life’s simplest pleasures and life’s greatest joys : all hung from a clothesline.
I love the holidays! About this time of year I think about holiday preparations. Mostly at this point I am thinking about how I can ensure we have slow, meaningful, and fun holiday? I am hoping I can prepare in a way that helps us remember the reason for the season and soak up our time as a family. […]
So you might think I’m crazy since I already shared our family advent calendar with you a couple of days ago. But here’s the deal. Our mom’s group had an advent making craft night and I helped some ladies pick and cut out a felt nativity. It was SO cute – we ordered our craft […]
Advent is a season of preparation and a tradition that I am prioritizing. See my post about “Prioritize, do what you love, and toss the rest” which is a part of my current mini series “Thriving in the Holidays.” I did some advent traditions as a child, and my husband’s family did a traditional advent […]
1. non convential recipes for convential foods are a nice change up. http://www.grouprecipes.com/77711/scalloped-yukon-gold-and-sweet-potato-gratin-with-fresh-herbs.html 2. gift giving is fun, especially if you give within your means. 3. orange is a great color! (use your trifle dish to display and store) 4. use your fine china or glass ware as much as you can. it honors the people who eat […]