IT HAS BEEN A FUN YEAR

Hello, everyone!

One more day and 2014 will be gone for good.

It has been a great year blogging. I feel like I have learned so much from all your blogs and it makes me 
very happy to have been part of such a wonderful community.

 Here is a little review of all the fun we had this year. :)

 DIY Drop Cloth Bench

TUESDAYS AT OUR HOME #93

Welcome, everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.

Our was beautiful and full of fun, happiness and family time.

Today I will be hosting the last party for 2014.

It is so hard to believe this year is almost gone.

Before we start the party, lets visit some of last week entries.

Kim at Exquisitely Unremarkable  shared her gorgeous 

rustic Christmas decor.  What a beautiful room!

Another gorgeous home was shared by Poppy at Poppy View.

Her home looks amazing!

Judith at Botanic Bleu shared her beautiful front porch.

I have always loved her blue front door. So pretty!

 Lori at Dining Delight created a gorgeous home for the Holidays. 
Her vignettes are beautiful!

 Patti at Old Things New shared the Christmas home tour of her new home. 
Every detail is perfect!

Ramon at RowHouse Events decorated his home beautifully for Christmas. 
So much inspiration! 

Thank you again to all who took the time to participate!
 I always appreciate your visits and wonderful comments!

If you were featured, please feel free to grab a "featured button" from my sidebar. 

You will also be able to view all these posts linked directly to the owner's blogs at my new Pinterest page.
 
Now, lets see what you have been up to this week!

You can link up any posts that are home decor, gardening, crafting, painting, sewing, cooking or DIY related. 
 NO Etsy shops or link parties, please.

 And although there is no other rules to join, I would love if you start following my blog.

 Have fun!

An InLinkz Link-up

2014 CHRISTMAS HOME TOUR

TUESDAYS AT OUR HOME #92

Welcome to Tuesdays at Our Home!

I know you are all getting ready for Christmas and taking care of the final preparations before the big day.

 I finished everything last week, so this week I am just doing some baking and I even had time t
o make my little nephew an ornament for his tree.

If you need some last minute Christmas inspiration,here are some of the highlights from last week.

LuAnn at Lovely Livings shared her gorgeous living room all dressed up for Christmas.

Marty at A Stroll Through Life also has her home beautifully decorated for Christmas.

So pretty and elegant!

Another gorgeous home full of Christmas inspiration was shared by Debra at MsMoozy's Open House

Shelia at Note Songs told us the story of how this beautiful Nativity set came to be.

More gorgeous holiday decor inspiration came from 
Fabby at Fabby's Living. Her home looks beautiful!

Christine at Must Love Home shared a beautiful Christmas dinner tablescape.
I love every detail on this table!

Thank you again to all who took the time to participate!
 I always appreciate your visits and wonderful comments!

If you were featured, please feel free to grab a "featured button" from my sidebar. 

You will also be able to view all these post linked directly to the owner's blogs at my new Pinterest page.
 
Now, lets see what you have been up to this week!

You can link up any posts that are home decor, gardening, crafting, painting, sewing, cooking or DIY related. 
 NO Etsy shops or link parties, please.

 And although there is no other rules to join, I would love if you start following my blog.

 Have fun!

An InLinkz Link-up

CHRISTMAS IN OUR FAMILY ROOM

Hello, everyone!
Are you ready for Christmas week?
I think I am. :) 
Our home is ready to receive our guest and enjoy the holidays. I just have a few final touches to make 
to our Christmas table and lots, lots of cooking and baking. :)

Today, I am sharing our family room, where we will be spending most of our family holiday time.

CHRISTMAS CHEER ON THE PORCH

Yes, finally! LOL

I know you all probably were thinking I just forgot all about the porch this year.

Actually, it was the first area that I decorated, but it is taking me a while to go through all the pictures.

It is nothing out of this world, just a few decorations to welcome our guest this holiday season, 
specially our little nephew. I know he is going to love it. :)

ENTRYWAY, STAIRWELL AND "DOLLAR TREE" GARLAND

How is that for a tittle? LOL

I have been trying not to overwhelm you with all my Christmas decor pictures, so I decided to do 
an "all in one" post of our entryway holiday decor.

2014 CHRISTMAS TREE

Am I the only one feeling like I am really, really behind this year? 

This month is going by so fast!

 

I have to confess that this year it is really taking me a while to get into the Christmas mood. 

I am very homesick. 

I miss my beautiful Spain and my parents and brothers like crazy. Another Christmas we have to spent apart.

And our son won't be home this year for the holidays, that is another reason for my heavy heart.

And the fact that just today we reached almost 80 degrees in San Antonio, it doesn't help any. 

It just doesn't feel like Christmas to me.

But I continue decorating and being cheerful for my husband and children, the house is finished, the gifts have been bought and wrapped, the Christmas cards have been mailed and even the menu has been planned.

Now, I am just going to share with you all what our home looks like this time of the year 

and then enjoy the holidays as much as I can.

TUESDAYS AT OUT HOME #91

Welcome to Tuesdays at Our Home!

Hope everyone had a marvelous weekend! 

Ours was not so great since the whole family came down with a terrible cold on Friday, which brought us flu like symptoms, so we have pretty much spent our weekend vegetating on the sofa, watching movies and eating soup. :)

At least this didn't happened to us during Christmas. 

 Last week we had another great party.

I was so happy to see some new blogs joining us.

Thank you all for your support!

Here are some of the highlights.

Vel at Life & Home at 2102  shared with us a tour of her gorgeous home decorated for Christmas. 

Just beautiful! 

 Carol at An Oasis in the Desert created a beautiful and warm entryway and living area for the holidays.

Love her entryway table!

Robin at Decorating Tennis Girl took us for a tour of her beautiful home decorated for Christmas.

Every room looks amazing!

 Shelia at Note Songs shared her gorgeous Christmas mantle.

Love the wreath!

 If you want your home smelling beautiful Christmas, all you have to do is pay a visit to Poppy at  
With a Dash of Color, where she shared a wonderful recipe for Christmas potpourri.

 Shenita at Embellishments by SLR created a gorgeous holiday vignette on her coffee table.

So beautiful and elegant!

 Gail at Purple Hues & Me amazed us again with her creativity. You just have to go see the beautiful dioramas she created using boxes from the Dollar Store.

 And last but not least, a great recipe and video for Snowball Cookies was shared by Jodie at Jodie Fitz.

Got to make some! :)

Thank you again to all who took the time to participate!
 I always appreciate your visits and wonderful comments!

If you were featured, please feel free to grab a "featured button" from my sidebar. 

You will also be able to view all these post linked directly to the owner's blogs at my new Pinterest page.
 
Now, lets see what you have been up to this week!

You can link up any posts that are home decor, gardening, crafting, painting, sewing, cooking or DIY related. 
 NO Etsy shops or link parties, please.

 And although there is no other rules to join, I would love if you start following my blog.

 Have fun!

An InLinkz Link-up

OUR CHRISTMAS KITCHEN

Hello, everyone!

I normally don't do a post on Monday mornings, since Tuesdays at Our Home link party will be live 
later on this afternoon, but with only ten days left before Christmas (can you believe it?) I figured I better 
get my pictures organized and up on the blog.

Today I am sharing with you our kitchen all decorated for the upcoming holidays.

CHRISTMAS MANTLE 2014

Hello, dear friends!

I hope everyone's week is going well.

I have been busy trying to finish all my Christmas decorations. Almost there!

Since I am still adding the final touches to the other rooms and it is raining so I can't take pictures of our front porch, today I am sharing with you our mantle for this holiday season, which is finally finished.

I warn you, lots of pictures! :)
It is taking me so long this year, because I literally made everything to decorate our family room. 

 On the left side of the mantle you will find my old homemade trees which have been dressed up 
for this year new theme.

 In the center I used two glass vases from Homegoods filled with ornaments and the "Joy" letters I made.
After we decided on going "green", I had to give them a new look.

 On the right side, I just used my old lantern from Kirklands 
and created a little Christmas scene inside.

 On each end of the mantle you will find my old metal vases which got spruced up with some new burlap ribbon.
The branches came from one of our trees and I used Epson salt to give them a winter look.
On each branch I added one of this little owls.
They were sooo cute I just couldn't help myself. :)

I used my old lighted garland we had for years and just gave it a new look.
This is my first time using mesh ribbon, so I was a little worry about the outcome. :)

 For the hearth, I made some new pillow covers, filled up a basket with white and green poinsettias 
and made another sign, which I decorated with sparkly snowflakes from Dollar Tree.
My husband made me the little frame to finish it off.

 And that is our Christmas mantle for this year.

 Thank you all for stopping by!
I am off to visit your blogs, which is dangerous because I always find more beautiful Christmas inspiration. LOL
I will never be finished this year!

See you all soon!

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