Simple, Rustic Advent Wreath

My advent wreath for this year is different. As my mom would say, it's creative. The foundation of my advent wreath for 2013 is a vintage dough trough and it's sitting in the middle of my dining room table. This year, it's not a wreath at all. It's a wooden oval of sorts, that serves as a simple reminder of

                                                                                                                       the reason for the season.

Chalkboard Tags, An Advent Wreath and Overdue Thanks

According to my BFF and the guide to my daily behavior, Emily Post, 
 (insert the sound of laughter and my family and everyone else who knows me rolling on the floor laughing)  
"One has a year to write a thank you notes for wedding gifts".  So I kind of figured that I was okay....even though this note (and one other that I'll share soon) are a couple of weeks late.