Last week I posted about possible gift ideas for teachers. After I gathered all my ideas, I went to work creating something for Mia’s Preschool teachers. I wanted to give them something both fun and functional, and I decided to make it a “thank you” gift of sorts.
The only times I’ve ever thought about not having a real Christmas tree in the house have all been times of pregnancy or since I’ve had kids; times when it felt like the cons might outweigh the pros (which is pretty big for me, because I LOVE living Christmas trees).
As Christmas draws near, I’ve got gifts for teachers on the brain. If you’ve read this post from last June, you already know that I am notorious for forgetting to pre-plan teacher gifts and end up scrambling the night before. I promised myself that this year I would get on the ball, so I am starting now! I’ve got one week of school left before my daughter is out for Christmas, so I am really ahead of the game compared to last year.
Things have been ridiculously busy for us over the last week or so. My mother and father-in-law were here for a full week for the Thanksgiving holiday, so I was busy prepping for their stay and then enjoying our time with them. We managed to squeeze a WHOLE lot into one little week, including a trip to the Denver Zoo, a Christmas Lighting at Pearl Street in Boulder, an overnight getaway for myself and the Mr. in Vail, CO to celebrate 7 happy years of marriage, Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping. Phew. I’m still exhausted.
It’s already time to start thinking about Christmas cards… didn’t we just do this? Because I swear I just sent mine out, like, two months ago. Somehow 2013 has flown by; but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a great year! Every year when I send out my Christmas card, I like to include a little overview of the past year or reveal some exciting news for the coming year. That’s where the inspiration comes from for most of the Christmas cards that I create in my Etsy shop.
I decided a while back that I wanted to do a travel theme in our guest bedroom/basement after I had seen lots of cute ideas on Pinterest. Since we have big empty walls in the basement, I had my heart set on covering the wall above our couch/bed with a large vintage hanging map. I figured it would be fun if visitors could also sign their name on it as proof of their visit. Many years from now, it will be nice to see just how many friends and family members we’ve had come and stay with us.
I looked up several tutorials on creating a DIY hanging map before combining a few of them to make my own. It turned out to be pretty easy and really affordable.
Hello, friends! Are you gearing up for Thanksgiving?
I LOVE Thanksgiving. I am a huge fan of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, rolls… ok, food in general. Not to mention, I love the idea of celebrating all you are thankful for at least one day a year. And I believe it should be spent with family or friends, because really, I think every holiday is better when spent with those you love.
I guess it’s a mason jar kind of week since I just talked about making pumpkins and other Halloween decor from mason jar lids on Wednesday. So let’s just continue on with the theme and discuss painted mason jar pumpkins – the perfect craft to do with your child this Halloween/fall. Since Mia loves crafts…
So ever since I purchased some of those Ball vintage blue mason jars about 6 months ago, I’ve become obsessed with them. They are basically all we drink out of anymore, and I use them as vases and to store stuff and just to fill space when necessary because they always look good. But because…
