Not going to lie. This reusable gingerbread house centerpiece is one time-consuming project, but it’s pretty cool to have in your house for a gingerbread party like this one or just for the holidays. You’ll need a Cricut Maker machine (buy it here) with the knife blade attachment to cut all the pieces out. There…
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Easy DIY Neighbor Gift: Chili Seasoning Kits
I love having something small to give my friends and neighbors for Christmas. Because frankly, I love being generous, but I don’t always have fun to do lavish for everyone. A DIY neighbor gift is usually what I end up doing. Something thoughtful and edible usually does the trick to make people feel warm and…
DIY Neighbor Gift – Monogram Blanket
Wrapping up in a fuzzy blanket is like wrapping up in a nice warm hug. What better DIY neighbor gift to give at Christmas to friends than a DIY customized blanket? It’s practically the same thing as wrapping them up in a little bit of love. I gave out quite a few of these last…
DIY Christmas Shirt for Swimmers – H2O H2O H2O!
A funny DIY Christmas shirt for swimmers was a must have this year. If you’ve read my blog at all, you know I have a bunch of really active kids. Both of them swim, one of them triathlons, the other is a super competitive swimmer… as in she went to regionals on the high school…
Gingerbread House Party in a Hurry
I have a confession to make. This year’s gingerbread house party was NOT the result of careful planning and meticulous attention to details. Rather, I it was the result of a long day or two and perhaps a sleepless night. A.K.A. this gingerbread party was thrown at the last minute. Be sure to get to…
Christmas T-Shirts for your Cricut Machine
There is nothing like a good Christmas shirt to celebrate the season. Snarky or sweet, as long as it gets you in the holiday spirit, it’s a good thing. Recently, I put a whole bunch of great Christmas t-shirt designs into Cricut’s Design Space for you to use and here they are! For each…
Preschooler Christmas Shirt: Snowmen!
Making little Christmas outfits for my nieces and nephews was one of my favorite parts of the start of the season this year. Preschool Christmas shirts especially are super fun, they’re nice and cartoony and you can put their names all over it and they love it. For my niece Lillian, I made her a…
How to Make a Wreath: Wreath Basics
This time of year you see some pretty spectacular wreaths out there–they get really really fancy!! But how the heck do you do that yourself and not have it fall apart??? It’s actually a lot simpler than it looks. Watch the video for a good primer on how to make a wreath. It’s wreath basics…
Gingerbread Tablescape with The Cricut Maker
This gingerbread tablescape post is brought to you by Cricut. Affiliate links included. All thoughts, feelings, ideas and designs are my own. Setting the Christmas tables is a fun part of decorating for the season. This year we are gearing up to have another gingerbread decorating party at our house, so we’re setting a pretty…
Send These Fresh, Hand-rolled Bagels as a Gift to Anyone!
This post about bagel gift bag ideas is sponsored by New Yorker Bagels. All thoughts, feelings and ideas are my own. About this time of year, we all start scratching our heads and thinking up things to give the important people in our lives that take care of the hard stuff for us, like teachers…
Dollar Tree Christmas Craft: Kid’s Lego Wreath
Your local Dollar Tree store is a great source for supplies for fun Christmas crafts! Today I am participating in a Dollar Tree Christmas craft party with some talented bloggers around the web, and my contribution is this super cute Lego Wreath just for kids! I can’t tell you how excited my son was to…
Custom Christmas Shirts for Toddlers and Infants
This Christmas, I’m SOOOOO enjoying being an auntie. I now have three nephews and three nieces to spoil, and lots of babies to pinch cheeks. All these new little family members means I am able to make some custom Christmas shirts in toddler and infant size! You can use these as jumping off points for…
Gluten-Free Holiday Side Dish: Garlic Green Beans
Finding a gluten-free holiday side dish or two sometimes means making a change or two to a recipe to make it diet acceptable during the holidays. Creamy casseroles are a little bit of work to make gluten-free, so I tend to steer clear of those and make lighter dishes. Green bean casserole was long a…
Gluten-Free Holiday Side: Sweet Potato Soufflé
Navigating the holidays with guests or family members with dietary needs gets tricky. In our house, there are several of us with gluten issues, so we make almost all gluten-free holiday side dishes. Besides the bread that most of the gluten eaters demand I put on the table, everything is safe to eat for everyone….
Gluten-Free Holiday Side Dish: Andouille Sausage Stuffing
It’s about that time again where we start digging out the traditional recipes for our holiday meals and start preparing for the feast! Our family recipes need a bit of altering because we have a gluten-free family member, namely me, so I set out to make everything we usually do, but so they still taste…
Six Genius Ideas to Get your Home Holiday Ready
This post is sponsored by Babbleboxx.com. All these holiday ready ideas and thoughts are my own. There is an endless enjoyable stream of company to host, guests to serve and family to create memories with during the holidays. Most of these memories get made at home, so we tend to put a lot of…
Cup full of cheer custom coffee mug for Christmas
This is a paid partnership with The J.M. Smucker Company and Danone. My opinions and ideas for this cup full of cheer custom Christmas mug are my own. There is really nothing like a perfect cup of coffee. Steaming hot, full of caffeine with a touch of creamer and preferably served in a snarky sort…
Let’s Get Lit Holiday T-Shirt Designs
Welcome to another lovely edition of Craft Lightning! This month’s project is a 15 minute or less holiday t-shirt project, or in the case of this design, Let’s Get Lit holiday t-shirt designs. I made shirts not only for Christmas, but also one for Hanukkah and have them all for you here as free holiday…
15 Ways to Make Christmas Magical for Kids
I love the little short people that run around my house more than anything, and every year I revel in watching their awe and wonder at the holiday season. We all get caught up in the stress and the hustle and bustle of Christmas, but we also have to remember the love and spirit and…
DIY Stocking Stuffer: Charging Cable Travel Pouch
Affiliate links ahead. These cost you nothing and help keep content free! Last month my family and I were lucky enough to be able to take a trip to London. The packing up for the trip experience made me reminisce to when I was a kid when all that was vital to traveling was clean…
Winter Table Inspirations
Oriental Trading provided a few of the products you see in this post. Affiliate links also ahead–they cost you nothing, but keep the servers here running! If you’ve wandered the stores at all at Christmas, you’ve probably found an item or two that was so gosh darn adorable you just HAD to have it, with…
Christmas Pickle Ornament Free Printable
Kids in general love having the chance to give a little gift to their classmates around the holidays. Some years that ends up being a production, and you have to love the classroom favors that are EASY…and if we’re honest, aren’t chock full of sugar. Which is why this year I’m loving these Christmas Pickle…
Creative Gift Wrapping with Cricut Explore
This post is sponsored by Cricut. All thoughts, feelings and ideas about this creative gift wrapping project are my own, but be forewarned, I am a little in love with my Cricut machine. Affliate links below. #CricutHoliday Decorated presents are not only fun to receive, but they are also fun to make and give! With…
DIY Snow Globe for Christmas with Krazy Glue
This post is sponsored by Krazy Glue. All thoughts, feelings and ideas are my own. Around Christmas, I’m always looking for fun ideas to get the kids involved in decorating the house or coming up with a fun little present or two to give to their friends. My kids in particular seem to have an…
Easy DIY Fabric Gift Basket with Cricut Maker
This post has been sponsored by Cricut. All thoughts, opinions and ideas about this easy DIY fabric gift basket are my own. Affiliate link in this post. #cricutmaker #cricutmade #cricut We are quickly approaching the holiday season! There always seems to be a million gifts to hand out this time of year, and it’s always…
Glitter Light Bulb Garland + Printable
It’s craft lightning time again! That means I’m offering up one super easy craft that takes less that 15 minutes to make (not including drying time) as part of a big bloggy group, so there’s more than just one fast Christmas craft out there for you to pick up. I’ve got a really fun glitter…
Holiday Light Stroll Party Ideas
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions in this Holiday Light Stroll Party are mine alone. #HolidayFlavorsAreHere #CollectiveBias Over the Holidays, I’ll use just about any excuse to get people together to celebrate. Even if it’s just walking through the neighborhood to look at some Christmas lights. It’s…
Gingerbread House How-To Ebook Must Have!
How do you make your gingerbread houses? You can go to the store and buy a totally stale piece of cardboardesque pre-made gingerbread house kit or use some crumbly graham crackers to build a house looking thing, but those gingerbread avenues have always lacked a fair bit of charm. There’s no fragrant smell of gingerbread…
Christmas Cookies: Peanut Butter Buckeyes
Half of my family is gluten-free, which takes a little fun out of exploring cookie recipes at Christmas…that no flour thing can be hard. When I come across a cookie that is perfect for everyone? We give that recipe a workout! We had a true winner this year, the Midwestern favorite, peanut butter buckeyes. It’s…
Christmas Gift Wrapping Ideas
Yesterday I got a cute little box of goodies in the mail from Darby Smart. It was good timing, too, as I had just finished wrapping up all my gifts and needed a few pretties on them to make them special looking under the tree. The box came with baker’s twine, silver glitter washi tape,…
Tween Party Dress Playdate Idea
I’ve done a fair number of photo shoots over the last 6 years, and from that I know if there is one detail you cannot overlook it is the outfit you wear to the party. If you want every photo to sparkle–you make sure the kids are wearing clean and themed clothing. Now that I…
Christmas Kid Craft: Stained Glass Windows
This post was sponsored by Elmer’s Products, Inc. All thoughts, opinions and craftiness are my own! Once in awhile I like to pull out a Christmas kid craft project for my brood that I know they will flip over but will take a bit of concentration on their part to finish. Not everything can be…