Today I am going to share our front porch decorated for Christmas. It is nothing elaborate and I wish I could do more or do it differently but it is more than I have done before and I love the little touches that I added this year. Here it is in the daytime – but […]
A Homemade Christmas linky party!
Today is the day! If you have been following along the last few weeks I have been participating in a 3 week long series with 3 other bloggers – Christa from Brown Sugar Toast, Laine from It’s Just Laine, and Heather from Thrifty Stories. We have posted all kinds of homemade projects from decorations, to […]
“O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree…”
So excited to share our Christmas tree this year with you just in time to link up at with Sarah at Thrifty Décor Chick for her her annual Christmas tree linky party. This year’s theme was to do everything in the living room, the mantel and tree, in all neutrals – cream, brown, silver, gold, […]
Get Cozy, Give Back with Better Homes and Gardens
I recently got a chance to team up Better Homes and Gardens in their “Get Cozy, Give Back” campaign with a photo contest for charity. Here’s how it works. Pick up your favorite Better Homes and Gardens throw at Wal-mart and take a picture snuggling with your new blanket and submit it on their facebook […]
Giving back this Christmas (with some help from Cost PlusWorld Market )
I am excited to share this post with you! I don’t know about you but the Christmas season can get a little crazy. Amidst all the shopping, baking, decorating, wrapping, and extra parties the real reason for this season can easily get forgotten. Christmas is a season of giving… a season of reflecting on the […]
Neutral + Vintage Christmas mantel
I am excited to share my vintage, homemade, and neutral Christmas mantel with you today. This mantel is so different in many ways than my past Christmas mantels. Here was last year’s mantel – all burgundy and gold. This year I am trying to leave out as much red/burgundy from my decorations as possible. Just […]
Homemade Vintage Music Book Page Wreath
I am back with another post in our A Homemade Christmas series! I hope you have been catching all of the other posts in this series… if not check them out at the bottom of this post. My mouth is still watering from Heather’s homemade Pecan sticky buns recipe from yesterday. Yumm! Today I am […]
A Homemade Christmas (3 week collaborative series starting Monday)
Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We had a good time with family and ate too much, of course. And woke up today to “the day after Thanksgiving” . . . when it seems the whole world switches into full steam ahead Christmas mode! I know I do! I got some Christmas shopping done in […]
3 ways to paint pinecones–help me pick!
In between cleaning house, prepping my Thanksgiving menu, decorating a kids table, and all the other every day things, I am also trying to prepare for Christmas decorating! I plan on making a lot of homemade decorations this year along with using many things from nature too and I don’t want the decorating to drag […]
20+ Thanksgiving Kids Table ideas
Thanksiving is ONE week away – can you believe it?? Next week, I will be busy baking pies and all kinds of things, cleaning, and preparing for a big family meal as I am sure some of you will be doing as well. I really want to have my table settings and decorations all done […]