Merry Christmas from our home to yours! Hope you have had a blessed day celebrating the birth of Christ, enjoying time with family, and making new memories!! Thank you for taking the time to read along and join me on our journey of turning our house into a HOME! I am thankful for my […]
A free boxwood Christmas wreath
So the other day I was browsing Pinterest and came across this boxwood wreath made by Michelle at Sweet Something Designs. I absolutely LOVED it! It was one of those things that I wanted to make RIGHT THEN! Well, I didn’t make it right then but I did make it the next night. I […]
The twinkling Christmas tree in my house
I love Christmas! I love all the lights, the sounds of Christmas music playing, the parties and family get-togethers, shopping, decorating, baking, watching Christmas movies over and over again on Hallmark, special church programs, and remembering Christ’s birth – such a wonderful time of year! And there is just something about sitting in the […]
Christmas Dinner table ideas (from our church’s Christmas Dinner Celebration)
Our church had our annual Christmas Dinner Celebration this past weekend. Anyone and everyone (family, friends, church-folks, the community) is invited to come. A big Christmas dinner is served family-style while enjoying listening to Christmas music and a drama performed by our choir and members in our church. There is much work involved as you […]
Frugal finds this week
I missed thrift shopping for a few weeks over Thanksgiving so I was ready to get out and see what I could find. I stopped in Value Village and this is what I found: a large picture frame for $1.01 (for a project coming up, hopefully in January!) a Wilton Christmas tree pan for $1.91 […]
FREE Christmas printables to use as decor
So remember when I posted about using free printables as art? Well… how about some FREE Christmas art? I was just compiling an email to my Grandmother with a bunch of free Christmas printables (she makes cards for friends and nursing home residents as a ministry) and I thought, “My blog readers would love […]
A Christmas mantel (+ a new Christmas craft)
Can’t wait to share my Christmas mantel with you!! I thought it would be hard to improve on last years, but I think I am loving this years even more! 🙂 Here’s a sneak peek… But first lets go back and look at past years Christmas mantels. I also want to show you how […]
5 days of inspiration: Frills of the season
So we have talked about decorating your Mantel, and Tree, and found lots of ideas for Wreaths. And I even shared some of our favorite Christmas treats. Today I would like to share with you some other Christmas décor, or Frills, that you could easily create in your home. See these topiary trees? […]
5 days of Christmas inspiration: Trimmed Trees
So your mantel should be all decked out by now! If not, check out some of the inspiration from yesterday’s post on Merry Mantels. Today we are going to talk about the next biggest item in Christmas decorating – a Trimmed Tree! Real vs. artificial Now we could debate the real vs. artificial […]
5 days of Christmas inspiration: Merry Mantels
First up on the list of Christmas inspiration this week is Merry Mantels! I love decorating my mantel for Christmas and strive to mix it up a little each year. Here is my mantel from last year: I am still tweaking this years mantel and I think it is even better this year! […]