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: Tasty Treats
Today let’s take a break from all the decorating (Mantels, Trees, Wreaths) and talk about food! But not just any food… tasty, yummy, gooey, Christmas treats! I’ll share some of our traditional Christmas treats and some new ones I plan to incorporate. Here are some treats I have made in past years to giveaway as […]
5 days of Christmas inspiration: Wonderful Wreaths
Now that your mantel is all merry and your tree is trimmed, you need some decoration for your doors. Let’s talk about Wonderful Wreaths! (And remember you can decorate the outside AND inside of doors and over mirrors – places for wreaths are endless!) Of course when you think of a Christmas wreath, you probably […]
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! […]
5 days of Christmas inspiration….
Anyone else finishing up the last of the turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie? We sure are enjoying devouring the last of the Thanksgiving leftovers… And I am LOVING not having to cook for a few days after 2 days straight of cooking! One of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving is making big ‘ole turkey […]
Thanksgiving at our house
“The stockings are all hung by the chimney with care…” Whoops, sorry, wrong holiday! I was a little confused as my neighbor was hanging Christmas lights yesterday while I was spray painting pumpkins in the driveway and I was preparing and cooking Thanksgiving food while watching Christmas movies. But it was definitely Thanksgiving today […]