Today I have the great pleasure of posting at A Joyful Cottage . Nancy asked me to contribute a piece for her wildly popular Living Large In Small Spaces series and I was thrilled to tell my story! Pop on over to check out my thoughts and, if you're not familiar with Nancy's blog , stick around and take a peek at some of her other posts, her pretty monthly party and the rest of the series. I promise you will not be disappointed, especially, if like me, you are a lover of the cottage life! Have a super weekend!
Get crafty this holiday season! Check out these super easy Christmas decor projects! Inexpensive and whipped up in a jiffy! It's that time of year again and while I know that many of you have been crafting for Christmas for weeks (or even months now), I just cannot get into the holiday mood until Thanksgiving dinner is done. There is something about sitting by the light of the fireplace, tree aglow and a few random Santas to keep me company, as I sing along with Doris Day, that puts me in the crafting mood. I love how the product enhances my home, but the process is half the fun. And around here making the projects during the season is tradition.
Marketing to other bloggers is standard blogging advice and certainly has a place when building a community finding your tribe. But is the follow for follow game a good business strategy? I think not. I'm an excellent public speaker. It was my major in college and something I excel at...I have absolutely no problem getting up in front of a crowd, in fact, I like it. I disseminate information and thoroughly engage people in such a way, that when I'm done, I have actually heard, Do it again!
Several weeks ago, I updated my basement to make it a more livable space for our family at its current stage. One of the ongoing battles I have had with my kids, whenever I tried to organize this space, stemmed from their need to keep their treasured baby toys and my need to not see them anymore.
Here's an easy DIY for the Thanksgiving holiday. It's my Give Thanks free printable. It's an easy way to add some holiday flair in minutes to any room. Gobble, Gobble! I don't usually decorate that much for the Thanksgiving holiday. Other than a large canvas Tom Turkey on my front door, a few small wooden turkeys and several handmade treasures from my kiddos, my house is just mostly dressed for fall. However, this year, I was cleaning out a closet I came upon a black dollar store frame and thought it could use a little holiday flair . So I whipped up a very simple printable on my own.
My house has a very small footprint. It was built in the 1920's as the first year round home in a small summer beach community. While a four season home should've boasted a bigger frame than most of its cottage style neighbors, equal sized lots kept it in check.
I miss the old paper Christmas catalogs that I used to find in my mailbox every holiday season, to spur on holiday shopping. Browsing online just doesn't cut it. As a child, Halloween is what symbolized the beginning of the holiday season around our house. Once the day full of costumes and candy was done, my brother and I could think of nothing but Christmas. Christmas....Oh, the most wonderful time of the year.
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