Cottage Christmas Mantel and a blog hop

I am excited to be participating in my first ever blog hop hosted by Pamela over at From My Front Porch to Yours.  I’m even more excited because this is a mantel party and I…

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~Country Christmas Home Tour~

I finally realized there would be no snow for Christmas this year and went ahead and took “snowless” outside photos for the first time in the five years we have lived here. That’s ok, I…

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A very vintage Christmas…

Those of you who know me know I take the term “vintage” pretty seriously, and at no time is that more evident than Christmas:-)  I wanted to recreate the Christmas I imagine my dad grew…

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Maybe Christmas can’t be found in a store…

My vision this year was to recreate Christmas past… Fresh greens from the property, homemade bows made from fabric cut with pinking shears… Currier and Ives dinnerware from the 1950s, my grandmother’s yule log and…

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Christmas in the music room…

I definitely went a different direction this year… I really wanted to use the Hemlock trees growing here and bring in the elegant country style my grandmother was so good at. Snowflakes cut from old…

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