Everyday Living

A Nutcracker Parade

~ Blog hop, Christmas, Everyday Living, Faith, Tablescapes

Merry Tuesday sweet friends! I hope this finds you resting with your feet propped up and enjoying a cup of coffee or hot chocolate! In other words, have you completed your decorating and shopping?

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
‭‭John‬ ‭1:1‬ ‭

I am joining twenty creative table stylists for a Christmas Tablescape Blog Hop hosted by my talented friend, Rita at Panoply. I have reserved you a spot along the route for A Nutcracker Parade!

Nutcrackers and dishes briefly left the Sunshine Cottage to get lined up for a parade on the dining room table!READ MORE

Christmas Centerpieces

~ Christmas, Everyday Living, Faith, Food & Entertaining, Monday Morning Blooms

Merry greetings sweet friends. Have you finished decking the halls? I only have a little tweaking and I will be ready to enjoy the most wonderful time of the year.

“The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.”
‭‭John‬ ‭1:9‬ ‭

It is Monday Morning Blooms with Shirley and Mary. Each one of us has an exciting giveaway from Lynch Creek Farm. This is a ONE DAY GIVEAWAY opportunity!! What is so exciting about this giveaway? The winner can choose any product from Lynch Creek Farm’s website that is in stock. You will find all of the details on how to enter at the bottom of this post. In addition to the giveaway, we are sharing our favorite Lynch Creek Farm products and how we have enjoyed using them through the years in our homes.

If you are like me, I love fresh greenery during the Christmas season. My Renaissance Man has been cutting fresh pine and hand-making garland to surround our exterior doors for years. In case you missed the Sunshine Cottage dressed in its beautiful garland, you can see it here. He also cuts fresh Leyland Cypress for vignettes and our dining room chandelier.

However, I have never been able to talk RM into making a fresh centerpiece. No need to fret, Lynch Creek Farm to the rescue!

A beautiful, fragrant, and woodland centerpiece from Lynch Creek Farm was perfect for a Season’s Greetings tablescape!READ MORE

Simple + Southern Sunday No. 370

~ Christmas, Everyday Living, Faith, Family, Simple + Southern Sunday

“And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭1:30-31‬ 

I know, nothing fancy about this Christmas decoration. But it was at sunrise on a beautiful, calm, and pleasant morning last week and there is a story. I had to replace this section of the privacy fence and in doing so I eliminated a group of ditch lilies and a wild grape vine that had resided on the old fence for years. It looked so bare. I remembered several wreaths that had been hanging from the rafters of one of my storage buildings for ages…I never throw anything away (bad habit). A couple of red bows from Hobby Lobby and you have a simple country kind of Christmas!READ MORE