Glass jar terrariums are all the rage nowadays. Every home decor and DIY magazine/blog features it around spring time. They are easy to DIY, gorgeous and come in all shapes and sizes. I lost most of my plants last winter. We just have a small patio garden, I didn’t exactly have a truck load of…
Photography Styling Challenge #11 – Living Room
Ha! Just when the themes were getting sort of abstract, M throws a curve-ball! It’s back to the basics, by inspiring us to polish our ‘styling’ skills for this one. The challenge has that very word in it, lest we forget. If the title didn’t clue you in already, this month’s challenge is ‘Living Room‘….
Easter Eggstravaganza: Watercolored & Chinese Marbled Tea Eggs
I know this post is a little late, but I didn’t get time around Easter to edit the photos. I wanted to share this year’s Easter eggs with you. It is such a fun adventure to color them, don’t you think? We used food colors last year. You can read about it in this post….
A Few Of My Favorite Things #3 – Christmas Around The House
My most favorite time of the year coincides with my least favorite season, yet somehow manages to make it all magical! I just love this time of year – all the fun stuff aside, this is also a season filled with the wondrous anticipation and grace of God’s loving promise to us. Here is what’s…
JOY Letters & Baubles Picture Frame Wreath
It took a long time for me to come up with this blog title. Do I call it a wreath, a wall hanging or a Christmas frame? You get the idea, don’t you? I simply removed the print and glass from a framed artwork and transformed it into a little Christmas display. It can be…
Oh Christmas Tree! A Handmade Ornaments Christmas Tree
I am so excited to be sharing our Christmas tree with you. Unlike other posts, this one seems more special, meaningful and somehow, intimate! I am a hopeless romantic when it comes to Christmas trees. I adore them. I love watching the twinkling lights and shiny baubles. And I am fiercely proud of our tree….
Cute Handmade Christmas Cards
Gosh, time sure flies. Just when I was done putting together end-of-year gift bags for Boy’s teachers, along comes the Holidays. I am not complaining, mind you. I will take any chance to appreciate the efforts of those lovely ladies and a gentleman who joined his school this year. It came as such a shock…
How To *Embellish A {Faux} Evergreen Christmas Wreath*
For someone who crafts wreaths from book pages, crepe paper, twigs and what-not, my Christmas wreath used to be sad and boring. I take a faux evergreen wreath (boring, I know), add a big red bow and forget all about it till January. Not this time. I was determined to give the poor darling a…
Cranberry Orange Sauce & How To Dress Up A Gift Jar
I made one – a food gift in a jar, that is! It was for our Thanksgiving hostess this year, put together late at night, and hence all that harsh glare in the pictures. Oops! But – the star here is the cranberry sauce. So let’s get to it. I know Thanksgiving is almost over,…
D-Do-Dot-Dotty Kids Paintings
“Teddy Bears and squirrels are brown, Autumn leaves are too.” – Boy was singing the Brown color song one day. Well, why not create an autumn tree craft with brown and yellow leaves? I had the perfect paint for this craft, the do-a-dot marker set. I drew a tree in brown marker and then let…
Simple DIY Christmas Decor Ideas
I have been holding out on my Christmas decor posts till now. Don’t get me wrong, not a single piece of Christmas decor is up yet. I really wait till the end of November/beginning of December. I am yet to learn how to schedule such posts in advance for blogging purposes. Well, I blog as…
‘Count Your Blessings’ Thanksgiving Tree
Count your blessings, name them one by one, Count your blessings, see what God hath done! Count your blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done. That is my mom’s favorite hymn and one of mine too. It is so apt for this season of Thanksgiving. It…
