Note: This post is sponsored by Wonderful Halos. Not gonna lie, I did not know what to call a mandarin covered with cloves! After a quick Google search, I discovered theses little guys are officially called pomander balls. In layman's terms a pomander ball is any piece of … [Read more...]
Easy DIY Ornaments Made Out of Old Holiday Cards
It's officially the most wonderful time of year and part of the fun is sending and receiving holiday cards! I love this idea from Amy of Maker Mama to use old holiday cards to make easy DIY ornaments for your tree. These adorable ornaments can be made with any kind of patterned … [Read more...]
Reindeer Nose Gift Jars
I teamed up with Newell Brands, makers of Ball® Fresh Preserving Products to share 3 DIY gift ideas using jars. The holidays are sneaking up on us fast! Thanksgiving is days away, and Christmas will be here in less than a month! I teamed up with Ball® Home Canning Products to … [Read more...]
29 DIY Advent Calendars
December first is here! Time to whip out that advent calendar and start the official countdown. Here are 29 DIY advent calendars that will absolutely inspire you to make your own. Best part? These countdown calendars are made out of things you likely have on hand right now. … [Read more...]
Ugly Christmas Sweater DIY Ornaments
I'm a big fan of the ugly Christmas sweater party! You can see Andy and I's DIY Texas inspired sweater masterpieces from 2013 and our full body Chrsitmas costumes from 2014. I even like to bring bottles of wine adorned with ugly sweaters to parties. I thought it would be fun to … [Read more...]
Toddler Friendly Chrsitmas Decorations
We are about to celebrate our 4th Chrsitmas in our current house, and our first Chrsitmas with 2 kiddos. I teamed up with Esurance to share our festive, kid friendly holiday decorations. Insurance is one of those things that is no fun to talk about, but having home insurance … [Read more...]
Ugly Chrstimas Sweater Inspired Ornaments
I teamed up with Expressions Vinyl and 20 of my favorite bloggers to share a bunch of really awesome DIY Chrsitmas ornaments all made with vinyl! I love how my ugly Chrsitmas sweater inspired ornaments turned out for our toddler friendly Christmas tree. Best of all, I did not … [Read more...]
Cardboard Box Train Costume
Y'all. I can't even. He is the cutest train conductor in the history of ever. This cardboard box to train transformation is even better than our cardboard box tractor costume we made for Halloween! When Elmer's asked me if I'd like to team up with them for a holiday post I was … [Read more...]
72 Christmas Traditions
Chrsitmas is sneaking up on us fast! And after Maxwell's trick or treating performance, I am pretty excited about Chrsitmas. This will be his 3rd Christmas, but the first one where I feel like he will really understand the process. As a kid, my mom made a big deal out of … [Read more...]
Toddler Made Ornaments
Y'all! Fun news! I recently did 2 blog posts for Pottery Barn Kids! One about our book/family time advent calendar and the other about DIY hand/ foot print ornaments. This is kind of embarrassing, but this is the first year in my adult life that I have had a Christmas tree in my … [Read more...]
Christmas Breakfast Ideas
Carisa from Messes to Memories is back today and sharing really cute Christmas breakfast ideas! I'm excited to attempt these pancakes with Max on Chrsitmas morning. Oh and be sure to check out her super simple (&free printable!) mistle toe gift idea! Enjoy! Carisa here … [Read more...]
28 Ugly christmas sweater party ideas
I love the idea of hosting an ugly sweater Christmas party, I mean it involves costumes and ridiculousness, my favorite! There are so many fun and easy DIY ideas to make an ugly sweater party really awesome from craft table stations to hair do-s t- ugly sweater cakes! 1. … [Read more...]
