My family has been craving hot cocoa, but rather than buy packs at the grocery store, or the even more expensive version from Starbucks, I decided to display a homemade hot chocolate recipe on a pallet frame chalkboard. I plan to make a batch of the homemade mix for each of my kids and attach the recipe card to it. Here’s how I made the hot chocolate recipe chalkboard: I cut pallet wood into two 29″ lengths and two shorter 18″ lengths. I attached the two {Read More}
Simple Christmas Candle Centerpiece
December 1, 2016 by 7 Comments
This year the topic of discussion at our Thanksgiving table was all things wedding related. Wedding dates, wedding venues, and wedding colors. One of my sons is engaged, another son is planning to get engaged soon, and so is my niece. I’m overjoyed. Truly. But between bites of turkey and mashed potatoes, my mind was seeing dollar signs lined up like a slot machine. I knew I’d need to tighten my budget’s belt now for all those wedding expenses we will {Read More}
Homemade Christmas Gifts & Decor
November 26, 2016 by 1 Comment
My blog has been a bit quiet the past week, because I decided to take the week off and just enjoy spending time with my family. My mom has been here for the last week, and my husband’s dad arrived the day before Thanksgiving. My oldest son’s fiancé flew in to be with us, and my middle son came home from college with his soon-to-be fiancé. Every space around my new farmhouse table was filled, and that’s just the way I {Read More}
Black Friday Giveaways, Sales and Uncommon Gifts
November 24, 2016 by 50 Comments
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Are any of you planning to hit any Black Friday sales? I stopped going to stores on Black Friday years ago. I don’t do super late nights, crazy early mornings, crowds, or packed parking lots. I’d much rather shop online, stay home in my sweatpants, and eat leftovers all day. 🙂 Whether you love Black Friday sales or prefer to stay home like me, I’ve got several wonderful giveaways for you today, as well as online sales and unique {Read More}
Holiday Shopping Guide | Farmhouse Style
November 18, 2016 by 4 Comments
Have you started your holiday shopping yet? I’ve only purchased a few things and am struggling for gift ideas for most of my family. What makes it even harder is that my daughter has a Christmas Eve birthday, and my youngest son’s birthday is in January, so I really need to get busy. I thought it would be fun to put together a holiday shopping guide of things I love, because I know many of you love farmhouse style as much {Read More}
Woodland Christmas Guest Room Tour
November 13, 2016 by 21 Comments
I’m going to test your literary knowledge today, okay? I’m going to quote a paragraph from a book, and you see if you can tell me what book it’s from. It’s a classic, so I think most of you will know it. Here we go …
Birch Tree Bark Trends I’m Loving Right Now
November 6, 2016 by 5 Comments
“I’d like to go by climbing a birch tree~ And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk Toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more, But dipped its top and set me down again. That would be good both going and coming back. One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.” ~ Robert Frost Here’s a little known fact about me. I’m a tree hugger. No, I’ve never chained myself to a tree to save it from {Read More}
Wagon Wheel Farmhouse Christmas Candle Chandelier
October 30, 2016 by 13 Comments
I’ve got an upcycled wagon wheel project to show you today. But first can I whine a little? Yesterday was one of those no good, very bad, everything-seemed-to-go-wrong days. It started out great. The sun was shining, the weather was warm, and I woke up raring to get to work … … and then I slammed my finger in a door.
Handmade Christmas Ornaments | Three to Make in a Day
October 5, 2016 by 33 Comments
I rarely, if ever, share two blog posts in one day. But when I was invited to participate in a fall seasonal harvest tour, and 31 days of handmade ornaments, on the same day, I couldn’t say no. 🙂 I’m the blogger for day #5 of handmade ornaments (the links to the bloggers for the whole month are below). I started out having a hard time deciding what kind of ornament to make. But then I found these binder clips and {Read More}
Country Living Inspired Flour Sack Stockings
June 23, 2016 by 6 Comments
Months and months ago, I spotted some farmhouse style Christmas stockings via Country Living that were the picture of farmhouse Christmas perfection to me, and I’ve been wanting some like them ever since, and I finally have them!
