sharing my passion for all things home
Most of my Christmas decorations are up, so today I'm going to show you a small glimpse of them. I'm still tweaking things, and, of course, doing a few crafts (I'll be sharing those with you over the next few weeks). As I mentioned the other day, I love traditional red and green for my decor and it starts at my … [Read more...]
Get your holiday blog posts and links ready because I'm co-hosting a holiday linky party on December 7! I'll be sharing a special Christmas craft idea and tutorial as a part of the Winter Wonders & Holiday Happenings Link Party with Claiming Our Space, Black Fox Homestead, Life with the Hawleys, The Thrifty Rebel and Yellow Spool blogs. You … [Read more...]
This is the time of year when my kids are circling pictures in store ads letting us know what they want for Christmas. Of course, I remember the excitement of putting together a Christmas list when I was a kid. It was the time when you could really dream big -- or, at least, what seemed big at the time. It got me … [Read more...]
The Christmas season is officially here - my tree is up and the majority of my house is decorated. But, if you're anything like me, the decorating is never really done. I always want to tweak things a little to suit my ever-changing mind. I've been pinning several rustic Christmas decorating ideas on Pinterest all year long and now I'm … [Read more...]
A few weeks ago I blogged about all the yummy pecan-related recipes I found while surfing the web (since my pecan tree is blessing us in abundance this year). I showed you this pecan pie bar recipe that I wanted to try, but when I went to print it out and make it, the link wasn't working. I guess it was fate (no offense to the … [Read more...]
I'm a little late, but here it is...my FINAL Fall Favorites Friday (posting on Saturday -- oops!!) Did fall fly by or what? My kids are already pestering me to put up Christmas decorations. One thing at a time, kids, one thing at a time. Momma's gotta cook a Thanksgiving turkey first!Speaking of which, I feel like I've devoted a lot of my Fall … [Read more...]
I'm sure everyone has had a week or even a day where you have grand plans to get things done and despite all your running around nothing does get done? At least, not the things you planned to get done.Well, that describes my week. I've done a lot of running around and feel like I've got very little to show for my efforts. It's not that I'm … [Read more...]
I can't even believe Thanksgiving is a week and a half away! (Well, not quite...) How in the world did that happen?! The fact is, it's here, it's going to happen, and I have to get ready!! I'm hosting Thanksgiving at my house this year so I've got to start thinking about my table (among other things). I'm pretty excited … [Read more...]
I was browsing some of my favorite blogs this morning and saw this post about defining your own design style over at The Cottage Mix. Source: Southern Living I thought it was a fun post and it got me inspired to share my own design style. It's not always easy to define but -- as Lauren at TCM said -- pictures usually … [Read more...]
When I made my large Pottery Barn knock-off chalkboard and my small chalkboard easel I was excited about the prospect of being able to update them with greetings, poems and sayings for each season. The only problem is, despite some artistic ability, I cannot write the kind of beautiful script and embellishments that I … [Read more...]
November is here and as soon as I turn the calendar page I start getting excited about Thanksgiving and everything it includes; good food, family, friends and focusing on all that we have to be thankful for. To be perfectly honest, I love Thanksgiving more than Christmas. It's less hectic, more relaxed and more focused on what's … [Read more...]
