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My girls have a birthday right around the corner.  And after much debate between them, a woodland party theme came out the winner.

It barely edged out Harry Potter.   I held my breath listening to their deliberations… hoping it would go the woodland way.  I have been seeing so much woodland inspiration and loving it all.

Well it was Betz White who tipped the balance.  The girls saw her Squeak and Spike pattern and the debate was over.  Aren’t they the cutest things?  “Please, please, please can we make them, Mom?”  “I’d love to.”

And speaking of wool…  I love these lovely little felted wool acorns from the Etsy shop Fairyfolk.

My girls are in love with these little owls from Pottery Barn kids.  “Can you make us an owl Mom, pleassssee?”…   “Maybe.”  I love the corduroy.

And of course toadstools.  They are everywhere and they are addicting.

These would make wonderful party favors.  And they are so easy to make.  The tutorial is here.

It will be a “Make it Do” party.  But I am having so much fun with the creation of it.

Several years ago my mom spent a week in Pennsylvania visiting an Amish family.  They had no art or decorations on their walls save one thing: A family tree.

Photograph from Martha Stewart

Decorating your home with your family history is an amazing way to connect your family with the past.  I love the idea of connecting my children to their roots.

Like all families, we have a few skeletons in the closet… and we have some wonderful ancestors, who live admirable lives.

I have a few pictures of our ancestors in our home:

This photograph is of my great grandmother and her family.  She is the older girl in the picture.  I look at the pictures and can see family resemblances.

These photographs are of my ancestors, Louisa Kent Booth and her daughter Hannah Booth Morgan.  Louisa was born in Calcutta, India in 1836.  Her father was a British officer and her mother was Bengali.  I loved to hear stories about her when I was young.  She was quite an amazing woman.  She immigrated to the United States and left behind a life of servants and luxury for a life of hard work on the Utah frontier.

I want to have a framed family tree for our home, and have been looking for the right one.  I found a free template at Martha Stewart.com which could be printed and then copied onto a large sheet of paper.

I also found a wonderful website which sells family trees called Grill Your Granny.

I love the Celtic Rose tree, but they have many wonderful options ranging from 3 to 8 generations.

Surrounding my family with pieces of our history is a great way to remind us all that the lives we live now really do matter.