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Happy New Year, my friends! I hope you’re all enjoying a fabulous weekend. I’m quite sure that I’ll be long asleep by the time midnight rolls around. Here are just a few things that I’m loving today…Please excuse the lack of pictures. I’ve become fat and lazy over the holidays. Anthropoligie Knock-Off @ Simple Sage [...]
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Welcome to DIY Day! Are you ready to share your latest project? If you’re new here, every Tuesday we get together to share our newest DIY projects. I’m really flexible about what constitutes a DIY project. A furniture makeover, an outdoor project, a holiday craft, some new artwork…maybe a great recipe? Last week, I told [...]
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Every year, I feel a smidge of guilt when I throw away all of the beautiful Christmas cards that we receive. A few years ago, our family began a tradition that helps us to remember our friends and loved ones long into January. As the Christmas cards arrive, we keep them in a pretty basket [...]
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Silent night, holy night. Son of God, loves pure light. Radiant beams from Thy Holy face. With the dawn of redeeming grace. Jesus, Lord at Thy Birth. Jesus, Lord at Thy Birth. I sang those words for the millionth time tonight and they spoke to my heart in a new way…the dawn of redeeming grace. [...]
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Are you hosting a get-together at your home over the next couple of weeks? Do you have something pretty for your table? Probably not, because you’ve been too busy cleaning, baking, shopping, wrapping, caroling, jingle-belling and all things Christmas-ing. Fear not! I have two quick ideas that will make your table (island, sideboard or changing [...]
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Welcome to DIY Day! Are you ready to share your latest project? If you’re new here, every Tuesday we get together to share our newest DIY projects. I’m really flexible about what constitutes a DIY project. A furniture makeover, an outdoor project, a holiday craft, some new artwork…maybe a great recipe? There’s no huge prize [...]
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Random pretty picture because I can’t stand starting a post without a picture. This is a re-post from 368 days ago. There isn’t any Christmas yakk on my chandelier and I made the paper chains using staples this year, but the sentiment remains the same. It seemed appropriate to share this again today. Today’s post [...]
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If you like something new and a little funky: And if you’re more of a classic: Either way. Amen and Amen.
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Did you see my Sunday night post about Oprah Magazine? Amazon has a 1 year subscription for only $5.00! O, The Oprah Magazine (1-year subscription for $5.00!) You could print off a picture of the magazine cover, roll it up like a scroll and tie it with a ribbon. Voila! Instant Christmas gift! No going [...]
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I didn’t plan to have a carnival of colored lights on my mantle this year. But our pre-lit, artificial tree had a major wardrobe malfunction and I had to change all the lights on the tree. ..To colored lights because all the white lights were sold out… At the beginning of December. Wha? I really [...]
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I have a confession to make. I don’t bake cookies with my kids. It makes me crazy. I have a Norman Rockwell vision of the process where we all sing carols, giggle and end up with a bit of flour on our noses…just enough for adorable pictures, of course. The reality is not so pretty [...]
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Welcome to DIY Day! Are you ready to share your latest project? If you’re new here, every Tuesday we get together to share our newest DIY projects. I’m really flexible about what constitutes a DIY project. A furniture makeover, an outdoor project, a holiday craft, some new artwork…maybe a great recipe? Today, we have a [...]
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The holiday party season is in full swing. We’re not exactly the Hilton family, but we have our fair share of get-togethers over the next two weeks. There’s Milk and Cookies with Santa at a friend’s house next week…and there’s the annual Gathering of College Friends where we all pretend like we’re not way too [...]
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Need another awesome, cheap Christmas gift? How about 1 year of Oprah magazine for $5.00? That’s ridiculously cheap, people! O, The Oprah Magazine (1-year subscription for $5.00!) You could print off a picture of the magazine cover, roll it up like a scroll and tie it with a ribbon. Voila! Instant Christmas gift! No going [...]
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Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18 photo credit: James Jordan
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Holy Jingle Bells! There were over 300(!!!) posts linked up to DIY Day this week! Y’all are crazy! A couple of quick things before I share my faves… Did you miss my unplanned Sunday night post about a cheap Christmas gift idea? If so, check it out. Amazon is having a killer sale on some [...]
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Do you want to try your hand at making the Most Beautiful, Wonderfully Sparkly Christmas Tree Topper ever? I got tired of the bow that I always have on the top of my tree and this idea has been bouncing around in my noggin for a couple of months. I was inspired by something I [...]
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Welcome to DIY Day! Are you ready to share your latest project? If you’re new here, every Tuesday we get together to share our newest DIY projects. I’m really flexible about what constitutes a DIY project. A furniture makeover, an outdoor project, an indoor project, some new artwork…heck, even a great recipe could qualify as [...]
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What do you do with your stockings? Do they all match adorably or they are they a wonderful mishmash of colors and styles? Where do you hang them? We don’t hang our stockings on the mantle. We use our fireplace a lot and I’m always afraid the the big socks will go up in flames. [...]
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Amazon is now offering 1 year of Oprah magazine for $5.00! That’s ridiculously cheap, people! O, The Oprah Magazine (1-year subscription for $5.00!) I’m thinking super-cheap Christmas gifts! If I were giving a magazine subscription as a Christmas gift (and I surely will), I would wrap up a pretty Christmas ornament with a tag that [...]
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