I seriously love the look of family photos printed on canvas.  Canvas is classic, beautiful and artful.  No expensive framing needed, canvas is, in my opinion, a standout on its own with simple clean lines.  I received the best early Christmas present when a company called Easy Canvas Prints contacted me several weeks ago asking…

Bring us your heavenly peace. and blanket us in the beauty of the Christ child. Sing over us your silent nights. Usher into our hearts the sacred Trinity. A standing ovation, Mr. December.  Yours are the days of holy wonder.

After seven weeks away, we finally arrived back at the beach cottage this week!  We are settling in and preparing for a white Christmas.  {Are there any two words more lovely than “white Christmas?”}  We had so much fun in North Carolina, but it is so good to be home!  Was everything this beautiful when…

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{With thanksgiving for all the beautiful things!}

It isn’t very often that you see the job of  mother and homemaker portrayed in such a beautiful {glamorous} light.  And yet it is a dream job, where the end of the day yields love, sticky hugs and innocent adoration- outweighing the frustrations and the mundane. For that reason I fell in love with these…

When we were married, my husband brought into our marriage the gift of his family’s recipe for homemade macaroni and cheese.  It was his dowry of sorts.  Never mind that I don’t particularly care for macaroni and cheese,  I love my husband and I love that macaroni and cheese is one of the four things…

. . . or at least his mama thinks so 🙂 Don’t you love that blazer?  $3 consignment sale find . . . love that!

I am delighted to introduce you to this month’s sponsors!   First up, my warm thanks to sponsor, Katie Lloyd Photography.  I just love her food photography and her scripture art! Many thanks, also, to the talented Lisa Leonard, who needs no introduction!  I will be hosting a giveaway for Lisa in the next few days…

Wynn and I recently had the fun of visiting a working family farm here in Western North Carolina.   Don’t you think it is fascinating to see how other families live and work?  I do-especially after leaving our “normal” suburban American, 2 salary lifestyle to follow the dreams God has written in our hearts.  Our lives…