{house beautiful} How stunning is this? While I might not know how to keep it alive, wouldn’t it be a luxury to have a gorgeous, round and fresh boxwood  plant; potted and sitting in your front hall? or anywhere in your home, for that matter. I love that it is bold. I love that it […]

My favorite thing about our creche sceneis that, although it does not look to be so, the set is completely unbreakable. Which comes in handy if you have little fingers around.I love that I can encourage our children to play with our nativity set whenever they want. It is a Fontanini.and it is a classic. […]

One of our Christmas Traditions: Hanging Dried Grapefruits from our Tree: Each year, while we decorate our tree, we dry sliced grapefruits in a low temp oven. Then, they are hung on the tree using a simple package of ornament hangers. You can’t imagine how the fruit looks like beautiful stained glass: Our tree last year: […]

Our family has a tradition for how we wrap our Christmas presents. We use brown, thick kraft paper and jute twine to wrap all of our gifts: I love this tradition, and we have used it again and again for several reasons: It is beautiful and simple. It is no-fuss and easy as can be. […]