We are midway through January, and I only recently de-Christmased our house of all holiday decor. While I love Christmas, I also enjoyed the fresh, clean canvas my home became after packing Christmas away. I normally have a fairly cluttered mantel, lots of pictures and candles and whatnot. Those pictures have been chilling in my office/craft room all Christmas, but when the time came to put them… Continue Reading
Simple & Pretty Fall Mantel
We got our first real taste of fall the last two days – perilously close to a taste of winter, actually! About forty degrees, windy, some cities even saw – gasp! – snow flurries. Downside to the Chicagoland area is the potential to skip seasons like spring and fall and just barrel right into winter or summer. With the sudden drop from 70 to 40, I hit panic mode and decided… Continue Reading