’m so blessed to be able to take a small part in passing along this opportunity to get a family heirloom in your hands and into the memories of your children!

Means of entry for this giveaway are few and simple. I know you’re busy and I want you to be able to take advantage of all the opportunities to “win.” It will run from now until next Monday night at 11:59 pm EST.

In the meanwhile, please take a few moments and browse Haven Enterprises shop and perhaps avail yourself of their Cyber Monday sale!

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  1. Love “The good of the Land” Breadboard.

    thank you so much for your posts!
    I’ve spent many hours just reading over your posts as my husband and I try to figure out a way to get into homesteading. However, with student loans hanging over, I feel like it will be a few years yet. My dad has promised to get my sons some chickens though and maybe a few goats! He owns land in the country so he has this ability. We rent in the city so our neighbors would not like hearing goats or chickens or seeing them at all haha. Though we could probably get them to reconsider with fresh eggs 😛

  2. These are simply lovely! What a great product! I’m intrigued by your sewing machine – would love to see ti.

  3. I love the Bread of life cutting board either in the butcher block or the Walnut. Beautiful!

  4. Very neat stuff! I love the spoon rests, I am currently using a broken handthrown pottery one that I got on my honeymoon 9 years ago. Thinking I need to add a wooden one to my Christmas list.

  5. The Bread of Life cutting board, Planted by Streams trivet, and Ps 121 sign are my first choices, but it’s hard to choose!

  6. I like the love coasters and also consider the lillies trivet. They very pretty and unique

  7. I really like their bread boards! My favorite would have to be their black walnut bread board.
    I enjoyed reading your sewing story. Speaking of which, I need to do some sewing but my sewing machine quit on me several months ago. Now I am waiting for my husband to get a chance to look at it and see what he can do. He is very handy, but has many demands on his limited amount of time. 🙂

  8. All of them are so beautiful, you can truly tell these are made with love and excellent workmanship. I would get the “LOVE” coasters and hang them in my kitchen above my table.

  9. I love the “I am the bread of life bread board” I appreciate full use of the board and the scripture along the side. It is beautiful, functional, and a wonderful reminder of God’s grace.

  10. So hard to decide…the black walnut bread board is so lovely. But the trivets are nice, too. Thanks for sharing the sewing machine story! I have a second hand machine that gets me through pretty well!

  11. I just love all their work… I often visit their website and admire all of it. The “Grace Upon Grace” trivet caught my eye.
    Thank you for this wonderful giveaway!

  12. This is beautiful! I love the bread boards, i really like everything to be honest!! The spoon rests are very unique, that would definitely used to it’s full potential!! Thank you so much for this opportunity, these are very beautiful pieces to be shared with family & friends!!-Danielle

  13. There’s so many, its hard to decide! I love their doorposts by the way – yours is especially beautiful. I like the one that says “I am the Bread of Life” on the side of it. What a beautiful reminder of truth! Also – I loved the story about your antique sewing machine. I can’t wait to hear how you like it. I just ordered one from Lehman’s that isn’t antique – but its a treadle machine and should last for years to come! I’m really excited – so your story especially hit home with me. May God continue to bless you – and as always – thanks for your blog!

    1. For the first time I actually enjoy sewing! The stitches are so neat & even! I love that I can listen to the children talk to me or perhaps a sermon or podcast while sewing. It’s so relaxing now 🙂 I’ll never own a regular machine again! I hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine!

  14. They are all very wonderful. But I think I like the Black Walnut Bread of Life board the most. Blessings!

  15. I love the Black Walnut cutting board, the Have Not Love one. I love that it is a longer cutting board.

  16. The trivets are really cute! Especially the “will cover a multitude of sins” one. Gorgeous oak!

  17. Definitely a bread board, maybe the ‘Gather’ one, or I could think of a lot of potential custom ones.

  18. I have been asking for a bread board for 2 years…that one is stunning! Thanks Quinn!

  19. I love the doorstop-cookbook holder-paper weight-bookend. Thank you for the chance to win.

  20. I love all the cutting boards, but I like the coasters too! Can’t decide. The boards are amazing though. Thanks for the chance.

  21. I love the Bread of Life cutting board and the Deuteronomy 6 Door Casing all their items are just beautiful !

  22. Isn’t that stuff beautiful! I really like the Wooden hand engraved “gather” trivet
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  23. Black Walnut “Bread of Life” bread board
    Handmade engraved Black Walnut Have Not Love cutting board
    They are all amazing!!

  24. Ps 121 is my favourite, so if I could have anything from them I’d ask them to engrave the door casing for me in Hebrew.

  25. These butcher blocks are so neat! You don’t come across useful nostalgic items too much.

  26. Love these! So much better then just a plain old cutting board!!! Love them all. How do you pick.:)