Happy New Year 2014!

    

Happy New Year To you and yours!

 My family usually always spends New Years Eve together eating and playing board games and then watching the ball drop! 

Except for last year at this time my husband was in New York working and visited Times Square. I was so jealous!

 I always have wanted to visit there. 

How do you like to spend New Years?

Below I shared some more DIY projects and crafts. 

I hope you enjoy them. 

This is a chalkboard I made from chalkboard paint.I used an old print that I didn't care for and painted right over the top of it. I then placed it back into this vintage frame.

This is a wreath I made from my Christmas wreath. I took a wire coat hanger and wrapped gold garland around it. I then placed it inside my Christmas wreath, hanging it from the hanger on top. I drew the clock by placing a round item on  brown paper and tracing around it. After that I drew in the numbers and glued the silver garland around the outside of that. I then added a vintage broach to the middle.

The clock above was broken and I had put it away for a project such as this.

 I sprayed it with chalk board paint and drew in the numbers for the clock !

 I think It turned out perfect for New Years 2014!

"Auld Lang Syne" (For old times sake)

- Jamie

A Vintage New Year 2014!

Welcome to my vintage New Year 2014!

I hope all of you are looking forward to the New Year... I know I am! 

New beginnings and Resolutions, speaking of which... have you been thinking of what yours will be? 

I have a few in mind for myself. 

It is always hard analyzing yourself for improvements and then making goals to get there. 

Well, it is for me anyways. 

I would like for everything to just stay the same and never change. 

But life is full of changes and therefore new beginnings and new goals.

 I found a quote for 2014 I wanted to share: 
"She turned her cant's into cans and her dreams into plans".

This is a picture of the vintage shelf I hung above my couch. I recently did this for Holidays to display more of my vintage finds. I made the vintage sheet music by hanging them from twine and stenciling the birds onto the sheets with black paint.  

I made this New Year sign from brown paper by tracing a circular object from home {For example a bowl}. I then cut it out and glued these letters I purchased onto it. I then glued garland around the outside and added a vintage broach to the middle. 

I placed this vintage postcard,sheet music, and lantern in this antique tin box. I am not sure if this is a cigar box or what it is exactly...Please comment below if you know what it could be.

  

This is a vintage postcard I found that has the calendar month January 1895 displayed on it. It is titled 

"Children from Many Lands" 

It says," A dreary place would be this earth 

Were there no little people in it,

The song of life would lose its mirth, 

Were there no children to begin it".

This is a vintage book That reads "A New Future" I thought that was suitable to display for New Years.

I have left my tree up for the past couple of New Years and I leave just my gold and white ornaments on it. I made these numbers 2014 and pinned them to the tree. On the top I place a clock I made out of brown paper with garland around it! 

The New Years sign is a chalkboard I made out of a vintage mirror by taking the mirror out and spraying the back with chalkboard paint. I displayed a mercury hurricane candle holder and vintage book wrapped with twine then added a tag with 2014 written on it. This lays on a vintage mirror tray.

The midnight kisses are Hershey's Kisses I displayed in these vintage wine glasses. I seen this cute and clever idea on Pinterest.  Please see my prior blog for New Years Eve Party Ideas!  

Please Stop by again tomorrow and see more of my Vintage New Year Decor! 

I hope you have a Great Day!

- Jamie

Vintage New Years Eve Decor And Party Ideas!

Hello Again!

Are you thinking of throwing a New Years Eve Party or maybe just a small gathering of Family...

I have a huge collection of party ideas and even some for the kids via Pinterest! 

I also threw in some things that are just neat to look at! Just click on the board!

Remember to drop back by and see my New Years Eve decor !

                 

Follow Jamie H.'s board Happy New Year! on Pinterest.

DIY Christmas Decor Storage Ideas

Hello, Everyone!

 I hope you all are recovering nicely from all the festivities of Christmas! It is that time again to think of packing up the ornaments and garland... (Heavy Sigh)

 I want to share with you today a few DIY Christmas Decor storage ideas that I have found via Pinterest!

Follow Jamie H.'s board DIY Christmas Decorations Storage Ideas on Pinterest.

Merry Christmas From My Home to Yours!

                                    

Wishing you love and laughter and lots of good food!

My Porch

Thank you for all your support!

 I appreciate all my followers and I hope your Christmas is full of Blessings!



Family Favorite Holiday Dishes and Recipes

I wanted to share with you all some of my families favorite Holiday dishes today.

  Let me start by telling you that these are not low calorie dishes.

It is the Holidays!

 

Hash Brown Casserole

Crock pot Cream Cheese Corn 

Peppermint Cheesecake




Hash Brown Casserole

 

10 cups of frozen shredded hash browns

1/4 cup and 2 tblspns. butter or margarine

1 can cream of chicken soup

2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

1 cup crushed corn flakes

12 oz. sour cream

1/2 cup milk

 

Preheat oven to 350.

Pour 1/4 cup melted butter into 9x13 baking dish.

Add 5 cups of hash browns.

Mix soup, sour cream, and milk in a separate bowl.

Pour half the mixture over hash browns.

Sprinkle 1 cup of cheese on top.

Add remaining hash browns and mixture on top.

Sprinkle on remaining cheese, then cover with crushed corn flakes. Drizzle 2tblspns of butter on top.

Cover with foil and Bake for 1 hour.

 

 

 

Cream Cheese Crock pot Corn

4 cans of whole kernel corn
2-8oz blocks of cream cheese
1 tblspn of sugar
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 stick of butter

Put corn and cream cheese into crock pot add sugar, salt and pepper, butter. Cook on high for one hour or until corn is cooked thoroughly stirring occasionally.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peppermint Cream Cheese Pie

Already made cookie crumb/graham cracker crust or follow instructions on box.
Jello no bake cheese cake mix
Hershey's kisses Candy Cane Mint Candies
1 tblspn. milk

Mix cheese cake  mix according to instructions on box.
Unwrap 30 Hershey's kisses add milk and put into a microwave safe bowl. 
Microwave on medium for one minute. Stir.
Microwave 15 sec. at a time checking and stirring until candies are melted.  
Place 3/4 of Hershey's kisses candy mixture into cheesecake batter and stir.
Add cheese cake mixture to crust
Drop tablespoonful of Hershey's kisses candy mixture onto batter. 
Swirl with knife to make marble effect.
Place into refrigerator for 1 hour.
Top with whip cream and candy pieces.




I Hope you enjoy making some of these dishes!
From my Kitchen to yours...
Happy Holidays!



Winter Garden

Welcome!

I hope you all are not too stressed this week!

 I have been busy baking and preparing for meals. 

 Please remember to take some time to yourself and do something to relieve the stress of the season!

 I usually do that in my garden...

I would like to show you some pictures I have took of my garden this week. 

It is cold here but I did manage to get out and soak up a little sunshine!

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by and seeing my garden!
Have a blessed day!

Christmas 2013 House Tour

Welcome to my Christmas 2013 House Tour! 

 I hope you enjoy seeing my home and please feel free to comment. 

 I would love to hear from all of you!

                                                   

  Lets begin on the porch! This is one of my favorite spots at home. I enjoy sitting here and reading a good book, drinking a cup of coffee, and at night the lights make the porch glow!

 Do you have a favorite spot at your home during this season?





I made this chalkboard sign and hung it on this door in the corner of my porch. "May your days be Merry and Bright"...and may all your Christmases Be White!
It looks as if in my area that may happen this year! 

This is a wreath I hung on my door this season! 

Come on in, I would like to start by showing you my living room. I decorated with vintage items such as  postcards, sleigh, stockings and ornaments!

Here below are some of the ornaments on my tree this year!

I do not have a fireplace but I love the look of one.  I used this candle stand, logs and evergreen with Christmas lights to make a place to hang the stockings from. 

The stocking are hung... My children are teenagers now but we still hang their stockings every year.

Let us make our way into the dining room!

 I love the glow of candles at a table. So warm and inviting!  

 I made the "Peace" banner last year out of burlap.

 I used this old gardening tool box as a centerpiece. I displayed plates and vintage ornaments in it.

I used a mix of vintage and new dishes and table linens. 

 I painted my nativity scene white this year! I really didn't know how it was going to turn out. I'm glad I took the chance because I think it is lovely!   

I enjoy looking at this little village at night. You can see in the little windows the people sitting in there tiny homes. It brings back my imagination... I would love to shrink to size and go exploring the little village! 

 I started a small collection of Johnson Bros. English tea cups. It is fun hunting and collecting dishes year after year! 

  

Please Come along with me  into the kitchen. I used gingerbread men, houses, cookies and vintage cookie cutters to decorate with!

This is a shelf that I used to hold more of my gingerbread decorations! The giant gingerbread man cookie cutter in the middle is new this year. I also collected  a giant gingerbread house cookie cutter that is shown in a picture below. 

Aren't these gingerbread houses adorable? My family made these every year but my children are growing up and it has been hard to keep the tradition going.

  We have started new traditions now!   

These little gingerbread houses are a favorite ornament of mine in my kitchen this year.

Do you have a favorite ornament this year?



Below is a peek of my vintage hot chocolate bar!  

 I used a picnic basket to display vintage candy dishes and cookie cutters. A scale holds an antique bowl that we keep our hot chocolate in. 

That concludes my Christmas House Tour! I hope you enjoyed my home! There has been so many beautiful home tours this Christmas!  Please come back again and join me for more vintage style decorating!

 Merry Christmas!