Author: Linda

Dining Room, Family Room, Home Decor, Winter

CHRISTMAS 2015 HOME TOUR

Christmas is my FAVORITE time of year. The beautiful lights and the Christmas songs. I especially love all my family being home for the holidays. Well, I think I have finally finished my Christmas decorating for the year and I wanted to share it with you. Enjoy! DINING ROOM FAMILY ROOM Fireplace Mantel “JOY” bottles […]

DIY Projects, Home Decor, Winter

PAINTING BOTTLES ~ and finding Joy

I found another pretty craft for the holidays on Pinterest. Source It’s so pretty isn’t it? Plan #1 ~ Paint the bottles white. Stencil the word “Joy” in green. Find sticks and paint them glitter green. The example used wine bottles but the only bottles we use in this house are cooking sherry bottles. I […]

DIY Projects, Home Decor, Winter

CUTE SOCK SNOWMEN

My girls and I did our first Christmas craft today and it was so fun! I saw this video on Pinterest and fell in love. The snowmen are so cute! I bought a two sock package that came with one striped and the other plain in pink and gray. I followed each step of the video. […]

Family

THINGS I’M THANKFUL FOR ~ A to Z

I know y’all have heard of The Pioneer Woman. I found her blog many years ago but now you can see her on Walmart commercials!! She is a great cook who lives on a ranch with her cowboy husband and her four children. I love reading her blog. The last post I read was The ABC’s […]

Dining Room

PAINTING DINING ROOM CHAIRS ~ a last minute project

If having ten people over for Thanksgiving isn’t stressful enough, I thought we should paint and re-cover the dining room chairs! OH OKAY!! I painted the dining room furniture about six years ago. You can see it here. Notice the chairs and table started out white, I painted them blue, and now I’m painting them […]

Family

THIRTEEN THINGS I WANT MY KIDS TO OBSERVE ME DOING

My kids mean the world to me. As any parent will tell you, I would give my life for my children. (Son #3’s beautiful girlfriend made this picture for me with all my kiddos!) I view my job as a parent as a limited time contract. I have about 18-23 years to teach them what I believe they will […]