Winter Apothecary Jars

Winter Decorations - Winter Apothecary Jars

Apothecary jars are a super simple way to decorate for any season.  I have started a collection of apothecary jars and have been filling them with various decorations that tie into the season or an upcoming holiday. For my winter apothecary jars, I found some white gift bows, clear Christmas ornaments, snowball fillers, snow filler, [...]

Winter Decorating – Icicle Chandelier

Icicle Chandalier Decor

One think I love, love, love about winter is beautiful icicles hanging from buildings.  I love the way they shimmer in the sunlight and it makes me feel like I’m living in a winter wonderland. I picked up some great deals on winter decorations at the day-after-Christmas sales.  One thing I picked up was some [...]

Floating Candles and Fresh Cranberries – Christmas Decor

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I have seen this idea quite a bit, probably first at weddings.  Floating candles are so classy and elegant.  When added to cranberries, we’ve got ourselves some award-winning Christmas decor!  Candles help beautify and set a calm mood.  When the kids are down and it is finally wind-down time, I like to wrap up in [...]

Hanging Ornaments – Christmas Decor

Hanging Ornaments from Lights

Oh Christmas joy. I love Christmas. I love it. I love it. Did I say I love it? I love decorating the house. I love making the house smell good with scented candles. I love the twinkling lights from the tree. I love listening to Christmas music. I love snacking on tasty treats. Here is [...]

Books for Christmas

Christmas Books

Last year I saw an idea on someones blog for a Christmas book advent calendar.  They had 24 different Christmas books and wrapped them in cute wrapping paper.  Each night before bed, they would unwrap a Christmas story and read it as a family.  I loved the idea so I immediately went to Amazon.com and [...]

DIY Advent Calendar

Christmas Advent Calendar

Last year I came across this adorable advent calendar from Twig and Thistle. We were already well into December and it was too late to make one. This year I’m bringing my ‘A’ game to Christmas and I knew I had to make one! I picked up a pack of Wilton 2″ favor tins months [...]

Christmas Family Activities – Free Printable

Christmas Bucket List Candy Cane Red 11x14

I love this time of year!  Love, love, love it.  If I had 3 wishes, one of them would be to put time in slow motion from now until Christmas every year.  That way I could savor the holidays and all of there goodness. One of best (if not the best) parts of Christmas is [...]