I think you are funny and so down to earth.. that’s why the first time I saw your channel, I subscribed. I look forward to having my coffee and watching you on Sunday afternoon. Please don’t change … your sweet spirit, kind heart and sense of humor make your channel one of my favorites. Thank you for showing us Jesus in your life💗
The best thing about your channel is that you are real, refreshing, wholesome, and endearing. You are beautiful inside and out. Your family is precious. Keep doing it your way. You are a pleasure to watch.
I am a 75 year old great gram loving your channel!!!!! You are honest , funny a love your family & the Lord. Keep it coming....GOD provides!!! You are so human & I love you! Blessings!!
Instead of wheat, wait until fall when it dries and cut your pampas grass (or similar) fronds. It has the same feel but is available free pretty much everywhere! I do it every year and it looks great!
I was absolutely stunned to see how many are not subscribed, Kristen!! After watching you the first time, I immediately clicked that bell☺ Soon to turn seventy one, I'm delighted to support young ones, especially those walking with Jesus. I have time to watch videos in retirement and know how expensive supporting a family is in this day and age, as we have three kids of our own, each with families to provide for. Goodness, groceries, school supplies, shoes and clothes - dollars coming in evaporate so quickly just for basics! Anyhow, I hope many viewers decide to subscribe to your channel, Sweetie pie! Love all your finds for your beautiful home! You have such a great eye to furnish your surroundings so lovingly inviting💖 Loved our visit!!! Until next time 🤗🤗🤗❤
There are directions on GOOGLE on how to clean gourds. The mold is natural and when you soak them for about 15 minutes in the sink and use a plastic or Teflon scrubber it comes off. They suggest 1 part bleach to 5 parts water when you soak them. You might want to cover them with something to hold them down in the water, since they will float on top of the water. They are so easy to grow also!
Like why would you watch every week and not subscribe!? 🤯 Yankee candles are way expensive. I love them and they last forever. I got mine at Tuesday Morning on sale.
What a great haul! I decided not to do the fake pumpkin stuff anymore too. I love your natural aesthetic. Those gourds are amazing! What a find! I don’t wait for a specific season/holiday to pick things up. If I find Christmas in March, I buy it if I like it. It’s better to buy it when you find it than jot be able to find it when you need it.
If I find a channel I like, immediately subscribe. It doesn’t hurt or interfere with my life in any way. I hope many will, and we can see the numbers rise for you! Love the gourds.
I Subscribed the first time I ever saw you….you’re a bright light in a dark world! I love your heart and total down to earth nature. ❤ Also, total score on your gourds!!
Love watching you and your girls each week, the best sence of humour which makes your show my favourite to watch each week, love how down to earth you are !!!
Kristen, I think you may have all white dishes? Fill your hutch with those, and use hte Johnson ware plates as accent pieces, so they will be highlighted.
I love blending different transferware colors and patterns along with beautiful thrifted glassware. The crock is a bean pot typically used for Boston Baked Beans.
I subscribed the first time I watched! You’re my favorite channel. Your personality & how you love Jesus & your family are what makes me keep watching. I also love thrifting.
🙏Sending you and your family blessings on this beautiful Monday. I love love love your channel ! I just recently stumbled on it while searching for thrifted home decor ideas, I'm pretty sure God directed me right to your channel. Please keep doing what you do exactly how you're doing it. It warms my heart that there are Jesus filled humans that are courageous enough to use this social media platform to show their authentic selves. Not to mention you have a love for thrifting and creating a warm and welcoming feeling in your home. Thank you for being such a beautiful and kind person both inside and out.
When I found your channel, I subscribed right away. The thing I love most about you is how real and sweet you are! I can feel how genuine you are through your videos. Thanks for being you and sharing what you love on here with us. I always look forward to your videos ❤️👏🏻
Kristen, you never cease to make me laugh when I watch your videos. Your upbeat spirit and enthusiasm seeps through each time I watch! Okay, so I would scrub those dried gourds outside with soap and water and let them dry in the sun. Then I would spray them with a coat of clear polyurethane before bringing them back in the house.(just for good measure and to preserve them better ) I subscribed to your channel many moons ago and can't understand why people "watch" and not subscribe. Your children are darling and so are you and I also appreciate you sharing your faith so openly! May the Lord continue to bless you and your sweet family Keep up sharing your heart Mama!
Maybe people don't know, but subscribing allows you to see Kristen's new videos on your Home page when you log in if Kristen has posted a new video. I even hit the little bell and selected all notifications. Come on sweet people; let's move Kristen to the top with the number of subscribers she gets this week!!! I subscribed with the first video I ever saw and I even go back and watch some of the content before I subscribed. Hugs Kristen!!
I am a subscriber - for a long time. I enjoy everything about your channel. You are down to earth, funny, a pleasure to watch. I love your sweet family!
Love the fake leaf pumpkin and dried gourds, great for fall decoration. You can clean the moldy gourds go on line to see how to clean them, before throwing them away.
I subscribed the first time I watched you. I live in a 130 year old home. We have very little storage space. We have a dungeon for a basement. I have lot of antics because we had lost a lot of family and we rarely got new things. I love the old stuff it's so much nicer than new. I love your home and channel.
Kristen I subscribed to your channel the second I came across your video! You are so genuine, honest and real! I think I became interested when I heard you were from Nebraska! I live in the middle of Nebraska. I love your sweet family, your story and how you love Josh and God. Thank you for always bringing a smile to my face and joy to my day with your great videos!! I hope all the viewers take the time to subscribe as they won't be disappointed. God bless you and your family!!
Love a good thrift haul! Can't wait to see how you style it all. I get wheat bundles at hobby lobby when they are on sale. It's my favorite thing to display in copper pieces!
What a great deal on those gourds! Don't worry about the mold....that is just what they do. Soak them in water and then take a scrubber to them and they will look good as new. After mine dried, I used paste wax on them and they still look perfect. (Mine stay out year round). Now about the rest of your fall haul- Love it! Every piece is beautiful!! Keep those pants up 🤣
I love the Kristen Hoffman channel. Your funny, real and always look forward to your notifications. You have a special personality. I love your scriptures and special readings. Glad I am a subscriber. I am hooked. 🩷
Hi Kristen, Thank You for simply being You, Sweetheart! I have been a subscriber to your Wonderful channel for awhile now. I Love your... Sweet, Kind, Funny, Inspiring, Jesus Loving self; as well as, your Precious Family, your Gorgeous home, and your Amazing thrift hauls. Kristen, keep doing you, because you and your channel are Amazing. I Pray that the Good Lord, will continue to grow your channel, well beyond what you hope for, or what you can imagine. 😊🙏🏾😊 Lord willing, until next time Sweetheart. Love In Christ, Paula
I loved this Kristen! I was surprised to find out I had not subscribed yet! It is done! I think the whiskey bottle is cool! I loved when you said "spit the meat out with the bone." (Or something like that.) Thanks for the ideas! You have my in the mood for fall decorating now!!
I just love you. The Johnson Brothers dishes were such an amazing find. I know you were talking about toxic things and lettingsome things go (which I totally uinderstand), but you might want to look into using those dishes for actual food. Alot of those contain high levels of lead. I think they are gorgeous for decoration, though. Your home is lovely and I adore your style. Thank you for sharing your home decor with us all.
I am definitely a subscriber of yours. I love you and your family and truly enjoy watching you. You are real and I love that you love the Lord and unashamedly speak about Him on your channel.
Kristen you are so funny! You're such a pleasure to watch because I certainly know you will make me laugh or chuckle somehow! Keep up this great channel! You are so real and you do it so well! Keep it up!! :))
I didn’t realize I wasn’t subscribed so I am now. I’m so glad you mentioned that. I loveeeeeee your videos. Your so sweet. And your ideas and finds are the bomb.
Love your channel, Kristen and I subscribed the first time I watched. I’m a faithful viewer and can’t wait to watch as soon as I see you’ve posted a new video! I hope you get lots of new subscribers! God bless you and your family!
Love the brown transferware. I have a collection of several types of brown and it allows me to enjoy many patterns instead of just one. The color ties them together on my plate rack for a fall display.
Just subscribed - I think you are lovely and authentic. Love your home and common sense approach to tending your family home. Thank you for all your efforts!
I did not realize I was not subscribed to your channel. I watch your videos over and over .You have my dream home . Love your channel. So happy you don’t decorate for a Halloween which I detest with a passion. Your family is adorable. You have done a wonderful job decorating your home . Looking forward to future videos.
Kristen, just use a stiff brush & you can get a lot of that flaky dried skin off your gourds. Yes, you can soak in water as well. If you choose to do it with the brush, be sure to wear a mask so you don’t breathe in the dust. Also, of course do that outside. I have purchased gourds like that and cleaned them to where they are smooth. Great price!!!! What a wonderful thrift haul. Really like your bean pot; the brown & cream pot. You’re right, that wooden lid isn’t for that. It should have a pottery lid in the dark brown. In New England & other places as well, those were used to make baked beans in. They are oven safe. Ok, sweet girl, see you next time. 😊❤😊❤
Hi Kristen, You are such a delight, I really enjoy the authenticity of your videos, thank you. Wow, the Johnson Bros. place settings are a terrific find and new in the box to boot. Love the gourds and the "leaf-covered" pumpkin.
The brown transferware is beautiful. What a great find and great price! Would love to find some. I agree with you about fake pumpkins. I don't care for them either, though velvet ones are okay. The one you found made of all natural materials is really cool. Love it!
You ‘raked in’ (Ha!) an amazing Fall Haul! These items will capture Autumn in all of its glory in your home, once you do your thing & place them. Kristen, I lean towards real/natural things in my home. There have been times when out driving, that I have spotted non-residential fields overflowing with beauty (e.g. maybe wheat) & I have pulled over & cut some. As for your beautiful brown dishes, I felt so bad that there were 2 place-settings when you thought there were 10. I would love to have seen them in your hutch for fall, but for me, nothing surpasses your blue set! Clean those gorgeous gourds & Enjoy your precious family! Thank you for showing us how to celebrate God’s countless goodnesses in all of the seasons! ❤️🙏🏼
LOVE your channel! I subscribed today after hearing what you said in your video. You are adorable and your family is beautiful. LOVE your thrifting, please don’t ever stop.
LOL I wash the gourds off in the sink with soap and water first then let them dry really good outside on the porch. Next I rub brown shoe polish on them and it gives them a very nice patina and also seals them so you can dust them. Hope this helps!
The bag of gourds was a great find and a great deal and looks like others have given you information about how to clean the mold off of them. I prefer natural things or things made of natural materials as well. I just can't get into plastic pumpkins or silk or plastic foliage. You have a good eye. I love all of your thrifted finds
Your Fall dishes are such a find. I am sure you will enjoy them mixed in or styled on a shelf. You could do just one shelf in your cabinet or display on the table or fireplace. Love the gourds, and the gunk should clean right off. I use my EO cleaner on anything mould. Even makes real pumpkins last longer. I also use my eo diffuser, and get those wonderful Fall smells. I saw someone on TH-cam use a small bundle of grasses from Hobby lobby, $4. And she created 2 bundles of sheaves. You have to open and carefully line up the heads, then spiral out, to make the full looking sheaves.
My family and are watch less tv during summer, the kids are home, it’s warm outside, so we spend most of our days outside and less time watching tv. Maybe that’s why some viewers aren’t watching? Just some food for thought. I still like to catch up on my YT faves when I get up before my boys in the morning and get my coffee
Kristen, I am a subscriber because of the kind of person you are! You are not a put on, but you are your real self and I find that so relatable. Don't change and keep doing what you do on your channel. I love your honesty, your sharing your faith, your sense of humor, your laugh and just keeping things real, not staged. Your videos are fun and make me smile! Keep up the great work and thank you!
Take the gourds outside, and with a stiff brush, brush the mold and flakes off, when you get as much as you can that way, get a bowl of warm water with 1/5 bleach water ratio, and a damp scrubby and clean the rest with that. I suggest not to soak them as micro cracks can get water inside (and seeing as you plan to not cut into them and clean out the inside) which will take forever to dry properly and could creat more issues, and mold. Stick them in front of a fan till fully dry.....like a good day. And then i suggest rubbing some wax on them and buffing them. It will make the colors richer and really pop, and i also feel it protects them and makes them last longer and collect less dust. FYI, these are super easy to grow (get the kids involved), and you can grow many different kinds and shapes, you can grow some loofah too.
To clean the gourds, soak them in your sink for aboutv20 minutes with either hydrogen peroxide or bleach, about a half cup of either, and warm water. Either solution will take care of the mold issue. Use a wire scrubber, wear gloves and goggles (don't ask how I know, LOL) and scrub away. Rinse them off and dry naturally outside in the sun. This can take a couple days of drying. Don't bring them back in until they are completely dry. Have fun and what a score with those gourds!
Hey Kristen I darken baskets with watered down dark wax from walmart. Just apply and let sit for a bit and then wipe back. Repeat until you get the color you Love! Can also do it with watered down paint if you can find a color that you like 👍😊 LOVE the brown transfer ware!!💖💖
Fall is just a bummer in Florida. Yes, the weather cools off a little bit, and hurricane season ends. But there’s nothing like the feels and smells of Fall “up north.” We try to travel every Fall to get us some! 😊
As you should be! I look so forward to watching you and your sweet sweet family. You are so relatable and for this I am grateful. In this day and time, real people and their honesty are so hard to come by. Last but not least, your faith and story touch me deeply!! Thank you Kristen!
I absolutely and unequivocally love your channel and subscribed the first time I watch one of your videos. You find the best thrifted stuff because you have excellent taste. I think the gourds are totally awesome. I just scored a set of Johnson Bros "Happy Village" at a steal which my husband agreed to buy as my. birthday gift. I love transfer ware and would rather have it than modern dishes. I think your two place settings may be worth a lot more than you paid for them. Total score!!! Plus they are gorgeous!!!
Beautiful place settings, one for you and Josh during the holidays. Wonderful haul as always. I am excited for your fall decorating video. I have been a subscriber for a while and love everything you bring to TH-cam. God Bless you Hoffman family.
Hi Kristen! I just subscribed. (Unfortunately I was a part of the 70% that was just watching. But I subscribed!) You have the best thrifts and such a lovely home! I also appreciate your love and word of our Lord! God bless you and your family and thanks for great content! 🙏🏻😊
Oh sweet Kristen. I too subscribed when I first watched your videos. I too would like to start my channel but I’ve had so many people tell me they don’t subscribe to channels because they don’t understand that they don’t have to pay. They think of subscribing like a monthly fee like comcast, Netflix etc. if you addressed that it may help. LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!
I completely disagree with the comment from Yvonne. You are one of the people that I have subscribed to the fastest because you have such a fun and sweet personality. Your honesty and laughter make you relatable! Love what you do.
Loved your Fall Haul. Still in the 90s here yet and will remain HOT here in FL thru October/ November or beyond. Watching autumn items at least makes me feel a bit cooler. The heat doesn't stop most Floridians from decorating or hauling out their boots and sweaters even if they are sweating to death in them. Not me. I'm in shorts and sandals about 340 days of the year. Thanks for posting.
Kristen I got a bunch of something called "bunny tails" or something like that from whole foods. Not sure if you have one of those in your area but they look like small sized wheat sprigs 🌾🌾🌾 I put them on a vase on our fireplace mantle 😊🍂
I was just at our Hallmark store, not sue if US had them? It is usually pretty expensive but they had put their soy candles in pretty jars with pretty lids and a good size for 14.99 each. There were several scents and I loved all of them. So fun to find fun finds.
Hi Kristen, I am a longtime subscriber and love your channel. It makes me happy to see your subscriber list grow in number. Hopefully this week it will grow even more. I, too, love the Fall 🍁 and decorating for the season. Bet it’s busy around your house this week with school starting soon.
I’m subscribed Sweet Lady. I love your channel and your family. I’m a hot mess when it comes to planning things and I am trying so hard to be more intentional. I love that you are so real. Thank you for your realness and your faith. It makes my heart happy❤btw, I got a great bunch of wheat from Amazon last year
I know we aren’t suppose to “covet thy neighbors goods” and of all days it’s Sunday……but my oh my!!!! I love the brown transferware for fall😍😍 It would be beautiful used as the place settings at the ends of the table and then white or off white sets for the side place settings. A brown salad plate mixed in the one sides would be perfect!!! Enjoy!!! Oh….LOVE THE GOURDS!! And not coveting those 😂because I have a bunch that dried on their own from when we lived in TN❤️
I think you are funny and so down to earth.. that’s why the first time I saw your channel, I subscribed. I look forward to having my coffee and watching you on Sunday afternoon. Please don’t change … your sweet spirit, kind heart and sense of humor make your channel one of my favorites. Thank you for showing us Jesus in your life💗
The best thing about your channel is that you are real, refreshing, wholesome, and endearing. You are beautiful inside and out. Your family is precious. Keep doing it your way. You are a pleasure to watch.
I am a 75 year old great gram loving your channel!!!!! You are honest , funny a love your family & the Lord. Keep it coming....GOD provides!!! You are so human & I love you! Blessings!!
Instead of wheat, wait until fall when it dries and cut your pampas grass (or similar) fronds. It has the same feel but is available free pretty much everywhere! I do it every year and it looks great!
I was absolutely stunned to see how many are not subscribed, Kristen!! After watching you the first time, I immediately clicked that bell☺
Soon to turn seventy one, I'm delighted to support young ones, especially those walking with Jesus. I have time to watch videos in retirement and know how expensive supporting a family is in this day and age, as we have three kids of our own, each with families to provide for. Goodness, groceries, school supplies, shoes and clothes - dollars coming in evaporate so quickly just for basics! Anyhow, I hope many viewers decide to subscribe to your channel, Sweetie pie!
Love all your finds for your beautiful home! You have such a great eye to furnish your surroundings so lovingly inviting💖
Loved our visit!!! Until next time 🤗🤗🤗❤
There are directions on GOOGLE on how to clean gourds. The mold is natural and when you soak them for about 15 minutes in the sink and use a plastic or Teflon scrubber it comes off. They suggest 1 part bleach to 5 parts water when you soak them. You might want to cover them with something to hold them down in the water, since they will float on top of the water. They are so easy to grow also!
Yes bleach , water, scrub!
What they said lol. And I have read to put a wet towel on them in the sink to hold them down in the bleach water :)
The gourds were a score! I love the crusty ones too. Just take them outside and give them a good brushing with a fairly stiff brush.
Like why would you watch every week and not subscribe!? 🤯
Yankee candles are way expensive. I love them and they last forever. I got mine at Tuesday Morning on sale.
What a great haul! I decided not to do the fake pumpkin stuff anymore too. I love your natural aesthetic. Those gourds are amazing! What a find! I don’t wait for a specific season/holiday to pick things up. If I find Christmas in March, I buy it if I like it. It’s better to buy it when you find it than jot be able to find it when you need it.
Love, love watching you every week! What a beautiful family! Sharon
If I find a channel I like, immediately subscribe. It doesn’t hurt or interfere with my life in any way. I hope many will, and we can see the numbers rise for you! Love the gourds.
Your enthusiasm is contagious! Fun video and finds.
I Subscribed the first time I ever saw you….you’re a bright light in a dark world! I love your heart and total down to earth nature. ❤ Also, total score on your gourds!!
Thanks for subbing!
Love watching you and your girls each week, the best sence of humour which makes your show my favourite to watch each week, love how down to earth you are !!!
Kristen, I think you may have all white dishes? Fill your hutch with those, and use hte Johnson ware plates as accent pieces, so they will be highlighted.
I do!
I love blending different transferware colors and patterns along with beautiful thrifted glassware. The crock is a bean pot typically used for Boston Baked Beans.
Yes! Thank you!
I subscribed the first time I watched! You’re my favorite channel. Your personality & how you love Jesus & your family are what makes me keep watching. I also love thrifting.
Thank you so much!!
🙏Sending you and your family blessings on this beautiful Monday. I love love love your channel ! I just recently stumbled on it while searching for thrifted home decor ideas, I'm pretty sure God directed me right to your channel. Please keep doing what you do exactly how you're doing it. It warms my heart that there are Jesus filled humans that are courageous enough to use this social media platform to show their authentic selves. Not to mention you have a love for thrifting and creating a warm and welcoming feeling in your home. Thank you for being such a beautiful and kind person both inside and out.
When I found your channel, I subscribed right away. The thing I love most about you is how real and sweet you are! I can feel how genuine you are through your videos. Thanks for being you and sharing what you love on here with us. I always look forward to your videos ❤️👏🏻
Thank you so much!!
Kristen, you never cease to make me laugh when I watch your videos. Your upbeat spirit and enthusiasm seeps through each time I watch! Okay, so I would scrub those dried gourds outside with soap and water and let them dry in the sun. Then I would spray them with a coat of clear polyurethane before bringing them back in the house.(just for good measure
and to preserve them better ) I subscribed to your channel many moons ago and can't understand why people "watch" and not subscribe. Your children are darling and so are you and I also appreciate you sharing your faith so openly! May the Lord continue to bless you and your sweet family Keep up sharing your heart Mama!
Maybe people don't know, but subscribing allows you to see Kristen's new videos on your Home page when you log in if Kristen has posted a new video. I even hit the little bell and selected all notifications. Come on sweet people; let's move Kristen to the top with the number of subscribers she gets this week!!! I subscribed with the first video I ever saw and I even go back and watch some of the content before I subscribed. Hugs Kristen!!
Love that!
I am a subscriber - for a long time. I enjoy everything about your channel. You are down to earth, funny, a pleasure to watch. I love your sweet family!
Thank you so much!
You can soak the gourds with a little bleach. Do not throw them away! Great score!
I love watching your videos because you just keep it real. I hope and pray your channel grows. What a sweet family you all are. 😊
Love the fake leaf pumpkin and dried gourds, great for fall decoration. You can clean the moldy gourds go on line to see how to clean them, before throwing them away.
Absolutely adore watching you on you tube. Love your decorating sense and your precious personality. Take care and know God is with you.
Thank you so much!
I subscribed the first time I watched you. I live in a 130 year old home. We have very little storage space. We have a dungeon for a basement. I have lot of antics because we had lost a lot of family and we rarely got new things. I love the old stuff it's so much nicer than new. I love your home and channel.
That is awesome!
Kristen I subscribed to your channel the second I came across your video! You are so genuine, honest and real! I think I became interested when I heard you were from Nebraska! I live in the middle of Nebraska. I love your sweet family, your story and how you love Josh and God. Thank you for always bringing a smile to my face and joy to my day with your great videos!! I hope all the viewers take the time to subscribe as they won't be disappointed. God bless you and your family!!
Thank you so much!!
Love a good thrift haul! Can't wait to see how you style it all. I get wheat bundles at hobby lobby when they are on sale. It's my favorite thing to display in copper pieces!
Love this haul. Can't wait to see how you style the dishes.
Coming soon!
What a great deal on those gourds! Don't worry about the mold....that is just what they do. Soak them in water and then take a scrubber to them and they will look good as new. After mine dried, I used paste wax on them and they still look perfect. (Mine stay out year round). Now about the rest of your fall haul- Love it! Every piece is beautiful!! Keep those pants up 🤣
I love the Kristen Hoffman channel. Your funny, real and always look forward to your notifications. You have a special personality. I love your scriptures and special readings. Glad I am a subscriber. I am hooked. 🩷
Thank you so much!
You bring me such joy watching your videos. You are so real and sweet. You made a great haul, can't wait to see how you decorate for Fall.
Thank you so much!
you are all my fave... i have been subscribed and watch every video multiple times because i just love you, your family, your home and everything!!!!
You're the best!
Love your goodies from your haul. I know everything will look lovely for Fall. I love the basket and gourds. Boots are cute! 🍂🍁
Hi Kristen, Thank You for simply being You, Sweetheart! I have been a subscriber to your Wonderful channel for awhile now. I Love your... Sweet, Kind, Funny, Inspiring, Jesus Loving self; as well as, your Precious Family, your Gorgeous home, and your Amazing thrift hauls. Kristen, keep doing you, because you and your channel are Amazing. I Pray that the Good Lord, will continue to grow your channel, well beyond what you hope for, or what you can imagine. 😊🙏🏾😊 Lord willing, until next time Sweetheart. Love In Christ, Paula
I love your channel! People need to subscribe for sure! I just adore your personality, your encouragement in the Lord, and your transparency.🌷
Thank you so much!!
I loved this Kristen! I was surprised to find out I had not subscribed yet! It is done! I think the whiskey bottle is cool! I loved when you said "spit the meat out with the bone." (Or something like that.) Thanks for the ideas! You have my in the mood for fall decorating now!!
Thanks for being here, Jen!
I just love you. The Johnson Brothers dishes were such an amazing find. I know you were talking about toxic things and lettingsome things go (which I totally uinderstand), but you might want to look into using those dishes for actual food. Alot of those contain high levels of lead. I think they are gorgeous for decoration, though. Your home is lovely and I adore your style. Thank you for sharing your home decor with us all.
I am definitely a subscriber of yours. I love you and your family and truly enjoy watching you. You are real and I love that you love the Lord and unashamedly speak about Him on your channel.
Thank you so much!!
The fall China is beautiful!!
Thank you for all you do. I truly enjoy watching ❤
Glad you enjoy it!
Kristen you are so funny! You're such a pleasure to watch because I certainly know you will make me laugh or chuckle somehow! Keep up this great channel! You are so real and you do it so well! Keep it up!! :))
I didn’t realize I wasn’t subscribed so I am now. I’m so glad you mentioned that. I loveeeeeee your videos. Your so sweet. And your ideas and finds are the bomb.
Love your channel, Kristen and I subscribed the first time I watched. I’m a faithful viewer and can’t wait to watch as soon as I see you’ve posted a new video! I hope you get lots of new subscribers! God bless you and your family!
Thank you so much!!
Love the brown transferware. I have a collection of several types of brown and it allows me to enjoy many patterns instead of just one. The color ties them together on my plate rack for a fall display.
Wonderful!
Just subscribed - I think you are lovely and authentic. Love your home and common sense approach to tending your family home. Thank you for all your efforts!
Thank you so much!
I did not realize I was not subscribed to your channel. I watch your videos over and over .You have my dream home . Love your channel. So happy you don’t decorate for a Halloween which I detest with a passion. Your family is adorable. You have done a wonderful job decorating your home . Looking forward to future videos.
Kristen, just use a stiff brush & you can get a lot of that flaky dried skin off your gourds. Yes, you can soak in water as well. If you choose to do it with the brush, be sure to wear a mask so you don’t breathe in the dust. Also, of course do that outside. I have purchased gourds like that and cleaned them to where they are smooth. Great price!!!! What a wonderful thrift haul. Really like your bean pot; the brown & cream pot. You’re right, that wooden lid isn’t for that. It should have a pottery lid in the dark brown. In New England & other places as well, those were used to make baked beans in. They are oven safe. Ok, sweet girl, see you next time. 😊❤😊❤
Hi Kristen, You are such a delight, I really enjoy the authenticity of your videos, thank you.
Wow, the Johnson Bros. place settings are a terrific find and new in the box to boot. Love the gourds and the "leaf-covered" pumpkin.
The brown transferware is beautiful. What a great find and great price! Would love to find some. I agree with you about fake pumpkins. I don't care for them either, though velvet ones are okay. The one you found made of all natural materials is really cool. Love it!
I totally agree!
You ‘raked in’ (Ha!) an amazing Fall Haul! These items will capture Autumn in all of its glory in your home, once you do your thing & place them. Kristen, I lean towards real/natural things in my home. There have been times when out driving, that I have spotted non-residential fields overflowing with beauty (e.g. maybe wheat) & I have pulled over & cut some. As for your beautiful brown dishes, I felt so bad that there were 2 place-settings when you thought there were 10. I would love to have seen them in your hutch for fall, but for me, nothing surpasses your blue set! Clean those gorgeous gourds & Enjoy your precious family! Thank you for showing us how to celebrate God’s countless goodnesses in all of the seasons! ❤️🙏🏼
LOVE your channel! I subscribed today after hearing what you said in your video. You are adorable and your family is beautiful. LOVE your thrifting, please don’t ever stop.
Thank you so much!!
I would leave the Gourds Natural and spray them with a sealer. Mine have lasted 8 years, thus far. ❤ your channel. You and your Family are Precious!
Great tip!
The transferware was such a good find! It will look so pretty for fall.
I catch myself smiling through your whole videos. I think you are funny and a real natural behind the camera. I always look forward to your videos.
Too true🥰 Kristen you are INFECTIOUS~! Yes, in laughter💝
Gourds: Give them all a good wash and let them dry. Then spray them with a varnish/urethane. They will last a long time and not rot or get mold.
LOL I wash the gourds off in the sink with soap and water first then let them dry really good outside on the porch. Next I rub brown shoe polish on them and it gives them a very nice patina and also seals them so you can dust them. Hope this helps!
Great tip!
The bag of gourds was a great find and a great deal and looks like others have given you information about how to clean the mold off of them. I prefer natural things or things made of natural materials as well. I just can't get into plastic pumpkins or silk or plastic foliage. You have a good eye. I love all of your thrifted finds
Love you so much. Your so down to earth and fun.
Girl you got those dishes for a steal!!!!! Johnson Bros. are my favorite dishes!!!!!!! Goggle the prices!!
Your Fall dishes are such a find. I am sure you will enjoy them mixed in or styled on a shelf. You could do just one shelf in your cabinet or display on the table or fireplace.
Love the gourds, and the gunk should clean right off. I use my EO cleaner on anything mould. Even makes real pumpkins last longer. I also use my eo diffuser, and get those wonderful Fall smells.
I saw someone on TH-cam use a small bundle of grasses from Hobby lobby, $4. And she created 2 bundles of sheaves. You have to open and carefully line up the heads, then spiral out, to make the full looking sheaves.
My family and are watch less tv during summer, the kids are home, it’s warm outside, so we spend most of our days outside and less time watching tv. Maybe that’s why some viewers aren’t watching? Just some food for thought. I still like to catch up on my YT faves when I get up before my boys in the morning and get my coffee
I have the old Soul too. Love, love your Videos. You have such a cute family and hard working hubby. Love that Puppy Dog too!
Thank you so much!
Kristen, I am a subscriber because of the kind of person you are! You are not a put on, but you are your real self and I find that so relatable. Don't change and keep doing what you do on your channel. I love your honesty, your sharing your faith, your sense of humor, your laugh and just keeping things real, not staged. Your videos are fun and make me smile! Keep up the great work and thank you!
Take the gourds outside, and with a stiff brush, brush the mold and flakes off, when you get as much as you can that way, get a bowl of warm water with 1/5 bleach water ratio, and a damp scrubby and clean the rest with that. I suggest not to soak them as micro cracks can get water inside (and seeing as you plan to not cut into them and clean out the inside) which will take forever to dry properly and could creat more issues, and mold.
Stick them in front of a fan till fully dry.....like a good day. And then i suggest rubbing some wax on them and buffing them. It will make the colors richer and really pop, and i also feel it protects them and makes them last longer and collect less dust.
FYI, these are super easy to grow (get the kids involved), and you can grow many different kinds and shapes, you can grow some loofah too.
I would spray with some kind of cleaner. Take the moldy ones outside to clean. Also you could google how to clean dried gords.
You're my favorite subscription! I love when I get notifications that you have a new video!
Wow, thank you!
4:08 I double checked, I am subscribed.
I love your giggles and finds!
Hello Kristen, family, and fur baby. LOVE YOUR SCORE OF THE JOHNSON SETS. Yes, want to see that home tour. GREAT HAUL...STTB
To clean the gourds, soak them in your sink for aboutv20 minutes with either hydrogen peroxide or bleach, about a half cup of either, and warm water. Either solution will take care of the mold issue. Use a wire scrubber, wear gloves and goggles (don't ask how I know, LOL) and scrub away. Rinse them off and dry naturally outside in the sun. This can take a couple days of drying. Don't bring them back in until they are completely dry. Have fun and what a score with those gourds!
Thanks! 🎉 Love 💗 your channel and sweet and faith filled ❤️ heart!
Blessings In Christ
Penny 😊
Oh my word! How generous, Penny! Thank you so much!
Hey Kristen I darken baskets with watered down dark wax from walmart. Just apply and let sit for a bit and then wipe back. Repeat until you get the color you Love! Can also do it with watered down paint if you can find a color that you like 👍😊
LOVE the brown transfer ware!!💖💖
Great idea!!
I look forward to watching your videos every week!
Fall is just a bummer in Florida. Yes, the weather cools off a little bit, and hurricane season ends. But there’s nothing like the feels and smells of Fall “up north.” We try to travel every Fall to get us some! 😊
Absolutely beautiful Brown transfer ware.
As you should be! I look so forward to watching you and your sweet sweet family. You are so relatable and for this I am grateful. In this day and time, real people and their honesty are so hard to come by. Last but not least, your faith and story touch me deeply!! Thank you Kristen!
Thank you so much!!
I absolutely and unequivocally love your channel and subscribed the first time I watch one of your videos. You find the best thrifted stuff because you have excellent taste. I think the gourds are totally awesome. I just scored a set of Johnson Bros "Happy Village" at a steal which my husband agreed to buy as my. birthday gift. I love transfer ware and would rather have it than modern dishes. I think your two place settings may be worth a lot more than you paid for them. Total score!!! Plus they are gorgeous!!!
I believe the one crock is called a bean pot , and the whiskey one i also have myself in a darker color
Oh my goodness! I am guilty!!! 😂 I thought I was! Girl I love you and your style! This family member has corrected this!
Oh thank you!
Kristin, the large crock is called a bean pot! ❤️
April 2024 been thrifting for fall n Christmas, going to more natural items, no cutsie signs, flashy stuff. Decluttering my items I dont want anymore.
Super cute video today! Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful place settings, one for you and Josh during the holidays. Wonderful haul as always. I am excited for your fall decorating video. I have been a subscriber for a while and love everything you bring to TH-cam. God Bless you Hoffman family.
Love all your find’s Kristen!
I’m surprised that 70% are not subscribers. I subscribed the first video I watched. I love how down to earth you are and love your beautiful family.
Spray the gourds with clear acrylic to give them shine.
Hi Kristen! I just subscribed. (Unfortunately I was a part of the 70% that was just watching. But I subscribed!) You have the best thrifts and such a lovely home! I also appreciate your love and word of our Lord! God bless you and your family and thanks for great content! 🙏🏻😊
Thanks for subbing!
Oh your dishes are so beautiful! East colors to mix and match with other colors .
Thank you so much 😊
Oh sweet Kristen. I too subscribed when I first watched your videos. I too would like to start my channel but I’ve had so many people tell me they don’t subscribe to channels because they don’t understand that they don’t have to pay. They think of subscribing like a monthly fee like comcast, Netflix etc. if you addressed that it may help. LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!
I completely disagree with the comment from Yvonne. You are one of the people that I have subscribed to the fastest because you have such a fun and sweet personality. Your honesty and laughter make you relatable! Love what you do.
Agree100%
Loved your Fall Haul. Still in the 90s here yet and will remain HOT here in FL thru October/ November or beyond. Watching autumn items at least makes me feel a bit cooler. The heat doesn't stop most Floridians from decorating or hauling out their boots and sweaters even if they are sweating to death in them. Not me. I'm in shorts and sandals about 340 days of the year. Thanks for posting.
Kristen I got a bunch of something called "bunny tails" or something like that from whole foods. Not sure if you have one of those in your area but they look like small sized wheat sprigs 🌾🌾🌾 I put them on a vase on our fireplace mantle 😊🍂
I was just at our Hallmark store, not sue if US had them? It is usually pretty expensive but they had put their soy candles in pretty jars with pretty lids and a good size for 14.99 each. There were several scents and I loved all of them. So fun to find fun finds.
Thanks for sharing!!
Hi Kristen, I am a longtime subscriber and love your channel. It makes me happy to see your subscriber list grow in number. Hopefully this week it will grow even more. I, too, love the Fall 🍁 and decorating for the season. Bet it’s busy around your house this week with school starting soon.
You clean the gourds with soaking then and cleaning with Tide and bleach and scrub
I love watching your channel, and I’m subscribed so I always know when a new one pops up! Keep them coming! Thank you for all you do.
Awesome! Thank you!
I’m subscribed Sweet Lady. I love your channel and your family. I’m a hot mess when it comes to planning things and I am trying so hard to be more intentional. I love that you are so real. Thank you for your realness and your faith. It makes my heart happy❤btw, I got a great bunch of wheat from Amazon last year
Thank you so much!!
Loved all your Fall finds! My granddaughter and I love to watch you 💕💕
I’ve always been subscribed and I look forward to every new video!!!! Loved your haul! Can’t wait to see how you style it all!!!!🧡
I know we aren’t suppose to “covet thy neighbors goods” and of all days it’s Sunday……but my oh my!!!! I love the brown transferware for fall😍😍
It would be beautiful used as the place settings at the ends of the table and then white or off white sets for the side place settings. A brown salad plate mixed in the one sides would be perfect!!! Enjoy!!! Oh….LOVE THE GOURDS!! And not coveting those 😂because I have a bunch that dried on their own from when we lived in TN❤️
We are just admiring together!
You’re so funny!! I just love watching you!