A Storybook Life

My family & I are getting ready to go on our annual Christmas date, where we hunt for the perfect tree, stop by the animal barn, rest by the fireplace with some hot coco, then go out to dinner together. I can’t wait to share pictures of that day with you, but until then, here [...]

Never forget…
Thankfulness is something that we must “cultivate” in our hearts & homes, because we can only reap what we have actually sown! I don’t know about you, but I want to have an attitude of Thankfulness in my children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and those that will come long after I’m gone. It’s never to late [...]

Homemade Christmas Ornaments
Here is a great little project from Ewenique Treasures
I love how she made these yummy little prim ornaments using only a few supplies… that you may already have around the house!
Here’s how she made these beautiful little gumdrop Christmas ornaments:
To give the gumdrop shape, cut the bottoms off of a 2 [...]

Now that Halloween is over, should we still consider pumpkins as a part of our decor? Absolutely! All the bits of harvest that I mentioned in the last post Decorating Pumpkins Without Carving – Making Beautiful Harvest Displays, are the exact ones that I use throughout November for my thanksgiving/harvest decor!
As a matter of [...]

Decorating Pumpkins Without Carving

Picture by Joy – stop by her Flickr page!
Today I wanted to share some more ideas for using pumpkins to decorate your home & garden without having to carve them.
There are so many ways that you could choose to decorate your home for the season. For some reason, when it comes to [...]