Let's Embrace the Winter! (Finding Ways to Enjoy Being Inside) TFT Party

Hi Friends, welcome back! Yes, it's winter and we are in the middle of a great big rainstorm here, but that doesn't mean we can't embrace the Season and enjoy what we can do inside! I love how you all are enjoying those things that can make your space "home" and comfy! I love doing the same in my little corner of the world, and let me tell you it includes a lot of wonderful blanket throws and fuzzy socks and slippers galore! As well as some yummy baking days and lazy mornings with my macchiato. Ahem, and now onto how you all have been enjoying your winter...
Pam at Everyday Living's A Breakfast Tray – Monday Morning Blooms is truly SO inviting! Tea, flowers, muffins and the new Victoria magazine! How can you go wrong here?! Nicely done Pam! Loving her beautiful blue pillow shams.

Baby, It's Cold Outside...Let's Warm Up This Winter! (TFT Party!)

Well, friends, I think there's little doubt to anyone that we are in the midst of the winter season!! Chills, frost, wind, rain, and for some, a lot of snow. But, I say let's embrace the season and all its glory and everything we can find to make our homes comfortable and cozy, from decor and style to the very best comfort-food recipes!  So, without further ado, I bring you this week's Features to help you achieve just that!

Michele from Hello Lovely's All is Calm…All is Bright is just that! Beautiful, peaceful, calm and beautifully white. Easily, the most welcoming space I've seen this year! :) 

January's Ruby Is Out!

Hi friends! Happy New year again! It's the official New Year now that the January Issue of Ruby Christian Magazine is available. Yay!  I, truly, hope you enjoy this wonderful ministry as much as I do!! 

Happy New Year from the TFT Party Crowd!

Happy New Year, friends! Welcome to the first TFT Party of the year. I pray you all had a wonderful Holiday Season and am so happy to be back here partying with you all!
DeeDee from Our Clover House's Make Your Own Painted Holiday Sign is super sweet and she has made a great "How to" tutorial. Loved it!

Merry Christmas at the TFT Party!

Merry Christmas Bloggy friends! I hope you all enjoy a wonderfully blessed Christmas with your loved ones around you.  Thank you for joining me, here, this past year, I'm so grateful for you all. Your talent continues to amaze me.  Here are a few highlights from what you shared with us last week. 

~May your prayers be answered, your worries be few,

 and may you always feel God next to you.~

Angelina from Petit Haus' Farmhouse Christmas Home is absolutely adorable, with the sweetest little mudroom I've ever seen.

A Few of My Favorite (Christmas) Thursday Favorite Things ~

Oh, what a wonderful time of year! I just LOVE all your beautiful offerings. There is simply no way for me to adequately highlight all the beauty and yumminess shared from you all, here, last week. Thank you for all the gorgeous and festive inspiration. It's getting so close! We are officially in the twelve days of Christmas!
I hope you are all taking time to enjoy all that this wonderful Season has to offer. Here are just a few of my favorites from your wonderful shares...

Andrea from Living On Cloud Nine's Christmas Bedroom is just simply a dream.... Oh, that we could all have a beautiful festive bedroom like this! It's like living in Santa's Village. I Love it! 

Happy December! It's Here and Beautiful at This Week's TFT

Happy December, friends! I'm so very glad you are here. I'm running my tail off these days, how about you! So much to do, so much to bake, so much music and movies to listen to and see! I am loving this The Most Wonderful The of the Year! I hope you are taking time to enjoy every single moment. 

Beautiful Christmas DIY Inspiration on This Week's TFT party!

Welcome! I'm so glad to have you all back for our Thursday Favorite Things party. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Well, friends, the time has come...We are officially in The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, in my humble opinion. :) I'm so excited for everything Christmas! Can you believe in just a couple of days we will already be in December?! I've started my baking and am just beginning to start decorating. I'm so excited to see many of you share my love of all things DIY for Christmas as well. There is some awesome inspiration here.

 So, before I get onto the features let me share my sweet little  Christmas Wreath from a couple years ago, even though I do still make my wreaths every year from the trimming I get from the Christmas tree lot or farm! Here is my post so you, too, can

Make Your Own Wreath From Your Christmas Tree Clippings!

Carrie from Curly Crafty Mom created these adorable Mason Jar Christmas Tree Ornaments. I just love them. Now, if I just could win a Silhouette! 

Happy Thanksgiving at This Week's Thursday Favorite Things ~

Welcome, dear friends. This is the last party before we all Gather with our friends and family to Give Thanks and celebrate Thanksgiving Day. I'm so very glad you are here. I am, truly, awesomely inspired by all of you. So from Shoestring Elegance, may I wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving. I am so grateful to be here, celebrating with you all.

Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom,
Thanksgiving and honor and power and might,
Be to our God forever and ever.
Amen.
– Revelation 7:12

A Potpourri of Fall Delights and Thursdays Favorite Things Party~

Hello and welcome to Thursdays Favorite Things!  I'm still saying Happy November because it still doesn't feel like it here! 81 degrees here today! Too warm for Fall. However, I am hoping and praying it will eventually arrive.  I am blessed to be joining a beautiful group of bloggers as a co-hostess for this fantastic weekly link party for bloggers and blog readers too! You ladies are knocking it out of the park with all your beautiful tips, tricks, and treats!

November's Ruby Magazine is Here~

Welcome friends.  Are you embracing the month of November yet? I love Novembers. A wonderful feeling of gratitude and even more thankfulness in our hearts, this month more than most. After all, it is the Season of giving thanks.   I have great news to share.  This months issue of Ruby is out and available for us all to read this month, as we approach Thanksgiving.  What a wonderful blessing and an awesome ministry this little magazine has been.  Yes, some of my recipes and DIY's are amongst its pages as well, which just pleases more than my words can express.

Happy November!

Happy November, friends! I'm so excited to (maybe) start seeing some Fall weather around here. Oh, how I long for the chill in the air and the need to pull on a favorite sweater, warm robes, and slippers... California, ahem, Halloween day, yesterday, 78 degrees here.  I'm SO hopeful, though! It has to come sooner or later, right?! I'll keep waiting, I hope you are enjoying your Fall season, wherever you may be joining me from.  If you haven't had the chance yet, please do check out my wonderful Savory Roasted Pumpkin Soup recipe I shared with you all last week and please check out this week's Features! No special theme this week, I just Loved going through your links! On with this week's Thursdays Favorite Things!

Jody at Southern Seazons' Pumpkins on the Porch was just beautiful. Jody definitely has a wonderful gift for this decor.

Thursdays Favorite Things ~ Goodbye October

Ooops! Friends the time slipped away from me this week...Please link up with us for this week's Thursdays Favorite Things, now, and come back next week for even more of my Features!! 

My apologies. I will be pinning your wonderful creations all week long.
Meanwhile enjoy a little daydream stroll down this beautiful Autumn path..

Savory Roasted Pumpkin Soup

It is that wonderful time of year in which pumpkins are everywhere.  I am in love with Autumn/Fall! (this is no secret to my regular readers)  Although, I do not participate in all things Halloween, I do so enjoy the Harvest time.  So many wonderful and different varieties of vegetables are available (as long as you are not intimidated by them).  

After I became "differently-abled" I volunteered at our local food pantry and soup kitchen for about 6 or 7 years, everytime the loads would come in from the stores and local farms, with a variety of beautiful squash, most everyone looked at me and said, "Theresa, we have more 'gourds' for you." They thought them only good for rustic, harvest-themed table decoration and never did add them to our food give away.  Very seriously, the public's loss was my gain.  At one point. I even offered to print up recipes to go with the ingredient, but I was overruled as it being "too difficult" of a fruit/vegetable for most people to work with. So, now, finally, I have the voice, and platform, here to tell the Public, that the opposite is true! They are very easy to work with! 

My Faves From Last Week's Thursday Favorite Things Party

Welcome! Thanks so much for joining us for this week's TFT party!
 Here are some Features from this past week's party that I am sure you will love as much as I did!
The Honeycomb Home's Fall Home Decor Tour was a true feast for the eyes, full of great inspiration for Fall decorating.