What is it about the New Year that makes us want to clear out the clutter and organize our homes? Maybe because we’re de-decorating from Christmas and it makes us see everything in a new light. One thing leads to another and the next thing you know, you discover that every room in the house needs attention. At least that’s… View Post
This giveaway is now closed. Thanks for entering! Happy New Year! Let’s start this New Year off with a giveaway! This post was supposed to be all about how I got to meet “Miss Mustard Seed”, aka Marian Parsons. Instead it’s about of how Dan met Marian. I, unfortunately, could not make it to the book signing that was fifteen minutes… View Post
2012 will be remembered, in my family, as the Year of the Wedding! It was about this time last year that my daughter got engaged and it was a whirlwind of wedding planning up until the big day in August. Since she is my only daughter, I thought: I only get do this once and we’re going to do it… View Post
You may remember from this post that there is a small, bare window beside my front door. It’s only about 20″ wide and I’ve never hung any window treatment over it. I thought about it a few times, but was never really sure what I wanted there. Privacy isn’t an issue since it’s such a small window and there is a… View Post
Ever since my daughter’s wedding in August, I’ve been brainstorming ideas on how to re-use the aisle decorations that my sister made. They were tulle-wrapped fishbowl vases filled with roses hung from small shepherds hooks that lined both sides of the aisle. I’ve always loved the look of Luminaries. I have memories from my childhood of Christmas Eve, going to church… View Post
