Christmas has always been my favorite time of year. I love everything about it. The music, the movies, the shopping and family gatherings. But mostly, I love the decor. Not a shocker, I'm sure. However, over the last several years, all the accessories and decorations that used to feed me, started to overwhelm me instead. I craved less cluttered spaces, cleaner palettes and less overall.

The holidays have always been a sentimental time of year. The songs, the stories and the rituals, from church pageants to gingerbread houses, they all have a way of pulling at our heartstrings. They conjure images of the ideal Christmas, spent among family and friends. It's a universal theme.

A few years ago, I found a ceiling fan in the garbage and ever since, I've been obsessed with turning the old blades into new pieces of seasonal home decor. It's a funny pastime for a girl who made her husband remove every single fan in the house the day we moved in. Let's just say I've never been a fan of the fan.

Hello friends! I have something a little different for you today. Instead of sharing written words with you, I'm sharing spoken ones. A little chat, if you will. So grab something warm to drink and cozy up to the kitchen table with me as I share a Christmas paint by numbers kit from a new company called Opalberry. Just wait to see what I chose!

Ah friends...at the risk of sounding redundant, I'm back today with another curtain makeover. Are you tired of them yet? There have been quite a few of them lately, I know.