This year I set up a Christmas desk for writing cards . . . I love ordering our Christmas cards– I love writing them and I love receiving holiday cards. Especially the ones with photos! Whether you send them through the mail or digitally is whatever works for you. The one thing I did this year to make it a little easier is to set up a small desk in my living room where I can write cards. If I ...
Central Park in Snow + 12 Days of Holiday Homes Tour Continues
How lucky to have our first snow of the season on a Saturday! As we sipped coffee by the fire I just could not help but think that we need to be in the city for the first snow. A couple of hours and a rather quick drive into the city later and we were walking through Central Park. A December snow that just felt and looked magical. 12 Days of Holiday Homes Tour The 12 Days of ...
Rustic Cinnamon House Ornaments that will make your house smell like Christmas
Want to make your house smell like Christmas in the best possible way? Well there's a couple of ways to do that. This candle is ahhhhh-mazing and then there's the more organic way with simple cinnamon ornaments for the tree. I tried two recipes and this is the one I preferred. The dough is a little more difficult to work with, but the results are prettier. The color stays dark like ...
An update on our painted stone fireplace
As many of you know, when we purchased our current home I thought for sure we would demo the fireplace before even moving in. After much consideration (which actually means one 10 minute meeting with a contractor who was throwing out big numbers and realizing we would still have a raised hearth) I said to my husband, "What if we just painted it white?" Well, of course that's exactly what we ...
How to make these adorable birch branch mini tree holders
How to make these adorable birch branch mini tree holders - I'm still loving birch branches for winter DIY projects. I'm sure I'll come up with a few original projects, but this is one I'm still using for a casual, rustic dinner party. But this time I clipped small branches from all over the yard. Instead of using the same type of evergreen clipping, I have an assortment which just adds more ...
DIY House Christmas Ornaments/tags + 12 Days of Holiday Homes
12 Days of Holiday Homes Today is the beginning of the 12 Days of Holiday Homes hosted by Amy & Christy of 11 Magnolia Lane and Jenny of Evolution of Style. Twenty-four bloggers are sharing their homes over the next 12 days. I'm at the end of the tour, but wanted to give a shout out to the girls that put it all together and to Lynch Creek Farm for sponsoring again this year! Todays tour ...