I feel like summer just ended a couple of days ago and suddenly the holidays are upon us! Even though it snuck up on me, I am really looking forward to the holidays this year after last year’s socially distanced version. For me that means planning lots of family time and activities, cleaning, prepping, shopping and wrapping. It’s the shopping that’s on my mind lately. And especially, shopping for the men in my life – of which there are many. I need gifts for boys! With a husband and three sons in the house, I’ve got to get into the male mindset to figure out what Santa should bring this year.
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Updated November 2019 – A couple of years ago, I felt like the only person celebrating Christmas that didn’t own a holiday-themed pillow and I am out to remedy that this year. I found a great neutral option at Home Goods for my blue living room, but needed to buy some for the more oft-used family room. In my searches, I’ve put together a short list of neutral Christmas pillows I think my family would love to lay their heads on.
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I am so excited this year to be part of a Christmas home tour blog hop with some very talented blogger friends! If you just hopped over from Paper Rose, welcome! This is my first home tour ever, so I hope you enjoy!
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This holiday season, I am joining a group of talented bloggers to share some great Christmas DIYs with you. I think I mentioned in an earlier post that I’ve been loving the simplicity of the felted wool ball holiday decor. Well, I’ve been trying my hand at making my own felted wool balls, and in the process came up with this cute DIY felted wreath ornament that’s quick and easy to make! And could be a fun project to do with kids. It’s the 2017 ornament at our house and will look great on the tree. Here’s how I did it… (more…)
Even though we haven’t hit Thanksgiving yet, this year as soon as November arrived, I couldn’t help but start to think about Christmas. More specifically about Christmas decor to deck my halls – because this year I am ready to make some changes. The past few years I have been in a bit of a holiday decorating rut. I realized my cache of holiday decorations is a potpourri of mismatched items acquired over the years and in various ways that lacked any cohesion. Do I really have to hang every ornament everyone ever gifted me on my tree, even if I find them *ahem* less than palatable? Must the large-royal-blue-unnamed-decoration find a home yet again this year on my sideboard, just because it was expensive and passed on by family? I respectfully say no. It’s time for a Christmas decor do-over. (more…)
