Holidays, Transistions
Please tell me your house isn’t perfectly decorated for Christmas…
With a beautiful table set for Thanksgiving too…
and wonderful aromas drifting from your kitchen…
It’s not? Oh good!
Because I’m in the stage I like to call a Holiday Hot Mess!
Things are migrating…
It feels wrong to put fall away a week before Thanksgiving…
But I’ll be gone all next week and when I get home it will be December!
I can’t decide if I want to be Calm and Bright
Or
Oh so Ho Ho Ho and Merry!
Gnomes are really trending this year…
There’s still time to make these easy Wine Bottle Gnomes and a Yarn Covered Tree
Here’s a tutorial for Painting Gnomes too
If you’re in a Holiday Hot Mess Transition like me
This Holiday Queso is perfect for Thanksgiving or Holiday parties
You can decorate your Chandy for Thanksgiving by adding a golden pine cone garland
Then add pops of holiday colors later for a Sparkling Holiday
I got a little carried away last year,
and decorated the outdoor fireplace even though it was still under construction
I can’t wait to dress it up this year!
So far we’ve gotten rid of some of the pumpkins
and put lights on the tall trees flanking the fireplace
Next we’ll retire the orange lights until next fall
and HHjr wants to put more white or colored lights around the chimneys
I made a large Advent Calendar for the boys 5 years ago
They were only 6 and 2 years old
Needless to say, they loved opening their bags everyday to find a treat, or small toy
As they’ve gotten older,
I have also included chores, and other activities in their bags
As well as candy or a treasure hunt
But it’s getting harder and harder…
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!
If you feel like you’re in a Holiday Hot Mess
Try to let go of perfection and try to de-stress… 🎄
Holidays are not meant to be scary,
They are meant to be full of all things Jolly & Merry! 🎅🏻
And if you need some gifts, don’t be in a tif
You can wrap up your list at Society 6 in a jif! 🎁
Black Friday sale this week!
30% off AND Free Shipping Nov 24-Nov 29
Lots of new designs for the holidays!
Sweet Shoppe Tree Snowy Boughs Tangled Fantasy Owl
Winter Moon Presents Pink Poinsettia
Thankful Wreath Falling Leaves
Take a deep breath and have a wonderful Thanksgiving week!
🥳🦃🎄
I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Meal Plan Monday Love Your Creativity What’s for Dinner?
Between Naps on the Porch, Make it Pretty Monday
Turn About Tuesday Celebrate Your Story, You’re the Star
All About Home/ Common Ground Follow the Yellow Brick Home
Tasty Tuesday Oh My Heartsie Girl Full Plate Thursday
Thursday Favorite Things Creatively Crafty Home Matters
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Jenna, I can’t imagine you a hot mess. It seems that you do everything with such ease and grace. Your boys are so handsome and look so grown up now. There are so many gift ideas in your shop. Happy Thanksgiving Week
Jenna, I’m still in Thanksgiving mode with visions of sugar plums dancing my head. I’m pulling out the tree and decorations this week but I have a feeling it’ll be a holiday hot mess at my house for a couple of weeks to come with Thanksgiving falling a week later this year. I can’t believe how grown up your grandboys are…they look so dapper in their suits! Happy Thanksgiving week and sales to you! 🦃🎄🎄
Thank you Mary, I couldn’t resist sharing that picture, they are special for sure…Have fun with the decorating madness and Thanksgiving celebrations!
Wonderful pictures of your grandsons! They are very handsome!
Jenna, you are amazing decorating two houses and always cooking amazing things! I don’t get a fourth done of what you do!
Have a great Thanksgiving.
Thank you Bonnie, I have a lot of help! I hope your Thanksgiving is full of blessings 🙂
A HOT MESS?? You?? No way!
Thanksgiving is late this year which makes us want all the Fall vibes with Christmas peeking in at us. And you said it perfectly. It’s transitional.
Your grandsons are quite handsome! And I am sure they still love your heartwarming Advent calendar Bags! They will always cherish those memories!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
Happy Thanksgiving Nancy, I am not really stressing about it, but it’s pretty funny to walk through my house, Christmas is in the dining room and foyer and Thanksgiving is in the kitchen and den 🙂 I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Nope, it won’t be Christmas around here until Thanksgiving is over. My hot mess will come on Friday, when the boxes for both holidays will come out, and I’ll work all day putting away fall and bringing out the red and green. When we’ve been gone for Thanksgiving in the past, I wait until we get back to do the transition. But Thanksgiving is as late as it can be this year, so sometimes rules have to bend.
Enjoy your favorite Thanksgiving holiday and don’t work too hard on Friday Carole!!
Jenna, you always amaze me with all you do….with the decorating and cooking of such delicious looking dishes! I can’t even imagine you being a hot mess! Your grandsons look so handsome in their suits. My kids would love an advent calendar like that! You are so creative and the best grandmother! Happy Sunday, sweet friend!
Thank you Shannon, the calendar has been fun for all of us, I try to find things at the Dollar store etc. but it’s getting harder now that they’re older…I think they are going to get more chores and Santa’s helper things this year!
Hi Jenna, I look forward to seeing your Christmas decor for this year! You always have something wonderful and creative to share… 🎄💕 When my nieces and nephews got to be difficult to buy for, I gave movie gift cards. They were always a big hit! 😊 Have fun decorating! 😍
Thanks Jill, that’s a great idea 🙂
So many wonderful ideas! You couldn’t possibly ever sleep…
So many wonderful options, Jenna. I’m always inspired by your beautiful decorations. ❤️❤️
oh good, thank you Patty Anne!
Jenna, I can’t imagine that you even sleep. You get more accomplished in a week than I do in a year. The boys are so handsome and look so grown up in their suits. I have been perusing gift ideas in your shop. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
Oh thank you Debbie, I have a ton of help I assure you…when I got to the beach house yesterday, my son had already stocked it with groceries and cooked a wonderful dinner…I can’t believe my little boys are so grown up now! I hope you have a very blessed Thanksgiving holiday
Holiday hot mess, lol! I love it, Jenna, you nailed it! I am still loving my winter moon pillow from your Society 6 collection. I was so tempted to completely change my Christmas decor to that blue and green color scheme (talk about inspiration! It goes really well with our condo stainless and many gray paint colors), but reason prevailed as I kept lugging the 7 tubs of Christmas decor in and out of storage. I am still purging things, so once those tubs dwindle…..
Your boys are so handsome! With your creative brain, I am certain you will never run out of ideas for the advent calendar. Besides, repeating things each year is what makes it tradition, right?
Thank you Rita, you are so right, repetition does make tradition! I know what you mean, I would love to change things up but I really want to make a dent in the purge category myself! I am so glad you are still loving Winter Moon 🙂
Your grandsons are so handsome, Jenna! They must really look forward to their special Advent Calendar that you created. I decorated over the weekend since my daughter is hosting Thanksgiving. It sure takes me long any more to get everything done. Happy Thanksgiving week to you and your family.
Thank you Kitty, I couldn’t resist sharing their dressed up photos, that doesn’t happen very often 😂 How nice to be going to your daughter’s house, enjoy!
True confessions. I laughed OUT LOUD when I saw that first pic of the holiday gnomes and the autumn pumpkins because that is my world. Snowy boughs on one cabinet; a colorful autumn swag on another. And beyond. It will right itself. Not soon enough, but it will! I have to keep telling myself that!
Me too Jeanie, I shut the door on it all and went to the beach for the week 🙂 You’re right, it will sort itself out! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Oh I adore the pictures of your handsome grandsons! Nothing like the grands is there Jenna? Love all of the pictures. Girl, my girls came for dinner after church yesterday and helped me and my Christmas is up. Well except for my dining table! Thank the Lord for their help this year. Seems I never have enough time lately…or it might be that it takes me all day to do what I used to do in a few hours!!!! We have Thanksgiving dinner at my FIL home each year so I like for my Christmas to be up before Thanksgiving. I want to enjoy it a little longer. Hugs an blessings, Cindy
Thank you Cindy! I left my house neat, but confused, Christmas in the dining room and foyer and Thanksgiving in the main room and kitchen…I am at the beach house for the week and just not going to worry about it 🙂 Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
How about a decorated Christmas cookie – a snowman or Christmas tree – from the bakery. Do they like matchbook cars? The front area in Targets that has so many reasonable items that might be appropriate for each of them. My hot mess begins shortly. Enjoy your holidays.
Thanks Iris, great idea, I will hit the Target dollar spot!! Enjoy the holidays!