-Free Valentines Day Printable-

I must say that Valentines Day is not really my favorite holiday.
If you love someone you tell them everyday and make them feel special all the time!
Plus, I feel bad for those people who do not have someone special in their lives. I can only imagine how those poor souls feel on such a day. My husband and I don't celebrate Valentines Day, because we love and care for each other every day of the year. Even after 22 years of marriage we're happy to be together.

These days what makes Valentines a really special day to us is, that our grand baby Fenja was born on February 14th and she will turn 5 this year. There is not a more wonderful reason for us to recognize this day.

Anyway, many of you just love Valentines Day with all it's glittery pink and red colors and of course that is just fine. For those of you who do, I created a printable you might like to add to your Valentines decor.

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-Happy 1st of Advent-

Happy 1st Advent. The Christmas season has begun and I decided to be less traditional with my Advents candles.
Every year I have used an Advents wreath, but this year I chose a powder blue tray that I filled with Epsom salt to simulate snow, added silver and light blue Christmas balls, some pine cones, greenery and then placed my 4 candles in the center. My tree is in white, silver and powder blue so this Advent display will go nicely with the decor.

A very simple but beautiful display fit to celebrate each Advent Sunday.
This afternoon we lit the first candle and sat around it with a nice cup of coffee and a piece of cake.
Sunday Afternoon coffee and cake has been a tradition in my family as long as I can remember, but sitting around the Advents wreath made it just a little more special.

I hope everyone has a great and joyous time during the Season. 

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-Pinecone Ball-

Every year I promise myself to start early with crafting things for my Christmas decor, but it never works out or I just don't get around to it. This year however I managed to start a little something that goes great for the rest of  the fall season and carries right into Christmas.

I love pine cones and find them fitting for both of the major seasons.
Thanksgiving or Christmas, pine cones look great and so I tried my hand in making a pine cone ball. I've seen some displayed on Pinterest and thought they are just great so I just had to make one for myself.

 

I think I'll make some more decorations from pine cones since I still have a view weeks until the Christmas decor should be up.


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-Raw Cotton Decor-

Every year when the cotton fields are blooming I go and pick some of the cotton to make decorations for the fall. There is something very whimsical and rustic about cotton bolls. I just love the look of it for decorating.
Raw cotton is also very fashionable for fall wedding decorations.

Below you can see a jar that I wrapped completely in cream colored  cotton string and then decorated it with burlap, a burlap flower and lace. This jar makes a perfect vase for a fluffy cotton bouquet freshly picked from the field.

 

I still had lots of cotton and managed to make a beautiful new wreath for my door. I also used some of the cotton pods to add as decor. A big burlap bow finishes the wreath of nicely.

These wreath are very simple to make. All there is to do is glue the cotton bolls to a Styrofoam wreath and add any other decor you might like. Such as bows, loops or floral items.

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