Tag: christmas
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Homemade Wrapping Paper Inspiration
Do you guys have all your Christmas gifts wrapped already? Ha I don’t even have all mine purchased! A few Christmas’ ago, my daughter asked why most presents are fancy but their presents come just wrapped in wrapping paper with no bows or notes or anything eek! Mom fail! So over those year I have…
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Chocolate Peppermint Mousse Filled Cups
I know we just finished Thanksgiving and are still eating leftovers so Christmas may not be on your mind yet… but for me, I start thinking about Christmas treats back in October! This is by far one of my favorites and looks pretty too. Ever since we went to Belgium, anytime I’m at the store…
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Homemade Wrapping Paper
Do you guys have all your Christmas gifts wrapped already? I do! We’re celebrating a week early because we’re headed out of town Christmas weekend so that forced me to be ahead of the game this year. I love being creative with wrapping paper. Normally, I don’t try to be creative with my kids since…
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Homemade Polaroid Ornaments
Today I want to share some of my favorite ornaments from my Christmas tree. I made these a few years ago but just love seeing them each year. You can also update them by adding new photos, but I like looking at pictures of my kids when they were so little. These are super simple…
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Chocolate Mousse Filled Cups
Ever since we went to Belgium, anytime I’m at the store and see something that is Belgium chocolate, I just have to buy it! I recently came across these little Belgium dark chocolate dessert cups. There is a number of things that you could put in them, but I wanted to make some chocolate mousse-because…
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Melted Crayon Ornaments
My kids love being involved in any part of Christmas decorating. And it’s sometimes tough for me to let the kids be involved because I’m such a perfectionist, but this is a great project for them and it was so fun. I used some clear glass bulbs leftover from ornaments I made a few years…
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas! Over the past few weeks we have had several talks with our kids about the reason we celebrate Christmas. I am so grateful for this time to celebrate the birth of our Savior. I have watched this video so many times and LOVE it, it really puts things…
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COOKIES FOR SANTA
Ok, so you probably know my obsession with the dollar aisle at Target… well, they have some great things for the holidays. The last time I was there I bought a bunch of stuff and thought it was perfect for some holiday cookies. I bought the little milk bottles, paper straws and plastic plates there. And…
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HOLIDAY DECOR
This year I kept the holiday decor pretty simple. I decorated with a lot of pine branches. Luckily, I have a pine tree in my yard that needed a lot of trimming because our Christmas tree was exactly the right height. It’s usually a foot or so too big so I can use all the…