Looking for a last-minute, kid-friendly New Year's Eve idea? These golden, sparkle-y, glitter hats are perfect! Even better, they're easy to put together and use supplies that are easy to gather (or that you might have on hand). Just paint any party hat with metallic paint, sprinkle glitter onto …
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how to make sequined balloons (and prepping for 2014!)
I might've mentioned this once or twice, but I really love this time of year! New Year's in all its glittery, sparkle-y, fresh-chance, new-start glory is holiday perfection. While perusing pictures of my favorite projects of the year, I noticed the sequined balloons that we made for the Mimosa …
last minute DIY gifts (make a present in 45 minutes or less!)
It's funny, I have been sewing and baking and crafting my little heart out this last week. After declaring this the year-of-no-handmade-gifts, I sure have been in a gift-making-flurry. My theory is that I don't feel obligated (and have all of the kids' gift shopping finished), so I have time on my …
holiday party favors- pie boxes (with free printable files)
Yum. There are lots of things to love about the holiday season, but a whole buffet of treats, and especially PIE, ranks at the top of my list (also, leftovers, but you already knew that). Trailing closely behind my love of treats and pie is my love of packaging, making single serve pie slice …
free printable gift card envelope
December is nuts around here (for you too?)! No matter how much advance planning I do, or how early start of a start I get, there is always a little bit of December chaos. One of my favorite holiday-simplifiers is having gift cards on hand, just in case (and sometimes as my first choice- …
homemade vanilla marshmallows
Sometime last Spring, Burke and Piper Jane tried homemade marshmallows. As they professed their undying love for this most-fluffy-of-treats, I promised, “Next winter, we’ll try to make our own homemade marshmallows.” And, folks, the Smooches have iron trap memories about this kind of thing. With …
creative gift wrap ideas- 8 ways to dress up a brown paper package
Would you believe that almost all of my wrapping is finished already? Amazing what this year's no-last-minute-gift-crafting has done for our December Crazy Level. And since I have resolved not to buy any new gift wrap this year, our entire stack of gifts (so far) is wrapped in brown kraft paper …
handmade gifts- j crew-esque sparkle sweatshirt
Hey friends! Today I'm over at La Famille, sharing a handmade gift idea and tutorial for part of Alicia's handmade gifts series. Alicia is on of our very best girls- come on by and check out all of the handmade gift-y magic she's been collecting! …
rearranging christmas- how we’re taking it down a notch this year
As we wade into the chaotic waters of December this year, my heart is a little unsettled. Part of it is that I already feel behind and we're only three days in. But part of it is the kind of 'unsettled' that indicates a rattling around my conscience, soliciting change, or at the very least a careful …
simple DIY thankful banner
If you are hosting Thanksgiving and want to add a simple 'give thanks' garland to your decor, you've come to the right place. We made this banner by cutting out felt flags, cutting out felt letters (we just eyeballed them), stringing the letters together and hanging a row of yarn tassels above …