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Farmhouse Plaid Christmas Advent Calendar

Close up of the plaid boxes on the Christmas advent calendar.

This Farmhouse Plaid Christmas advent calendar is the perfect way to countdown to Christmas in style. Free printable buffalo check plaid and Christmas tartan plaid create a beautiful advent calendar. December is quickly approaching and that means the countdown to Christmas! Our family loves having an activity advent calendar to countdown the days until Christmas … Read more

Homemade Decorative Napkins

Acorn stamped decorative napkin in a rose gold napkin ring on a white plate.

Thanksgiving is right around the corner! Even though I like to use disposable napkins for Thanksgiving (we have a big family), I still wanted them to be festive. So to add a little flair to our Thanksgiving table, I made these Homemade Decorative Napkins. They are fun and quick to make from a DIY stamp. Or you … Read more

Free Desktop & Smartphone Backgrounds for November

Happy Halloween! I’m not going to lie, I am really excited that today is Halloween so tomorrow all the craziness will be over. We have had so much fun this last week (or two), but I am exhausted. When did Halloween become a 3 week event? So after you are done filling your trick-or-treat bags tonight, … Read more

Printable Baking Substitutions Chart

Hate running to store for last minute ingredients, this printable baking substitutions chart is perfect for your kitchen. I’ve had this printable in my head for way too long. I have a not-so-pretty list of my most used baking substitutions in my kitchen but knew I wanted to get a cute version done before the … Read more

Harry Potter Quidditch Robes Halloween Costume

Young boy wearing a DIY Harry Potter Quidditch costume in red for the Gryffindor team and riding a DIY broom.

Are you ready for Halloween costume #2? I am a little sad that my kids don’t want matching costumes, now that they are 7 and 5 I guess they want their own unique costumes and that is okay. So after finishing up the Officer Hopps costume for my daughter I got to work on making … Read more

Officer Judy Hopps Halloween Costume

Young girl wearing a DIY Judy Hopps halloween costume with ears and face painted as a bunny.

Dress up as Officer Judy Hopps from Zootopia with this fun Halloween Costume. If you’ve been following along for a while, you know that I love making Halloween costumes. Maybe I should have went into costume design, but instead I just get to have a blast every October making my kids costume dreams come true. … Read more

DIY Paper Halloween Lanterns

Black boo lantern next to white mini pumpkin with orange pumpkin lantern in the background.

It’s time for another fun Silhouette Challenge. I had so much fun last month with my first challenge that I happily jumped at the opportunity to do it again. This month’s challenge is Fall-o-ween and since we are busy decorating our home for Halloween, I decided to use my Silhouette to make some more Halloween decor. … Read more

Easy DIY Farmhouse Style Spiderweb Throw Pillow

Drop cloth throw pillow with spiderweb design sewn in one of the corners laying on a wood background.

I was just telling my husband how sad it was that I am barely getting around to sharing Halloween decor with you. September was so crazy busy that I didn’t even have time to think about Halloween. Decorating for Halloween is one of my favorite things so I am diving in head first this month … Read more

Masquerade Ball Themed Birthday Party

Last week we got to celebrate our baby turning 5! I seriously can’t believe she is 5 already, time sure has flown. She is a spunky, determined, beautiful little princess. She loves all things girly and I absolutely love putting together her birthday parties. It’s like I’m living vicariously through her doing all the girly … Read more

Free Digital Backgrounds for October

One more month has just flown by around here! We are in full school mode and with it comes lots of activities. This whole week I have been working full days helping with our school book fair. I love being able to help, but that means I haven’t had a chance to be creative and DIY anything. So instead, I took a quick minute to get the free digital backgrounds for October ready, and it feels good to have them ready a couple days before the month is over!

Grapevine wreath with succulents made out of colored leathers on it hanging on a green door.

Sadly, this year I am way slow at getting my fall decor out. Usually I am super excited to bring on the rustic fall decor, but this year it has been so hot I’m having a hard time getting in the mood. So instead of making obvious fall decor, I decided to make something a … Read more

Pumpkin Pie Whipped Honey Butter Recipe

I am a pumpkin fanatic! Who’s with me? As I was figuring out all the amazing posts I was going to share with you this fall, I realized I didn’t have a single pumpkin recipe to share. Well that was not going to do, for someone who survives on all things pumpkin from mid-August till January. … Read more