9 Christmas Cookies

Good morning! You can’t have Christmas without cookies. Am I right? ;) Seriously, do you think Santa would leave any presents under the tree if you didn’t leave out some yummy cookies & a big glass of milk? ha! ;) So today I have rounded up some of the yummiest cookies from the last several {wow me} wednesday parties with these 9 Christmas Cookies that will be perfect for Christmas. Remember this week’s party is still going on. So be sure to swing by & check that out. If you are a blogger be sure to link up some of your latest projects & ideas right here. I’d love to see them & feature you, too. Buuuut first check out this delicious & festive feature post. Enjoy! :)

15 Christmas Ideas

Merry Christmas! It’s almost here….just 22 days away! :) I hope you are busy getting everything ready & have a wonderful holiday with your family. I usually have a late night gift wrapping marathon on Christmas Eve. Buuuut this year my goal is to have everything wrapped weeks before. So I can go to bed early on Christmas Eve. I hope! I’ll let you know how that turns out. haha! I am done with my Christmas shopping. So that’s a big change from my usual. haha! Today I am excited to be sharing 15 Christmas Ideas that were linked up to last several {wow me} wednesday parties. This week’s party is still going on! Be sure to swing by to check out this week’s link ups. You can do that here. Buuuuut first check out this very festive feature post. Enjoy! :)

DIY Christmas Sign {tutorial}

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Good morning! I am so excited to take part in another Creative Crafts blog series. Annnnnd to be participating in the Christmas Edition is even more fun! :) With this crazy year we have been through, I am super excited to put all my focus & energy on my little family & the holidays coming up! One of my favorite parts of the holidays is the holiday crafting, and this cute DIY Christmas Sign would make the perfect Christmas craft. My sisters & I are actually making this craft over Zoom this Thanksgiving. haha! Isn’t that a sign of the times!? ;) Let me show you how easy it was to put together. :)

6 Sweet valentine Ideas

Good morning! Valentine’s is in 3 short days! Can you believe it? I thought I would celebrate that by sharing these 6 Sweet Valentine Ideas with you that were linked up to last week’s {wow me} wednesday party. This week’s party will start tonight at 7 pm central. I’d love to have you join in! One of my favorite things to do is feature other bloggers. I am so grateful for those of you who share your fabulous ideas week after week at my {wow me} wednesday link party. You rock! :) Sooooooooo, I hope you all will check out this week’s lovely features! Enjoy! :) (You’ll want to scroll down to the end of this post. I’m sharing tons of handmade Valentine ideas, too!)

70+ Handmade Valentine Ideas

Hello! Good morning! Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. Annnnnd I am working on a fun Valentine’s post for next week with some cute DIY Valentine card ideas with my Cricut machine. Buuuuut first, I thought it would be fun to look back & share some of the fun handmade Valentine ideas that I’ve shared here over the years. Most of these don’t required any special crafting tools & don’t cost a lot of money to put together. I hope you enjoy this look back at 70+ Handmade Valentine Ideas as much as I did putting it together. Enjoy! :)

Simple Handmade Valentine & Printable

8 Advent Calendar Ideas

Good morning! I truly can’t believe that we have less than a week until Christmas. Eek! This year has flown! One of our favorite things to do each holiday season is to count down the days. ha! How about your family? My kiddos love knowing exactly how many days until Christmas. :) That’s why I am excited to be featuring 8 Advent Calendar Ideas that were linked up to the last several {wow me} wednesday parties. Remember this week’s party is still going strong. Be sure to stop by & check that out. If you are a blogger, link up your ideas. I’d love to see them & feature you, too. You can do all of that right here. Buuuuut first, check out this fun feature post. Enjoy! :)

10 Farmhouse Christmas Ideas

Good morning! After  I wrote this post full of ah-mazing Farmhouse Christmas Ideas, I realized that I had made a super similar post a few weeks ago with even more farmhouse Christmas ideas. I guess you could say I’m a little obsessed with everything farmhouse. ha! How about you? ;) I’m hoping it never goes out of style. Especially since I have shiplap walls in my kitchen. :) Anyways, I hope you enjoy this post as much as I enjoyed putting it together. Remember this week’s party is still going strong. Be sure to head over & check that out if you get the chance. You can do that here. Buuuuut first check out this fun farmhouse inspired feature post. Enjoy! :)

25+ Personalized Christmas Ideas with Cricut

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Good morning! I’m back! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. Annnnd look here comes Christmas! :) A few weeks ago I shared my cute personalized stocking tutorial made with my Cricut Explore Air 2 and my cute EasyPress Mini with you. I talked about how much I love to personalize those holiday moments, about our family’s stocking tradition & how easy that was to do with my Cricut family of products. Well, guess what? Some of my favorite Cricut bloggers were all given that exact same assignment ~ to share a personalized Christmas project & to share the meaning or story behind it & the tutorial. I love that each of us took our own spin to that fun topic. Annnnnd today I’d love to show off some of my fellow Cricut bloggers with these 25+ Personalized Christmas Ideas with Cricut. Let’s get started! :)

10 Farmhouse Christmas Ideas

Good morning! How are you? We are busy getting ready for our big Thanksgiving trip up to Idaho to see our college kiddos. Annnnnd I’m not going to lie….we’d love to see some snow, too! :) I have already packed up all my fall decor, and I’ll have a clean slate when we get back to bust out all those Christmas decorations. Yay! Today I am excited to be featuring 10 Farmhouse Christmas Ideas with you that were linked up to the last several {wow me} wednesday parties. They are all fabulous! Remember this week’s party is still going strong. Don’t forget to check it out here. If you are a blogger, be sure to link up your latest posts. I’d love to feature you, too! Buuuut first enjoy this lovely feature post. :)

Easy Personalized Stockings with My Cricut Explore Air 2 {tutorial}

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Good morning! I can’t believe the holidays are just around the corner! This year has flown by! I’m kind of in denial that it is already November. So crazy! Buuuut I know that I need to start thinking about Christmas and all the fun holiday festivities that are coming up. We have so many family traditions around the holidays, and my kiddos look forward to them every single year. One of our biggest traditions are stockings. We have a set of stockings that we have been using for a long time, but they don’t really fit our style anymore. I recently found these perfect farmhouse stockings when I was out & about, & I knew they would be perfect for our home. I also wanted to personalize each of them with our names. There is just something special about having your name on something. Don’t you think? That’s why I love having a Cricut Explore Air 2. It makes personalizing things like this so easy! It’s also great for personalized gifts and just about anything holiday related that you can dream up. Let me show you how I made these Easy Personalized Stockings. Let’s go!

DIY Mason Jar Christmas Crafts

Good morning! Christmas is 4 days away! :) Last night my oldest got home from college, so now our festivities can officially begin. :) Mason jar crafts are some of my favorites. Annnnnd today I am excited to feature 10 DIY Mason Jar Christmas Crafts that were linked up over the last several {wow me} wednesday parties. Remember this week’s party is still going strong. Be sure to swing by & check that out when you can. If you are a blogger, be sure to link up your most recent ideas & projects. I’d love to see them & feature you, too. You can do that here. Buuuuut first check out this week’s very merry feature post. Enjoy! :)

10 Things Not to Forget This Holiday Season

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Good morning! The big day is almost here! We are almost in the single digits countdown! Are you ready? It seems like every year I’m down to the last minute on so many things. I’m trying to do better this year. ha! Buuut I’m usually a wrap everything on Christmas Eve kind of girl. I kind of like that tradition. ;) Thank goodness everything usually works out when I do that. It wasn’t always that way though! There has been many a Christmas Eve when I’m in the middle of “Santa” mode, & I have realized I have forgotten something! Like the batteries! Eek! Right now you can receive a $5 Walmart eGift card when your purchase $15 worth of Energizer® batteries or lights this holiday season. Today I am sharing my 10 Things Not to Forget this Holiday Season list with you! I want to hear what’s on your list, too!

1. Batteries!!!!!

Many years one of those things that has been forgotten are the batteries! Which isn’t good when toys & games (that need batteries) are always on the top of my kiddo’s Christmas list. I don’t really have this problem anymore, because I love to stock up on Energizer® batteries all year long & especially at the holidays. Annnnnd this holiday season you can score a $5 Walmart eGift card when your purchase $15 of Energizer® batteries or lights. :)

8 Vintage Christmas Ideas

Hello there! It’s cold! Yesterday we did get above freezing though! :) How’s the weather where you are??? Anyone have any snow? My sister lives in North Carolina, and they got a bunch. :) Today I am excited to be featuring 8 Vintage Christmas Ideas that were linked up to the last two week’s {wow me} wednesday parties. All of these ideas can be used year after year, and they’ll always look ah-mazing! Don’t forget! This week’s party is still going on. Feel free to swing by & check out even more fantastic holiday ideas. If you are a blogger, be sure to link up your ideas. I’d love to see them & feature you, too. You can do that here. Buuuut first check out this very merry feature post. Enjoy! :)

10 Hot Cocoa Ideas

Good morning! One our favorite things to do as a family each winter is to host a hot chocolate bar. There are so many fun variations & yummy toppings & party ideas planned all around hot cocoa that you can do. So today I am excited to feature 10 Hot Cocoa Ideas that were linked up to the last two {wow me} wednesday parties. Remember this week’s party is still going on. So be sure to swing by & check that out. If you are a blogger be sure to link up some of your latest projects & ideas right here. I’d love to see them & feature you, too. Buuuut first, stick around & check out this hot & yummy feature post. Enjoy! :)

8 Rustic Christmas Ideas

Goooooooood morning! Are you a pre-Thanksgiving Christmas decorator or after Thanksgiving? I’m definitely the latter, buuuuut I do enjoy looking at Christmas ideas any time. ;) Annnnnd today I am excited to feature 8 Rustic Christmas Ideas that were linked up to the last two {wow me} wednesday parties. Aren’t they pretty?? Remember this week’s party is still going on. Feel free to pop over here to see what everyone is up to this week. Buuuuut first check out this very Christmas-y feature post. Enjoy! :)

Vintage Christmas Truck Sign + A Cricut Holiday Blog Hop {tutorial}

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Good morning! I am so, so excited about this fun blog hop all about the holidays we celebrate in December. Although, I am so not ready for Christmas YET! (My kiddos were so confused when I busted out this cute Vintage Christmas Truck Sign. They are so into Halloween right now! haha!) Buuuuut it’s never too early to prepare & start thinking about the holidays. I’ll have links to tons of other Cricut inspired holiday crafts at the end of this post. So, you’ll want to stick around for that after I share this easy vinyl sign tutorial with you. Let’s get started! :)

12 Ways to get Your Home Ready for the Holidays

Gooooood morning! Anyone else hosting this holiday season? I am! Annnnnnd whew! I am already working hard getting my house ready. How many weeks until Thanksgiving? ha! I might need to call in some reinforcements. :) All kidding aside, hosting for the holidays can be a little bit stressful. That’s why I am excited to share these 12 Ways to Get Your Home Ready for the Holidays. All of these ah-mazing ideas were linked up to the last several {wow me} wednesday parties. This week’s party is still going on. Feel free to swing by & check it out here. Buuuuut first enjoy this very helpful feature post. :)

Blessing Bags #LightTheWorld

Good morning! I hope you been following along on my facebook page as I have been sharing different ways to light the world each day this month leading up to Christmas. Every day has a new theme & a new way to brighten someone’s life this holiday season. I know my family has been blessed as we have tried to light the world this year. You can find out more & download a calendar to put on your fridge over at Mormon.org. It’s not too late to join! I am a den leader for a pack of crazy Cub Scouts at church. ha! So this year, I thought it would be fun to include them in a fun service project. This week we were able to make Blessing Bags for those that are hungry.

DIY Holiday Gift Tags {tutorial}

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Good morning! Eek! Do you realized that we have exactly 2 weeks until Christmas? Yep! We are running out of time. ha! ;) If you are like me, you are still on the hunt for some of those last minute gifts, too. Annnnd one of the hardest ages to shop for is tweens. Don’t you agree? ;) They aren’t into the little kids things like toys & games, and they aren’t quite big enough for gifts you would give an older child. The good news is that I have found the perfect gift for my own tween daughter. Yay! She is super creative & loves to draw & Sharpie permanent markers have always been a favorite of hers. I found amazing gift packs at Target for an incredible deal, so I wanted to pass it along to you. I also have a tutorial for you today, too! Keep reading, & I’ll show you how to make some cute DIY Holiday Gift Tags to go along with your gifts this year. Let’s get started! :)

 

12 Holiday Wreaths

It’s December! Time to bust out those Christmas decorations. ;) One of the first spots I decorate is our front door. A holiday wreath is always a fun way to greet guest during the holidays. Today I am excited to feature 12 Holiday Wreaths that were linked up to the last two {wow me} wednesday parties. They are all fabulous! Don’t forget! This week’s party is still going on. Feel free to stop by & check all that out here. If you are a blogger, be sure to link up your ideas, too. Buuuuut first check out this Christmassy feature post. Enjoy! :)