Christmas Home Tour Day 3

We will end the Home Tour

in my bedroom.

The idea is from Pottery Barn

and you may recognize the quilt

from a previous post
Made With Love

I made the shams, pillows (except for the London one)
and stockings.
The shelf has been above my bed with other items
on it so I just changed those out.
It's so cozy when I crawl in here after a busy day
and reach for  "Christmas in Thrush Green"
to read until I fall asleep:)

Christmas Home Tour Day 2

Day 2 of my home tour is

all about porches...

I have 2 small ones, back and front.

My outdoors decor I like to look

pretty natural, but I do use artificial

greens as they don't dry out.

 My pillows have seen many years of use

and were worth every penny of the

original cost.

Hope you are relishing the season of Joy!

Christmas Home Tour Day 1

This year I absolutely LOVE the

look I went with in my house!

Its so warm and cozy and country.

 Probably helps that I live in a

 little house this year too

so it's easy to do a few things and

have it fill the whole room with

a Christmas feel.

I like a small house...

I always have.

The tree was a plain artificial one

but I saw a tutorial online at

Ucreate

for how to add artificial snow.

I absolutely love how it turned out

& it cost me only a couple $s.

These pics are of my living room

entry and kitchen.

Many of the ideas were found on Pinterest-

you can check my Pins for the sources

if you are interested.

Cost? Low! most of it was hand crafted

with items I had in my stashes

or was used previous years.

 

Tomorrow will be my porches

and then the next day my bedroom,

if you want to come back and join me!

 

More Christmas Crafts

Here are a few more items I upcycled

for Rusty Glamour, 

Its amazing what a little addition 

of paint or burlap etc can do

to a tired old decoration!

First Fudge of the Season

I found an interesting recipe for

fudge in a book called

" A Vintage Christmas"

It is called Mackinaw Island Fudge

However it was not as good as the recipe

promised so I'm back to my old favorite

from the back of the marshmallow creme jar!

Any of you Michigan people tried this famous

fudge while visiting Mackinaw?

Just wondering if it's supposed to be more

like chocolate than fudge?

Spicy and Sweet

I know my grand daughter will soon be too

big (and picky)! to wear this type of an 

outfit so I wanted to make a few more 

before that happens. 

The collar on this was actually off a jr. size

shirt from a g-sale, but it fit 

perfectly into the neck line-Yay!

Collars can be a real pain.

Scrappy Sallie

Here is a doll I made for the shop,

She sold:) 

I painted her hair on this time so a smaller

child could play with her and she

wouldn't get wrecked.

Caramel Crazy Dessert Bar

With all the great ideas on Pinterest

I came up with a dessert bar for

my son's birthday-really for me

to have the fun of crafting it,

cause he could care less!

That was all about caramel, apples

 and sweet stuff...

It was a big hit with old and young:)

Crafts to the Max

Here are some of the items I've been 

making to put in the store.

The Christmas things seem to 

sell very quickly so I have to be ready 

with new products every few days.

 Advent Calender with cones

 Bike rim greeting card holder

Lots of work, but also lots of fun!

Made with Love

When you have only one sister-in-law,

it's such a blessing to have her be

not only a wonderful one but also

a dear friend and loving support.

Along with that she is amazing in

every other way and along with raising

12 children with such organization and grace

she also crafts, sews and quilts!

The other week she gave me this gift of love!

 It's made with fabrics that resemble scrapbook

papers in colors and patterns I adore.

Isn't it just stunning?

And to make it even more special

 my brother chose

the Bible verse that is written on the back...

When I sit down with this on my lap,

I feel all the love

and care of 2 very special people.

Thanks David and Elva!

 

"In His Pastures"