Simple Christmas ideas for busy families. Organize and celebrate the Christmas season with these budget friendly ideas, crafts, recipes and printables.
If you’re anything like me, you’ve eaten way too many sweets and treats this month. Why in the world would you want to stock up on candy at after Christmas sales you ask. Stores always have holiday wrapped candy left over and they discount it up to 75% off the week after Christmas. I take…
Easy budget-friendly DIY Christmas décor. Perfect for beginning craft skills. Give as gifts and personalized them for your own style.
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #NorthpoleFun #CollectiveBias My teen daughter came home from school last week and told me that she had volunteered to purchase a Christmas gift to donate to a child. She had specifically chosen an older boy because she knows…
Make this DIY Snowflake votive as a charming last-minute holiday gift. You can easily personalize it with the choice of color and motif.
I enjoy giving small gifts to friends to let them know I’m thinking of them. For those small gifts I often need a small gift bag. I’ve found making these easy envelope gifts bags the perfect answer and making them is embarrassingly easy. Supplies Envelope Rubber Stamps & Ink Stickers Hole punch Ribbon Simply decorate…
Each time I share my obsession with repurposing my trash into crafts, I become just a bit less embarrassed about it (and it now embarrasses me that I’m not embarrassed any more). I’ve been hoarding laundry scoops for years. I’d build up a big stack while trying to figure out what in the world to do…
This shop has been compensated by #CollectiveBias, Inc. and its advertiser, #SeasonedGreetings. All opinions are mine alone. It’s the time of year to start planning what I’ll make for neighbor gifts. This year I’m moving away from sweet baked gifts to savory homemade gifts. Warm seasoned pecans are one of my favorite holiday party recipes and it is a…
My “baby” at college gave me a challenge a couple of weeks ago. She told me that her college dorm has an unofficial decorating competition going on. She appealed to both my mom and blogger sides (smart girl!) and asked if I could help her decorate her room for Christmas. I thought about it for about 1…
I’m posting over at Ask Anna today and sharing my trick to organize holiday meal ingredients. I thought I’d share the second part of my tips to organize a holiday meal here with you and it revolves around my holiday meal planner. I like to purchase my holiday meal ingredients early so there’s no stress running…
My mom always made Advent special when I was growing up. We had an Advent Calendar that she made and she found special little gifts or wrote sweet little notes for my brother and I to open each day. It’s was such a wonderful way to anticipate Christmas coming each year. I’ve passed this tradition…