Merry Christmas!

December 24, 2013 Sherri Rice

It's December 24th, family from Canada has arrived, boys are sleeping in their beds, gifts are wrapped, Overnight French Toast is made (thanks, Mom!), Christmas music is playing, and I wanted to share a few Christmas images from our house this season. The theme this year was "simple." Enjoy...

(Alphabet printables available here)

I love this picture so much I had it made into a canvas :)

I love simple! And I love Christmas...

"For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people." Hebrews 2:17

"But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord." Luke 2:10-11

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Sherri

Celebrating Fall

October 3, 2013 Sherri Rice

I have always loved fall! I love sweaters, hot drinks (I picked up a stash of pumpkin spice coffee this week :) ), colored leaves, and the crisp air. I don't think it will quite feel like fall here until the weekend, but it's October now (and Canadian Thanksgiving is less than 2 weeks away!), so I got out a few fallish things to decorate with. Enjoy!

(She was posing :) )

(Pumpkins courtesy of my youngest who needed an art project a few days ago :) )

What do you like best about fall?

Sherri

Friday Five

June 14, 2013 Sherri Rice

Happy Friday! I hope your week was good and your weekend promises to be even better :) Well, I worked on the fireplace yesterday, but you'll have to read to the end to see the "after" ;)

1. We made it through our first official week of summer vacation! The boys had two days of day camp (awesome!) and we managed to fill up the rest of the time with trips to the park, therapy appointments, errands, a playdate, and some down time.

2. My favorite product of the summer so far? Sunscreen stick - have you tried it? Not very exciting, but if you are a mom, I'm sure you'll understand. It's probably been around for awhile (I'm a little slow). It just works so great for the boys!

3. Ok, I have two favorite new products ;) Have you tried Tazo Decaf Chai Latte concentrate? I found a carton at Kroger (apparently it's also at Starbucks) and, wow - it makes a delicious drink! A great treat without leaving home :)

4. I got brave and joined my first linky party yesterday - check it out here!

5. Ok, here is the fireplace after (check out the before here)...

I basically used the technique she describes here, and I'll give more step-by-step details another time :) We all like it much better! Now the mantel really looks not-quite-right (and we'll have to do something with the black hole), but we'll live with it for awhile so we can figure out what kind of mantel we want.

And the fabric for my next project arrived yesterday, so it's sewing time!

Do you have any projects for this weekend?

Sherri

Fireplace Project

June 12, 2013 Sherri Rice

Happy Wednesday! Wow, my last post got a lot of attention - thank-you! I have the chair for my next project - just waiting for the fabric to arrive :)

In the meantime, I have been thinking for sometime (ok, since we bought the house, um, a "few" years ago) that our family room fireplace is in need of an update. Here it is...

... in all its pink-bricked glory (please forgive the lame mantel decor - I got started and then never finished). The brick is the same as on the exterior of our house and it really looks a lot more pink than the picture shows :( And, you can sort of see that it is a corner fireplace, with about 12" of wall space on either side. The wall color (Valspar Desert Fortress) is relatively new so it will be staying.

In the last couple of years (yes, these things take me awhile!) this room has taken on a beachy, country, farmhouse sort of feel. So, my grand vision for this space includes doing something with the brick to get rid of the pink, changing the mantel, and probably finishing off the wall above the mantel with beadboard and crown molding (since we used beadboard here and here). And, since this will have to be a LOW budget make-over, it will be done in stages, starting with the brick.

Here are some ideas I have collected (click on the links below to check out the source; and I have more ideas here)...

Cleverly Inspired

Decorate With A Little Bit

The Lettered Cottage

Beneath My Heart

A Great Adventure

So, what do you think? Whitewashed brick or painted? White mantel or wood (similar to our breakfast bar here)? Beadboard above? Replace the current screen? With what?

Do you have any summer projects?

I will keep you posted as this project progresses :)

Sherri

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