One of my favorite views...  

Wishing you a wonderful evening filled with fun, family and friends!  

I cannot thank you all enough for a wonderful year here on the blog.  There are so many of you that have reached out to me via email and through the blog and I appriciate it all very very much!  I am looking foward to another wonderful year with high hopes and big dreams as always.

I hope you can join me as more adventure awaits- I am hoping to travel more this year and share my work with you more also.  

Wishing you the best!

I hope you have been enjoying the holidays and a little time to relax after everything!  We are having the most beautiful weather here so I have been trying to spend time outside in the sunshine doing a little reading and relaxing.  

I guess I need to stop all of that and get back to work... 

but for now it is books and plans for the new year!

Are you hosting a Christmas dinner?  I am having family over for Christmas eve.. I have been thinking of a different way to set the table..  candles and white and linen is what I am thinking.

Similar to these pictures...

Wishing you a wonderful Christmas eve eve as we call it here!

I am completely loving the soft light and the colors in these pictures.  How beautiful- so much texture it is amazing!  Maybe it can take us to a simpler time and place away from all of the rush of the holidays...

This week should be fun as I try to relax a little and gear up for the days with family and friends to come.

Ahh.. it's Friday.. This weekend we will be attending a small holiday party (I hope they are serving that yummy little appetizer) and just trying to relax and enjoy the holiday magic!  

There has been so so much going on and I truly need a break (until Monday comes and the kids are home and the shipping of orders begins once again).  

I want to say Merry Christmas to all of you wonderful readers and wish you the very best weekend ever!

We had some freinds over on Saturday night for a holiday dinner party so I spent most of the morning with my daughter decorating the tree and the rest of the house.  We are ready now.. bring on the Christmas.  I just have to wrap up some gifts and finish a bit of shopping before I can completely relax and kick my feet up (as if that will ever happen).    I changed things up a little this year but it is generally the same as the last..

Wishing you a lovely start to a very busy week!

We picked up the tree last night and now to the decorating...  I will do my best to post a few pictures of the decor here.  It is pretty similar to last year I suppose.  Do you change your holiday decor each year or do you pretty much stick with the same program?

I like to change things a little bit- but sometimes I go crazy and redo EVERYTHING...

This is not that year but you know how it goes..

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I think I am ready now.. I need a little rest but we will be getting our tree this afternoon and decorating the house.  I am a pretty simple holiday decorator...  I love Jill Sharp's home in these pictures from Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles.  It is just that natural bit that makes it seem so special.  

Wishing you a wonderful weekend full of holiday parties and decorating...

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I love the dining space above so wonderfully simple and festive with candle light and vintage grey finishes!  How is the holiday decorating going?  Are you all done?  Or are you like me and have not quite started yet?

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I love this door with the boxwoods!  So simple and sweet!  Even though it is not officially December yet the Holidays are upon us!  I am excited to get into the full swing of things around here and see if I can catch that holiday spirit.

What do you do to prepare for the holidays?  I would love some tips on how you keep it all going!

Thank you all for your sweet birthday wishes!