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Christmas Freebie: Letters to Santa Free Printables

Christmas Freebie: Letters to Santa Free Printables

I'm making it Christmas printables freebies week on the blog and we're kicking it off with letters to Santa free printables. My two keep altering their lists and I can barely keep up with what Santa may be bringing. Later in the week, I'll feature letters from Santa,...

Recipe Revamp: How to Make Peppermint Christmas Crack

Recipe Revamp: How to Make Peppermint Christmas Crack

As we start to pack up Christmas at our house, we have lots of leftovers. So this week, I'm focusing on trying to put those leftovers to use. First up: using candy canes to make Peppermint Christmas Crack. I had not heard of Christmas Crack until my friend Elizabeth...

My Christmas To-Do List (Are You Feeling Overwhelmed Too?)

My Christmas To-Do List (Are You Feeling Overwhelmed Too?)

Anyone else counting down the next five days like this? Pick up last gifts (just three stores to go!) Wrap presents Deliver gifts Make desserts and cookies Find lost teacher gifts (stashed in a very safe place, I'm sure) Find just four more Elf hiding places (thank...

Guest Party: How to Style an Elf on the Shelf Party & Printables

Guest Party: How to Style an Elf on the Shelf Party & Printables

Our lovely sponsor Donna of Swish Printables created this Elf on the Shelf Party, and today I get to share it with you! Of course, Donna designed printables for the party — and for after. Her collection includes little communiques from the Elf himself to help monitor...

Guest Party: Throw a Snowflake and Houndstooth Christmas Party

Guest Party: Throw a Snowflake and Houndstooth Christmas Party

You never know where you'll find inspiration. Noelle Juday found inspiration for this snowflake and houndstooth Christmas party in a roll of wrapping paper! Noelle is a budding party planner in Columbus, OH. She says, "In my little circle of friends and family, I’m...

Freebie Friday: 12 Gingerbread Party Free Printables

Freebie Friday: 12 Gingerbread Party Free Printables

Do you make gingerbread houses with your kids? We do one or two each year, and typically more candy winds up eaten than on our houses. The most fun is when the girls make a large house with their older cousins. You can be 30 or 26 or 7 and love decorating a...

Guest Party: Amazing Grinch First Birthday Party

Guest Party: Amazing Grinch First Birthday Party

We've started decorating for Christmas at our house, and that's put me in the mood for classic Christmas TV specials. I thought surely someone had created a Grinch party and went searching. Kate Petronis of And Everything Sweet did not let me down and I'm thrilled...

Freebie Friday: Elf on the Shelf Free Printables

Freebie Friday: Elf on the Shelf Free Printables

Here is a totally new take on an advent calendar: have your Elf on the Shelf deliver it daily! Model A Designs came up with this concept and the Elf on the Shelf free printables. Some notes have Christmas activities listed and other are fill-in-the blank. You can find...

Biblical Advent Calendar Free Printable

Biblical Advent Calendar Free Printable

I made you a little something! This Biblical advent calendar free printable tells the nativity story, based on the gospels of Matthew and Luke. (Yes, I just combined the two very different tellings of the birth of Jesus to make one story with all the details we know...

Inspiration: How to Style a Neutral Christmas Tablescape

Inspiration: How to Style a Neutral Christmas Tablescape

So often Christmas is full of bright reds and greens, but what about a woodsy take on Christmas? Today, I'm excited to feature my friend Laurie's neutral Christmas tablescapes, full of evergreens, burlap, and brown and white transferware. One of my favorite shops in...

A Christmas Message

A Christmas Message

While I close up shop for a few days to spend Christmas with my family, I want to share with you an excerpt from a sermon my father preached on Christmas Eve, 1982. We've had a blessed -- and messy -- year, and we are more fortunate than many right now. It's not a...

Christmas Eve, Christmas Morning and Christmas Day Menus

Christmas Eve, Christmas Morning and Christmas Day Menus

Every year, I get my December issue of Southern Living and see terrific new recipes to try for Christmas, and I never make them. I just keep coming back to these menus because they are reliable and I can do much of the work ahead of time. Everyone likes them, so why...

Freebie Friday: Reindeer Food Tags Free Printables

Freebie Friday: Reindeer Food Tags Free Printables

Last year, we sprinkled reindeer food on the front lawn for the first time, and the girls loved it! This year, I'll be adding one of these cute free printables to our reindeer food. Our Christmas Eve tradition is an early service at church, Crock-Pot dinner (I have a...

Perfect Paperwhites in Vintage Silver From Linden

Perfect Paperwhites in Vintage Silver From Linden

This Christmas, we really wanted to simplify what we were doing outside of our immediately family of four. Linden had the perfect solution for me: paperwhites in vintage silver. I wanted to share it with all of you who aren't lucky enough to live nearby, because you...

Guest Party: Braydon’s Polar Express Birthday Party

Guest Party: Braydon’s Polar Express Birthday Party

My girls' friend Braydon had a fun and beautiful Polar Express birthday party on Saturday and I couldn't resist taking pictures and sharing it with you. (Please excuse the photography that does not do the party justice!) Braydon's mom Tricia turned her whole first...

Freebie Friday: Christmas Subway Art, Bell Countdown and Tags!

Freebie Friday: Christmas Subway Art, Bell Countdown and Tags!

Today, Freebie Friday is bringing you three Christmas printables from three terrific designers: Christmas subway art, Christmas bell countdown and Christmas tags! Just remember, all these printable are for personal use only. Christmas Subway Art This Christmas subway...

Christmas Countdown Free Printable

Christmas Countdown Free Printable

You may have seen this idea before, but I never had, so I wanted to share it with you. My daughter brought home a Christmas countdown bell from school last week -- and I love the idea. (Way to go Mrs. Long!) I thought you might like a version for your own family. So I...

TPT 14 Party Planning Cheat Sheets 11-23-1

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TPT 14 Party Planning Cheat Sheets 11-23-1

Don't miss my FREE Party Planning Cheat Sheets!

Don't miss my FREE party planning cheat sheets.

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