It goes without saying that I enjoy decorating – making my home personal and comfortable for my family and friends. But over the years I have moved away from “holiday” decorating and more toward “seasonal decorating”. I’ve gotten rid of most of my accumulation of things that are specific to any one holiday — other
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At the beginning of October, Debra blogged about crafting with sweaters. We’ve had so much fun creating these mini pumpkins out of old sweaters this past week! Yvonne over at the blog Stone Gable, has great instructions for making these sweet little things. You can read her instructions here. In addition to her instructions we
I really like the look of french mattresses with all of the tufting and detail along the edges.. like this one from Country Living. Here’s some from Ballard’s: And here are some other examples of french mattresses from Pinterest: Because they are hand made, french mattress style cushions are very pricey. I recently made a knockoff
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I had so much fun leading a Food Demo for a group staying at Tuscarora Inn and Conference Center yesterday. Two of the recipes that I demonstrated are already on our blog. You can check out Homemade Granola here and Pumpkin Pie Cake here. The third recipe, Molasses Cookies, is another family favorite. These
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With the weather turning cooler and the leaves changing color, our thoughts have turned to cozying up our homes for fall. There’s nothing like wearing a soft, warm sweater for fall so why not incorporate them into your home decor? Elizabeth and I have enjoyed upcycling old sweaters that we find at thrift shops,
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I love fall and recently spent a little time adding a few fall touches to my front porch. If you follow our blog, then you know that one of my go to craft projects is hand painting numbers on just about anything. I have done it on the back door of our previous house: On
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There are so many things to love about fall! I’m sure you have a list of your favorites as well. It’s hard to narrow it down but here are four of my fall favorites for decorating and entertaining. 1. Book Page Pumpkins: I made this easy book page pumpkin last year. We received such good
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This weekend, my daughter helped me with a fun little project of painting house numbers on the mailbox of the Jersey shore house – a small detail but when viewed together with other small details, they begin to make a big impact. We showed how to do this simply and inexpensively in an earlier post here.
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A while ago, Debra and I were asked to come up with a craft that could be made by a group of women from our church to be given to local nursing home residents. We came up with the idea for these fabric bouquets. We felt that this sweet little bouquet would be just the
When we are working on the Jersey shore house, I love taking a short ride over to the Bayhead area where there are so many gorgeous homes on the beach and on the bay. They often provide the inspiration for some of the ideas we are trying out on our project. For instance, I
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