Understated Holiday

 
I am going very understated here for my embellishments for the season.

I have always preferred to forage my decorations in December. 

This centerpiece is comprised of two juniper sprigs, a blue ribbon, two tealights, a dough bowl, and a bag of pinecones I just got on clearance at Hobby Lobby for $1. 

I just made the table runner too, with a yard and a half of fabric from Hobby Lobby also.

Just creating a cozy feel is a must. 

No electric lights, just tea lights. Simple, understated, and nostalgic is the look I have created here in the cottage corner. The pine smells really good. I just cut it today. Breathe deep and breathe in, and have faith. 

 “O Israel, stay away from idols!
    I am the one who answers your prayers and cares for you.
I am like a tree that is always green;
    all your fruit comes from me.” ~Hosea 14:8 

In Victory,

Sherry

Happy Hanukkah

I will be taking the next 8 days off in observance of Hanukkah. The Lord has shown me he would like me to do this. Anyone can observe Hanukkah. This is my menorah. I just made it out of tea lights. The Lord's feast days and holidays are all listed in the Bible. I find Hebrew for Christians a really helpful site. The Lord is very pleased when we follow his calendar and holidays. The Home Sweet Home party will be back on Dec. 21st. I am not a Messianic Jew. I just follow the teachings given to me by Jesus. The Lord really is helping me write this blog. There is no way I could read the Bible one time through and come up with any of this. Have a wonderful next week and I will be back on the 21st with the Christmas Home Sweet Home linkup!

All glory and honor to our Lord Jesus Christ,

Sherry

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Home Sweet Home #318

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home!  This week I shared, A Time for Everything.

Have you ever wondered if Jesus spoke about what is to come? He did, and here it is: Jesus Speaks About the Future.

 There are so many wonderful posts each week, here are a few that I enjoyed.

Tasty Asparagus & Strawberry Spring Salad by Comfort Spring. 

Spring Decorating Home Tour by Old Things New. 

How to Make a Flower Bloom Box by Peonies and Orange Blossoms. 

Sherry

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Home Sweet Home #280

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home!  This week I baked a cake, in Caramel Peach Cake with Caramel Topping.

There are so many great ideas, decorating, and delicious recipes at the Home Sweet Home Party each week.   All of you are so very talented!  Here are a few that caught my eye. I pin a lot from this party each week! These features were all pinned! Thanks for joining me!

Mary, at Home Is Where the Boat Is, always gets me with her food photography.  Here she did it again with Tomato, Tomahto.

Jolena, at While I Linger shared, My Summer Kitchen.  It's lovely! 

And, for a change of pace, I really enjoyed Pam, of A New Lens' post,  Is That You, Lord?  A great read! 

Sharon White, of The Legacy of Home shared, Happy Home Keeper.  This was a refreshing take on keeping the home. Keeping an "old fashioned" home appeals to me.

(The picture is Maureen O'Hara with her Mother , 1948)

I am really lucky to have all of your amazing posts because, it is you who make the Home Sweet Home party so special!  You are all so talented and share such wonderful posts! Thank you to everyone who joins me at Home Sweet Home!   It is wonderful to have you here!

Sherry

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Home Sweet Home # 279

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home!  I hope everyone in the states had a wonderful 4th of July!  This week I shared a Summery Tea.  

There are so many great ideas, decorating, and delicious recipes at the Home Sweet Home Party each week.   All of you are so very talented!  Here are a few that caught my eye. I pin a lot from this party each week! These features were all pinned! Thanks for joining me!

MaryJo at Master"pieces" of My Life shared a Patriotic Mantel that was lovely! 

Mary at Home Is Where the Boat Is shared Celebrate the Red, White, and Boom Patriotic Table with Pfaltzgraff Filligree Dinnerware.

Pat at On Crooked Creektt shared her 4th display A Fanfare Affair!

Katie at Preppy Empty Nester shared Show Us Your Master Bedroom.  It's awesome! 

I am really lucky to have all of your amazing posts because, it is you who make the Home Sweet Home party so special!  You are all so talented and share such wonderful posts! Thank you to everyone who joins me at Home Sweet Home!   It is wonderful to have you here!

Sherry

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Home Sweet Home #266

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home!  This week I have been amazed at the speed of this spring in April.

There are so many great ideas, decorating, and delicious recipes at the Home Sweet Home Party each week.   All of you are so very talented!  Here are a few that caught my eye. I pin a lot from this party each week! These features were all pinned! Thanks for joining me!

Lori at Dining Delight shared this lovely White Easter Tablescape.

Stacey at Poofing the Pillows shared this First Friday Home Tour: Lidy's French Garden House.

LuAnn at Lovely Livings shared this super pretty Easter Wreath.

Bernideen's Tea Time Cottage and Garden shared this fun Birdbath Redo. 

I am really lucky to have all of your amazing posts because, it is you who make the Home Sweet Home party so special!  You are all so talented and share such wonderful posts! Thank you to everyone who joins me at Home Sweet Home!  It is wonderful to have you here!

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Good To Me

For the broken; of which there are many right now:

Hear my cry,

for I am very low.

Rescue me from my persecutors, 
for they are too strong for me.

Bring me out of prison
so I can thank you.

The godly will crowd around me,
for you are good to me.

A Psalm of David from: Psalm 142:6-7  (NLT)

A favorite new music artist of mine Audrey Assad.  She sings to God often, instead of about God.  I love her style.  This song is titled Good To Me.

Sherry

Joy

This week the Advent candle is for joy.  I loved the bible verse for joy this week.  It was when Mary visited Elizabeth.

During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.  When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, "Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.  And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?  For at the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy.  Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled."

                                                                                                             Luke 1:39-45

I find that verse endearing.  I used to be a RN and I worked in the newborn nursery.  Infants will have this reaction called a startle reflex.  It is actually something that is assessed in newborns with their initial examination.  

Anyway, like Elizabeth; one time I am doing the dishes and I am pregnant with my youngest son, I look up and catch my oldest son doing something (I can't even remember now?) and I yelled at him very loudly.  My youngest son in my womb had the startle reflex and I felt it.  It was sweet, even though I was sorry I scared him.  It meant not only could I tell he could hear, he was also neurologically healthy to have that reflex.  A sweet reminder of the joy of the goodness of the Lord.  

Have a blessed week!

Sherry  

Minted Gallery Wall: Spruce Up Your Space for the Holidays

For the holidays I spruced up the home with a new rustic art style gallery wall courtesy of Minted. 

I picked out three art prints that worked well together and grouped them on the wall behind my kitchen table.  

I love cow paintings and they had this fantastic art print of cows grazing by the sea titled "Marin Cows," created by Alex Elko.

The next print I chose was this folk art style flag titled, "Rustic American Flag," created by Amy Marsh.

And then one of my favorite pieces which so reminds me of my childhood, is titled "Summer Path," by Stephanie Goos Johnson.

All of them each a beautiful piece of art on their own but even more special in a beautiful wall grouping such as this to create a rustic gallery wall.  A perfect update to my home for some sprucing up before the holidays begin.  I loved the quality of the art and especially how they work together to create a "mood."     

I also can not say enough about how well Minted ships and packs their art.  You can rest assured it will arrive in good shape and ready to hang right out of the box!  This is a shot of the cow print as I was unwrapping it.

I had a trail run of my Thanksgiving table here with this photo shoot. It is a traditional table set for Thanksgiving with a woven cornucopia turned on its' side and stuffed with flowers.

Happy Thanksgiving to each and every one of you here in the states.  May you each be blessed this holiday season! 

Thank you to Minted for sponsoring today's post. The art print was provided to The Charm of Home for this post.  The written description was entirely my own. 

Sherry

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There Is No Place Like Home at Rose Chintz Cottage 

A Return to Loveliness  at A Delightsome Life 

Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style

Inspire Me Tuesday at A Stroll Thru Life

Tweak It Tuesday at Cozy Little House 

Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home

Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage

Your Going to Love it Tuesday At Kathe with an E

The Scoop at Confessions of a Plate Addict

Totally Terrific Tuesday at Live Randomly Simple

Project Inspire at An Extraordinary Day

Make It Pretty Monday at The Dedicated House

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of the Home

What to Do Weekends at Shoestring Elegance

Idea Box Thursday at Mila's Little Things