Apologies upfront for the not-so-great photo of our mantel, but it’s the only one I have, so up it goes. (complete with husband’s arm in the mirrored stand! :-)) I will probably add more light next time, but generally I’m fairly happy with how it turned out this year. (2014) A few details: – Mantel … Continue reading
Need an easy way to decorate your porch for Christmas? Picked up this great little planter on clearance at Home Depot in the fall and it was so easy to grab the chalk and prep it for the holidays! I found a few cute chalkboard art Christmas trees on Pinterest, so put my own spin … Continue reading
So, do you ever buy someone a Christmas gift and then decide it’s not quite right for them…but you wait too long to return it…and then you decide you really wanted to keep it all along for yourself?? Well, that’s what happened with the kneeling silver reindeer in front of the fireplace. I bought him … Continue reading
There are SO many cute chalkboard Christmas options flying around on Pinterest that I was having a hard time deciding. But when I realized that my little Dollar Store Penguin vinyl cling was no longer clinging and needed to be tossed, I decided that I needed to salvage his cute face in chalk. And … Continue reading
Every Christmas I try to send my favorite Aunt and slew of cousins a unique themed gift. Since it’s a fairly large group, I also try to get creative (e.g. cheap…homemade!) when I can. I’d seen lots of cute Reinbeer ideas on Pinterest and was inspired. But wanted to add a personal touch. After … Continue reading
Apologies upfront for the not-so-great photo of our mantel, but it’s the only one I have, so up it goes. (complete with husband’s arm in the mirrored stand! :-)) I will probably add more light next time, but generally I’m fairly happy with how it turned out this year. (2014) A few details: – Mantel … Continue reading
This year, I knew I wanted to use the same idea for our Christmas mantel, but I’d seen someone put the Holy Family in a crate on Pinterest, so I wanted to add that feature. It came together something like this: Pier 1 mantel scarf was hanging nicely in the closet, so out it came. Didn’t … Continue reading
As I was debating about what to use on our Christmas mantel, I kept coming back to the big picture frames that folks were using on Pinterest. I knew I also wanted to use my Crate & Barrel reindeer (who had debuted on our table the year before). After pulling out the Monet print from a 24×36 poster … Continue reading
So, what do you do when your dinner guests are due at your home in about two hours and you realize, since one of them is single, it would be optimal to have placecards? (OK, the truth is, it just makes a regular old dinner seem fancy!) You print out all of the names in … Continue reading
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