Do you have a family birthday that falls right smack in the middle of the holidays OR it might even be on a holiday!? Somehow we ended up having all our kids around a holiday. Not sure how this happened, but I won't work too hard trying to figure it out either. ;) Sometimes our Jeremiah's birthday falls on Thanksgiving day. This year it falls on the Sunday before. I am probably overly cautious that he feels celebrated, valued, and loved when it comes to his birthday. I don't want him to ever Continue Reading
Christmas Joy {Stick Sign Tutorial}
Imagine a mom out in the backyard playing with her kids. As she is noticing the change of color in the trees and enjoying the cool breeze, she can't help but keep gathering sticks and throwing them in a pile. To do what with them she does not know, but she has to save them. That mom is me a lot of days. You have seen my stick obsession in my stick heart wall art and in my stick Thanksgiving turkey. Today, I want to show you my latest stick creation. My Christmas Joy sign! I started with a Continue Reading
Stick Turkey (Thanksgiving Decoration from your back yard)
Can you believe Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away!? I cannot. Christmas is on my mind. I have been crafting for it and preparing my Handmade Christmas party (that you are invited too!), but I don't want to skip Thanksgiving in the process. Fall is one of my favorite times of year. I love the changing colors and the special time it is to reflect on all we have to be thankful for. I made this simple, rustic stick turkey as an easy decorative element to add to my Thanksgiving decor. It Continue Reading
Fall Mantel {with tips and tricks}
I decorated our mantel last weekend for fall! I already loved how it was decorated, so it was a little hard at first to start messing with it at first. Now, I love it again! For someone who doesn't like change, I can quickly adapt to holiday decor. I wanted to share a few tips that helped me brainstorm this creation. These are tips and tricks that I used and thought through to help create this look. I hope they can help you too! After the tips, I will break down where I got each item or link Continue Reading
DIY Paper Pumpkins
I can't believe fall is here. Although the "official" first day of fall isn't till later this month, I am so excited to start decorating for my favorite season. This weekend I pulled out my bucket of fall decor and happily started placing my collection of pumpkins around the house. I love fall. As I was in the basement getting my bucket of fall stuff, I saw my huge box of left over moving paper. When we moved in, I had a hard time throwing out the paper we used to wrap some of our breakable Continue Reading