A Child Is Born

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Merry Christmas everyone. It’s a very special time of year.

The Cutest Little Santa You Ever Did See

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I couldn’t resist y’all.

Santa Baby

Come Tour Our Christmas Home!

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Well Christmas is just a week away I cannot believe it. Even though Christmas comes at the exact same time each year, it sure manages to sneak up on me. Luckily I am done shopping though so that’s a relief! Today I am going to take you on a little tour of the Christmas casa so come on in. :)

Home Tour

All I Want For Christmas HUGE Giveaway Part TWO!!!

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Hey hey hey! I’m so excited to tell you all that we are having ANOTHER HUGE giveaway!! The last Pick your Own Prize giveaway was a huge success so we wanted to bring you one more! Lucky you! And 5 of you will get to choose your amazing prize package, so head on over and enter! :)

A Festive Christmas Mantel

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Woohoo the Christmas mantel is done!! I’m pretty much done decorating the house now for Christmas so that’s nice. I was done early this year. Now I just need to finish my shopping! Oh and the weather seriously needs to get cooler. It’s like 75 and 80 degrees again! Anywho, let’s just get right to the mantel.

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A Curated Holiday Gift Guide

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Hi friends! Guess what?? I was asked (along with 6 other bloggers) to be a curator for J0ss & Main’s Holiday Gift Guide and I am seriously pinching myself! This time around I had fun picking out items that I’d love to gift to others.  I kept all types of budgets in mind, so I know you will find something you will love to give as a gift, or receive.  :) Here’s a little sneak peek of my favorite gift picks this season. See the holiday guide here, and if you aren’t yet a member of Joss & Main you can sign up here.

DIY Glitter Leaves {Easy Christmas Craft}

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Hope you all have had a wonderful week so far! I feel like I’ve been going ninety to nothing, getting bits and pieces accomplished but not a full and complete task, know what I mean? Anywho, I did manage to make a very easy Christmas craft this week and I love how it came out.  It was basically free too which was a bonus.  So here are my easy DIY glitter leaves:

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The Christmas Mantel

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Well, hello there!!!  It’s been a while, yes?  I’ve missed you all so much, and before I show the mantel I want to thank all of you for the sweet comments, emails, tweets, and Facebook messages about the pregnancy.  I am feeling much better these days and am trying to get back in the groove, [...]

10 Advent Calendar Tutorials

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Well Christmas is literally just around the corner, I can’t believe it!  And if you are planning on making an advent calendar this year, it’s already time to start thinking about it since they need to be displayed by December 1. :)  So I’ve compiled a list of my 10 favorite DIY advent calendars floating [...]

Silhouette Advent Calendar

Silhouette Advent Calendar

I’m so happy to let you all know about an awesome advent calendar from the wonderful makers of Silhouette! They are running a special ($10 off) for you all, where you can buy the calendar system, and it comes with the white shadow box and a download card so you can cut all of the [...]

Handmade Holidays with Knitty Bitties

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Happy Friday everyone! One of my most favorite Etsy shops in the world, Knitty Bitties has kicked off her yearly Handmade Holiday promotions in her shop! This is such a great event because you are able to buy some of her most popular items in bulk, at a discount. And you get to choose your [...]

Dressing Up Your Gifts {Free Printable Tags Alert}

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Have you all seen the adorable gift tags that Jones Design Company offered as a free download on their site?  I was so crazy about them when I saw that post, and printed them out immediately.  And all you need is a regular printer and some cardstock paper! Sure you can just use the regular [...]

Because It’s All About Jesus

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Christmas, that is.  I wanted to make something for us to be reminded of what Christmas is truly all about.  I’ll be the first to admit it is difficult sometimes to not get caught up with all of the presents, pretty lights, baking, ribbon, parties, photo shoots, Christmas trees, garland…you get the idea I’m sure. [...]

A Magical Christmas Village

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I love Christmas.  It’s been really exciting decorating this year.  Maybe because I have a blog now to share everything. :)  But my husband has been pumped this year too, and even has been helping me get things situated.  What a guy. :) I really wanted a nativity set to display this year, but couldn’t [...]

Deck the Mantel

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Ho ho ho!  It’s definitely beginning to feel like Christmas now.  We’ve been busy ever since Friday trying to get all of the Christmas decorations up, but I’ve learned when you have a toddler, you have to do it in increments. :) But I did manage to get the mantel complete so that’s what I’ll [...]

My Homemade Stockings

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Hey everyone!  I must say, I am pretty darn happy with how these stockings came out.  Oh wait, you didn’t know I was making stockings did you? :) When my Grandma was in town last week, I had her help me make the first one so I would know what to do on the other [...]

My Version of the Ballard Alphabet Wreath

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I am sure you all have seen the lovely alphabet wreath in Ballard’s new catalog right?  This one… Well that is actually the one from their website, but the one in the catalog looks prettier. Anyway, here is my version… Yes, I know it’s not as grand as the Ballard wreath.  And I also know [...]