Last year's Harry Potter Christmas tree is back up and the kids are in round 2 of Harry Potter ornament crafting (ok, me too! Definitely me too!). I know there probably isn't time to work on any Harry Potter ornaments this year, but I thought I'd still put together a round up of all the ornaments …
winter
DIY pom pom ornaments (anthropologie inspired)
Even though there isn't an Anthropologie here in New Zealand, I still LOVE perusing their Christmas goodies online (so much gorgeousness). And they have the best pom pom Christmas ornaments every year! So of course, we DIYed a whole pile of pom pom ornaments for our Christmas tree. It …
pastel hot chocolate board
Since Piper's birthday is in August (and we've spent her life in Colorado, Saipan, and Texas), we've never once had hot chocolate on her birthday before. But that girl LOVES hot cocoa, and whipped cream and marshmallows are two of her favorite things. So our southern hemisphere home gave …
embroidered map Christmas ornaments
Ok, so these might be my favorite Christmas ornaments that I've made (maybe ever? That's a bold statement, but I REALLY love these New Zealand map ornaments). Maps. Plus Christmas ornaments. Plus embroidery. Plus a nod to our new home in New Zealand. It's pretty much a compilation of a bunch …
DIY kindness Christmas advent calendar (free printables)
I've shouted from the mountaintops about my love for advent calendars for YEARS. And then I moved to New Zealand and *needed* a new one! So we tried something new last year- a Kindness Advent (an act of kindness for each day of December). This advent calendar looked great, and was so much fun …
cookie exchange idea- orange drop cookies
(Orange drop cookies are the perfect not-chocolate-chip holiday treat and my go-to recipe for holiday cookie exchanges!) So Cookie Exchange Parties are not really a thing in New Zealand, but I'm thinking about hosting one this year. When we lived in Colorado, we went to my mother-in-laws …
the prettiest DIY christmas stockings
The thing about moving around the entire world is that you start Christmas from scratch (at least when you move like we do- ha!). But there is a silver lining to this- NEW CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS. Y'all, I love stockings. Like lo-ove them. I made sweater ones long ago (but didn't ever make one for …
harry potter christmas tree
Y'all- it's like all my kids' Harry Potter Christmas dreams came true this year. Yep- we have an exclusively HP Christmas tree- decked out with an entire range of Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin ornaments (and so much other Harry Potter goodness). We came to New Zealand with …
free printable gift wrap
It’s no secret that I love using color engineer prints for all sorts of not-blueprint purposes. My favorites are as super fun gift wrap and as party posters. Since our Christmas décor is heavy on the pink this year (hot pink- where have you been all my life?), I put together some gift wrap to …