Less than a week until Christmas! Are your gifts wrapped? Mine haven’t even all arrived yet… I’ll probably be doing half my wrapping on Christmas Eve. Luckily I’ve had some experience making even last-second wrapping—once or twice using leftover papers I rummaged out of the closet!—look like I planned way ahead. Here is one trick […]
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Last Giveaway in December!
Guys, we are officially ten days away from Christmas! Have you gotten all your shopping done yet? I confess… I have not. (And thank heavens for Amazon Prime because I am down to the wire and I have a very large family!) If you haven’t gotten all your shopping done yet, you might be excited […]
GIVEAWAY #2!
Time for another #giveaway! Congrats to the winner of our first giveaway, Kayna! She’s a Rodan and Fields rep who has been hustling all year, and we are excited that she got our Seamstress’s Dream stocking as a little something for herself. She deserves it! Our next giveaway is the Scrapbooker’s Delight stocking. This one […]
Advent Wreath Inspired Centerpiece DIY
Heat up some eggnog, put on the Bing Crosby, and get out your cinnamon-scented candles, because this project is festive! All right, Matt hasn’t celebrated Christmas in several years. I am determined to make this one extra special to make up for what he’s missed. That includes baking sugar cookies for his co-workers, buying us […]
GIVEAWAY!
Are you ready for a #Giveaway? December is here, and the countdown to the holidays has begun! In the spirit of the season, we are ready to hook 3 lucky people up with themed stockings, worth over $100 each. ??? These 3 stockings, which we will be giving away over the next 3 weeks, are full to […]
Easy, Fancy Holiday Gift Tags
If you’re anything like me, you start playing Christmas music the second that giant Thanksgiving meal has settled. (You might even start your holiday shopping in September…) So now that Thanksgiving is over and the leftovers are finding creative uses, I’m thinking about ways to make the next holiday super festive. One of the ways […]
Home Reno Project, Week One: Sealing Up Cracks
Going in a slightly different direction with this new series, which I hope to add to a couple times a month: Home renovation! As mentioned in one or two previous posts, I recently moved into a new space. A move was long overdue. The space is larger, it’s closer to a lively downtown area, and […]
3 Last-Minute Halloween Costumes Inspired by SNAPCHAT
For the last five or six years, I’ve basically missed Halloween. I’m definitely someone who wants to Go Big or Go Home on this holiday, so when I’ve had too much going on, I’ve just, well, skipped it. This year I realized that if I don’t find a median between “Go Big” and “Go Home,” […]
5 HALLOWEEN Pins We Tried… and Our Results!
Our last “5 Pins We Tried” list was a big hit, so this month we are doing it again… Halloween style! I spent an hour or so on Pinterest, looking at my own Halloween board and then also perusing the most popular Halloween pins overall. These 5 seemed like they might be deceptively simple, so […]
How to Set a Fall Harvest Table (for Thanksgiving or for Fun!)
Setting a table for a feast (or even just a large group) calls for some strategy. To keep the mood relaxed and enjoyable, you want to balance a variety of comforting cues with cleanliness and spaciousness—meaning, you want familiar aromas to fill the air and decorations to abound… and you also want to keep […]