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The perfect holiday getaway in Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Our Airbnb in Pawhuska called Postcard Place is decorated for Christmas, and we're excited to welcome guests again this holiday season. Click HERE to book on Airbnb today! With great shopping at The Pioneer Woman Mercantile and other local retail shops,...
Traditional anniversary gift ideas for couples who love to travel
Looking for traditional anniversary gift ideas for a couple who likes to travel? We've got you covered. For the first 12 years of marital bliss, anyway. Steve and I were married Aug. 27, 2011, after one year of dating and a two-month engagement. Celebrating our...
Refinishing a wood deck with Rustoleum RockSolid Deck Resurfacer
It took some time and a lot of hard work, but with the help of our friend, Gio, we finally finished our 70-foot deck renovation with Rustoleum RockSolid Deck Resurfacer! If you’re a regular follower of our Instagram and Facebook stories (thank you), you know that we...
Easy 4-ingredient artisan bread that will impress
Y'all, fancy artisan bread that will impress guests is easy to make. I'd never dreamed of baking a loaf of bread like this until I saw a beautiful loaf baked by our friend Bill Clevlen of Bill on the Road. I immediately messaged him and asked for the recipe. He...
A word about “those people”
We are staying home. We've been here for almost a week now because Ann is one of "those people." You know the ones. Those people with an underlying health issue. Those people with a suppressed immune system. One of those people who could become seriously ill, need...
Terrific ways to experience travel without leaving home
We love exploring the world, but with social distancing due to the coronavirus right now, we had to find a way to travel without leaving home. Here are more than a dozen ideas to curb your wanderlust when you're confined to your own house. Note: This post contains...
A Noom nerd’s low-calorie chicken tortilla soup recipe
So, I'm not a recipe person. Never have been. That's probably why I'm a terrible baker. I get ahead of myself. I don't read the whole thing. I add or subtract ingredients as I go. That's just me. But today, I made an attempt at crafting a recipe for a low-calorie...
Gift ideas for the home cook or foodie on your shopping list
Need some great gift ideas for the home cook on your list? We've got you covered. As regular readers of our blog know, we’ve been losing weight, but that has only made us focus more on the quality of food that we eat and cook at home. Because we want every calorie to...
Amenities that will impress your Airbnb (or house) guests
As frequent travelers, we are constantly taking mental notes of amenities that impress us in hotels and Airbnbs. So when we opened up our home in Pawhuska, Okla., called Postcard Place through Airbnb, we wanted to include amenities that would impress our guests....
Our pick for the best vehicle for travel and road trips
Earlier this summer, we decided it was probably time to trade in our 2015 Chevy Colorado for a new vehicle for travel. I have loved having a mid-sized pick up truck. However, besides an occasional trip to the dump with recycling and helping friends move furniture, we...
How we’re losing weight while traveling
To answer your question, yes, we’re losing weight while traveling. And no worries, we still consider ourselves foodies who eat out regularly when we travel. Many of you have noticed and mentioned our weight loss recently. We haven’t said a lot about it because … well,...
An update on our Pawhuska house and a question for you
If you follow Postcard Jar on social media, you've heard us mention our Pawhuska house quite a bit lately. In between trips for our blog, appointments and our other responsibilities, we've been fixing up a house in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. We bought the house last summer,...
How to make a Manhattan and Classic Daiquiri
Do you enjoy indulging yourself every now and again? We do. One of our favorite ways to treat ourselves is with a well-crafted cocktail. We love using fresh juices and herbs along with good spirits to make a memorable beverage. There’s something exciting about mixing...
We learned how to make risotto with The Chef & The Dish
This post contains references to our experience learning how to make risotto with The Chef & The Dish. We may receive compensation when you click on links to its products. We've always wanted to learn how to make risotto. So, when The Chef & The Dish reached...
A glimpse inside our new house (and life) in Pawhuska, Oklahoma
It was two weeks ago yesterday that we moved into our new house in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, and we are so excited to be here! We spent much of the first week unpacking, getting utilities hooked up, and just finding our way around town. We brought a U-Haul full of stuff...
More than candlesticks: What we found at Clint Harp’s shop
No Fixer Upper fan's trip to Waco, Texas, would be complete without a stop at carpenter extraordinaire Clint Harp's design company. When we were in Waco last month visit Magnolia Market [read more about that HERE], we took a little jaunt about a mile down the road to...
Explaining shiplap and shams to my husband at Magnolia Market
I’m still not quite sure how I convinced Steve to visit The Pioneer Woman Mercantile and lodge as well as Magnolia Market within 24 hours, but I did. After spending two days in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, where he waited in line almost two hours for a taste of Ree Drummond’s...
A peek at this year’s new ornaments
For the past several years, we've decorated what we like to call our Christmas travel tree. [We wrote a blog post all about it that you can read HERE.] We had lots of help decorating for Christmas this year. Our daughter, Meghan, was home and we invited a couple local...
Decorating our travel tree with souvenirs
Years ago, I started purchasing Christmas tree ornaments when we'd travel. I loved unpacking the ornaments each year and reminiscing about the places we'd been and the things we'd seen. At some point, we collected enough ornaments to decorate an entire tree and I...
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