Entry Way Refresh

 I repainted my bench and table in the entry way. My husband made a new seat out of salvaged bleacher board. and I stuck a cable round on top of the table. I can't find a old picture but the bench was white with yellow trim and the table was gray. As imagined this bench was getting a lot of abuse so the chippy was starting to look not great.

Christmas Tour 2020

The song "Too Much Time on My Hands" keeps running through my mind. It perhaps have applied to my Christmas décor. Christmas might have thrown up in here. We actually have a our tree in a new place in our family room got to switch things up like after 15 years. Though it was hard to get a good picture of it here.

I made a little gallery wall with free pintable's. We have a whole evergreen tree thing going on. I bought nothing for this wall. Some of the printable's are from Blesser House. I made the deer picture with the help of my cricut. I had a huge frame so I cut out a winter scene.

I only got a few of the shiney brites out. Just enough to go on my candlestick collection. I didn't put out all of them

I got out the manager complete with dog teeth marks on the sheep. I have a whole post on my shelves.

From my family to yours, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Elf Garland aka Snowflake Garland

 For many years I have done an "Elf" inspired garland in my kitchen nook. I just realized it had basically evolved into a snowflake garland.  So I decided last week to "Elf" my son's desk.  So inspired by the Elf movie, I whipped up some packing peanut and paper garland and whipped out some battery powered lights.

The House that Lars Built did a total Elf inspired decor with one ream of copy paper. It was fabulous. It is pure Elf.

31 Bests - Days 9 -13

I still believe in this project more than ever but I have fallen behind. I wanted to share some more of my bests. More information about 31 Bests - more pages.

I copied this from another Project Lifer's page. I think this should be the cover page.

Weekly Roll

Last week we walked through our town's pioneer village lit up. It was beautiful and all socially distanced. Usually they have all the buildings open to the public. They pivoted to a very beautiful lighted displays. In the last couple of year's they have put in ADA compliant sidewalk. It was just perfect. It helped me get in the spirit of Christmas.

Linky Love

Elevator Lady Cookies - Anyone ever made these. They sound delicious. I love the story

Motherhood in America is a Multilevel Marketing Scheme - Interesting article and a lot of truth

Sourdough Saga

Oh yes we had a sourdough saga. We misplaced a whole loaf of sourdough bread. I had left it on the counter after getting it out of the freezer because I had made multiple loaves. We looked and looked. We thought maybe the dog had eaten it, seriously. However we just didn't look far enough in the freezer. It was lost for 2 days. 

Experimental Cooking

I tried a new pork chop recipe from a genuine cookbook not via the internet. The recipe was smokey maple pork chops with pecans and it was delicious. It is similar to this recipe

Weekly Roll

 

Oh 2020, it just keeps rolling on. Doesn't it?   

What am I binge watching on Netflix

Virgin River

The Crown - though the more current it gets the more uncomfortable it gets to watch. Maybe it is just me

Criminal Minds - My oldest and I like to binge watch this in the afternoon. However lately I have been having some scary dreams so might have to take a break from this. We are in season 4.

Dolly Parton, Here I am - Dolly is amazing. I loved this. 

Holiday Home Makeover with Mr Christmas - I enjoyed seeing the transformations

Holidate - Probably not appropriate for kids but cute

I have been influenced

One of my favorite instagrammers, Venison for Dinner posted a skillet cookie in her stories that she made not to long ago. I have given it a go and YO! It is delicious. Recipe is from "The Pilgrim Life". It is the perfect after dinner treat and comes together quickly. Recipe calls for coconut sugar but I substituted brown sugar.

Christmas/Winter Shelfie

Miniature trees are really popular this year. Most of my trees are from Target dollar spot this year. The miniature houses are also from Target. The large glass trees are vintage and I have picked them up in the last couple of years. The giant wooden trees my husband made me. 

Looking for more of DIY version check out these trees if you have access to scrap wood and a saw

Scrap Wood Trees by Crafted by the Hunts

DIY Scrap Wood Trees by Love and Renovations

For us that want low cost and have paper and scissors

3D Paper Christmas Tree -love how you can add a battery operated tea light

Kids Origami Christmas Tree