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Gingerbread Village 2024
Every December we create a gingerbread village. We do a ton of brainstorming and come up with a theme that really inspires us. Some years it is more elaborate with completely home made buildings and
The Best Stocking Stuffer Guide for Last-Minute Shoppers!
Christmas is fast approaching and while you may have started crossing your holiday gift giving of your list, how are you doing on stockings?? I love stockings, I love creating that cornucopia effect of a
Gettin Gifty: It’s time to find a gift!
It’s the mooooost wonderful time of the yearrrrr! And it’s time to find gifts for all of the wonderful people in your life. Which can sometimes be hard! So we’ve put together a list of
The Best Bourbon Vanilla Cranberry Sauce & Shockingly Good “Leftover” Cocktail!
The first year I made Thanksgiving dinner, I found the most wonderful Cranberry sauce recipe on a blog. Up until this point I my life, cranberry sauce had always been that gelatinous stuff that came
Deliciously decadent rolls: The best you’ll ever find
At every major holiday in our family there is one constant. Yeast rolls. These deliciously decadent rolls have been a part of our family history for decades. Our great great grandmother made them, then her
Gingerbread Building Tips & Tricks to make this the easiest year yet!
Building gingerbread houses should be fun and easy, right? If we’re going to get complicated lets do it in the decor, not the building! After years of building and baking our own gingerbread we’ve come
5 Ways to Beat Holiday Stress and Truly Savor the Season!
I absolutely love the holiday season, but this year it is already feeling a bit overwhelming. All of the pressure to have the decorations, traditions, activates, gift giving, baking, cooking, hosting, you name it. Then
The History of the Gingerbread House
In our family, a gingerbread house village has become a tradition that we look forward to every year. We take one day and spend the entire day decorating and enjoying each others company. Some years
Painting the Viral Walmart Nutcrackers
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The most Satisfying Halloween DIY
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TJ’s Maple Marshmallows: To Rice Krispie or to not Rice Krispie?
If you’re anything like us, you LOVE Trader Joe’s and all of the fun seasonal items that come out throughout the year. One of our favorite Fall items is the Maple Marshmallows. I was skeptical
Play Kitchen Glow up
Well this project wasn’t exactly planned, but sometimes an opportunity just falls in your lap and… Back story, I’ve been looking at play kitchens for a while and was sort of struggling with a couple
Lottie’s Journey with Osteosarcoma
For the TLDR version, skip to the bottom! As many of you may know, my dogs are like my kids. I am obsessed with them and will do almost anything for them. My last dog,
Vintage Barbies, Family Heirlooms?
I was home recently visiting my mom and helping her clean out closets and trying to be useful. After all the work she has done these past few years helping us pack, move and unpack,