Christmas Home Tour

I hope each of you spent a very blessed Christmas season with your loved ones! 

Our family made a lot of special memories at the Farmhouse this year.  We decided that one of the gifts we would give each other would be the gift of time, so we made it a priority to spend more time together than we have in the past years. We treasured the time together with family movie nights, baking Christmas treats, reading stories, decorating, game nights, singing Christmas carols, hosting parties for our friends, family devotionals, etc. It caused us all to slow down and focus on the real reason we celebrate Christmas, Jesus Christ's birthday! 

The decorations in a home don't make it Christmas, but they sure do add to the experience and excitement of the season.  Decorating for Christmas is one of my favorite things, and I loved the challenge of decorating a new home this year.  I hope you all enjoy the tour through the Farmhouse!

Meet my new best Christmas friend, Tartan Plaid.

And natural garland & greenery are my absolute favorites.  The aroma and textures are wonderful!

I kinda have a thing for Christmas hand towels...

My dad made this with an empty wine bottle and a string of lights! How cute is that? It adds a lot of jolly festiveness to the wetbar.

Add a poinsettia to a room - and voila! 

 My grandmother loved her Christmas cactus - so my mom and I each bought one this year in honor of her

My new gift wrap station definitely came in handy!

Santa even liked the antler hat rack...I hope he didn't tell Rudolph about it! 

This cable knit blanket...softest, most wonderful thing. And it's from Target!! 

My precious mom has needlepointed gorgeous Christmas stockings for me, Hubs, and our oldest...she is currently working on the one for little miss priss which will be ready for Christmas next year! These are such precious gifts and we will always cherish them! The other 3 are for the pups and barn cat! 

Thank you for visiting! I wish each of you a blessed 2014! 

Fall Bliss

This morning I woke up earlier than the boys,

snuggled up on the couch

 with toasted banana bread and fresh coffee,

and read through my newest issue of this.

It made me feel like fall was really here,

even though it's still a few weeks away.

I get so antsy for fall's arrival.

Perhaps it's because we have to be extra patient,

waiting for it here in TX,

but I just love the colors, the scents, the recipes, the foliage,

and the fact that fall brings the beginning of the holiday seasons!

I am slowly pulling things out of my "fall box" to decorate around the house.

Here are some of my favorite pins on my "seasonal bliss" board over at Pinterest.

And my favorite article in the newest Martha Stewart living?

It's all about the gingham.

what are your thoughts on gingham? i totally love it. 

Happy Friday!

I hope you all have a blessed weekend full of fall bliss!

Valentine's Linky Party... love. love. love.

Yesterday I warned you...

Today is Peace of Home's very 1st Linky party!!!

Now it's your turn to share your creative, crafty, fun, pink, red, festive, anything love related

Valentine's decor!

Here are some of the little crafties that I worked on last night...

{felt kissing ball}

 traced the circles around a drinking glass

cut lots of circles out, folded them in 1/4, pinned them into the styrofoam ball

adding a lovely touch of pink to my corner hutch

{kissy print}

i though it was pretty darn cute! you can print your own for free here.

lolly jane is quite creative. 

i just printed it off and traded it out with the free printable from my Christmas decor.

{tulips}

Hubby brought these dainty little ones home the other night... 

He sure knows how to speak my love language!

{miniature heart wreath)

 i used the same technique as with the kissing ball, 
just pinned it to a tiny styrofoam heart, instead!
that's the label from the Schramsberg Champagne we drank at our Engagement Party!
a nice addition of l.o.v.e. to the mantle.

  this little wreath adds the perfect pop of red to the mantle-scape!

{pink astramaris blooms}

can't beat that pop of color for just $4!

All of those pops of Valentine Festiveness for just about $10!
kissing ball: $1.75
printable: free
tulips: gift from hubby
mini wreath: $3.00
astramaris: $4.00

So, what are you waiting for? link up!

Share your posts about the Valentine's Love around your home!

It's your turn to share your Valentine's decor! Whether big or small, let us know what you've been up to.

The party will be open until Monday, February 14th, for all you decorating procrastinators!

To join in, just add the link to your Valentine's post (it can be an old post) so that we can see your ideas.

You must link back here, to this post, so your link won't be deleted.

{Go HERE to enter the Home Goods giveaway}

love!

Sharing these ideas with Fingerprints on the Fridge & Shabby Nest