Merry Christmas

How many more days until Christmas??? Yikes! I can't believe how fast December is going by!  I always try to stay a head, but always seem to stay behind!  Do you follow?  Do you get where I'm coming from?  Then on top of that, this little guy is definitely not digging the Santa hat!  Really?  I thought everybody loved a good old Santa hat!

Anyway, I just wanted to pop in and tell you I couldn't feel more blessed this holiday season.  Even though it seems like there is never enough time in the day to get everything done, I still am overwhelmed with daily blessings.  Even though my entire family will not be here for Christmas this year, I still feel so blessed to have family.  I guess for me, that's what makes the holidays special, be thankful for all the blessings we have all year long!

Wishing you and yours a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! 

Oh Christmas Tree!

Please don't judge him by his size.  He fit my washtub! Lol  Not sure I have ever had a tree this small, but he is growing on me.  I have been wanting to use my washtub for a Christmas tree for years.  So this year I said, let's do it!  I can at least say I didn't have to move any furniture around to make space to put him!  That was really nice!  The other thing,  did you notice my star bursts?  I was playing with my camera to see how big I could get the star bursts with the Christmas tree lights!  Yes! I should have been doing laundry!  Ha!  Remember, bigger is not always better!

Blessings Always!

Vintage Christmas

Happy Holidays!  I hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving!  Ours was wonderful!  Of course the day after Thanksgiving my Christmas hormones start kicking in!  Instead of  shopping on Black Friday, I chose to pack away all my Fall decorations and started shopping around the house for my front porch display!  I wasn't really sure where I was going this year with my decorations, mostly because I got a wild hair this Spring and painted my front door a beachy blue! Eeeek! I love it!

With that said, I started shopping around the house and pulled some of my vintage items together. I wasn't really for sure the sign on the door would work, but I kept thinking it would be so cool hanging on the door.  The sign is painted on an old crate and really heavy.  So I decided to stick a 1/2 inch foam weather stripping around it (found at Home Depot) to prevent it banging up my door and used a staple gun to attach the greenery, pine cones, etc, taken off an old (I mean old) wreath that was in my Goodwill pile.  I really liked how it turned out.  The rest of my vintage items went in my old rusted through old red wagon.  This could be the last year to use him.  He was pretty rusted when I bought it for $5 bucks, but I knew I could get enough use out of it before the bottom rusted through.  He is hanging in there strong!!

Blessings Always

Thanksgiving

Food. Gatherings. Giving Thanks.  That's what the holidays are all about (and pies of course).  

Not that I'm not thankful everyday, but this time of year is seems like I am more thankful!  I would love to think that my daughter and her husband that are stationed in Afghanistan right now could be home for the holidays.  But they can't.  So I won't dwell on them not being here, I'll give thanks that they are healthy, happy and safe.  I will give thanks that I will be able to spend the holidays with my family that are here.  So I want to wish everyone a very Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving Holiday!!  

Give Thanks

Blessings Always!

Wedding Workshop & Giving Thanks

Wow!  is there anything more beautiful than a woman in a white wedding dress??  I DON"T THINK SO!

I had the opportunity to attend a Photography Bridal Workshop last month and it was such a fun event!   Not sure I would want to become a wedding photographer (STRESSFUL) but shooting these young ladies was an absolute joy!  

With the holidays fast approaching I just wanted to take time to say how thankful I am.  I am very thankful for ALL the many BLESSINGS that the good LORD has blessed me and my family with.  But sometimes, it's the little blessings in our everyday lives that mean the most.  This time of year I'm thankful for:

family

friends

fall

crisp cool evenings

taking walks

leaves

candy corn

pumpkin spice latte's

candles 

fire pits

Give thanks for everything, for every little thing is a blessing!  Hope your fall is fabulous!!!!!!!

Blessings Always!

Chalkboard Redo

The weather we are having in East Tennessee is fall heaven!  It has been perfect weather for hitting garage sales! I wanted to squeeze time in to show you my chalkboard redo!  I picked up this kids blue chalkboard over the weekend for $.50 cents.  I had been looking for one to add to my front porch fall fluff, so this little guy was screaming to come home with me.  All it took was a little black chalkboard paint, a little dark walnut stain for the frame and TA-DAH! Perfect little chalkboard!!  Hope your enjoying your fall weather!

Blessings!

It's Fall Ya'll

It's fall ya'll!  Are you excited?  I know I am!  I love the weather turning cooler, pumpkins galore, colorful mums, cornstalks, scarecrows, so and so on!  I try to decorate the first weekend in October.  That way I get to enjoy it longer.  Usually everything lasts until Thanksgiving, except all the cool pumpkins I carve on Halloween.  This summer I decided to give my front door some pop! I painted it a cool beach color.  I really love the color, but wasn't sure how it would blend with fall and Christmas decorations.  What do you think? So far I'm loving it with my fall decor!

Blessing Always!