Besides decorating our Christmas tree, hanging our stockings and shopping for presents, I have created many holiday traditions with my children. Here are some simple ideas to create traditions this holiday season and for years to come with your family.
Make It! Easy Gingerbread Village
{Guest Post} This simple recipe was adapted from my daughter’s Girl Scout Troop. We’ve been doing it this way for the past six years and we’ve never gone back to the classic Gingerbread House recipe. The best part? You probably have most of this stuff sitting in your pantry!
Salt Dough Hand Print Reindeer and Cookie Cutter Ornaments
If you’re thinking about adding some homemade ornaments to your Christmas tree, it’s not too late to get crafty. Here are two easy salt dough ornaments that show off those tiny hands and fingers from your favorite little person. It’s so easy and fun, and also can make for an adorable keepsake gift!
Make it! Salt Dough Santa Hand Ornament
This easy Christmas craft is suitable for kids of all ages. Just keep in mind, the bigger the hand, the heavier the ornament!
Holiday Gift Guide 2013: For Her
Disclosure: Some of these gift ideas are sponsored and the others are some I just love and plan to purchase or have purchased. Items listed with an (*)asterisk are sponsored and have been sent to me for review or I’ve received a special code to purchase the product at a discounted price. In my opinion, […]
Oh Christmas Tree Part Two: You really are quite lovely
In the midst of all the hub bub I realized I never shared the finished product of the enormous Christmas tree we decided to welcome into our home this year. While we have this beautiful tree in our great room, we’ve already priced artificial trees of this size for next year, so we don’t have […]
Gift ideas for the dog in your life
I am dog obsessed through and through, that’s the only way to explain it. My dog is my buddy, my best friend, my first baby if you will. So, it’s only fitting that he makes my gift list for Christmas. He’s four years old, and he makes that list every year. But I’ll admit, it’s […]
Oh Christmas Tree…how lovely are your branches
Let me start this by saying I love Christmas. I will continue to say that over and over in my head as I continue to write this. Back in November my husband, toddler, dog and I went to a local tree farm to tag our tree. That’s nothing unusual right? So we’re there, looking at […]
Unique gift ideas for new moms or moms-to-be
I’m at the end of my pregnancy and Christmas is around the corner. Double hooray! As we get closer to my favorite holiday, my family keeps asking me “What do you want for Christmas?” That’s tough to answer because I have 5 1/2 weeks left until the baby’s here, so I don’t want MORE maternity […]
Holiday hit list: Songs on my iPod
Since the day after Thanksgiving I’ve been in full-on Christmas mode. I swear my favorite things about the season have nothing to do with gifts. Well, I do like to shop and give to others, but the truth is- I LOVE the music, the movies, the food, the decorations, the sights, the sounds…all of that […]