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I feel like a mantel can set the tone for the whole room. When decorating our house this Christmas, I started with the mantels and then moved to the rest of the house. TV/Living Room: I am so happy with how this mantel turned out. I wanted to use the gold framed picture we have… Continue reading My Mantels This Christmas
All I want for Christmas are…. … matching pajamas, matching pajamas, matching pajamas… All I want for Christmas are matching pajamas… for the whole family! I love when I look through Christmas catalogs and they have matching pajamas for the whole family. The only downfall is the price…ouch! They are usually more than I am… Continue reading Matching Christmas Pajamas
We opened our Hot Chocolate Bar for the season during our Open House in early December! The bar includes both child-friendly and “Adult Only” mix-ins. Child Friendly:Peppermint sticksStirring StrawsMarshmallows Dipping CookiesAdult-Only:Godiva LiquorBailey’s Irish CreamWhiskey Our “Adult Only” mix-ins are segregated into a basket so that they are distinguishably different. The child friendly mix-ins are placed in… Continue reading Hot Chocolate Bar
This post has been getting a lot of traffic from Pinterest! To everyone who may be making their way here from Pinterest – if you have any questions about the menu items (recipes), invite or children crafts just ask in the comment section at the end of the post and I will get back to… Continue reading Christmas Open House 2013
Last year, to kick off the Christmas holiday season we added a Hot Cocoa Bar to our dining room: It was such a hit that I decided I wanted to do something for Fall with Cider:It is a fun way to serve a seasonal drink during a party or get togetherThis bar won’t stay out… Continue reading Hot Apple Cider Bar
My Hubbie’s birthday was last weekend. Unfortunately (and fortunately 🙂 I was away on my sister’s bachelorette destination weekend in Nashville. Of course I wish I could have celebrated with him on the real day, but we made do and celebrated last night! Eliana’s favorite shape right now is a heart. Her favorite color is… Continue reading Bake a Valentine Heart (Birthday) Cake for your Sweetie
We decorated Easter eggs last night by melting crayons! I stumbled upon a cool new way to decorate Easter eggs by using crayons while the eggs are still hot when perusing Pinterest. It was very simple and also not very messy. We decorated them this way with a 9 year old (my cousin Mindi) and… Continue reading Melted Crayon Easter Eggs – Dye Free Easter Eggs
I know…it is a little early for Christmas decorations…but I love them! And we are going to be out of town the majority of the next few weeks so this way it will be done when we get back in town in early December. Family/TV Room: Sunroom: More Family/TV Room: This room has a… Continue reading Our Mantels This Christmas – 2013
Also check out 2013’s updated Cocoa Bar: This year while decorating for Christmas/Winter we decided that it would be fun to have a Hot Cocoa Bar. Jonathan and I have used to several times throughout this season already, but I really love the idea of Eliana growing up with a Cocoa Bar. What a… Continue reading Hot Cocoa Bar
Our homemade, or better yet, “Child Made” wrapping paper looks a little bit like modern art – freeform shapes and lines that intersect in beautiful disarray! It looks a little bit like our Child Made Thank You Cards except we only used red white and green paint for this art project. It is a fun… Continue reading DIY Wrapping Paper
