salt dough ornaments 2022 | Christmas crafts
This salt dough ornament-making is going to be an annual thing, I think. They are just so fun, easy, personal, and pretty. I made them last year, both traditional salt dough and cinnamon “gingerbread” salt dough, and I enjoyed it immensely. I always thought of salt dough as sort of a kindergarten craft material, but […]
Christmas foyer 2022 | Christmas decorating
I love that Christmas decorating doesn’t have to be complicated, time-consuming, or expensive to be really pretty and festive. It really can be as simple as trimming a few branches from evergreens and tucking them around the house. We have some nice bushes and trees in our area that are perfect to clip and take […]
Christmas living room 2022 | Christmas decorating
Since we spend most of our time in the living room, that is where I focused my Christmas decorating attention. I would probably do that anyway, but my Christmas decorating is scaled back this year since we just moved into our house this fall. While I love the Christmas season, it feels like it came […]
Kitchin Sketchbook Wrapping Paper
In April of 2021, I went out on a limb and purchased something that spoke to me in a way that sticks out in all of my years of buying and selling antiques. It was a lot of four antique sketchbooks from the late 1800s to early 1900s by architect and artist George Herbert Kitchin. […]
fashion gift ideas from Walmart
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by As always, all words and opinions are honest and my own. Oh man, Christmas shopping! Some years, I am right on the ball, and other years, it sneaks up on me. Just today, Jeff and I were talking about Christmas shopping and he said, “Wasn’t Thanksgiving yesterday?” If […]
customizing a winter/Christmas wreath | Christmas decorating
Earlier this week, I showed how I made this full, fluffy Christmas/winter wreath out of two thinner wreaths. Not only did it add fullness to the wreath, but it added more texture. You can read all about it and see a video tutorial on how I did it HERE. The two wreaths I used were […]
2022 advent stockings | christmas decorating
I got a text from Calvin on December 1 and it was one word. “Advent.” I was hoping he would just forget about it this year. Since my boys were toddlers, I’ve done advent stockings for them. Each day, I fill the stocking with a couple of small toys or treats, one for each boy. […]
fluffy full wreath hack | Christmas decorating
As I shared last week, Christmas decorating this year is about doing the best I can. It’s about enjoying what I can do and letting go of what I can’t. And, I have to say, it’s felt pretty good so far. It’s been slow. It’s been spurts and starts. But, it’s been happening at a […]