by Jennifer Beckstrand | Mar 30, 2020 | Author's Corner, Family
I’m not a very visually creative person, but with the help of Pinterest and the Internet in general, I can sometimes pull off something amazing. 🙂 Three weeks ago, my daughters and I threw a baby shower for my niece. I really wanted to make it special, so I went...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Mar 23, 2020 | Cooking
This is one of my absolute favorite cakes! It takes a little work but isn’t hard. The cake is so moist, and if you like pineapple and coconut, you are going to adore this cake! The original recipe is a Utah State Fair winner, and you can find the original recipe...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Mar 18, 2020 | Amish
Dear readers, This is a stressful time for everybody. We all need a little positivity in our lives, and I think one of the best ways to bring in a little sunshine is to read an Amish romance! So, until Sunday, March 22, the three books in the Apple Lake Amish series...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Mar 16, 2020 | Amish, Author's Corner, Quilting Bee
Last week I wrote about four of the quilt blocks in a quilt Miriam makes for her friend Seth in Miriam’s Quilt. Miriam’s Quilt is one of the first Amish romances I wrote, and I have reissued it in ebook form on Amazon. It’s a heartfelt, poignant...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Mar 9, 2020 | Quilting Bee
In Miriam’s Quilt, Miriam makes a quilt for Seth to help remind him of his mother, who has passed away. She makes a sampler quilt, which is a quilt made with many different quilt squares. Here is Miriam’s quilt with an explanation of four of the quilt...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Mar 2, 2020 | Amish, Romance
Miriam’s Quilt is loved by thousands of Amish fiction readers. Here’s your chance to get it for free. Is there more to love than her bitter memories? Miriam Bontrager has loved Ephraim Neuenschwander for as long as she can remember. As young teenagers they...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Feb 24, 2020 | Amish, Author's Corner, Cooking, Family, Farming&Gardening
A message from Anna Helmuth, Amish fraa, mater, and mammi and irrepressible matchmaker in The Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill books. Vie gehts, everybody? As a mater of 13 children, I’ve learned a lot about cooking and cleaning over the years. Here are some tips I’ve...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Feb 17, 2020 | Amish, Cooking
One of my mom’s best side dishes is her au gratin potatoes. Some people call them funeral potatoes because they are a good dish to serve at a funeral. In Home on Huckleberry Hill, I had these potatoes on the menu when Mary Anne makes Jethro a special anniversary...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Feb 10, 2020 | Author's Corner, Romance
Happy Valentine’s Week! Valentine’s Day is likely every romance writer’s favorite holiday because we are always thinking about romance and how to make two people fall in love. Below, I have rated my top ten romance books not written by me. If you...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Feb 3, 2020 | Author's Corner, Faith, Inspirational
Well! Thank goodness January is over and we can stop worrying about being perfect with our New Year’s resolutions! Most of them have fallen by the wayside. Some of them are still going strong. But I like February because you start creating habits out of the...
