Festive

  • Decorating Ideas for a Festive Easter

    Time for the pastel fairies to torture us all. Pinks and purples, robin egg blue and bright yellow…. BUT how happy it makes everyone – the darkness is going and the warmth is coming! The center of our universe, the kitchen table…I mentioned when decorating for Christmas that I don’t usually do much with this area. But apparently I have done it for Easter before because I found this runner in my arsenal. The Easter egg tree was purchased at a discount craft store years ago. I love it because I can push and pull the branches out to make it look however I want. I changed the middle candle…

  • Green and Gold: How to Decorate for St. Patrick’s Day

    INSIDE : COME SEE HOW TO DECORATE FOR ST. PATRICK’S DAY WITH GREEN AND GOLD! Valentine’s season is over….time to move on. Let’s decorate for St. Patrick’s Day! Three cheers for the Irish! Celebrate St. Patrick and his green beer!!! Oh wait….he did something else….ummm….spread Christianity to Ireland (that’s what Google told me). Anyway, thanks to him we can decorate with green stuff and shamrocks! Hurray! Disclosure Statement: The links in this post contain affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. Those funds help keep this site alive and kickin’ but it doesn’t cost YOU a thing! Click…

  • Decorate for Valentine’s Day

    Disclosure Statement: The links in this post contain affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. Click here for the full disclosure. Yes you should! Don’t go overboard like Christmas decor but a few hearts thrown about never hurt anyone!!! Let’s decorate for Valentine’s Day! My mantle is not wide enough for what I have in mind so…..I’m going to use my entry way table. It’s a console table of sorts. The console table keeps things in their place but gives a festive feel at the same time. Yes please! I feel this way about my front door also.…

  • Reset Your Life – Day #1

    INSIDE : I NEED TO RESET MY LIFE; COME LEARN HOW TO REFOCUS, CLEAR THE CLUTTER, AND GET MOTIVATED WITH US. I am sitting in my front room, debating on where to start….any number of places need TLC….but I’m enjoying doing nothing. But this is not how I change my life!!!! Get up and get started. Start somewhere….anywhere!!!! Christmas decorations it is. How did I get so many?!? Jeez……oh well! Disclosure Statement: The links in this post contain affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. Those funds help keep this site alive and kickin’ but it doesn’t cost…

  • New year means new me….and new you!!!

    Disclosure Statement: The links in this post contain affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. Click here for the full disclosure. Spring cleaning? Why wait?!? I challenge you to 30 days of lifestyle changes. Begin by picking your start day….we will go room by room and organize along with new challenges for our health! I recently told my kids – no fast food or frozen/ordered out pizza for the whole month of January. They were none to pleased and my husband had a panic attack when he thought that meant he would have to cook every night. (I…

  • Unique Decorating Ideas for Christmas

    INSIDE : COME FIND OUT SOME UNIQUE DECORATING IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS – TOTALLY NOT BORING! I love to decorate my home for each season or holiday. However, I am HORRIBLE about doing it with time to spare……so this is my pledge to you. I will do better in 2019! Starting with 2018 Christmas….. Thanksgiving was over and I had all the Christmas decorations in the front room the next day! No shopping for me…..I don’t like fighting other people, especially in front of my kids, and honestly, I have a short FUSE…..so I avoid the trouble and chose to be more productive on Black Friday…. Where to start? Well, we’ve…