How many holiday cards have you received from friends and family? We had a few trickle in the first week or so of December, but the mailbox has been filled with them each day for the past week. We love opening them and reading the latest updates from everyone, and of course looking at those […]
holiday home tour (part iv)
Today is the final day of my holiday home tour…the living room! Let’s start with our Christmas tree, since it was the first decoration that went into the house. We visited the tree farm the day after Thanksgiving to pick out the “perfect” tree! This has become an annual tradition for our family, one which […]
holiday home tour (part iii)
Thanks for following along with me this week, as I take you on a tour of our home and how I’ve decorated it for Christmas! If you’ve missed the previous two days, click here to see the entry and foyer AND here to see the dining room. Today is the kitchen…probably the room in which […]
holiday home tour (part ii)
Welcome back to the holiday home tour! If you read yesterday’s post, you know how much I love decorating for Christmas. I shared how I decorated our front door, foyer and entry, and our staircase with simple garland, bows, and berry sprigs. The next stop on my holiday home tour is…the dining room. The first […]
holiday home tour (part i)
Decorating our home for Christmas is always one of my favorite things! I love creating festive areas in our rooms, and I’ve learned over the years that simple really is better. I used to haul out every box and container with every Christmas-themed knickknack ever given to us, and then I’d try to find a […]
ornament traditions
Like a lot of families around the country, we decorated our home for Christmas this past weekend. Once Thanksgiving is over, there is always the rush to get ready for the next holiday. For us, that meant our annual trip to the Christmas tree farm to choose our tree for the season. Always a fun […]