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A huge thanks to the best readers around for your wonderful comments on my house tour. That was the best Christmas present a girl could ask for. And since it is the season for sharing, now is your chance to get in on the fun.Head over to Evolution of Style and share your holiday home. And if you missed any of the 11 tours, click on the images below for the full monty.You can never have too many parties at this time...

I've been slowly working on getting my house Christmas ready and one of the things that keeps a pep in my step for this yearly ritual is the idea of mixing it up. What will I do with the mantel this year? What type of tree should we get? Lights outside or not?Sneak peak of my mantel from InstagramI don't find it stressful, I find it comforting. It is almost as if I'm adding another layer of warmth just as it gets extra...

Hope y'all had a great weekend. We are all fighting some phantom flu/cold bug that just won't leave our house and it took all the energy the hubs and I could muster to go out with the girls and get a tree. We managed to get it in the house, but now I need a burst of health to get it decorated. But, I know where I'll go for some holiday inspiration.Today is the first day of The 12 Days of Christmas Tour of Homes. My...

What?!I go from no posts to two posts in two days? I am just that exciting. True.It is rather important to me to take the time to enjoy the season/holiday we are in and not jump ahead to the next one. Poor Thanksgiving gets run right over with the excitement for the big daddy of the year - Christmas. So I exercise as much strength as I can to not pull out anything for Christmas, not even a song on the radio, until Thanksgiving...