Holidays, Christmas in July, Holiday Jump Start
When I walked into Hobby Lobby last week and saw the employees filling up the shelves with Christmas and holiday items I was shocked…not that I don’t realize that stores, especially craft stores, start pushing holidays early… I think I was surprised that summer was already starting to wind down! Well, if you can’t fight … Continue reading
Holidays, Cranberry Pie
This cranberry pie is light and refreshing It’s an ideal dessert after a heavy holiday meal The crust is really different, it’s made with Gingersnap cookies and pecans Crush the cookies in a plastic bag with a rolling pin or use a food processor You can melt the butter directly in the pie dish using … Continue reading
Gifts from the Kitchen, Coal Candy
Have you been good this year? Santa’s watching you know… And he has a large supply of coal! The elves make it for him They melt chocolate and butterscotch chips Then they add peanut butter They stir it until smooth Then they pour in the nuts* *they also make peanut free coal by substituting chex … Continue reading
Gifts from the Kitchen, Last Minute Easy Gifts in a Snap!
“Hey Mom, can you give me some ideas for a cute and easy food type gift for my co-workers?” Rosemary salt Peppermint Snowballs Everything Seasoning Bacon Salt Holiday Jars Coconut Rum Snowball in a Jar Praline Pecans Cheddar Cheese Cookies Almond Spirals White Trash Snack Mix Raspberry White Chocolate … Continue reading
Tablescapes, Candyland
Is there anything cuter than the sheer delight candy brings to a child’s face? The tricky part is keeping them from eating it! The gingerbread houses were ready for decorating with muffin tins full of goodies And I was itching to do a little decorating myself… … Continue reading
Holidays, Angel choir Vignette
One of my favorite decorations for the holidays are these humble angels made with burlap, wine bottles, pipe cleaners and shiny decorative trimmings {tutorial here} They move around from year to year Singing on the mantel on a shelf or a sofa table … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Festival of Trees
How many ways can you draw a holiday tree? hmmm….let’s see! So many styles and possibilities! Fun to color too! I used watercolor pencils for the mod tree, coloring it in an ombre style from light to dark and then using a waterbrush to blend The traditional tree … Continue reading
Tablescapes, Holiday Woodland
I seem to be decorating backwards this year 😂 Our tree is still in a bucket of water outside but the dining room table is ready for Christmas Eve! Welcome to the annual Celebrate & Decorate Christmas Tablescape Blog Hop Chloe keeps us hopping every season when … Continue reading
Holidays, Coastal Christmas
Welcome to day 4 of the Celebrate and Decorate Holiday Home Hop! It brings me great JOY to have you here! We don’t spend much time at our coastal home during the holidays But we love to decorate and enjoy the holiday decor over New Year’s and into January … Continue reading
The Organized Life, December Paint Bucket
December, 2 days away! 🎄 Are you ready?? 🎁 Will you be baking up a storm? Traveling? This is the one month I don’t travel, and I will be happily in place at the North Pole, decking the halls, and doing all things Merry In fact, the Paint Bucket is posting early for December … Continue reading
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