Tag Archive: Christmas

ScrapHappy Adjacent, December 2022

These items are not made totally from scraps, but they could be!  And in case you still need ideas for the up-coming holidays, I wanted to share them. Three years ago, I saw… Continue reading

A Little Smackerel of Christmas

Our family celebrates Christmas with very little stress — the kids get presents, but for the adults, we just exchange small edible treats, and make donations to our favorite charities. The fact that… Continue reading

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #76 — On Display

For this week’s Lens-Artists theme of “On Display,” I am hearkening back to our trip to Düsseldorf, Germany, last year. I don’t get much opportunity to walk around shopping areas at night, so… Continue reading

Snacking and Shopping in Dusseldorf

When we were in Düsseldorf, Germany, in the last part of November, my poor husband had to actually work at a trade show.   But I got to wander through the pastry shops and… Continue reading

Christmas Kitsch

When it came to decorating, my grandmother was never a traditionalist.  She loved modern houses, modern furniture, and trendy holiday decorations.  She was the first person I knew to have a themed Christmas… Continue reading

A Perfect Christmas Eve

I’m home for a night between visits to relatives.  Tonight is just a quiet night to sit by the fire and catch “Shop Around the Corner,” and then step outside to look at… Continue reading

Christmas Entertaining in 1905

As Christmas gets closer, you may be wishing for a little touch of old-fashioned comfort and joy.  So here is one from my all-time favorite party book, Bright Ideas for Entertaining by Mrs.… Continue reading

Ribbon and Lace Angels

I have always been the family’s go-to recipient for things they no longer wanted, but deemed too good to throw out.  As a result, I have bags of sewing notions and boxes of… Continue reading

Trinket Treasures

I don’t like it when stores start putting up Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving.  But if you intend to give handmade gifts for Christmas, you have to start early, so I am going to… Continue reading