Easter Greetings 2015!

Enjoy this beautiful postcard dated 1916!

I love the "note" on the back...

"I wis you a happy Ester

your gradma"

{DIY} Simple Crown Towel Rack

Have you ever noticed 

That the "standard" towel rack just does not "fit" scale-wise on the bathroom wall?

Simplify for 2015

sim·pli·fy
a :  to reduce to basic essentials

b :  to diminish in scope or complexity

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A trend in blog-land is to find a word
to focus on throughout the year,
instead of making resolutions....

I love this idea....
A word for the year provides a simple way
to reference everything you do
and carries a wonderful intentional theme.
{click "Read More" for more on Simplify}

Refresh-Renew Top 10 Posts of 2014

Ten Fun highlights of Refresh-Renew 2014

Enjoy!

Statement Chairs

Scroll through for a quick link to the top posts of 2014.

Five tips for organizing Christmas decor

Like many of you, I spent this last week taking down Christmas.

It's a tough job, but someone has to do it.
And after twenty years of collecting my favorite Christmas things...

a few here...

and a few there...

one could say that I own a lot of "Christmas". :o)

The great thing about collecting items slowly over time is

 I don't spend much on decorating each year. 

A Sparkly 365!

365 days....

looking back--how were yours spent?

Isn't this a beautiful postcard from 1909?

The message and the wonderful handwriting

 from an age gone by...

...but the sentiment remains the same as today:  

"...I have been very busy..." 

Yes. Indeed.

we have.

Taking it all in...Christmas Eve 2014

One of my favorite things about Christmas Eve 

is that moment when a quiet stillness seems to settle in on the household,

and in my being...

a stillness of anticipation...

When family is home and just enjoying being home.

The rush of shopping and busyness is over for a moment...

and there is time to reflect by the tree...and just take it all in...

There is a readiness for celebration...

Preparation for a season...