Let's strap on our furry boots, put on our stocking caps, and bundle up! It's holiday home tour season, and I'm sharing Part I of my 2016 Holiday Home Tour today! I'm excited to be participating in a "Christmas Mantels Around America" blog hop today that highlights Christmas Mantels across the United States and Canada...how cool is that?! Thanks to Suzy, from Worthing Court for hosting! Our holiday mantel this year is the centerpiece of the living room, and looks so festive all lit up for the ... Read More about Holiday Home Tour Part I: Our Christmas Mantel
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That One Time When Country Sampler Magazine Came to My House…
Every now and then, this blogging thing leads me to a new experience or opportunity that has me pinching myself. My dream of seeing my home in the pages of a magazine seemed so far off and "out there," until it happened last summer. And now, it's happening again! I recently had one of those days that felt a bit like a surreal experience. A photographer, his assistant, and the special projects director, Susan, from Country Sampler Magazine came to my house to shoot it for their Fall 2017 ... Read More about That One Time When Country Sampler Magazine Came to My House…
A Colorful Art Birthday Party
Throwing a colorful art birthday party was a lot of fun for my daughter and her friends! Turning five years old is a big deal, and we partied hard last weekend with a themed-party that I'm dubbing, "A Colorful Art Birthday Party." Miss L. loves to color, craft, paint, and glue things together, so I knew an art party would be right up her ally. For the first time we let her invite friends (normally we're all family at her birthday parties), so it was important to me to give the kids a ... Read More about A Colorful Art Birthday Party
Thanksgiving Dining Room
As I decorate my dining room for Thanksgiving, I am reminded of all the things to be thankful for this year! As I decorate my dining room for Thanksgiving I fell as though I'm just barely keeping myself afloat. You may, or may not, know that I teach full-time, run a photography business, and write this blog. And I have a four-year-old who likes to play the opposite game with me. You know, I request that she does something, and she promptly does the opposite. I'm pulling my hair out with my ... Read More about Thanksgiving Dining Room
Old Wood Window As Backdrop for Decor
It's November and it seems like most of blogland is going Christmas crazy at the moment. And I get it. I love decorating for Christmas! Truth be told, if I wasn't throwing a big 5th birthday party here next weekend, I'd probably be up to my neck in tinsel and ornaments too. Miss L's b-day comes at a tricky time of year, because it feels completely wrong to have the Halloween decor still out in the beginning of November, but having my home decorated for Christmas also seems ridiculous...I think ... Read More about Old Wood Window As Backdrop for Decor