Howdy friends! It’s time for Farmhouse Friday 376. I realize last week was the time but we had company that week and I literally just forgot! When I finally got around to emails, there were so many it took me 3 days to go through them. It’s nuts! I wish companies would stop selling or giving out my info because most of my emails are spam. I feel like screaming – I’ll call you if I want a new roof, or need medical services, or to send you money for the supposed authorized transaction on my account or a trip to Alaska! Honestly! It makes a person crazy. I feel electronically controlled to check emails just so it doesn’t take me days to get through them. Anyone else deal with that? Thank heavens for the “spam filter”.
Sorry for the tirade. I sound like I’m in a horn-tossing mood but I can’t help it.
Anyway. Are you looking forward to Christmas? Finished shopping? Have plans to be with friends or family? How about visit a church? If you’re in my neck of the woods (north Dallas/Fort Worth area) our church has beautiful Christmas Eve services at 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, and 7pm. I’d love to greet you at the door and you can sit by me and the Mister.
FARMHOUSE FRIDAY 376
If you missed either of my holiday home tours, you can click on the links below the photos. I love walking in the door. The outside is pretty too with our pretty white lights but the yard and driveway are full of leaves. We need to get that done but y’all, we spent hours 2 weeks ago removing and mulching the leaves only to wake up for a yard full again! We’ve decided to wait until all the leaves fall this time. Crazy enough, we still have trees with gorgeous fall color. It’s weird!
Our Christmas Living and Dining Room Tour
Our Christmas Entry, Kitchen and Breakfast Area Tour
Let’s get to the features from Farmhouse Friday 375. The theme this week is fun Christmas DIY’s!
If you’ve ever needed a certain size Christmas tree collar and need an idea on how to make one? Missy from Sonata Home Design has several in this post! Each of them are so clever and easy to do. Definitely worth the pin!
I’ve loved this idea and have wanted to do this for a while now. My problem is finding the right bowls. If you have some or can find them, this should be your next project! Hop over and see Ann at The Apple Street Cottage for details. If you can stand to give it away, it would make a beautiful gift. You can message me if you need my address. 😉
Stephanie from Crazy Little Love Birds shared this fun DIY. I can see these glass candle displays in so many places and another great gift idea! Pop in, say hi and check it out.
Y’all know I love pink so these spruced up bottle brush tree ideas from Rachel at The Ponds Farmhouse made me smile from ear to ear! She has several different colors and ideas for those adorable little trees. Just so clever!
FARMHOUSE FRIDAY 376 PARTY GUIDELINES:
- Your style does not have to be farmhouse nor do you have to live in a farmhouse to link up. We’d like to see linkups like: Home DIY and Décor ~ Gardening ~ Crafts and Sewing ~ Recipes ~ Homesteading.
- It doesn’t matter how old your post is but please link your posts here only once.
- The party runs from 6 AM, CST on Friday and ends at 11:59 PM, CST on Monday.
- We aren’t requiring a link back to this party, but if you do, thanks! That’s mighty nice of you.
- A Link Party is a great way to grow your blog so please don’t post and run. Show some love by visiting and pinning (from the original post) what you find interesting.
- By linking up, you get a chance to be featured here at next week’s party and across our social media accounts which includes the Farmhouse Friday board on Pinterest!
- When you link to this party, you permit us to share your posts and pictures via social media and as features, roundups, etc. with a link back to your post or a link back to this party on the week your post is featured.
- Thank you friends. We can hardly wait to see what you’ve been up to!
Thank you very much for including my holiday glass candle display in the list of features. I appreciate it so much. Thank you for hosting this lovely link-up each week. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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My pleasure Stephanie. Thank YOU for linking up. Merry Christmas!
I couldn’t agree with you more about emails! It’s so frustrating and impossible to stay on top of! Great link party this week. Thank you so much for featuring my tree collar ideas! Wishing you a fun and “email-light” week!
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Isn’t it sad? I get way more emails than the amount of people I’ve ever met! In my whole life! Thank you for linking up and it was a pleasure to feature your post. Merry Christmas.
Cindy,
Thank Goodness for Spam Filters is right!!
Thanks so much for hosting this wonderful party!! I really appreciate the time and effort that goes into it along with visiting all the links!! I hope you are having a great week!!
Hugs,
Deb
Debbie-Dabble Blog
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Yaaaas! Merry Christmas Debbie.
Thank you so much for featuring my glass Bowl Christmas Tree, Cindy. I think I have to keep this one, but if I make more…I HAVE been known to send gifts to fellow blogger friends!
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Yes, you must keep that one! It is amazing! So glad you shared it with us. Have a great weekend and Merry Christmas!
So many pretty ideas – thanks for hosting!
Shelley
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Thank you for linking up and visiting. Happy Friday Shelley!
Happy Friday, Cindy! I couldn’t agree with you more. Whenever I’m away from checking emails for a day or two, the emails waiting for me is overwhelming. A quick scroll usually proves that very few are for me personally! Thanks so much for hosting us all and providing the space to gather and share! We learn so much here! Have a great weekend!
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Yep. Very few are actually for me. I’m thinking I need a new email address. Hope you have a great weekend Laura. Merry Christmas!
That’s crazy that you still have so many leaves falling…we are in a deep freeze up here in the North with temps in the negatives this week!
Happy Christmas, Cindy!!
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The negative temps?! Wow, I can’t even imagine! Stay warm and cozy friend. Happy Christmas.
Love the features and your home tour
Hi there, Cindy, that you so very much for hosting. Hope you have a fantastic weekend and Christmas season
My entries this week are 44+45
Hope you will join SSPS https://esmesalon.com/tag/seniorsalonpitstop/
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Thank you Esme. Hope you’re enjoying the holidays!
So glad to see the party up and running this week! Thank you for hosting every week, and making me laugh as I read your post!
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You’re welcome even though the laughter is extra. 😉
Thanks for taking the time to host the party. I was afraid you might have run away for the rest of the month. I just delete the junk without bothering with them. There’s always a suspicious link to be wary of. Hope you have a super duper weekend, friend!!
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I have thought about running away for the month. LOL! Thank you Debra. Happy holidays!
Cindy, I completely understand the aggravation with email. If I miss one day, the emails pile up to the tune of 100 or more that are delete, delete, delete. If I take the time, I also mark as spam, block sender. It’s insane.
Thanks for finding time this week to host us. I truly adored your Christmas decor with the predominant greens and shades of white, with black accents. Have a merry weekend. It’s Nutcracker for me and my girls, along with some holly jolly afterward.
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Oh how fun!!! I loved seeing the Nutcracker each year when we were younger. Taking my kids was a lot of fun. The girls loved dressing up. The boy not as much. 😉 Have fun and I hope you have the merriest of Christmases. Thank you Rita.
I’m right there with you Cindy. Rant away. My inbox is beyond repair. And to add to the craziness many of my legit emails I’m looking for end up in my trash or spam folder so I have to check everything. There’s not enough hours in the day…. Anyway thanks fro another fun party and wishing you the best Christmas season. XO- MaryJo
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It’s seriously ridiculous. We can send things to Mars but we can’t get a decent spam filter? Goodness gracious. Thank you for linking up and the visit MaryJo. Hope you have a fabulous holiday season.
Thanks for hosting!
Hope you had a wonderful time with your guests! Good motivation to get house projects done, right;) Thanks for hosting!
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Girl, we were the busiest bees in the neighborhood! Tired before the guests came then exhausted after they left. But yes, it was a great time. Thanks Lora.
Where is your cookie preference so I can easily choose instead of scrolling through pages and pages of superfluous information when I just want to make a choice on cookies? Would appreciate your help. Thanks
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I’m sorry, but I don’t understand what you’re asking. You can email me if that helps.
I don’t mind emails, I just quickly delete them, but it’s the texts that drive me crazy. Thanks for the party.
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Oh no! Do you get spam texts? I hope that doesn’t start! Thanks for linking up Amy. Merry Christmas
Thank you for hosting!