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. […]
Christmas Gift Wrapping
Several years ago, I started choosing somewhat of a theme for my Christmas gift wrapping. One year I used all silver paper and purple ribbon for all the gifts. One year I had really cute, sparkly-colored, polka-dot paper and striped paper and chevron paper that coordinated. Another year I did a deep red polka-dot paper […]
Christmas Ornaments ~ Glass and Paper
I saw this idea floating around a few places online and I loved the look. Clear glass has always been a favorite of mine. I loved how fun these ornaments were filled with paper curls. My sister brought some crafting stuff out when they came out at Thanksgiving. She brought along some old music sheets. […]
Ten Gifts You Can Grab at the Grocery Store
Ok. A list of ten gifts found at the grooocerrrryyyyy!! Linking up with Carole ~ Fun, fun. 1. Cheese and crackers. I totally love appetizer foods and I love how food gift baskets look. So, basically my whole list of ten could just be different combinations of food baskets. 🙂 BUT, cheese! Buy cubes of […]
Ten Things I Love About The Holiday Season
Today on Tuesday it’s all about 10 Things You Truly Enjoy About the Holiday Season! Here are some of mine! Christmas is such a special time. Linking up with Carole… {affiliate links included in post} 1. The nativity scene. I love nativities. I mentioned that yesterday in my Monday post. I have a Willow Tree large […]
Yarn Along {Ishtar’s Odyssey}
It’s a Christmas package! What could be inside? I was so excited to wrap this up for my kiddos. I’ll give you a hint. Whispering…………….{“It’s a book.”} Last week I saw this book on a facebook page and was all kinds of happy. I promptly ordered it from CBD. It arrived while my sister and her […]
Memoir Monday {No. 99}
Hello to memories made! Last week started out with our beautiful fall weather continuing on and ended with winter debuting in a very real and icy way! We had a good week. We crafted. We made treats and cooked. We baked pies. We pulled out all the favorite recipes. We snuggled this baby. We gave […]
It’s a Christmas Blessing Giveaway ~ $400 PayPal Cash
We had a very good Thanksgiving. My sister & co. were here visiting for the week. We fixed Thanksgiving dinner and had a lovely, tucked-in day eating good food and pie and giving thanks for so many good things in our lives! Yep, there are trials and hard spots and not-so-good things, YET, still so […]
Happy Thanksgiving 2015
T ruly Thankful H arvest and Home A pples and Acorns N otebooks and Nuts K isses and Knitting S hoes and Showers G lasses and Gumballs I nk pens and Ice Cream […]
On Father’s Day
It’s Father’s Day. This family, this wife, this daughter, this son. We are just so thankful for this man. The one I call husband. And my Love. The one they call Dad. Or daddy. Or daddy-boy. The one they greet almost every time they see him, “Hey, Dad!” The one that for a while […]
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. […]
Marshmallow Peeps Surprise Cupcakes
I clicked over to Pinterest a few weeks ago to browse for a bit. Pinterest has started doing that whole picked-for-you bit and selecting pins for your feed. I hadn’t paid that much attention and probably really wouldn’t have realized they were doing this, except a few days earlier I had read a sarcastic humor comment […]
Creating Home : A Touch of Valentines
We put our Christmas decor away and spruced up our home a bit. I styled and added in decor, creating home and using things I love! I don’t really major in decor, but I certainly enjoy it and enjoy changing things up in our spaces a few times a year. January is still cold, […]
Fourteen of My Favorite Posts From 2014
Now in theory, it sounded easy. Quickly choose and post fourteen of my own personal favorite blog posts that I composed and hit the publish button on in 2014. Starting to browse back through 2014 and choose the posts became a different story. There’s so much heart and meaning in our own personal stories. Lots […]
Simple Spiced Wassail
Tis the season! Of cold weather and hot drinks. Here on our farm we like the occasional coffee, hot chocolate with a touch of coffee, and sometimes hot tea. I also like to make wassail during the Christmas season. It’s so pretty and there’s something cozy and homey and Christmasey about it simmering on […]
Thankful on Thanksgiving Day ~
Happy Thanksgiving! Praise to God our Father and words from the archives ~ Father, We Praise You Father, we praise you for life and for love, Father we praise you in heaven above, Father, we praise you for your mighty power, Father, we praise you this day and this hour, Father, we thank […]