My dear friend, Amy, hosted a cookie swap today. I always have a lot of fun at these. I love to bake but I'm not a big cookie baker. So this gives me a chance at least once a year to try something new.This year I found my inspiration on the cover ...
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Christmas Door – How I Do It
Oh my goodness! I was so totally thrilled and excited to have Kimba name my front door as one of her favorites in 2008! Thank you, Kimba! And thank you to everyone who has left kind comments! I am honored!As promised, here's a quick tutorial on the steps I take to craft the garland.Start with a ...
Simple and Sweet Living Room
With only nine days left until Christmas, I decided to go simple and sweet in the living room. This room is usually all decked out as the nutcracker suite but we changed things up a bit this year. This room was my favorite for fall. I like the spring green and brown ...
Kimba’s Holiday Open House
Kimba over at A Soft Place to Land is hosting a Holiday Open House party today and I want to be sure to be included! I have a few more pictures to share since yesterday but please be sure to check out the post I put up for BooMama's Holiday Tour to see the bulk ...
Berry Blingy Banister
I had a hard time deciding on what to do with my banister this year. I've always used gold. With the door being lime green and red I wanted something that better coordinated with it. I also didn't want to spend any money. I guess I could have done the big mesh ...
BooMama’s Tour of Homes 2008
I'm excited about joining BooMama's Tour of Homes this year! I had hoped to have all my Christmas decor completed by now but sometimes life just happens. I've been busy catching up with lots of posts so I'll just give you a snippet from each one and you can click on the links for more! ...
Mantle Is As Good As It Gets 2008
Well I'm finished messing with the mantle. I've had the nutcrackers sitting up there a week now. They usually reside in the living room. Since we put the tree in the den this year I didn't want the little guys on the tree to miss their big buddies. DH hung the stockings ...
Front Door Christmas Decor
You know how they say everything is bigger in Texas? Well, this isn't Texas but my door decor sure is BIG! I have always dreamed of big red and lime green, over the top, front door decor. And look - now I have it! I bought the ornaments and ribbon last ...
Tree Is Up!
Here it is! BBC says it's the best tree ever! That makes my day because I really have changed from more decorative to kid friendly Christmas decor over the past couple of years. My mom always had a way of making Christmas magical and I hope I can create similar memories with ...
Boys’ Craft Time
Today while I was resting on the sofa in the den the boys were upstairs. I figured they were just up here watching TV. BBC came racing down the stairs to tell me about a craft he and daddy had just completed. I had to come see right away! So here it is...It's the countdown ...
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