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Fall Family Photos

After months of shut downs and quarantine this spring, this family was finally getting back into the swing of things around here. Otto was finally not throwing a fit about going to daycare in the morning, Joe and I were able to get work done again at the office, things just seemed to be plugging […]

The great dodgeball game of 2020

Lifestyle

I bought the first duster sweater of the season this month when I needed a brain break and popped in to free people with my pal Ashley. It’s been a while since either one of us found something we had to have and coincidentally we each found something that day. I purchased this long length […]

How to style a long duster sweater

Style & Fashion

Grand Rapids Michigan Downtown Street Shot

Making marshmallows is a combination of art and science. It’s about time, speed, temperature and setting. I have been working on perfecting my marshmallows and these in the future I’m going to work on getting them a little more fluffier. Homemade marshmallows by nature are a little more dense (and sticky) but so so delicious […]

Homemade Pumpkin Spice Marshmallow Recipe

Food & Beverage

Marshmallow Recipe Idea

Have I mentioned yet how much I love fall? It love the crisp leaves and the hot cider. Not to mention there are pumpkins for sale in almost every farmers front lawn. I was on my way home from an estate sale and I came across this adorable farm stand so naturally we had to […]

My Favorite Daphne Tweed Coat and a Pumpkin Patch

Style & Fashion

Daphne Tweed Coat from J.crew

A few weeks ago my pal Ashley and I went for a road trip for the first time since March. It was a bit nerve wracking at first but once we hit the road it felt soooo good to get a change of scenery. We rented a little air bnb in Urbana, Ohio about 20 […]

Exploring Urbana Ohio Springfield Antique Extravaganza

Lifestyle

Cupcake Shop Urbana Ohio Lets Eat Cake

My mom and grandma make the best bread pudding and one of them usually makes it every Thanksgiving and Christmas and while some would call it a dessert….we Hoppens call it a side dish. Saturday was a cool crisp fall morning and the first one of the season and we had every intention of venturing […]

White Chocolate Bread Pudding

Food & Beverage

Simple Sweet Brunch Recipe

This morning at about 4am Otto leaned over to me in his sleep and said in a whispered voice “it’s time to play hide and seek”. Without missing a beat I responded “no it’s not” and he rolled back over still asleep and continued on. You want to talk about something that will jolt you […]

Picking up Pumpkins

Lifestyle

Otto helping my push the collapsable wagon

It all started with a ceramic egg holder that popped up in my my Instagram feed before I fell into a rabbit hole of all the cute kitchen goods on the internet right now. Most shopping experiences lately have been lack luster and I find myself still roaming online during my free time. I have […]

Pretty Kitchen Finds for Under Thirty Dollars

House & Home

Pretty Kitchen Finds Under Thirty Dollars

I read the other day that there could potentially be a pumpkin puree shortage this year. I shouldn’t be surprised it is 2020 after all. Maybe this is the time in my life when I teach myself to whip up my own pumpkin puree? hmmmm I smell a weekend activity. An activity… Kind of like […]

Pumpkin Focaccia Bread with Spicy Cheddar Topping

Food & Beverage

Pumpkin Focaccia Bread with Spicy Cheddar Topping

I drove by our old house earlier this week and I can’t believe it’s been almost 7 years since we’ve moved to the farm. It’s been a true whirlwind as we’ve added fruit trees, gardens, sheep, chickens and a kid. It feels like just yesterday and as we are getting ready to overhaul the house […]

Questions and Answers About Our Farm

Farm & Garden

Loeffler Randall Floral Dress

The leaves are starting to turn here already and as much as I’m fighting it I’m slowly giving way to accepting fall is here/coming. Typically I would be jumping up and down with pumpkins on my porch and a PSL in my hand but I’m anxious about pushing the seasons along this year. Slow and […]

Comfy and Cozy Loungewear at The Found Cottage

Style & Fashion

Ruffled Cream Zip Up Cardigan

Otto is obsessed with the “little house” in Pentwater and begs to go back every time I pick him up from daycare. When Joe and I bought this place back in 2012 it was nothing to brag about. It had been a home to mice and who knows what else, electrical cords taped together and […]

Q & A Pentwater Cottage The Little House

House & Home

Pentwater Tiny Cottage Pentwater Michigan

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I'm abigail albers

Wife and mother, antique shopper, entrepreneur, gardener, sheep lady, sequin enthusiast and your Midwest Martha Stewart Wannabe. 

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