I’ve always be a little hesitant to make my own candy. Lets be serious here for a moment (because sweets in general are a serious topic to me), candy making is a talent. People obviously know what they are doing, they do a good job, it’s delicious, and I didn’t… Continue reading
Once I fall in love with something, an idea, food, whatever, I tend to obssess over it for a while. I have recently found this to be true with the idea of making decorations using twigs. I was really happy with how my Rustic Fall Twig and Flowers Wreath turned… Continue reading
Okay party people, we are getting close here and I was just finally able to watch all of ELF and Christmas Vacation yesterday for pete’s sake! This was the year that I was going to be organized, have everything baked, all the presents bought, and be sitting back, relaxing, drinking… Continue reading
Paper trees, trees, trees again……ok, I get it, I guess it might be getting a bit redundant. But in our defense we needed a cute Christmas gift to fill with treats for friends, neighbors, teachers, etc. and I found these cute ones made from cardstock in Better Homes and Garden Magazine… Continue reading
I’m not sure why I think I need a new wreath every year for the front door, but I feel like when the porch decor changes, then the Christmas Wreath must change as well. This year, I was going for more of a rustic approach for the porch decor (at… Continue reading
Okay, once I made my Big Ol’ Welcome Porch Sign, I knew that I would be able to flip the sign over and have something for Christmas easy cheesy. I guess I just didn’t realize how easy…..and cheap…..and fast….it would be. The longest part of this project was driving to… Continue reading
I pinned Elf on the Shelf ideas this year, thinking that this would be the first year that maybe he would visit our house. Nay! I realized that The Destroyer still wasn’t ready. She’d never be able to not “touch” our little elf and ruin the whole thing. So we’ll… Continue reading
In a previous “Try it Tuesday”, Tabitha and I made our Christmas paper trees and had decided that we needed a third in order to keep the rule of three in sync (see Paper Christmas Trees post). Tabitha looked around on Pinterest and found a tutorial for a tall burlap… Continue reading
