I have never done much with Halloween decorations since we didn’t have trick-or-treaters at the apartment and our anniversary is the 29th, so we are sometimes out of town over Halloween. This year I got a little inspired by this post over at Young House Love. They are using a more black and white, gothic …
Category Archives: Holidays
4th of July
We had a really nice 4th this year! On Friday, we had three couples over for a Low Country Boil, which is always fun! The weather was perfect on the back patio, and this year we had little food tents to keep the flies off the food! The boys played extreme bocce ball and the …
Happy Easter!
I never decorate for Easter, since mostly the main stream decor for Easter is geared towards kids…egg hunts with rabbits and chicks anyone? But this year I saw a really cute craft to make decoupage eggs using pretty scrapbook paper and mod podge, so I tried my hand at it. Mine aren’t as neat and …
Holiday House Tour 2008 (Part 2)
I was inspired by the many tacky outdoor Christmas decorations in our neighborhood to try something not tacky at our house. And I did it for free! I took clippings off of our Magnolia tree and the berries off of a shrub at work and made a swag for our mailbox. I think it turned …
Holiday House Tour 2008
I had a lot of fun decorating for Christmas yesterday. I got the tree put up and the nativities put out. That meant I also got the house kind of cleaned up. Bonus! Here is a quick shot of the tablescape with the tree in the background. The only souvenirs we bring home from vacations …