Life as I know it in Rural America.
Call me Scrooge, but I kind of hate decorating for the holidays. So many boxes to drag up the stairs, so much stuff to put out, and then a month later, I just have to pack it back up. Don’t get me wrong, homes that are decorated for Christmas are lovely. It’s just so much Read More …
With the ridiculous amount of snow we got on Friday, I decided that it was time to do a little Christmas decorating. And with all of the vehicles were snowed in, it wasn’t like I could do anything else. So, I got my husband to drag up a few tubs of Christmas decorations – the Read More …
A couple months ago, my sister asked me to make her a Christmas wreath. So, we went down to Hobby Lobby and picked up a wreath, some decorative picks, and a few flowers. I love the Hobby Lobby weekly sales. We got a great price on everything. For most of the last month, all those Read More …
As I mentioned in my last post, my little sister got married over the weekend. One of the most time consuming prep items for the wedding was decorating the church and the reception hall. For Kayla’s wedding, we reused a lot of the glassware from my wedding. That was a huge cost and time saver. Read More …
It’s that time of year again, the ground has started turning white, the roads are covered in slush and people are ringing bells at all the local stores. That means it’s time to decorate for Christmas — well, almost. Matt & I are getting a real tree again this year, and we are going to Read More …
It’s National Craft Month. In celebration of this, I’m going to make an effort to do lots more crafting this month… and blog about it. Hopefully this will get me back in the habit of crafting, and blogging… since I’ve been slacking in both areas lately. My first project is one that I actually did over Read More …
In honor of our 6 month anniversary last Saturday, today’s crafts post is about the decore at our wedding. Since we got married in December, we used a lot of evergreens in our decorations. At the entrance to the reception we used a Christmas Tree Arch. With a lot of help from Cindy Beadles, a local Read More …