I know I've said before that I was doing a more scaled-back Christmas and I really am. I did not put up ½ of my normal Christmas decor. I did not put up the dining room tree with all my Grandmother's vintage ornaments on it. I didn't decorate my banister with oodles of greenery. I...
Vintage Christmas Cards
I mailed out my Christmas cards today. I felt a little old-fashioned standing in line at the post office, a stack of cards in hand, waiting for my turn to buy Christmas stamps. I bought the ornament stamps, BTW. It seems that in this day and age, fewer and fewer people are sending out cards....
Winter Porch Decor
I like my winter porch decor to be easily transitioned from Christmas into generic winter with as little effort as possible. I have enough decor inside the house that needs to be taken down after Christmas, I don't need to be freezing my bum off outside in the dreaded cold of January doing it too....
Reindeer Beer
Seriously, if I may toot my own horn, are these not the cutest idea for bottled beverages for Christmas? Reindeer beer! Just some googly eyes, red pom poms and brown pipe cleaners (all found within two feet of each other at JoAnn Fabrics) and you're in the reinBEER business. You can also take them to...
Christmas Doldrum
I'm grumpy. There I said it. I am in a funky, cruddy, gray mood. Have been for weeks. This is my first Christmas without my sister, Ruth. The second without my Mom. I can honestly say that neither one had been a huge part of my holiday for a few years, because both had been...
Silver Snowman Find
Look who followed me home from the thrift store Thursday. Normally, I gravitate to the vintage stuff in the Christmas aisle at the thrifts and this guy is probably only a few years old. But for $1.91, I couldn't let him spend the holiday in the land of misfit Holiday toss aways. He was silverplate...
Where To Score Free Christmas Greens
What is better than FREE? Nothing. Nothing is better than free! Do you remember the wooden box I bought a few weeks ago? I had wanted to put a little tree in it for some porch decor. But when I went to Home Depot and priced their little live trees, I feinted. Sure, for your...
Urban Farmhouse Part 2
I finally got some of my Christmas decor boxes out of the crawl space last night, so I'm going to try to kick start my holiday decorating today. I feel so behind. Normally, I start decorating first thing in the morning on the day after Thanksgiving. Just wasn't feeling it yet this year. Here are...
Urban Farmhouse Part 1
A little over a week ago, I went to a holiday open house at Urban Farmhouse in Thornville, Ohio. Thornville is a bit of a drive for me, but I like to get to Urban Farmhouse every few months as a sort of reward for myself. It's a store full of eye candy and a...