Welcome to the second installment of my Holiday Home! My kitchen is dressed in a bit of Christmas flair, ready for friends and family to drop by! You can enjoy another week of home tours by following the links at the end of this post. Thanks to Krista at The Happy Housie for organizing…
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My Christmas Home Tour 2018
Welcome to my Christmas Home Tour! You’ll find a mix of neutral tones with metallic finishes sprinkled with a little holiday magic. This week is the annual Holiday Housewalk week organized by Jennifer Rizzo. Each day different bloggers showcased their homes decorated in a variety of holiday styles. Today’s the last day of the…
Vintage Halloween Treat Bags: Free Printable
Halloween is a little over a month away but there’s no harm in preparing early for this spooky event! Enjoy making vintage Halloween treat bags for parties or handing to kids who knock on the door. You’ll find 22 free printables from me and my blogging friends – links are at the end of…
Tips to Prepare Your Home for Holiday Guests
This post is sponsored by Bona. All opinions are my own. Every year at this time I tell myself I’m not going to stress when getting the house ready for guests. A few tips – five to be exact – help me keep my sanity when getting everything ready. Today I’m joining four other creative…
Christmas Shopping Fun with Llamas
This post is sponsored by Cost Plus World Market. All opinions are my own. Yes, you read that right. I’m here to tell you how to have a little Christmas shopping fun with llamas. No, I don’t mean riding a llama to the store or starting a llama farm. I’m talking about all of the…
Homemade Valentine’s Day Cards
Do you remember when you were a kid and used to make homemade Valentine’s Day cards to pass out at school? Such care was taken to glue little heart-shaped doilies, buttons, and ribbons in place to make beautiful cards for your friends. It was a proud moment to share these original works of art and…
Christmas Village: Free Printable to Make Your Own
Are you ready for Christmas creativity overload? I sure hope so because I’m joining a slew of bloggers with free printables … all just for you! A special shout out to Kristen at Ella Claire for organizing this whirlwind event. I always enjoy our printable hops because it’s fun to see what my blogging friends…
Gilded Tablescape for Fall Holiday Entertaining
Hello Friends! Welcome to a special week of holiday entertaining organized by the very talented Lory who blogs at Designthusiasm. She invited me to participate in Styled and Set, a Holiday Entertaining Blog Tour. All week you’ll enjoy creative inspiration from a variety of amazing bloggers. I hope you’ll find ideas for your own plans for…
13 Easy Valentine’s Day Projects
Do you miss the days of youth when you’d make your own Valentine’s Day cards and hand them out at school? I remember in Girl Scouts one of our holiday projects was to create a unique Valentine. I glued buttons on mine and was quite proud … but Jennifer Mitchell ended up winning our contest…
My Christmas Home Tour 2015
Welcome to my Christmas Home Tour! I’m so happy to have you here for a bit of holiday cheer! Every year I look forward to Jennifer Rizzo’s Holiday House Walk and I’m so honored my Christmas home is part of it. Each day this week there are several stunning homes on virtual display. Rusty Hinge is…
Halloween Gift Ideas
This post is sponsored and inspired by Gifts for You Now, but all opinions are my own. When I was a kid I looked forward to Halloween almost as much as I anticipated Christmas! I couldn’t fall asleep the night before Halloween, and if it fell on a school day I fidgeted in my desk…
Valentine’s Day Decor in the Living Room
Do you decorate for Valentine’s Day at your house? I don’t do a whole lot but I like to bring in touches of pink and red. It’s like a decorating transition period between Christmas and spring time. I hauled my Paris Poster back out and added red and white pillows to the love seat. …
How to Make a Paper Heart Banner
Valentine’s Day is just a month away and I created my first decoration for the holiday of love. It’s a very simple paper heart banner that you can make in less than an hour. I’m using it in a Valentine’s Day vignette that I’m sharing in a blog hop this Saturday. You don’t need a…
Christmas in Galena, Illinois
One of my dreams is to take my family to spend Christmas in Galena, Illinois for the Christmas holiday. It’s a quaint, historic tourist spot just 2 hours away and probably has more Bed and Breakfast homes than any other place in the U.S. It’s popular for antiques shopping and was home to Ulysses S. Grant. I’ve…
Christmas Wreath Ideas
Are you having company for Christmas and still don’t have a wreath for your front door or fireplace mantel? I’ve rounded up a wide variety of Christmas wreath ideas for you … some are mine, some are from friends, and a few are from the interior design pros. Links to the source of each wreath…
My Favorite Christmas Vignettes
Christmas is just one week away! Although I’ve been busy decorating and shopping, I never forget the true meaning of Christmas and the celebration of Christ’s birth … God’s greatest gift to the world! I like to think the creative expression of decorating is a reflection of God’s creative nature. After all, if we’re made…