From the Front Porch: A Farmhouse Christmas

Happy Thanksgiving from the front porch, sweet friends and welcome to the Farmhouse Christmas edition of this weekly series.

I’m currently snuggled up with Piper watching the Thanksgiving Day parade while nibbling on a few goodies from my breakfast tray going through our holiday bucket list.

When I look back on this year, it feels impossible to celebrate Thanksgiving without immense gratitude for you.

I knew it was going to be a big pivot year for us, but I had no idea just how far that adventure would take us.

So, I wanted to say thank you for being here through all the ups and downs.

Thank you for supporting the blog and this small business by reading, commenting, sharing, offering kind words of encouragement, cheering us on, and shopping our affiliate links.

I can’t tell you how many times you’ve lifted us up at the exact time we needed it most (especially during hurricane season) and I’m incredibly thankful for each of you.

I hope your Thanksgiving is filled with lots of love, laughter and extra special memories if you’re celebrating.

You truly mean the world to me!

A Few of Our Favorite Posts from Around the Web this Week…

Seasonal Inspiration and Home Tours:

• The simple elegance of Finding Lovely’s holiday home tour never disappoints.
• Also don’t miss Pine and Prospect’s Vintage Inspired Christmas Home Tour. It’s positively dreamy.
• There are 8 Farmhouse Christmas Home Tours to explore in this post from Rooms to Rent and they’re all fabulous.

Seasonal Project Ideas:

• This collection of Neutral Christmas Décor Ideas from Maison de Cinq are all really beautiful.
• Just pinned this velvet loop tree from Cindy of DIY Beautify. It’s so pretty!
• Have you seen these final ornaments from Anna of Sky Lark House yet? They look like they were shipped over from Europe!
• Love these DIY mercury glass ornaments from Emily at LeCultivateur too.
• A big thank you to Kim of Cottage in the Mitten for including me in her round up of Homemade Christmas Treats: Easy Recipes for the Holidays. They look delicious!

Health and Wellness Inspiration:

• 8 Days to Schedule Each Month to Escape the Daily Grind (via The Simply Well)
•  6 Ways to Gracefully Handle the Most Difficult People in Your Life (via Inc)
• 40 Quotes for Letting Go and Coping With Things You Can’t Control (via Marc & Angel)

Style and Travel Inspiration:

• The Best Drug Store & Affordable Skin Care Products of the Year According to Glamour
• Also, the Beauty Blotter has a great drugstore makeup tutorial for 40+ women  that’s totally doable if you need one.
• Speaking of doable, My Chic Obsession shared 7 French Outfit Formulas You Can Copy and they’re all fabulous.
• This luxury sleep train is expanding to England and Wales and it’s just as gorgeous as you’d imagine.

If You’ve Missed Anything From the Blog or the Archives Lately, Here’s a Peek At What We’ve Been Up To…

Quick and Easy Gift Jars

French Country Script Ornament

Farmhouse Christmas Dining Room

Farmhouse Christmas Home Tour

Farmhouse Christmas Porch Tour

Gingerbread Cake Donuts

2024 Holiday Shopping Guides (Over 275 gift ideas to explore)

Shopping Notes…

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• Sweater (this sweater comes in lots of fabulous colors, one of my favorite people has the navy)
• Ornaments (bows are everywhere this year and I love the touch of sparkle on these)
• Sparkling Water (an elegant way to dress up a holiday gift basket)
• Stationery (these would make such a beautiful gift idea)
• Steamer (currently shopping for a steamer and this one is in contention)
• Ballet Flats (these come in lots of colors and textures including velvet and suede)
• Decorative Bowl (a pretty way to dress up a coffee table or nightstand)
• Luggage Set (I have a different set from this brand but I can’t stop thinking about this set)
• Bracelets (a budget friendly way to dress an outfit up or down)
• Headphones (so many of my friends that travel a lot have and love the headphones by this brand)
• Party Favor Boxes (these would be so cute as an advent calendar)
• Napkins (these napkins have a variety of colors to choose from and I love the scallop detail)
• Blanket (this blanket would make a cozy gift idea)
• Cardigan (one of my friends just got this in black and it’s lightweight and soft)
• Weights (these come in a variety of size if you have someone on your gift list that’s new to weight training)
• Necklace (a budget friendly gift idea or stocking stuffer)

That’s all for now!

As always, we appreciate you so much and we hope your weekend is peace filled and relaxing.  We’ll can’t wait to share even more with you next week!

Many blessings,

CoCo