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Christmas & Winter

How to Make a DIY Christmas Tree Skirt – Simple Tutorial

How to Make a DIY Christmas Tree Skirt – Simple Tutorial

Learn how to make a DIY Christmas tree skirt in just a few steps with this simple tutorial!

How to Make Healthy, Natural Bird Feeders

How to Make Healthy, Natural Bird Feeders

You’ve probably seen bird feeders made from pine cones, but have you considered that the things that typically get put on them may not be good for birds to have in their diets? These natural bird feeders are a healthier option with no added salt, sugars, or oils. Plus, they’re pretty!

How to Sew a Christmas Tree Pillow – Quick and Simple DIY

How to Sew a Christmas Tree Pillow – Quick and Simple DIY

Learn how to sew your very own cute and simple Christmas tree pillow with this quick tutorial! Use whatever fabric you have – I used a thrifted bedsheet!

How to Care For and Decorate a Fresh Christmas Wreath

How to Care For and Decorate a Fresh Christmas Wreath

A fresh Christmas wreath – one made from fresh cut greenery – is a timeless and elegant addition to your Christmas decor! There’s no need to be intimidated by fresh wreaths. They don’t last forever, but here are 3 tips to prolong your wreath and inspiration for decorating one.

5 Simple Advent Wreath Ideas For a Cottage Christmas

5 Simple Advent Wreath Ideas For a Cottage Christmas

Advent wreaths are a tradition in many homes and churches during the season of Advent – the four weeks leading up to Christmas. It is during Advent that we not only look forward to Christmas and celebrating the birth of Christ, but that we also prepare ourselves and our hearts for His second coming. Traditionally…

Soothing Eucalyptus Shower

Soothing Eucalyptus Shower

Wintertime brings a longing for coziness. With the excitement of Christmas past, many of us find ourselves in the midst of endless cold, gray days. Visions of blankets, hot cups of tea, and good books might be dancing in our heads instead of those sugarplum fairies.

Blessed Christmastide!

Blessed Christmastide!

Merry Christmas & Happy St. Stephen’s Day! Christmas may be over for many in the world, but for the church it is just now the second day of Christmas…

Last Minute Stocking Stuffers

Last Minute Stocking Stuffers

Here are a few ideas that you don’t have to order and wait to have delivered! All of them can be found at your local grocery store, big box store, or made right at home.

Christmas Magic

Christmas Magic

I remember Christmas seeming magical as a young child: the twinkling lights, baking cookies, making my wish list in great anticipation…

Primitive Wooden Houses DIY

Primitive Wooden Houses DIY

There’s something so simply charming about little wooden houses. Maybe they draw us back to childhood – to imaginative play: dollhouses filled with happy little figures, long hours with endless possibilities – back when life seemed simpler.

DIY Winter Twig Trees

DIY Winter Twig Trees

A few weeks ago our neighbor had her yew bushes trimmed…

Repurposed Sweater Garland

Repurposed Sweater Garland

Last year I found this cute sweater at Goodwill. I thought it would be perfectly festive for Christmastime…

Thrifted Cookie Jar Makeover

Thrifted Cookie Jar Makeover

A few weeks back I found this little cookie jar for $3 at my local thrift store and thought it was kind of cute.

Christmas Gift Planning Printable

Christmas Gift Planning Printable

I love giving gifts! I enjoy thinking about what people like and trying to come up with things they could use to make life easier or more fun.

Easy Chicken Noodle Soup (Gluten & Dairy Free Option)

Easy Chicken Noodle Soup (Gluten & Dairy Free Option)

There’s nothing quite so comforting as a bowl of warm soup on a chilly day. This recipe is super flexible and with the option to make it gluten and dairy free, this is the perfect easy chicken noodle soup recipe for just about anyone!

A Christmas Tour

A Christmas Tour

Only two days until Christmas! I’ve been excited but also a little frazzled this season because I finished gift shopping and wrapping much later than I usually do! I’m not so sure wrapping far in advance would’ve done me much good this year anyway, though – we’ve had to block off the tree with a baby gate because baby girl is determined to pull off every ornament and strand of ribbon that she can. She also likes to tear up paper and eat it, so one can imagine what she would do to wrapped gifts…

Winter Botany Printables

Winter Botany Printables

It’s beginning to look a lot like…Winter! It snowed here a few days ago! Like majorly snowed. It’s not a common occurence to have such a big snow before Thanksgiving around here. Maybe a few flurries, but not the kind where school gets cancelled and the highways are a mess. I do remember it snowing on Thanksgiving when I was really little.

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Cucumbers, hydrangeas, & Lisianthus from the garde Cucumbers, hydrangeas, & Lisianthus from the garden. šŸ’— Making lots of pickles this week. 😁
What will you do with your time? šŸ¤ I have been What will you do with your time? šŸ¤
I have been feeling the pull more now than ever to put my phone away and spend time with my family and live real life. That’s not to say I don’t enjoy scrolling here sometimes or posting when I feel like I have something to share, but the endless scrolling that stole away so much time has stopped and I’m all the healthier for it. No more comparison traps and breeding of dissatisfaction. šŸ¤ I hope you can find the same freedom and joy.
Check out my latest YouTube video (linked in my bi Check out my latest YouTube video (linked in my bio) to go thrifting with me, then style and diy my finds in my cottage style home. ā˜ŗļø I hope you’ll join me!

Shoes by @adelisaandco 

[thrift store diy, thrifted decor, cottage style home]
The children and I went strawberry picking yesterd The children and I went strawberry picking yesterday. It’s something I’ve been wanting to do for a few summers but we only now just did it. I’m not sure why I never made it happen before, but I decided I wanted to make it happen - I wanted it to be a fond summertime memory for all of us. šŸ“

This whole summer I’ve decided to be more intentional, not just letting the days and weeks slip by in a summer haze…not passing on opportunities because they might create more mess or be inconvenient. I’m not overloading our calendar, but I’m purposefully scheduling the activities and making them happen to form sweet summertime memories with my children that we all will remember for years to come.

They’re not complicated and most don’t even cost anything.

We have daily reading time after lunch during which I read a chapter of our latest book aloud. I can still remember having ā€˜book time’ on hot summer afternoons as a child and it’s something I think of fondly.

I’m trying to say ā€˜yes’ more to the messy outdoor activities - the water fights that will inevitably end in muddy, tired children in need of immediate baths but that also strengthen sibling bonds, give them exercise and sunshine, and create happy memories.

The afternoon smoothies for snack that will dirty the blender (which I dread washing) but we enjoy them and look forward to them every day. 

Letting them help bake. It might take twice as long and there may be flour on the floor, but they will have a sense of accomplishment and grow in confidence and knowledge. 

It’s all worth it.
As a child I used to pull my mom’s @marthastewar As a child I used to pull my mom’s @marthastewart books off the family room bookshelf and pour over them as I laid on the floor by the fireplace all cozied up with a blanket. Fond memories for sure. šŸ¤ Mom’s been clearing her shelves trying to downsize my parents’ belongings and offered them to me. ā˜ŗļø I’ll be passing these on to my children as well. 
Pretty sure these are first edition. ā˜ŗļø

Did you love to look through your parents’ books as a child too?

[Martha Stewart first edition entertaining books]
I’m going to miss: The cool breeze blowing thro I’m going to miss:

The cool breeze blowing through the open windows,

Vases full of freshly cut peonies,

Wearing a cardigan with my dress,

Baby bunnies running and bird eggs hatching in our yard,

Flowering trees lining the streets,

The absence of mosquitoes,

But for everything there is a season and with each season comes new delights. šŸ¤
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