Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Felt campfire and s'mores!

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Animals around the campfire! This will be a pretty short post.  I just want to share a few pictures of the felt campfire and s'more...
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Friday, July 31, 2015

One more pretty Christmas card

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I just had to close out July by sharing one more pretty Christmas card from my collection.  I'm not sure just how "vintage"...
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Thursday, July 30, 2015

Christmas teacup poem

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This lovely teacup image is from The Graphics Fairy -- a fabulous resource! In 2005 our dear friends sent us a pretty Christmas card w...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Eggnog Coffee Cake -- a great idea for Christmas breakfast

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Photo from Crumbs and Chaos This coffee cake sounds like a  fantastic idea for Christmas breakfast.  Here's the link: Eggnog Coffee...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Another pretty card

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This card isn't exactly vintage, but I think it is so pretty.  The artist may be Chuck Sumerlin, but I'm not sure.  It resembles ...
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Monday, July 27, 2015

Freezer Cooking for the Holidays -- a fantastic post from Money Saving Mom®

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Photo from Taste of Home  Are you like me -- resolving every year that this year you will be more organized with your Christmas prepara...
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Sunday, July 26, 2015

Helpful tips for a handmade holiday

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Over the years I've saved many ideas in a folder labeled "Christmas crafting" in my Yahoo inbox.  This one, a blog post fro...
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Saturday, July 25, 2015

Happy Rudolph Day!

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A glittery handmade house made by my friend Les Happy Rudolph Day to all!  Some of my friends at the Our Home for the Holidays craft fo...
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Friday, July 24, 2015

A fun repurposing project -- Salt & Pepper Angels from The Thrifty Rebel

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Photo from The Thrifty Rebel I've had this project pinned for some months now to my Crafting for Christmas Pinterest board.  This ...
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Thursday, July 23, 2015

Another Christmas poem: "The Gifts We're Given"

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In the Readers' Poetry Corner of the November/December 1988 issue of Country Woman , I found a lovely poem by Hilda Sanderson of Calh...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

A yummy snack to share!

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Photo from Inside BruCrew Life This recipe I'm about to share is probably the most often repinned item on my Snacks to Share Pinte...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

A newer vintage card

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I think this card is from the 1980s, so it's not super old or an antique, but I believe it's probably still considered vintage as...
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Monday, July 20, 2015

Christmas conversation starters from Skip to My Lou

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A page from my tattered Trim the Christmas Tree Little Golden Book  Wouldn't it be fun to have some really interesting, meaningful ...
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Sunday, July 19, 2015

Framed Christmas card display

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Photo by Melanie at Reasons to Skip the Housework This is one of those ideas I wish I'd thought of myself.  But I didn't.  This...
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Saturday, July 18, 2015

A delightful vintage paper napkin

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One thing I loved about growing up in the 1950s and 1960s was that so many lovely paper goods were available for holidays.  Today, it...
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Friday, July 17, 2015

Handmade, tape-trimmed gift tags

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Photo from Flamingo Toes Here is an interesting and easy looking project from the incomparable Bev at Flamingo Toes : Tape-Trimmed Gift...
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Thursday, July 16, 2015

"Making Merry" -- another Christmas poem

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A Christmas card by Kathy Lawrence Here is one more poem for Christmas in July.  It is also from the November/December 1990 issue of Co...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

A cookie recipe to try: Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Bars

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Photo from Inside BruCrew Life These Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Bars might be a fun recipe to try now with an eye to cookie exchanges...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

An interesting mailbox card

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Anyone who has visited my Christmas kitchen very much knows how much I enjoy vintage Christmas cards.  And Christmas cards, new or old, t...
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Monday, July 13, 2015

Crafting for Christmas: shadow box made from Christmas cards

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Photo from Christmas Notebook.com Here's another fun Christmas craft!  This is a shadow box -- maybe more of a diorama -- made from...
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