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I went to bed last night with an urn-full of sticks on my hearth.
I like decorating with sticks. They’re easy. And free.
And I woke up this morning to an urn-full of blooming sticks.
Totally kidding. But they’re pretty good fakes, I think. And when your front yard looks like this, sometimes a girl needs to dream [...]
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I don’t really decorate for Valentine’s Day. It’s a nice little holiday, but not really worth a big home decorating push…kind of like Arbor Day or Corn Dog Day (March 20th). But my son saw a heart shaped Christmas ornament hanging from a candle holder and asked if we could decorate for Valentine’s Day.
That son [...]
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After I took down my huge Christmas wreath, my front door looked totally nekked. And since I didn’t want to offend my neighbors with a [...]
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How do you decorate your home after Christmas? It’s still a long way to Valentine’s Day and spring is about 100 years away. I’ve already done the Christmas Breakdown and I was in love with my clean (slightly bare) home. For exactly 5 minutes.
Then I went hunting for a few winter-y things to foof up [...]
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Not a nervous breakdown…the Christmas decoration breakdown.
We’ve barely sung the last chorus of Jingle Bells when I get the itch to start un-Decking the Halls. Which is funny considering how eager I am to get the decorations up in November. I guess all the visual stimulation and activity becomes a little too much and I [...]
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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 on [...]
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