Christmas came early in the Southern Fried Home this past weekend - that is to say Momma got her way with the deep cleaning of the downstairs. I love how we are purging, organizing and simplifying! You'll notice the same theme in the back of home Christmas tour. Here's the front of home tour in ...
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Christmas Centerpieces from Southern Fried Friends
I love getting photos from Southern Fried Friends to share on my blog. Here are three fabulous centerpieces I have received over the past week...The first picture (above) is from my friend Katie in Pittsburgh. First things first, I freaking love that hutch! Love the nativity scene there as well. OK - getting back to the ...
Nativity Candle Sconce
I've gotten rave reviews on this Nativity Candle Sconce since I shared it on my front of home tour. It has a few secrets to share...The nativity scenes are printed onto vellum paper and cut to the size of the glass cylinders on the sconce. I was inspired by nativity scenes from this art tutorial ...
Christmas {Front of Home} Tour
One of my favorite bloggers, Melissa @ The Inspired Room, is hosting a Christmas Home Tour that begins this evening. I am still tweaking my decor even though I started decorating earlier than ever this year. I caught the bug to simplify around here. That has translated not only to my Christmas decor but to ...
A Few More Christmas Touches
I really thought since I started decorating early this year that I would have all my decor up and ready by now. That is not the case. I am enjoying the simple theme in our home this year. What has gone hand-in-hand with that theme is a lot of purging and reorganizing. These activities were ...
Christmas Doors Linky Party
This year I decided to go all natural on the front door. The only hint of faux is the wreath and there are still quite a few natural elements there.A local nursery was having a clearance sale a few weeks back and that provided the inspiration I needed for the door. The tall arborvitae were ...
Rustic Christmas Mantel
I'm trying to simplify this year but for some reason my mantel was harder than ever. I've tweaked until I can't tweak anymore. I'm so thankful Beth @Home Stories A to Z is hosting her annual Christmas Mantel Link Party this week. It gave me the motivation I needed to finish this one up. I ...
Christmas Centerpiece
This year I'm trying to incorporate as many natural products as possible into my Christmas decor. Here's a quick (and fairly inexpensive) idea for a Christmas Centerpiece. I started out by purchasing three small boxwood bushes that were similar shape and size. I got mine on clearance for $3 each at a local nursery. I wrapped ...
O Tannenbaum 2011 – How Lovely Are Your Branches
This year we found this beautiful and shapely fraser fir - a big improvement over our ugly tree last year. Except, well, I got a little chop happy with the bottom of the tree. Oops. After all my chopping, my manly man got her in the stand and added the lights. He does ...
Christmas Doors 2011 (part 2)
I have been out and about around town snapping more Christmas door inspiration! Here are a few more of my favorites. This is my Sunday school teacher's door. She's the one who inspired me to add grapevine garland around the door several years ago. I LOVE her large Santa head and the rustic wreath he ...
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