Welcome, friends! Grab a pumpkin spice latte and join me for a 2024 Halloween Home Tour... or dare I say a HAUNTED Halloween Home Tour! 👻 I'm kidding! I don't think this house is actually haunted...but I'm pretty sure the home we lived in when we first got married actually was haunted. 👻 I'd be home alone and hear weird sounds and sometimes items had been moved around. Other times I'd feel a chill in the air and feel like someone or something was watching me. Then of course my cat, Louella … [Read more...]
DIY Pumpkin Candles + I Launched a YouTube Channel!
Let's make these cute little DIY Pumpkin Candles together - it's the perfect way to welcome in the cozy Fall season! Hello, Friends! Welcome back to the Sweet Southern Oaks Blog! It's been awhile, huh? 🤷♀️We've hung out together on social media decorating and crafting together and we've shared in holiday fun over there. But this little corner of the internet... well, she's been a little dead over here. Life, ya know? And I'm like, do I even remember how to blog anymore?! 🤣 But let's … [Read more...]
DIY Floating Candles
These DIY floating candles are cheap and easy to make for Halloween.🕯️ Plus they are spooky and festive for your Halloween decor! 👻 I even made some extra ones for a spooktacular centerpiece! Happy Augtober! From now through Halloween, every Thursday will be FALLOWEEN here on Sweet Southern Oaks!!🦇🎃👻🍁 I'll share a fun and festive fall or Halloween diy that you can put together this fall. First up on our FALLOWEEN series are these DIY Floating Candles. 🕯️ I dreamed these up -quite … [Read more...]
Rainbow Mantel with Flowers
Hello, friends! Long time no see. Life, ya know? And it's let us down a lot lately. But when life gets you down, a RAINBOW mantel is sure to bring the cheer and make you smile ear to ear. 🌈 I recently took a very long stroll through Hobby Lobby to clear my head and lift my spirits. Walking through the aisles of all the colorful flowers I suddenly found myself inspired. The different colors of flowers reminded me of a rainbow, and instantly I wanted to go all rainbow for my summer … [Read more...]
Simple Winter Mantel
This simple winter mantel only took a few minutes to put together and it brightened the living room right up for the season! The house has had all the festive decorations up through the holiday season, and then when you take down all the Christmas decor the house feels bare! But in the winter months, a little simplicity is perfect! When taking down all the Christmas decor, you can keep out a few things. Cozy blankets, winter greenery and warm whites make the perfect winter decor. I … [Read more...]
2022: The Year of Continued Hope
Happy New Year! 🌟 Do you make resolutions for the year? I don't make resolutions, but I pick a word for the year. This is something I've done since college and it's a way to define the year ahead for me. This year, my word is a little different. 2022: the year of continued hope is the way I like to look at it. In the past, I've shared my word for the year with you: check out my word of the year for 2018, 2019 and 2020. I never did share a blog post about my word of the year in 2021, but … [Read more...]
New Year’s Eve Charcuterie Board
Cheesy. Meaty. Salty. Sweet. All the tastes of deliciousness that a charcuterie board should be! This festive New Year's Eve charcuterie board is a fun idea to ring in the new year! We will be staying in for NYE and let's get real: we'll probably be celebrating in our pajamas. I don't even know if we will stay up to see the ball drop...but I guess we will, because all the neighbors will be popping firecrackers. We use to get all dressed up and celebrate the night out on the town with … [Read more...]
2021 Christmas Home Tour
The Christmas season sure did fly by. With my hysteroscopy surgery and recovery, I ended up being behind on all the things leading up to Christmas! I already had written this post, photographed and edited the photos of our house at Christmas - but I had so much to do getting ready for the big day I forgot to post this blog! 🤦♀️ So in the spirit of wishing it was still Christmas, I'm sharing this after Christmas home tour to enjoy before it all comes down. Grab a cup of hot chocolate and … [Read more...]
Infertility at Christmas
It's two days before Christmas and I'm feeling... really emotional. Infertility at Christmas, well that's a feeling that's hard to explain. You can have joy and be sad at the time. You can feel happy but your heart is breaking at the same time. Because grief is not linear. Grief comes in waves and you can't control when it'll come. It comes out of nowhere -- suddenly you're watching Hallmark Christmas movies and for some reason you find yourself in tears. This is where I find myself … [Read more...]
Pretty Poinsettia Christmas Mantel
There's a special meaning to the poinsettias in my Christmas decor this year. Which makes this poinsettia Christmas mantel so very special this holiday season. When it was time to decorate for Christmas this year, there was no plan. Usually I have some idea in mind, but this year I was not sure what I would do. Then I remembered that I brought back poinsettias from my Memaw's house when we cleaned out her house earlier this year. And with that, my Christmas theme with poinsettias was … [Read more...]