Atelier de Campagne

I forgot totally to tell you what arrived here on Thursday! My gift from Atelier de Campagne (a gorgeous site to visit) A copy of Jeanne d'Arc Living gorgeous...I took a few pics (drool...slurp) white and more white so peaceful OK...last one I haven't even sat down with it yet  because I need to: light a candle put on French music get a … [Read more...]

Clean Slate

Ah, the new year.  Everything is cleared out of here And I'm ready to move on....almost This is one end of the living room with the cabinet all completed. I still have to fill it and that requires climbing into the attic again... But it was great to have this extra seating over the holidays People filled this bench seat and chairs... And the … [Read more...]

Braggin Mama

I am going to brag on my kid here! My oldest brought her three girls and new husband to visit over the holiday. While she was here (and before she came) she produced some amazing art!  This is her Christmas paper Cute huh? Now you or I would wrap the gift and leave it at that maybe a cute bow in matching colors Not her. She made an … [Read more...]

Deja Vu All Over Again

I think I did this already last year....oh well....time to do it all again!  raising kids  cleaning house  grocery shopping  appointments more appointments special events  gardening  decorating  creating planning hoping growing learning becoming funny how every year is the same....yet different.  I'm not a resolution writer. I think it's … [Read more...]

Christmas Recovery

It's over!! I'm finally raising my head up again after the holiday....whew!  We have 13 people here for 13 days and it's quite fun but quite tiring.  We had our caroling party on the 22nd    We had music (which went unused...THIS group was no Mormon Tabernacle Choir ). The whole bunch was unruly...stockings full of coal were well … [Read more...]

Red At Christmas?

Sometimes I write these posts and don't even realize what I'm doing I think!  On a recent post I made the statement  "I really don't use much red (referring to decorations at Christmas)  and then proceeded to post pictures  which had red in EVERY SINGLE ONE!!  Too funny! I had taken a lot of photos of my vintage things  and red and green … [Read more...]

12 Days Til Christmas….

OK, after you read the title.... you need to take a cleansing breath.... that's it.... now roll your neck around a few times.... shake those arms..... And now...... jump up and get back to it!!  LOL This guy is hanging on the front porch. That's why I go through the garage.... too much pressure..... Today I have a rare day with … [Read more...]

Beautiful Tree

I usually decorate my own tree. As many of you do,  I change up the tree each year and it never looks exactly the same.  There are some constants,  white lights,  lots of silver and white ornaments,  vintage looking ornaments (my favorite)  and no tinsel.      I do the decorating while the kids are in school  not because I don't trust … [Read more...]