It’s finally here – the official first day of Spring!!! And, it’s spring tour day here at Hymns and Verses! I’m so excited to be joining Marty from A Stroll Thru Life and 30 fabulous bloggers for the 2019 Spring Tour of Homes. It’s so fun to see how everyone brings a little bit of […]
Garden Centre Spring Inspiration
It’s the first Saturday of the month and that means I’m joining my “Cozy Living” blogging friends to bring you some fresh inspiration for March! Today, my post is about a March 1st tradition that I have. Each year on March 1 one of my favorite, local greenhouse’s opens its doors for the spring/summer season! […]
Buffalo Check DIY Headboard Tutorial
Today I want to share how Mark and I made our DIY headboard. An upholstered headboard is an easy DIY project that can make a big impact in your bedroom. You can find tutorials on Pinterest showing you how to make a button tufted upholstered headboard, but I decided to keep things more simple and […]
Transitioning Decor from Winter to Spring
Happy Monday! I’m beginning to transition my decor from winter to spring. But, I’m not quite ready for florals and bunny rabbits, do you hear me? That will come next month when I share my yearly Spring Home Tour! Right now, we’re in that period where mother nature is transitioning from winter to spring. Where […]
Vintage Inspired Printable Valentines
Happy Wednesday, Friends! I can’t believe that tomorrow is Valentine’s Day! If you need a card for someone special, today’s post is for you! I’ve created a set of six printable valentines for you! You know I have a love of all things vintage, and I love to use vintage images in my digital creations! […]
Heart Shape Succulent Garden For Valentine’s Day
Happy Monday! I’m here today to share a last-minute DIY project for Valentine’s Day – a Heart Shape Succulent Garden! I used faux succulents because they are more affordable and I can’t kill a fake plant!!! But, you could make a real succulent planter in a heart shape as well! For a container, I used […]
A Cozy Corner for Winter Reading
This past week’s winter weather has had a large portion of the US in a deep freeze or snowed in. I don’t know about you, but sometimes it’s nice to be “trapped indoors” on a winter day. On these days it’s nice to turn off the electronics, get cozy and read a good book! We’ve […]
It’s a Marshmallow World in the Winter Printable
Thanks so much for all of your sweet comments on my Marshmallow World hot cocoa bar! It was such a fun project for the cold and snowy week we’ve had here in PA! By popular demand, I’ve made a free printable that looks like the large “It’s a Marshmallow World in the Winter” sign that […]
Marshmallow World Hot Cocoa Bar
We finally are having a snow day here today and to celebrate, I thought I’d share a little hot cocoa station based on a song that is heard mostly at Christmastime, “It’s a Marshmallow World in the Winter”. “It’s a Marshmallow World in the Winter When the Snow Comes to Cover the Ground It’s the […]
DIY Pom Pom Heart Wreath for Valentine’s Day
Today I want to show you how easy it is to make a DIY pom pom heart wreath! Valentine’s Day is less than a month away and the stores are packed with red and pink heart shaped everything! Personally, I like to keep my Valentine’s Day decor subtle. It’s not a holiday that I go […]
Best of 2018 at Hymns and Verses
Happy New Year’s Eve! It’s a day of reflection of all that was 2018! 2018 was a busy year here on the blog and today I wanted to highlight the top 12 posts from the year! So, here is the Best of 2018! You can click on each post below to see the entire […]
My New Year Goals
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas celebration! I took a little blog break to get ready for all of the festivities and enjoy the holiday with my family. It was great and I wasn’t planning to come back here until after the New Year, but found I was missing this little blog […]
Christmas Plaid in the Bedroom
Doesn’t time fly between Thanksgiving and Christmas! It’s like we’re on warp speed, and I just want time to slow down! I want to savor and enjoy Christmas in my home and heart more! One of the places that I like to slow down is in our bedroom. Yesterday I had a lazy day doing […]
The Great British Baking Show Gift
Do you watch The Great British Baking Show? If not, you don’t know what you are missing!!! My friend, Cindy, that you hear so much about, turned me on to this show a few years ago! It’s shown here in America on PBS and you can catch past seasons on Netflix. The concept of the […]
Sand Tarts – A Christmas Memory
I’ve been wanting to write this post for some time now, but ended up exploring some family history in the process. I first searched the internet for sand tarts and found that apparently there are three different kinds of cookies that are all called sand tarts, but they are very different. The sand tarts that […]
