A year ago today, I was headed off for surgery. Part of me can’t believe the year has swung around already. Part of me feels like it’s been a long, long year. I’m still so grateful for people with medical interest and knowledge and the skill to help those suffering. How do I feel now […]
Glass Glittered Eggs
Yesterday was all about paper shreds and crafting nests! Today we’re breaking out the glass glitter! We’re going to glitter eggs, but you can go right over here and see my glass glittered pumpkins that I made more years ago than it seems it should be! {affiliate links included} I’ve had my bottles of glass […]
Shredded Paper Nests Craft
Here’s what I did over the weekend, among other things! Some crafting! {affiliate links included} I receive a few magazine subscriptions and I enjoy leafing through them. When I find a page with a craft or a recipe or some other manner of inspiration that I want to keep or make or remember, I do the […]
DIY Pom-pom Wreath
{affiliate links included} Back before Christmas and right after my surgery, I commenced to making pom-poms! And they were absolutely fun to do! My main purpose for making them was to make a wreath. The pom-poms look so very cute just piled in a basket, too! They became part of my Christmas decor for […]
Ribbon Candy
I wanted to find some old-fashioned ribbon candy to use as decor for Christmastime and I was delighted when I did! I had fun opening the box and finding out what colors and designs were inside. So intricate and beautiful! I can’t decide if I like the solid colors or the stripes better. I […]
A Bit of Christmas
Just a little look at some of the bits of Christmas decor that sprung up around our home for the season! I love nativities and I thoroughly enjoyed styling my china cupboard for the season. I found some old Christmas ornaments at an estate sale this spring. I was thrilled when I discovered them. […]
Autumn Party…from the Past
Taking a trek back in time again to visit Party Past! In the fall of 2008, I had a simple 60th birthday party for a dear lady, friend, and neighbor. It’s so fun to look back. I love remembering details. Autumn colors are so pretty. This chocolate cake was fun to make. Quite simple. […]
Books Tablescape
Once upon a time in Instagramland, summer was slipping to an end and cooler temperatures were tiptoeing closer and autumn was through the trees and around the bend in the path, not quite visible, but approaching. School sessions and schedules were starting in again and many people were posting pictures of back-to-school and last-days-at-the-pool and […]
Memoir Monday {No. 88}
An end-of-summer/beginning-of-fall look. We late-planted some gourds and pumpkins and they are growing. Tucker picked a few beginners for me. The flowers look a bit bedraggled from the heat and the croquet balls speak of summer days and the gourds hint of autumn. Matthew & I spent a day out with friends. I took a few […]
Birthday Blooms
Beautiful bright blooms. Brilliant sunshine streaming in. Light bouncing, dancing, catching, casting shadows, sparkling. Fantastic flowers. Fluid light flows from outside. Finding its way to fling glorious rays around. Camera clicks. Capturing radiance and freeze framing it. The splendor and the wonder in bright bouquets. A simple bud. Simply complex. I could never […]
Summertime Yellowy Lemon Wreath
One of my friends’ daughters posted a picture of her beautiful lemon wreath on Instagram. I loved its bright cheerfulness. Soon after, I was moving the flowerpots around on my porch and simultaneously watering them and moving them some more. I’ve rearranged the porch a few times this summer. In part, because of wind […]
Come Take a Tour of Our Farmhouse ~
I’ve had this post long in the works and hanging out in the behind-the-scenes and drafts in my dashboard of my blog. Therefore, with much ado, I bring you OUR FARMHOUSE TOUR. And a few quotes about home…. Be it ever so humble, There’s no place like home!!!!! There is nothing like staying at home […]
Miniature Pillows for Decor
I want to show you something I’m excited about! These miniature pillows my daughter has been creating!!! I just so love them! She’s had a good time coming up with different ideas and then stitching away. She had fun making them and I had equally as much fun photographing them. She did several Scrabble letter pillows. […]
A Garage Sale, A Scrabble Game, and An Excited Girl
Maybe a month or two or three ago, I thought, “It would be fun to have Scrabble tiles.” Thinking fun decor! The stuff you could do with them, such as spell stuff or use initials or just scatter the letters. Possibilities galore! I texted my sis and said, “If you find old Scrabble tiles, I’d take some.” […]
Crafting an Easter Wreath
I’m EXCITED!!! I made a wreath. Well, kind of. I did not make everything with my own bare hands from scratch, from vines and branches grown in my yard and garden, from fibers woven on my loom, and from plastic melted over my own fire and paint stirred together from crushed berries and whatever else. […]
Spring and Easter Decor
I was starting to feel like winter was running a bit long, even though it was only the beginning of March. Just that longing for sunshine and spring and birds chirping and green shoots shooting up. And while I’d enjoyed my touches of Valentine and red, February had zipped past, taking Valentine’s Day with it. […]