I’ve been sadly neglecting the Lovely Spaces Facebook page, but one of my goals for 2012 is to bring it to life! Will be posting there much more often and will soon have lovely contests through there as well. Like us to get all the updates :)

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Lovely Spaces will be a little quiet until 2012, but I just wanted to stop in and wish you all happy holidays.

I would have shared a picture of our holiday decorations, but this year we are spending Christmas and New Years at our home in France. With traveling and then settling in, we didn’t even buy a tree – and all our decorations are at home in the states.

Fortunately, the holidays in France are all about good food, good friends, and being around people who love you. And that I have in spades. Here’s hoping that you all do as well.

Merry Christmas & Joyeux Noel!

The last month or so has been crazy. I switched jobs, got married, lost a family member and went on our long-planned vacation to our little house in the south of France.

This is the view of the country side just outside our town:

It was fantastic to spend a whole 2 weeks there and get a break from everything. When we returned to the states, it was suddenly fall and the weather was perfect for breaking out warm sweaters, cozy scarves and fun hats.

It’s also the perfect time to get caught up on some projects and get back into the swing of posting!

Yay! I created a new Lovely Spaces Flickr group to share photos of beautiful interior spaces.

Share photos of your favorite corners of your home and garden, or of your favorite rooms. I’ll also be posting pictures of our own place as we slowly finish unpacking everything and making it perfect.

Our group looks a little empty right now, so please join and help it look a little less sad. We’ll be featuring photos from the group regularly on the site.