Each year, after the Christmas decorations go back into their boxes and bins, the house seems to look so very bland and colorless, and it is easy to feel depressed. Our home is in Central Washington, where the lack of
The Christmas stuff has been put away, (finally) and every other year I dislike what comes next – the Winter doldrums. Many winter mornings in Central Washington are shrouded with fog, and there is often snow cover which hides
Have you ever thrown out a gift with the wrapping paper? Sadly, this has happened to our family two different Christmas times. Once it was a beautiful Swiss knife, and another time it was a lovely pair of pearl earrings.
A couple of days ago I shared with you how to turn your framed pictures into Christmas Decorations. Here is another fun idea, with Christmas wrapping paper. This is the door to our current guest room. This idea is to simply
We have been without a “real” Christmas tree for 26 years now, and I don’t regret it. Hunting down the perfect tree each year, spending way too much money, cutting off part of the trunk, fitting it into a stand,
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CREATE A “SIMPLY” ELEGANT CENTERPIECE Here is a centerpiece that is simple to make, using two glass or ceramic dishes, a parfait glass, a few gourds or small pumpkins (faux or real), some fall leaves and flowers (also real or
SOME TOUCHES TO MAKE YOUR THANKSGIVING TABLE SPARKLE Our daughter Beth hollowed out and glittered mini pumpkins, then added pumpkin scented tea lights to make them really sparkle and shine. The pumpkins were easily glittered by painting them with white
Several years ago a friend shared this clever little cookie and candy turkey Gobbler from 7th House on the Left , which was SO very cute, that we were immediately intrigued. None of the ingredients are particularly healthy, but it