farmhouse style magazine winter 2024

4 of my projects featured this season

December is off to an inspiring start with the brand-new Winter issue of Country Sampler Farmhouse Style in stores stores now. And I have a little preview for you!

 

Here's a behind the scenes look of how new cover of Farmhouse Style came together with just a few simple ideas. I was truly caught by surprise when my picture was selected to be on the cover of this Winter 2024 issue!

 

Just a few festive touches and vintage finds help to create this simple but unique look that is featured on the cover. You can try this at home! It's as easy as it looks!! See the video here.

 

Lisa Sloan is the new editor of Farmhouse Style now taking over from Susan Wagner, and I love reading the Lisa’s notes from each and every issue. 

It’s the most helpful companion to this magazine and helps me to make sure I don’t miss a thing in this jam-packed holiday issue.

 

Cover photo

Here's the photo I submitted for an article called “Homes for the Holidays.” It’s a playful and pretty look at small-scale houses that can create imaginative and festive scenes in miniature. You can check out all the projects starting on page 6.

 

You can see some of the examples of tiny Christmas houses here.

Check out this video HERE as I explain and recreate the cover shot in my new “dish room”.

For this winter 2024 issue, I have 6 projects and 2 recipes featured and I can’t wait to show them to you! As a contributor to this magazine for the last 6 years or so, my projects and recipes are usually featured in the “Do-It-Yourself Farmhouse” section.

 

Isn’t this a fun project?! It’s so easy to make these Santa Sacks with a pretty but slightly damaged vintage tablecloth. Tablecloths are such a great source of fabric for so many projects!

 

A collection of festive vintage cans and tins are the perfect vessels for planting herbs during the holidays. 

They certainly do brighten up a sunny window and come in handy for using in all sorts of holiday recipes.  

 

Here are the two vintage inspired ornaments I made for Farmhouse Style magazine. The first are a set of real walnut shells filled with a bit of moss and festive little red toadstool, or mushroom. 

I finished them off with a little bakers twine in a fun red and white twisted pattern for easy an display from a Christmas tree branch. 

 

Secondly, I sewed little burlap hearts with a velvet needlepoint thread and then embellished them with a tiny jingle bell.

 

I think they add the old-fashioned farmhouse charm to any tree. Don't you just love handmade Christmas ornaments? They add something so special to the tree.

An advent calendar made from a set of mismatched (but very coordinated) handmade felt stockings is another one of my projects that’s featured in this winter issue. 

I chose a select color palette of felt pieces and stuck to those colors for every little stocking. I also used vintage rickrack, in dark red and white on a few of these guys!

 

Wouldn’t they also look cute as ornaments on the tree?

 

Two showstopping desserts I made are also featured in this issue starting on page 108. I had never made a Kransekake or a Pavlova before, but I’m always up for any challenge, and they proved to be worth every drop of sugar and egg whites to make these 2 beauties!

 

A Krasekake is a traditional Norwegian dessert translating to “wreath cake” and features 18 stacking rings of different sizes. It truly is breathtaking and soooo very delicious!

 

 

This Pavlova is a light meringue and fruit dessert that’s out of this world, and is even topped off with a yogurt and cream mixture for an even greater contrast in flavors and textures.

 

A variety of fresh berries and mint sprigs give this luscious dessert all its character and good looks… it’s a Christmas showstopper, for sure!!  

 

In case you haven’t heard, I started a new Instagram page in October and named it Claudia Fabiana Home. My former page is still up, but after getting a new phone, I was no longer able to log into this account, so the new profile was born!

 

I hope you’ll follow along with me on Instagram for all the latest projects and décor I will be sharing in 2025.

 

 

 

ciao fabiana

 

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Farmhouse Style magazine winter projects

 

Two of my favorite holiday magazines are out, and I want to share with you all a few of the projects included in these fun issues.

 

First of all, there’s the Country Sampler Farmhouse Style Winter edition and then the special Christmas one, so I’ll break it down for you with all the details from each magazine.

 

Let’s start with the Winter issue… The whole magazine is really filled with lots of beautiful homes all decked out for the holidays, and of course there are a lot of DIY projects and recipes included here too.

 

My first contribution is in the “Creative DIY Garlands” article that starts on page 92. 

I created is a hand-made 3-D star garland made from vintage book pages. Dozens and dozens of star shapes were cut out and then sewn together to create this spectacular garland.

This one measures 100” long, so it would look great draped along  a mantel, a lovely window or over your dining room table.

BEST OF ALL, for the first time ever this garland is available HERE along with several other Christmas projects that have appeared in Country Sampler Farmhouse style magazine.

 

Over on page 100, you can check out a little gift-wrapping touch that costs nothing to put together. 

Simply forage a few evergreen branches and create mini fresh wreaths to top your packages and add a festive and fragrant touch.  

 

Mini holiday cheeseballs are the perfect finger food to bring to your next holiday gathering, and they’re so cute too!

  

These Santa Sacks are one of the best ways to quickly wrap those slightly larger gifts. 

I just used a large vintage Martha Stewart tablecloth to sew these two gift sacks together. 

They turned out better than expected, and I know I'll be using these over and over for lots of Christmases to come.

 

Next up is the special Christmas issue… isn't the cover cute?

 

I put together this rustic evergreen wreath with cypress branches, eucalyptus and seed pods found in my garden. It’s finished off with a simple burlap ribbon around the top to display anywhere.

 

It looks so pretty on our rustic back gate!  

Here’s a fun DIY Project that’s perfect for holiday gift giving, pretty little fire-starters for the fireplace.

 

I used dried orange slices, mini pinecones, sprigs of rosemary and little cinnamon sticks in mine, and melting the wax to put all these components together is really the fun part.

 

While assembling them, they cool very quickly and then you instantly have these amazingly fragrant little gifts for giving to friends and family.

 

Here’s a special little vignette I put together for Country Sampler Farmhouse Style using vintage coffee cans and tea tins for planting herbs in.

 

They’re especially decked out for the holidays with the addition of some of my favorite vintage Santa Claus figures and two kinds of festive jingle bells.

These little herbed-up tin treasures also make heartwarming holiday gifts.

  

Among all the lovely articles, pictures and holiday tips in this Christmas issue of Country Sampler Farmhouse Style, I really love this page that includes heart-warming traditions, and want to share it with all of you.

 

 

ciao! Fabiana

 

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the best ideas for Christmas greenery

 

One of the things I love most about living in southern California is all the lovely citrus that we get during the winter months.

 

The oranges came directly from our backyard, and not only are they a delicious variety of navel orange, but they also make for a cute display on my little Christmas tree when they’re sliced and dried in the oven.

 

Simple twine does the trick for arranging them on a little noble fir tree like this. 🍊🌲

Mixed greens garland and fresh tree are from Armstrong Garden Center. The Moët champagne bucket is from my collection. 

Whenever I see a vintage champagne bucket while out thrifting, I grab it. They're so handy for so many things!

 

If you’re looking for a lovely hostess gift idea, how about a beautiful glazed terracotta pot filled with culinary herbs? Perfect timing with the holidays just right around the corner.

 

I got everything I needed at Armstrong’s including this lovely Italian-style pot, and I filled it with some of my favorite herbs, parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.

 

While cooking during the holidays, these flavorful lovelies are right at your fingertips. Just snip a few sprigs and add to your turkey or favorite side dish. 🤍🌿

 

Here’s one of the wreaths on our front doors. We have double doors, so I always like to get a pair of matching wreaths. 

These lush evergreen wreaths are from our local Armstrong’s, which is just a few blocks away. I then added a trio of  antique-looking bells on each wreath. 

I love the way they softly clang upon our arrival. I knew the look I was after for this year’s doors, so luckily Amazon had just the right ones!   

ciao! fabiana

 

 

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