Valentine’s Day is a wonderful holiday celebrating love, affection and friendship. I enjoy giving gifts to my close friends on Valentine’s Day as much as I enjoy giving gifts to loved ones. Making handmade gifts is a special way to share your fond thoughts, whether it’s a handmade craft or recipe. These are my favorite…
Thanksgiving Ideas Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and so I enjoy collecting meaningful Thanksgiving ideas. I enjoy Thanksgiving because it is spent with family and friends. Of course, enjoying delicious food from simple recipes is enjoyable, too. I like to create DIY crafts to decorate my home and to give as favors and gifts. For…
It’s important to me to focus on the magic of Christmas, family and friends during the holiday season with these 100+ simple Christmas ideas. I don’t want to spend a lot of time decorating, choosing gifts, wrapping gifts or cooking. I want to pamper my family and friends during the holiday season, but I don’t…
Will you be visiting family or friends for the holidays and transporting a favorite dish? These tips to transport holiday food will make it easier for you, whether you’re traveling across town or across the state.
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…
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…
Originally published on August 4, 2014. Updated on June 26, 2019. Looking for a cute back-to-school theme craft to make with upcycled items? You could make these as a fun kid’s activity and also give them as a teacher gift. I found a big bag of wood blocks at the thrift store. I love…
My mom made an advent calendar for my family when I was young. I remember how much fun my brother and I had every December opening little gifts that she’d wrapped for us. I have an advent calendar that my mom made for me that I’m able to share with my children. We all thoroughly…
Take the 31 Days of 10-minute Purging Tips challenge. This is Day 2 and we’re purging holiday decorations, but keeping the memories.
Looking for Thanksgiving games to play with kids? This free printable 4-page Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt printable is available immediately for a fun time.