How to get the aroma of a live Christmas tree in your home

I have always loved the smell of a fresh-cut Balsam fir. Even with a live tree, I have never really gotten the aroma I remember from my childhood.  My dad tells me my grandmother used…

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Romantic Homes photo shoot — the Christmas bedroom

I wanted to share with y’all some more of the photos I took last winter for the Romantic Homes feature this December that did not make the magazine. None of the bedroom photos were in,…

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Christmas Home Tour

I’m so excited to welcome you all here for my Christmas Home Tour, and am very thankful for Marty at A Stroll Thru Life, for inviting me along, as this is the only tour I’m…

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Christmas dining room and kitchen pics that didn’t make the magazine

Since I have all these photos already, and no one has seen them, I couldn’t just let them sit in my computer, right?  Especially since they are so different from what I’ve done this year…

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Christmas photo shoot — what didn’t make it in the magazine

I had the amazing opportunity to shoot photos and write a story for this December’s Romantic Homes Magazine. Over the course of a couple months, I shot a lot of photos and thought I would…

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Colorful Thanksgiving

I always come up with something different for Thanksgiving, and this year is no exception.  Those of you who know me, know I always use what I have, but I found these linens at World…

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Romantic Homes Magazine Christmas feature!

About a year and a half ago, I got an email from the editor of Romantic Homes asking if I would write a story to go with some photos they had seen, and if I…

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Book giveaway winner

Thank you all so much for the comments you left about my cousin’s wife’s book, Cancer Mom. What a wonderful, caring group of readers you all are, and I know you are encouraging and inspiring…

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