Simple Winter Mantel

Good Wednesday, friends!  I hope you had a wonderful Valentine's and President's Day weekend!  We're on winter break this week... well, my high school senior is on winter break. :)  It's business as usual for the rest of us!  We're weathering the winter chill so I thought I'd share my winter mantel with you today. After I took down my Christmas mantel, I was craving something very simple and natural.  And that's exactly where my mantel ended … [Read more...]

Winter Mantel Refresh

Happy Tuesday, y'all!  First of all, I apologize for the wonky repeat post that was delivered yesterday... not sure what happened there since it was originally published in January, but the post is corrected and edited and available HERE.  I'd really love to be posting a spring mantel, but the truth is we're having yet another snow day here in Georgia and winter is nowhere near finished with us!  I know my posts have been scarce lately while I … [Read more...]

Winter Door Decor and on Choosing Joy

Happy Monday, friends... I hope you all had a restful weekend! After all the turmoil of the past weeks I did rest a bit and did a LOT of work towards a new undertaking I'll share with you soon.  And I finally got the Christmas decorations off the front porch.  Yes, we were THAT family this year.  Ugh.  Anyhoo, getting my front porch cleared and refreshed for winter got me thinking about winter door decor.  And a quick visit to Pinterest gave me … [Read more...]

My Winter Mantel {2013}

Confession: I did my winter mantel three days before I took down and put away all the Christmas decor.  Once the stockings were emptied, I was so impatient... so I just cast them aside, along with my Santa canvas and the berry garland and got busy! If you follow me on Instagram, you might know that a trip to Trader Joe's jump-started the whole thing...I mean, who can resist a bouquet of seven creamy white roses with eucalyptus for only … [Read more...]