Did you get a chance to visit some of the Christmas Sweets and Treats blog posts filled with amazing recipes on Sunday? Over 30 bloggers participated and I’ve bookmarked several of the yummy recipes to make before the holidays. Here’s where you can find all the recipes: Candy Cane Marshmallow Treats from My Uncommon Slice Of…
In the spirit of the holidays, I’m joining with a group of bloggers to offer a $200 holiday giveaway to one lucky winner! If you win, you have your choice of a $200 Target gift card, or $200 in PayPal cash. The entry form is at the bottom of this post. I’m also announcing the…
Normally when I think of dessert I think of chocolate! Doesn’t everyone? But every so often I get a craving for desserts that don’t involve chocolate. Like creme brulee. It’s my all-time favorite. But today – it’s about a holiday classic – Christmas trifle with mixed berries. Trifle is a delightful layered dessert and you…
Let’s not kid ourselves. As wonderful as it can be, Christmas can be a hectic time of year. To help make things simpler for you, I’ve collected 25 DIY Christmas decorating projects here in one post. In addition to some of my own projects, several of my blogging friends have given me some of their projects…
After all the decorating for Tuesday’s Christmas home tour, I’ve been taking it easy the last couple of days and enjoying all the other Holiday Housewalk tours happening this week. I thought I’d share a few simple Christmas decorating ideas using some of my photos that didn’t make it into my home tour earlier this…
It’s not officially winter yet but once the snow starts to fly I dream of getting cozy in a cabin … or ski lodge. Some place with warm wood treatments and a crackling fireplace. A plaid blanket or cable knit throw would be an added plus. I searched Houzz for cabin style decorating ideas just…
Santa’s elves have been busy at my house hustling and bustling to trim the tree and deck the halls. Well, actually it was one elf … little ole me! Today I’m participating in Jennifer Rizzo’s annual Holiday Housewalk and I’m so excited to share my Christmas home tour with you! I’ll warn you now ……
It’s finally here! A full week of 30 DIY blogger homes all decorated for the Christmas Holiday House Walk organized by Jennifer Rizzo. Are you ready to enjoy them all? I know I am! I look forward to this week each year. My home tour is tomorrow, but since I’ve taken literally hundreds of photos, I…
I’m so happy to be sharing Jill’s home with you today! Jill blogs at Sew a Fine Seam and I had the pleasure of meeting her last fall at the Country Living Fair in Ohio. I had been reading her blog for a while prior to meeting her. In fact, I bought some of her…
This year I’m really looking forward to Christmas! My decorating is almost done and that means I can spend the weeks leading up to Christmas enjoying other things … like spending more time with family and friends, baking, attending holiday events, and more. And… my holiday home tour is next Tuesday! Eek! I hope you’ll stop…
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!! This is just a quick post before the hustle and bustle gets started in my farmhouse kitchen. I try to get all the cleaning done the days before Thanksgiving. That way, all I have to focus on is cooking and entertaining. Yesterday hubby and I picked up our fresh Ho-Ka turkey…
Hubby and I have been casually searching for the perfect kitchen table. There’s nothing really wrong with our current table … I’d just like something that’s not completely painted. Maybe a rustic wood table top with painted legs. I found some inspiration surfing through the pages of Houzz. Rustic Kitchen by Menlo Park Home Builders…
Over the past few years I’ve noticed I’ve been turning less and less to decorating magazines and more and more toward my fellow bloggers for decorating ideas. My blogging friends are truly amazing and they inspire me every day! So I thought it would be fun to share a bit of Christmas inspiration from my blogging…
Thanksgiving is a few days away and that means I get to set a pretty table for the family and cook a fabulous turkey with all the trimmings. This year I’ve ordered a fresh turkey for my family from Reams Meat Market, which is well known throughout Chicagoland. I decided to customize our Thanksgiving table…
This past week I’ve been up to my eyeballs in Christmas decor, with a goal of getting all the halls decked before Thanksgiving. Why so early? Because the week after Thanksgiving I’m joining a virtual holiday house walk with about 30 other bloggers. But for now, I’m turning an admiring eye toward Anita’s city house…
My sweet friend Alice who blogs at Thoughts from Alice challenged a bunch of bloggers to buy a thrift store find and transform it into Christmas decor. How could I say no? I think you’re going to be blown away by some of these projects, which you’ll find at the end of this post. We…
