When Santa Claus, gets home from his long night’s ride around the world, he was lacking a place to hang his coat and hat. Since the jolly old guy loved the Classic Christmas Books Stocking Hanger than I made last year, I knew he’d love a coat rack made of red and white books, ‘cuz he’s a red and white kind of fella! 🙂
DIY Christmas Ornaments with Quilt Block Patterns
December 4, 2015 by 10 Comments
I’ve kind of gone nuts this year sharing DIY Christmas ornaments, but since I wanted a specific theme for our Christmas tree, it was easier to make the ornaments myself than search all the stores looking for just the right ones. Since the theme I picked is “simple farmhouse”, I brainstormed what comes to mind when I think of farmhouses, and quilts immediately came to mind. I remembered the barn quilt my son and I made together in the spring, and the quilt-inspired chair I {Read More}
Christmas Entryway Welcome Home Tour
December 3, 2015 by 10 Comments
Hello everyone! I’ve been a busy bee, and can’t wait to show you my Christmas entryway! I don’t decorate my entire house for every season and holiday. It’s just too much work, but I did want the entryway to look welcoming and festive. The entryway remodel is almost finished, and it’s down to deciding what to do about the floor, but my husband built me a wall hutch that I couldn’t wait to decorate for the holidays. It has 3 tall vertical shelves and 1 {Read More}
Christmas Family Photos – The Miracle Edition!
November 30, 2015 by 8 Comments
Christmas family photos… It’s that joyful day of the year when mother cheerfully gathers her husband and offspring together, to capture a moment in time in their family story, and preserve it for posterity. Those happy family members look forward to it every year, with smiles on their faces, and joy in their hearts. Bwaa ha, ha, ha, haaaaaa
A Rustic Bucket and Metal Tags for Christmas
November 29, 2015 by 2 Comments
This post is written in collaboration with Antique Farmhouse. When I’m looking for vintage style decor for my home, auctions are usually the best source, but as more and more people buy at auctions to resell, it’s become harder and harder to win something at a decent price – if you win at all. Often the prices climb even higher than the prices I see in antique stores, and usually the pieces are dirty and need to be scrubbed well before {Read More}
My Favorite Things Christmas Wish List
November 28, 2015 by 8 Comments
Did you join in the Black Friday craziness yesterday? If so, did you score any great deals, or wish you would have just stayed home? Well, I stayed home, as usual, and made a Christmas wish list instead. I’ve never been a big fan of Christmas lists, and probably wouldn’t make one, but my kids always ask me to, so this year I decided to have it ready for them when they ask for it. I do ask my kids for a {Read More}
Make Rustic Christmas Shelf with Scrap Wood
November 27, 2015 by 1 Comment
Well, with Thanksgiving behind us, it’s now the time that sends terror into the hearts of procrastinators around the world (like myself). It’s officially the Christmas season. It’s officially the Christmas season and I haven’t bought one. single. gift. … No, not one. So, did I rush out to hit Black Friday sales today?
Gingham and Brown Paper Ornaments
November 26, 2015 by 10 Comments
Well, the table is cleared, and the leftovers are now filling my refrigerator. It was a lovely day, and although I don’t love to cook, I didn’t set off the smoke alarm, I didn’t repeat last year’s “turkey on the floor” episode, and I was much more organized than the year before’s “thrown together Thanksgiving“, so I’d call my meal a big success!
Thanksgiving
November 25, 2015 by 13 Comments
I know everyone in the US is getting ready for Thanksgiving, and I am too, but I wanted to show you a few projects created by some of my readers, using my that I shared last year. This adorable baking theme tree was created by Heidi, one of my Facebook readers, and she used the printable to make a charming ornament. Isn’t it adorable?! And Holly at Coconut Head’s Survival Guide used it inside this wooden tray, which I love! {Read More}
Gingerbread Men Cinnamon Dough Ornaments
November 23, 2015 by 13 Comments
I know the title of my post seems wrong, since gingerbread men should be made of gingerbread, but I wanted to make some cinnamon dough ornaments, shaped like gingerbread men, so let’s just roll with it, ok? 🙂 If you recall, the theme for my Christmas decor this year is ” old-fashioned farmhouse”, and just like the 1st ornament I shared this year (see it here), these little guys look like something Mary and Laura (the Little House girls) would {Read More}
