Home for Christmas

“Open House” Christmas 2017:

 

Sorry, some of my photos are not the best. I barely had time to get this post done let alone edit and my house is so dark on dark days it is hard to get images not facing the window light straight on them. From my house to yours, MERRY CHRISTMAS…

Also, some things I have had for ages and they are worn and torn. Like the one green book, I have had since childhood. The tree on green is my daughter’s ugly sweater.Some of the items I made this year, though as you can see my room is limited anymore.

 

 

Christmas: I used to Make These When my Kids were Small.

One of our holiday family traditions is to make a gingerbread house. We started this tradition over 10 years ago after my friend and neighbor introduced me to all the gingerbread possibilities at a display at Peddler’s Village. Over the years we’ve replicated our cabin in gingerbread, my parent’s cabin, the board game Candy Land, a […]

via Our House (and more) in Gingerbread — Judy Matusky, RDN, LDN

 

These are so awesome. If you are into gingerbread houses, Christmas, and decor or plain fun DIY, these are extraordinary. Go check out the blog post and support the author. There are about a dozen others on there. They look so real.

Window Shopping Easy Christmas Ideas for Kids

Here are some photos of easy crafts to do in the last minutes. Great kids crafts and good for adults like me have a hard time doing detail work. LOL, I have even done the mitten one myself to give with gifts many years back. Easy snow globes are elegant. Simple but eye-catching tags. Inexpensive green paper plate tree. Merry Christmas:

Great way to use Popsicle sticks.

I made cards like this one year.

Wow, another great recycling project.Toilet paper rolls makes it frugal and pretty. Great on a table top.

Surviving the Holidays!

Great advice for Holidays.

Purpose Filled Mommy

The holiday season with all its wonder and almost magical allure of lights and decor is a beautiful time of the year!The holidays can also have many stressors and emotional triggers that are associated with the season that many struggle with. There are so many things going on here, there, and everywhere it seems during this time. There’s more pressure of expectations during Christmas through New Year’s then any other holiday I believe next to the official holiday season kickoff of Thanksgiving. Here are a few holiday emotional triggers with possible relief in handlingholiday stress.

• We love our children and grandchildren. However regardless if it’s talking about our younger kiddos bouncy from the holiday break, our college kids visiting with”house guests,”or our adult children needing child care for the break it can get pretty overwhelming quickly. Try to take things day by day in stride. Plan activities…

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