Goodbye to 2018

 Goodbye to the year 2018.   It is the last day of the year and today, like many of you,  I am reflecting upon the whirlwind of these passing 365 days.  Reeve remains one of the biggest highlights! She is my first granddaughter and  I have waited a long time to be someone's grammy.   This Santa photo was too precious not to share!  A big highlight was traveling to Idaho and Wyoming  with our family to celebrate my husband's 60th.  It...

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The Merriment of Christmas Crackers

Christmas is closing in quickly, and this year I am taking a bit of a different strategy. Less about gifts and more about the  fun that Christmas can bring when you get together with your family and friends. For our family, we have always had such fun with the simplest of  things, the Christmas Cracker.  I am stacking lots of the festive crackers in my silver punch bowl so party goers can help themselves! Inside the cracker is a paper party hat in the shape of a crown...

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Hand painted French Bedroom set for the Dollhouse

 A pretty handpainted white French style bedroom set arrived after I searched  high and low for something that had the style I was after~ it had to be French looking, it had to be pretty, and if it had   a touch of whimsy or fancy or gilded...then I am all in!    Lets go into the Master bedroom!  Up the staircase and past the fancy  Very Versailles mini-dollhouse in the hallway.... Starting to get a peek at the new bedroom set!  Its white...

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A Feather Tree in a silver bowl and Ancestry pursuits

A Feather tree is one of the most charming Christmas decorations.   It is considered one of the first artificial Christmas trees.  Made originally in Germany from dyed goose feathers, it found its way to the USA, brought over by German immigrants that settled in Pennsylvania and Texas. Love this old feather tree with the tiny gate around it! My feather tree is a vintage feather tree that Martha Stewart  produced for her Kmart line. I picked it up years after...

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Swedish Country Christmas and a Lynch Creek Farm Wreath Giveaway

 I'm in love with my Lynch Creek Farm wreath and thrilled to be able to do another wreath giveaway this year to one of my readers.  This year, the inspiration  for my living room was a Swedish Country style Christmas.  Lynch Creek Farm is a family run business located in Washington state.  They make exceptional wreaths, all of them measuring out to a full 26" width with a weight of 7 pounds (compared to the average Christmas wreath of 4 pounds).   That...

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A PunchBowl Centerpiece for Thanksgiving

 This Thanksgiving will bring one new family member to sit at the big table.   Its Reeve, my year and half  old granddaughter.  This is her place setting ~ a smaller sized  dinner plate with roses and a mountain scene,  along with some baby silverware.  I am so excited to have her join us  and can imagine the years ahead with her, with her as my little helper one day.  Setting the table for big dinner parties is always a lot of fun,...

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