North Carolina Country Living and Farmhouse Style
Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. We are so thankful for God’s mercies which are new each day.
* All photos are by the talented April Cole Photography. You can visit here here: www.aprilcolephotography.com
What a wonderful Easter weekend we had! Our family came in to visit from Kentucky for the baptism of our sweet girls, June and Georgia.
On Saturday my husband and I cooked up a scrumptious Easter dinner using recipes from April’s issue of Southern Living. I have been wanting to host a family dinner like this for a while and although I was a bit nervous about it all coming together I’m so glad we did it.
We made roasted leg of lamb that came from our local butcher, roasted root vegetables, cheese grits soufflé, and a fresh green salad. For dessert we had a bourbon pound cake- yum! We cooked for most of the day but it was SO worth it 🙂
Here is my Easter table all dressed up. We brought out the china since I rarely use it with all my brown transferware. It looked so pretty for Spring. As a little centerpiece I took a cheese stand with glass cloche top and filled with moss from our yard and eggs.
The girls had so much fun with their grandparents and had a blast with few different Easter egg hunts. They especially enjoyed the Easter treats, books, bunnies, and other goodies in their Easter baskets. But the greatest joy of the weekend is the hope we have in Christ for He is Risen!
This is June and Georgia’s second Christmas and they are experiencing new joys every day, like Christmas trees, lights, the nativity scene, and eating cookies for the first time 🙂
I thought I’d share a few more glimpses of my Christmas decorating with you. We really haven’t done a whole lot this year other than fresh greenery, pine cones found in our yard, and the usual things brought out for the Holidays.
Below is our living room, which I really like how simple it is with the greenery, pine cones, Christmas tree and nativity scene.
I put this cute red tractor out with a candle and some greenery because I love how it made me think of a country Christmas out on the farm 🙂
Here is a little of our entryway (which has had a makeover–post on that coming soon!):
And lastly, a peek at my kitchen open shelving which is really the only thing decorated in this room:
I did not do any decorating in the bedrooms or the family room this year because they just get too chaotic for us at this point in our lives. How about you? Do you decorate every room or just a few?
Have a wonderful, peaceful, and joyful Christmas!
Come on in….We aren’t quite finished decorating yet but I thought I would share with you what I have up so far (mostly in the living room and dining room). I’m excited to be linking up with the 2014 Holiday House Walk Party:
Here is our front door:
Here is a shot of almost the entire room. Just to bring you back to real life amidst all the beautifully adorned houses in blogland, June is eating some lunch here at the table while her sister takes a nap. It was one of the few times I could get any pictures taken! And yes, I of course was shoving clutter out of the way in these pictures–so rest assured our house does not usually look like this 🙂
I used a little ribbon and clippings from the Christmas tree to dress up the dining chairs:
I’m always a fan of using natural materials to decorate for Christmas and this year even more so–mainly because I don’t want to fool with hauling a whole bunch of boxes down from the attic full of Christmas decorations that I have to put back up. Ha!
A little greenery for the sideboard in the dining room too:
I love the simplicity in decorating this way for Christmas. Yes, we have a few things that we bring out every year, like our nativity, some linens, and the Moravian Christmas ornaments, but overall it’s so much less fuss and I love the rustic and natural touch it gives to each room.
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| The living room mantel |
And even better, these Christmas decorations are mostly FREE! And the things we did pay for, like the tree and fresh garland, we bought through our church with the money going to our local food pantry.
I have really loved looking at all the beautiful blogs out there and all the unique ways they decorate for the Holidays. Merry Christmas everyone and thanks for visiting!
