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I believe every room in a home should be well used. Today, I’m excited to share the newest creative space in our home and give tips on How to Create a Multi-Purpose Creative Space. When we moved in, this room looked like this and here’s how it’s looking now. Do you guys recognize this room?…
2017 was an amazing year! I can’t believe just how quickly it went. Let’s look back at the Top 10 Silver Pennies Posts of 2017! This year has been a full one, both blogging, and family-wise. We had a great time traveling to the UK with our children back in February, while we stayed close…
It’s been one amazing year and I wanted to wish you Merry Christmas from our family! It really means so much to me that you take time to read this blog and I so enjoy your lovely comments and emails. Knowing that you come here seeking some creativity and inspiration (or just to pop in…
Mince Pies are a traditional English dessert at Christmas. Today I’m sharing how we made some easy mince pies over the weekend. Here are our mini mince pies coming out of the oven. This post contains affiliate links, if your purchase via a link I will receive a portion of the sale. You can read…
I love to read. I always think books make wonderful gifts. Today I wanted to share twelve books to give and receive. I’m also sharing what I love about them! You guys all know how much I love to read! I enjoy reading to our children each night as you know from this post here….
Our youngest is a hot chocolate fan. In honor of him and the holidays I’m sharing how to make homemade marshmallows and a hot chocolate bar. There’s nothing like a warm cup of hot cocoa shared with loved ones. Here by the sea it can get very chilly, especially with the wind off the water….
Christmas by the sea is magical. I thought it would be fun to share our coastal Christmas in the sunroom today. I’m taking part in a fun Christmas Porch Hop by my friend Taryn over at Taryn Whiteaker Designs. I’m so excited to see how everyone decorated. Since I don’t really have a proper front porch…
Did you have a super Thanksgiving? I hope so! Today I’m excited about Small Business Saturday and a Giveaway! We’re not big on Black Friday. We usually sleep in and have a lazy day. This year we started decorating our home for Christmas and we also went to our local brewery – Untold Brewing Company…
You’re hosting and you need to pull your house together before your guests arrive? No worries. Today I’m sharing over 20 last minute entertaining ideas for Thanksgiving. Take a deep breath in and out. In and out. I promise. This will give you a few ideas to wow your guest whether your hosting or attending…
I adore pumpkins – in lattes, pretty heirloom ones piled high or simple pumpkin pie. Get ready for Pumpkins 5 Ways! Jen Rizzo loves pumpkins so much too so we’re teaming up to share five ideas for pumpkins with you each, so that’s a total ten fun ideas for pumpkins! I don’t know about you…
Decorating with what you’ve got is the most affordable way to style your home. Today I’m sharing how to dry hydrangeas. We all love hydrangeas around here! Doesn’t little Max have great taste? In the summer, I enjoy our hydrangeas heavy with beautiful mounded blue blooms, come fall these blooms turn to a light blue,…
Nature inspired fall decor is the theme for our home tour this year – dried hydrangeas, heirloom pumpkins, branches and apples. Can you believe it’s already September 20th?!? First I need to wish, my mom Happy 77th Birthday! It’s been a crazy couple of weeks around here. Trying to get organized, creating a Halloween front…