• Getting Back to Etsy & Creating

    Wow, the month of November seems to be slipping right through my hands. I think this month always seems to go this way, which is a bit sad since this is my favorite time of year. It’s that cozy time before it gets too too cold, the leaves still have some color and are covering everything, and the holiday spirit is sprinkling in before the big “rush” to shop for Christmas. But, this season, I decided to change things up for myself and started spending time getting back to creating and listing items in my Etsy shop. And I have some exciting news about a new Etsy shop that I…

  • Christmas in the Dollhouse

    It’s never too late for a holiday home tour in miniature is it? I spent a lot of time getting our dollhouse “just right” for the holidays, but never got around to photographing it till now. I hope you enjoy the tour even though it comes a bit after the holiday season! Our dollhouse has been a work in progress for a couple of years, and still has some rooms that aren’t finished, but I hope to get to work on those as soon as time allows. And we have fun playing with and decorating it no matter how far along we are in the miniature renovation! This post contains…

  • Favorite Decorating from Our Previous Home

    It’s hard to believe that we have lived in our new home for over six months now. I am loving all of the extra space and conveniences nearby, not to mention the opportunity to decorate with a completely new palette. We have met and even begun to build friendships with wonderful neighbors in our cul-de-sac, and it really does feel like home. I have to admit though, I still have moments where I miss our old house, the small country town we lived in, and the amazing neighbors we left behind. I still get a twinge of sadness when I think of that first home we lived in for seven…

  • Holiday Home 2017

    It’s a little late to share a holiday home tour, I know, but better late than never right? My focus the past few Christmases has been on making our home cozy, inviting and festive to create lasting memories for my little ones. Which meant this year, I was going to take the pressure off getting the house camera ready for a holiday home tour post. I signed up for one, but ended up backing out when I knew it was just going to add stress. So here we are…the first week of January and you get to see how I did up our home for the holidays! Haha. I can’t…

  • Christmas Village Display

    Merry Christmas! This month has flown by hasn’t it? I have been busy making our home festive and filled with wonder and excitement. We are keeping things relaxed around here this year for the holidays, so I didn’t share a big “holiday home tour” post earlier in the month. I might share some snippets of how we decorated after the rush has passed, but today, I have one vignette that I really wanted to share with you. I have always loved Christmas villages ever since I was little. The individual pieces are often quite  pricey, so it always seemed out of the realm of possibility for my holiday décor. I…

  • White Farmhouse Christmas Dining Room

    Today, I am taking you back in time again to Christmas 2010. I shared the photographs in this post on my former Typepad blog but never ended up transferring several of those posts here when I moved back to Blogger in 2013. This year for Christmas, I am not looking to make things “picture perfect” but rather to make memories for my little ones, so I am taking my time getting our house done for the holidays. It is all a work in progress with fun vignettes here and there and will probably be rearranged by little hands several times over before Christmas. As I focus on making our new…