Last year I shared my home via Christmas tour. I thought it would be fun to look back. I am finishing up some photos and hoping to share my home via tour next week with you all. Here was my home December 2012. Welcome to my home so glad you could stop by.Before we start the tour would you like some hot chocolate? That little vintage honey jar is filled with homemade hot chocolate mix. It will only take a minute to warm it up.Would you like some marshmallows or candy canes in your hot chocolate? Since we are already in the kitchen why not start the tour here. In keeping things simple I used lots of fresh tree greens. In my cups and small pitchers on my French bottle rack I added some fresh roses and greens too.Love that pop of red and white looks so festive.A ... View Post

Vodka paperwhites and a Christmas tree. Hmm sort of sounds like an introduction to a joke but this is actually a really good tip! It does not involve a Christmas tree,more on that in a bit. My Mom  shared this tip with me. She was out shopping for her paperwhite bulbs when the lady at the nursery shared this tip with her. The trick is to add  alcohol that has 40%  such as vodka,gin or rum. Don't add beer or wine because there is too much sugar. You should do this as you are planting them. 1 part alcohol to 7 parts water to a gravel container. I may still try this even though mine are already planted. I will let you know what happens. This will keep the paperwhites from growing so tall and prevent them from tipping. I shared my thrift shop Christmas tree,here is a few photos ... View Post

I am in love with my thrift shop Christmas tree! Last year I had sticker shock. I was looking to replace a tree I had for many years but I could not believe the prices! Thinking I would get a deal I waited until after Christmas hoping to find one. But I was not happy with what was left and the prices were still too high for me. I thought I would have better luck shopping in a thrift shop this year. But most of them I was seeing were in bad condition and still over priced! Then I found this one. This is a good quality faux tree. The branches look and feel like a real tree. This tree also came with the ornaments. I just added some pine cones and berries. The cost of this thrift shop tree was 85.00 including the ornaments and a storage bag. Which I think is an amazing price ... View Post

Have you started your Christmas decorating yet? Yes it has begun around here. Today I shared my tinsel tree. Did  you see it? You can view that post HERE . Welcome to ...THE SCOOP # 93Hi, I'm Yvonne from StoneGable! And I'm the newest host of The Scoop!     I can't tell you how thrilled I am to be joining this group of fabulous blogger and all around wonderful girls... not to mention being a permanent host of one of the hottest linkies in blogland!For those of you who are not familiar with my blog, I'll share a wee bit about it... and me!I've been blogging for almost 4 years. My blog, StoneGable is also the name of our farmhouse inspired home.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE blogging and all of my dear wonderful readers! I blog about ... View Post

I found this shabby vintage looking tinsel Christmas tree years ago. It is a very simple tinsel  tree so not much is needed to decorate it. Last year I just added silver mercury glass ornaments. This year I decided to add my pink ornaments since changing my bedroom. I have had these tucked away for years it was fun bringing them back out again! These ornaments are some of my favorites. They all look vintage but they actually are not. Well come to think of it they are 23 year old so I guess they are sort of vintage. Love this sweet Santa,have you ever seen a pink Santa? Another one of my favorites,reminds me of the ornaments from the 1940's. Those little paper houses look vintage but again they are not. I found those many years ago and fell in love with the colors. They ... View Post

Yes I have a Christmas tree in my kitchen this year! Last year I shared this Christmas tree in my trunk,you can view it HERE. My Christmas tree looked great in my trunk but this year I wanted to do something a little different. This year I decided to add my tree to this galvanized wash tub. Yes I know you have seen this before,it's not an original idea. But I have always adored this look! The size of this wash tub is perfect for my tree. I added that piece of vintage lace from some scraps I had been saving for a project. Since this is a twig tree I like to keep things really simple. I used one strand of 100 lights and I just added these in a wave pattern. It is not easy to wrap the lights around on this tree because of the branches. These ornaments were made by simply ... View Post