Put a little love in your heart...and your home

I decorate for fall so extensively that I post a fall house tour. Eventually, I'd love to do the same for winter, spring and summer. These days, my "seasonal" decor is limited to a "mantle" or a few scattered holidays.

There is an odd pass through in my dining room that I decorate as though it were a mantle. I decorate it for almost every season. Eventually, we will probably close up this pass through, but for now, I will decorate it for every. freakin'. holiday. 

I apologize for the poor picture quality. I took these with my phone, because my DSLR's battery is dead. 

Creative Christmas Wrapping Ideas

The Boone family has gone viral. Literally. All three of us has come down with some sort of respiratory virus, which includes a high fever, a bad cough, and a head that feels like it's stuffed with cotton.

In fact, we were supposed to be headed to a birthday party today and to my grandmother's house to celebrate my dad and uncle's birthdays. Instead, we are at home trying to recover. Blessedly, the fevers are gone, but the cotton-head feeling remains.

Since we're a little puny, the house projects are currently at a stand-still until we are feeling better. That didn't stop me from planning for Christmas. What better to do when you're stuck in the house, with no energy and need to rest?

One thing I really want to do differently this year is put a little more creativity into my Christmas gift wrapping. Usually, I just buy whatever wrapping paper looks the best with my tree and go from there. I have found some very cute ideas on Pinterest this year and I can't wait to try them out :)

Gettin' in the Christmas Spirit: 10 holiday items I am currently coveting

I have been fighting the urge for over a week now. I usually don't decorate for Christmas until after Thanksgiving. I absolutely love the Christmas season, and I love it even more now that we have Emorie. Creating Christmas magic for a three-year-old child is more fun than I ever thought it could be.


She is currently watching the "Elf on the Shelf" movie  for about the third time this year. I am trying to hold off on my Christmas decorating for at least another two weeks, but we shall see.

I promise to do better than I have done with my fall home tour and promptly post my Christmas home tour :)

Throwback: Christmas 2013

Last year was our first Christmas in our new house. I love Christmas, and I wasted no time putting up four trees and decorating every room in the house.