I worked with Tinyprints again this year for our Christmas card. They have the most beautiful holiday and Christmas photo cards. Tinyprints makes it so easy to upload your photo to see how it would look with the cards you like. I'm always pleased with the options they have. The last few years we used Letterpress. This year I went to the site completely open minded. I used a photo from Summer ...
Chocolate Crackle Cookies
Chocolate Crackle Cookies--I'm pretty sure we called them Chocolate Crinkle Cookies, but whatever you call them they are an old time favorite. I love to give a small plate of cookies to neighbors and these seem perfect this year. You know what makes them even more special? Giving them on a festive plate from Anthropologie. This recipe from Martha Stewart is so good. Just don't over bake! You ...
Black Garage + Barn Light Electric
When we bought our current home we knew it was a bit of a project. We began with the detached garage and yard. It desperately needed attention. The entire yard was overgrown. The existing garage was an eye sore that took up a big chunk of the backyard. The first thing we did was remove the overgrown shrubs and trees. Our goal was create a real yard with enough room to play. The next thing we ...
Connecticut Christmas Cottage
I'm linking up to Jennifer Rizzo's Holiday House Walk. Pop over for a visit! I'm sharing our Connecticut Christmas Cottage-- I think you'll recognize my little square--it's our front porch! Decorating for Christmas brings back so many memories. I'll always mix in a few new things, but mostly I use decorations that we've had for years. I buy fresh greenery and wreaths and snip a few branches ...
DIY Advent Candle {Wreath}
Okay, so this is not exactly an Advent Wreath, but it's our version of an advent wreath. We are still keeping an important tradition, but with a new twist. Every year we make a similar version using things we have around the house, plus numbers from the hardware store. I buy the traditional three purple and one pink candle. Growing up I never knew why the pink and purple, but this explains ...
Thanksgiving Table
One of my most popular posts ever was a holiday post about decorating with old familiar things. For our Thanksgiving table I am going back to that idea and using most everything that we already have, but in a fresh way. I did add napkins that I bought on sale last summer at Serena & Lily and four copper candle holders from Terrain. Everything else we either made (the birch tree place card ...