hooray for christmas!

for the past 7 years, my brother-in-law & sister-in-law have recorded a few Christmas songs for family and friends. it’s something we look forward to getting in the mail every year!  this year, they compiled and rerecorded and threw a few new ones on there to make a full length Christmas album – yay!

david has a unique twist on some classics and introduces some of his original work as well – you’re going to love it – go listen to it now!

 my favorite part?  their kids have sung on the album a bit every year!  its stinkin’ adorable (listen for “balls of holly”).
their album can be purchased at davidtoney.bandcamp.com - go now!

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 i am fully aware that so many people LOVELOVELOVE fall, but me?  not so much.  well, correction:  i do love fall, just not so much the typical decor that goes along with the season change.  our fall weather here is awesome, like better than summer awesome.  so when i should be pulling out the wheat stalks and scarecrows, we are still hanging up our beach towels to dry.  it just feels wrong!

last year, i went big on halloween decor for lily’s costume party, but this year it feels so good to hide the glittered pumpkins and go super simple.

minimal fall decor

my fall decor is focusing more on the “back-to-school” idea, with globes and maps.  i found this huge vintage map at a local flea market years ago and added a washi tape banner at the top.  i also dangled a little paper heart over our little part of the country ;)

minimal fall decor

 these sweet velvet pumpkins from the love feast table shop are my favorite new fall additions!  they are non-traditional, and the colors are still a bit summery.  they add just the perfect amount of “fall” to my house!

  minimal fall decor

the best part, besides the amazing color and quality of the fabrics (believe me, i know good fabric!), the REAL stems!  do you see the curlycues?!  ah, so pretty!

  minimal fall decor

 anyone who sees these are immediately drawn to them, and they are amazed by them – seriously!  you look at them and the quality is so amazing – they are heavily weighted and not some ball of velour filled with fluff.

and lucky for us, the ladies at love feast table have generously offered one velvet pumpkin trio to one of you!

 head on over to their shop and check out all their items, not just the pumpkins – the love feast shop offers so much more!  they also have velvet mushrooms and acorns, all sorts of household items, and even jewelry.  find your favorite and come back here and tell me what it is!

check out their facebook page, too!

and they still have their discount running from the sponsor shout out: 15% off this big ranch set of pumpkins until october 31st