2023 Holiday Gift Guides

It’s gift guide season. I’m in my tenth year of compiling gift guides, and while some brands are new (to me) or just *newer*- one theme reigns supreme: these items are things that will last and delight. And as a conscientious gifter, I want to give my circle things that will last beyond a season.

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5 Creative Places to Hang Christmas Wreaths

I love decorating with Christmas wreaths. If you read our post about traditional Christmas decor, you may recall that I don’t like cleaning up pine needles so I try to stay away from large Christmas trees that make a lot of mess- which makes the addition of Christmas wreaths a great way to add greenery around

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Traditional Christmas Decor

I love decorating the house for the Holidays. Christmas is such a fun time of year to bring in natural elements and heirloom pieces to relish in the end of a year well spent. I’m showing you how I decorate our home for the Holidays with traditional Christmas decor in hopes it helps you put

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2020 Holiday Gift Guide

I’m keeping this 2020 Holiday gift guide simple and as small shop supportive as possible. There are only a handful of things on here from Amazon because I couldn’t find a more affordable and fun option anywhere else. There are three categories for this year’s gift guides: quarantine hobbyist, one for ladies, and one for gents!

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Grilled & Stuffed Roast Beast with The Home Depot

Thank you The Home Depot for sponsoring this post. Although this has a sponsored nature to it, all opinions and recipes are my own.  If you’ve got a griller in your life, this is the Christmas recipe they need to have on hand. My friends at Home Depot challenged me to rethink how I cook

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How to Host a Holiday Fondue Party

Thank you Decoy and Tillamook for sponsoring this post. Find your perfect pairing this holiday season with Decoy and Tillamook! I have a serious question, why did cheddar fondue go out of fashion? I mean think about it: it’s the year-round, un-themed version of queso, yet you rarely see people fondu-ing at home! This holiday

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Christmas Master Bedroom Makeover

This post has been sponsored by The Home Depot. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Now that we are over the hurdle of our home renovation, I couldn’t wait to start redecorating with new furniture and allow our Christmas master bedroom to really shine. We have pretty limited closet space, so when I was

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The Complete Guide to Christmas Wrapping

Now that you’ve scored the perfect Christmas gift and have your Christmas outfit picked out, you need to wrap it up nicely! I love the saying “when you wrap a gift nice it shows you care twice.”  I have a propensity to hoard Christmas paper and decorative ribbon, and always source out a good wrapping

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