We have been doing Elf on the Shelf for 3 years now. His name is Fred. The first year, since the kids were so young, we just kept him high and moved him around from place to place. Easy enough (I feel some nights I should have stayed with this… Continue reading
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
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
