JOY!

 Joyeux, Gioia, Alegria, Freude

In any language there is not another single word that quite captures this wonderful season!

Several years ago I used these Hobby Lobby letters on my stairs in our quarters at Fort Myer and shared on the blog.

I am so excited that this idea brought JOY to so many and was repinned on Pinterest over 150,000 times!! 

The following year I used them on the front porch. 

(You can see that blog here.)

In our new quarters our stair railing is short and sadly we don't have a porch so I moved JOY back inside to our family room.

It's been a wonderful year for our family full of blessings and JOY. Two children married and the other home safely from a difficult deployment.
This is our first and only Christmas in these quarters and I'm excited to share with you in the next few weeks!

Especially this gorgeous sunroom that was inspired by a big bowl of oyster shells!

I hope you'll come back to visit soon and in the meantime enjoy this joyful season!

With Gratitude, Shand 

It's Here! December is Here!

Oh. My. Gosh. 

How did we get to December already?! 

I took the photo above in Nashville...it was a warm, beautiful day and this truck was part of a display for a beer tent.

Using the apps Snapseed and Snow Daze, I turned it into the inspiration for my holiday decorating this year!

Speaking of inspiration, this JOY photo from last year's Q1 Christmas tour has been pinned on Pinterest over 128.3K times and the blog has been viewed 110,000 times.  
Wow! 
 I almost didn't include the photo in my blog, but I'm so glad I did and I'm incredibly honored so many people found it inspirational.
We even made Tiny Prints "100 Easy Christmas Decoration Ideas" list this year!
How cool is that? I'm so excited!

All over the internet blogs are bursting with gorgeous homes already decked out for the holidays,
we're getting there,
how about you? 

Here are a few other photos that have inspired me this year, I can't wait to share the tour with you!

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Sometimes the end product looks absolutely nothing like that which inspired it.  
Enjoy the journey!
If you missed last years' tour please visit here and here.
Don't forget to check out TinyPrints.com!

With Gratitude, Shand