I love decorating for Christmas in the dining room. I normally keep the theme either snowy or icy and some of my favorite little woodland animals are the focus...This year I went with a snowy feel by adding loads of snowy picks to the tree...The snowy picks along with my snow white … [Read more...]
Christmas in the Kitchen
In our house, Christmas in the kitchen is decidedly simple. If any room calls for simplicity, I think it's the kitchen! With so much holiday cooking and baking we need space to slice, dice and roll out Christmas cookies!The one exception ...This little gingerbread village. I've always wanted … [Read more...]
Christmas Around the House & Thoughts on Hard Years…
Have you lived long enough to have one of "those" years? Those unbearable years when moving through every day is very much like walking knee deep in wet cement. When you're just certain life will take a turn for the better before year's end and suddenly you find yourself right in the middle of … [Read more...]
Christmas Decorating and Baking!
December is still brand new and sparkling with promise have you guys started Christmas decorating and baking? If you haven't started yet, I bet you'll be decking the halls and spreading icing on those sugar cookies in no time! With that in mind, I pulled together six decorating projects and six … [Read more...]
Decorating for Christmas
The day was charged with excitement. I was seven years old...or maybe eight. Mama, Gramma, my sister Debra and I, sat in a fancy restaurant, The Magnolia Room. The restaurant was tucked away inside Rich's department store, back-in-the-day before giant food courts. We'd spent the morning shopping, … [Read more...]
Christmas Bedroom
Can you believe Christmas is so very close??? Are you ready? I made a major mistake this week guys...while cleaning up after wrapping some presents, somehow I threw away 4 pairs of Christmas PJ's!!!!! My three grown-up girls and I always wear matching PJ's on Christmas Eve, it's a tradition...but … [Read more...]