A Forest Frolic

Christmas Tree Paper Advent Calendar

I wanted to show you the Advent Calendar the girls and I made.  We posted about it (and linked to the tutorial), in the making stages here. 

It was super easy and lots of fun!  We did ours a little differently with the scalloped circles and glittered edges (because you know it's not a project in our home, unless it has glitter on it ;)

Many of the trees were too small to put the goodies inside, so I made funny little rhyming notes and hints of where the treat could be found inside the tree.  The girls looked forward to opening it every day and it was cute to watch them try to figure out what it was and look for it too.

I hit up the dollar bins at Jo-ann's, Michaels and the party store...and the girls got anything from glitter glue, to fuzzy stickers, coloring pages, and lots of fun candy treats!  My favorite so far was the Claus House craft kit we showed you.

Can you believe Christmas is almost here...

I almost bought a 1 pound Reese cup for Day 25 (because that's the girls favorite sweet treat), but I just couldn't do it...honestly, they'd try and eat it all at once and make themselves sick!

Their advent for today, is a trip down to D.C. to the Zoo Lights event!  Gotta go get bundled up, that wind is whipping ;)

Happy Christmas Eve Eve everyone,

Jamie :)

The Claus Home

It snowed a few inches here last week, so the schools were closed on Friday!  Thank goodness there was a fun Christmas craft project waiting in the advent calendar...

...perfect timing.

The girls had a good time putting together and glittering up this 'Claus house,' and now it sits on the mantle with all the stockings and cute stocking hangers.

Mama's so proud ;)

Jamie :)

Christmas Cheer

It's snowing outside, which is making me want to bake, craft, and share some Christmas cheer!  So I snapped a few photos of ornaments on our tree to share with you...

... (I actually have one of these still available in the shop Here)

This little guy looks so happy, doesn't he...

I think I want some candy now, how about you?

I'm hoping for a white Christmas with lots of yummy baked goods and cups of hot cocoa with my girls!  What are your Christmas wishes?

Jamie :)

Oh the Candy Colors

I love thrifting and shopping for old furniture to make our home even homier (is that a word? ;)  I love the candy colored buildings and this pink car...

And I loved this hutch from Luckett's, but decided against it because I think we need more of a buffet style piece for the dining room...

I'm so drawn to these two colors, the Robin's Egg Blue and the Candy Pink...totally swoon worthy! 

So my vision gets skewed when it comes to furniture that is painted one of these colors.  It could be the ugliest peice of furniture and I would LOVE it because it was painted my fav color.  At least I know that ;)  Funny thing is...none of our furniture is either one of these colors.  It'll happen, he just doesn't know it yet...ssshhhh...

Jamie :)

Designing our Home

Caught your eye with that, didn't I?  Oh how I wish it was mine...I very briefly thought about it ;)

But decided I really didn't have a place for it unless I got rid of some furniture in the parlor...and didn't know if my man would be on board with having a bright pink couch sitting right inside the front door.

But, I did get this handmade felted wool rug from Luckett's Store though...

(I just realized that this is the same rug that I mentioned and had taken a picture of from September's Design house).

This is a picture I took with my iphone and sent to him...he loved it!  And now it's ours.  Our pup loves it too and snuggles with it daily (when mommy isn't available of course).
 
My mission for this furniture excursion last month wasn't to get a rug though, it was to get a Farm table, and I was so dissapointed when I didn't find one.  But thank goodness I decided to stop over at the Beekeeper's Cottage...

Because sure enough, they were selling this reclaimed wood farm table...oooh la la...

...I fell in love...it was PERFECT!  It was significantly more than what we wanted to spend, but well worth it considering it was reclaimed wood...and the owner even gave me a discount (thank you again ;)

It fits perfectly in our home and now the 'baby' doesn't have a high chair anymore...she is with us at the table and thrilled about it (although I'm not thrilled about her getting up when she feels she is done ;)

On my way home one day, I passed a local consignment shop & saw this chair out of the corner of my eye...

I whipped it around, walked in and said, 'I want that chair!'  And it was mine (thanks to my Mum and the money she had given me for my birthday).  So now it sits on the patio with our painted Adirondack chairs!

So, our home is becoming all cozy with the things that we love and it's a fun process.  I'll have to share photos of our home sometime soon.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend,

Jamie :)