Decorating trick: removable hooks affixed upside-down inside cabinet doors...

A small boxwood wreath, tied with a tulle ribbon, adds color and detail to this kitchen cabinet door.

Affix a removable hook upside down on the inside of the cabinet door. Attach the ribbon to the hook, and tie to hold the wreath in place.

Dry Erase Message Board

Dry Erase Message Board: Remove the cardboard backing from an 8x10 easel-back picture frame. Cover the cardboard backing with burlap. Place the glass over the burlap and reassemble the frame.

Chalk Message Board

Chalk Message Board: Thank you to my friend Debbie for this lovely gift! Prime then paint the inside bottom of a ceramic cheese tray with chalkboard paint. Display on a picture frame easel.

Personalized Wreaths

Personalized door wreaths make perfect housewarming gifts and thank you gifts. Customized to the season, they are also a perfect gift for the person who already has everything!

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Enjoying Mother Nature's Winter Wonderland

We're glad to be back after taking a short break!  We've packed Christmas away until next year, and shopped the after-Christmas clearance sales for floral stems, ribbon, party supplies, ornaments for wreaths, garlands and floral arrangements, candles, and Christmas tabletop decor.  We usually go with a list of things we'd like to add to our decor - and always find a few fun things to start a new theme for next year!  We always leave the new items wrapped and tuck them in with the other Christmas decor, so next year, when we open the packages it's a little gift to ourselves!   

Mother Nature blessed us with several inches of snow over the holiday season which left us with beautiful scenery to enjoy!  It also gave us an opportunity to get outside and have some fun with snow creations -- we build the snowmen (and snow farm animals) in the backyard and on the patio, where we can enjoy their presence!

For you warm climate dwellers, if you are not blessed with snow, on the next trip to the beach, make a sand "snow"man!