My daughter has been lamenting that it doesn’t feel like Christmas because the house isn’t decorated, and we don’t have a full-sized Christmas tree this year.  (Not my fault, REALLY. It’s the table we inherited from my MIL… the table that knew too much that is in the way. We’ll have room for a tree […]

Joy to the world, and Merry Christmas.  It just has an even nicer ring to it when it’s stamped on silver. I love silverware and I love to talk, so it such seems like a great marriage to me.  SILVER + WORDS = FUN CHRISTMAS decorating. I made these using metal stamps that I got […]

I consider myself craft-challenged, and you regular readers know where I’m headed here.  Yes, it’s time for this week’s installment of… Anita’s clumsy craft.   I’ve been thinking for a long time about making some little stockings (like the ones Ann On Sutton Place makes) so I thought why not make them for our party?  I have […]

I recently saw some beautiful little homemade snow globes made by Homemade Modern. I thought to myself… I can do this!! Following the directions from Homemade Modern, I selected some jars, mostly mason jars. I removed the paper on the jars that had paper labels, by first soaking them in water and removing the paper. […]

  No snow? No problem. We’ll be on the back porch enjoying the sunshine and a hearty meal this Christmas.   There’s no need to buy greenery when you’re at Cedar Hill. I just grab some clippers and head to the nearest cedar tree. The red berries are also plentiful here. The chandy is from […]