I’m off work now until January 2 and looking forward to time with my family and by myself, doing things that bring me joy and that I don’t usually have a lot of time for during the normal work weeks. I made a big pot of homemade vegetable soup over the weekend, dried some orange slices for a garland, finished a knitting project last week and am close to finishing another, finished a book… we have a jigsaw puzzle locked in, three gingerbread house kits, and I have crafting projects and books to last me until June if my free time allowed. 2025 has been a ride and I’m ready to lock the door and light the candles and shut the world out until I have to rejoin in 2026. With that said, here are a few recent pins to round out the year. Thank you for joining me in this humble space this year and God willing we will see each other on the other side.

This is my plan for my dried orange slices. I doubt it will look this neat.

I like this idea too.

I love this look. I have always wanted to be the kind of woman who could wear a little scarf around her neck like this and look natural but I’ve never been successful. This makes me want to try.

I have a pair of wingtips almost exactly like these but the grosgrain bows here are just *chefs kiss*.

My hairstylist gave me a bixie in October and it almost drove me insane. We had to have a big discussion before my cut last week because…

…I really want to get back to a sort of messy French bob.

And with that –