This is my 2025 Traditional Christmas Mantel Design. My favorite part about this design is having the nativity front and center. I did this last year and I absolutely loved it! While I try to change up my decor each year. Going forward, I’d like to always keep a nativity or something to remind my …
Holidays
Today our elves made the game Candy Land come to life. They put gummies at the gummy pass. Ice cream at the Ice Cream Slopes and Winter is wearing her little ice cream tutu with pink scarf. Pepper Mint, our elf was found at Peppermint Pass surrounded by peppermints. And holding a basket of peppermint …
This was my 2024 Christmas Front Door Decor. Each year I do a different theme. This year was Santa mail. I used the two six foot Christmas trees that I’ve had awhile on both sides of the front door. Two white tree skirts, two lanters, and two coir mats were at the base. I strung …
I love Alaska! I’ve been there multiple times and when I was there in the winter I got to go dog mushing. I couldn’t get enough of it so we went a few times. Each experience was different. In the picture of me above, we ran the team in deep powder and it was amazingly …
Catching up on Elf on the Shelf. This scene was from the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. I love C.S. Lewis and was honored to able to tour his home in England and sit where he wrote the Chronicles of Narnia. It was a privilege to sit where the famous …
This is a scene our Elf on the Shelf sibling duo set up in my daughter, Amelia’s room. Amelia loves kitty cats and always has. I designed her room with a lot of cats in it… one day I may have to ask her to count how many cats are in her room as a …
Christmas 2024 I decorated a Peace on Earth Themed Mantel. If you want to see a close up shot of the mantel please watch the 2024 Christmas Home Tour video of it found on this page. You can fast forward to 2:45; that is where I show a close up of the mantel. I tied …
Catching up on 2024 Christmas… this is an Elf on the Shelf scene I didn’t post last year. I have a few I missed because the days were spent mostly with family. Years ago my kids came home from elementary begging for me to ask Santa for an Elf on the Shelf. They were sad …
Every Christmas my kids and I make sugar cookies for friends, family, and Santa. We make them using this Best Chewy Sugar Cookie Recipe and this Best Vanilla Buttercream Icing Recipe. It was extra special in 2024 as my daughter’s friends (not pictured) joined in the fun. The supplies you will need to make buttercream …
2024 Christmas themed tablescape for kids was Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Every year I host a Christmas party for my husband’s family. I love choosing specific themes. Especially if they are cute, fun and nostaglic. I choose Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. I remember growing up each Christmas a TV specials calendar would be released. …
Thanksgiving is a great holiday! I love the opportunity to more mindfully and publicly thank the Lord for my many blessings. A lot of people have jumped straight into Christmas but my family and I like to decorate for Thanksgiving each year. To make this front porch decor, I simply kept what I had done …