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.
Holiday Decor
Low Mess Greenery Ideas to Add Natural Touch to Your Christmas Decor
Bringing the beauty of evergreen Christmas trees into your home for the Holidays doesn’t have to come with a mess. We love how real the look of our artificial Christmas tree from Balsam Hill looks decked for the Holidays and we love that there is no mess to clean up afterward. There is no reason
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Holiday Decor
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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Holiday Decor
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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Gift Guides
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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Main Dishes
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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Desserts
Homemade Chocolate Hazelnut Spread (Better Than Justin’s!)
I learned the other day that Nutella was a complete accident and it was created during the chocolate rations of World War 2. It’s one of the few products on the market where the inventors were trying to water down chocolate and ended up making a product better than the original. Fast forward to today,
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Appetizers & Sides
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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Interiors & Exteriors
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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Gift Guides
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