~Christmas 2009~

December 23rd, 2009

Feeling a bit bored with “traditional” Christmas colors and decor, this year I decided to do something a little different~I used Blue juniper trees with fresh cut holly in our front planters and used pine cones with fresh holly in our wreath, instead of red or green or gold which are colors that I usually [...]

~Our new Wall Monogram~

December 13th, 2009

I recently purchased this family wall monogram from Home Sweet Walls on Etsy and my sweet husband put it up today on our newly painted dutchess of windsor walls~I am in love with it and I would highly recommend their shop. I wish they would have had these when my kids were babies, I [...]

~Not a red poinsettia~

December 12th, 2009

I am in love with the color of this poinsettia, it is sitting in our front “parlor” ( which my husband calls this room). I just painted our “parlor” in “Dutchess of Windsor” by Ralph Lauren, it is part of his vintage collection and is almost a fleshtone. I am obsessed with this [...]

All around our house there are signs of the season~it’s always so fun to decorate for Christmas while listening to Elvis sing Christmas carols. Here’s a little tour of our home for the holidays so far…

~My Grandma’s Banana Pudding~

December 6th, 2009

I actually had a dream about my Grandmother’s banana pudding last night. My grandma passed away many years ago and although I miss her and I think that she was the best cook in the world, I hadn’t thought of her pudding in forever. I had to make it today so my daughter and [...]