If you thought I was done with birch branch projects, oh how wrong you would be! During the holidays I made mini tree place cards and tiny ornaments. I also have birch branches in a tall glass vase adorning the landing on my stairs. But here's another project using a bit larger birch branch. This one might be my favorite yet and can be used all year long. A ...
Holiday Baking
Baker's One Bowl Brownies are the simplest thing to make and although they are delicious with a chocolate ganache, I could not resist using these letters to decorate. The chipboard letters we found in the dollar section at Target turned out to be the perfect size to spell out Merry Xmas! Now all we have to do is add a scoop of Old World Eggnog Talenti Gelato to each slice. Yum! ...
Paper Bag and Chalkboard Advent Calendar
This post gets pinned, re-pinned, posted and linked more than any other project I have done. In fact, I recently sold the photo of my original paper bag advent calendar to an Austrian Magazine. So, I thought why not re-make it with a little tweaking and updating. I think my favorite thing about this project was the surprise that I discovered as the first few days went by and cards started ...
A Fall Front Porch Lit Up for Halloween
Our front porch is decorated and lit up for Halloween with candle light and the warm glow of Edison bulbs in our old lanterns. As the days get shorter I realize that our front steps are quite dark. So I've added a few jars with candles and not only does it add a little extra light, but it makes a very warm welcome too! I've used my Sharpie paint pen on the glass door and wrote trick-or-treat at ...
I’m getting ready for Halloween…
It may be a little early to be ready for trick-or-treaters, but there's plenty of candy in the stores and I loved these adorable treat sacks I found at The Container Store. Halloween is kind of a big deal in our area if you live "in town." People come from all over to trick-or-treat with their little ones on our quaint streets that are decked out for the night on October 31st. I filled each bag ...
A DIY Gift Wrap Idea
This post was featured today on the tinyprints blog. I love these gift tag stickers from tinyprints. There are more photos right here. I'm also working on a post featuring the new line of tinyprints holiday cards that gives you ideas on how to display all those pretty photo cards. More on that later, but check out the beautiful new cards at tinyprints.com. ...