Today I am getting together with Terri from Christmas Tree Lane and my blogging friends to share our Christmas trees for the Christmas Trees on Parade blog hop! We will all be showing our Christmas trees and giving away a Christmas-tree ornament! Visit my giveaway later in this post, and use the links below in my post to enter my friends' ornament giveaways, too! Last year, I got a new Christmas tree to display in my living room's bay window. I've always wanted a tree for that space, so I was happy to finally be able to display one there! The space is small (it's next to our Continue reading...
Lemon Shortbread Cookies with a Lemon Glaze
Thanks to BH Innovations for sponsoring this post. Welcome to the Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop! Once a month I get together with my blogging friends to share projects or recipes that we've made. All our recipes or projects are inspired by something we've seen on Pinterest. I was inspired by this pin to make lemon glazed shortbread cookies! Since we are featuring New Year's themed projects and recipes today, I made two versions: one for Christmas and one for New Year's. My Pinterventures • Mom Home GuideOur Good Life • Farm Girl Reformed • Slices of Life Stone Cottage Adventures Continue reading...
How to Make DIY Salt Dough Ornaments
Thanks to Nearly Natural for providing me with the beautiful rustic pine Christmas tree shown in this post. This year I received a beautiful 6 foot mountain pine rustic artificial Christmas tree from online retailer, Nearly Natural. I just love this sweet, slim profile tree! It comes already pre-strung with the cutest clear fairy lights. At only about 2 feet wide, my new artificial or faux Christmas tree fits in my narrow living room and is quick to put up! I decided to go with a simple and homemade look for the ornaments for my tree, so I made homemade ornaments. A big part of the Continue reading...
Chocolate Cookies with White Chocolate Peppermint Icing
This post contains affiliate links. Welcome to the Taste Creations blog hop! Today my blogging friends and I will be sharing Christmas cookie recipes. One of my daughters loves chocolate, while the other adores the taste of peppermint. So I combined the flavors to make white chocolate iced peppermint cookies! These cookies are delicious and look so festive for the holidays. Plus, they don't take a lot of time to make - which is a bonus during the hectic holiday season. My daughters are teens, but if your kids are little, these would be fun and easy Christmas cookies to make with Continue reading...
How to Keep Your Dog Calm for the Holidays
Thanks to The Anxious Pet for sponsoring this post. This post contains affiliate links. While you might find the holidays to be joyful and happy, your family's dog might not. All those visitors, the change in routine and those bright lights and packages might spook him a little. All these changes to your pup's routine might make the holidays an anxious time for your pooch. But there are ways to soothe your pet's anxiety this Christmas and holiday season. How to Keep Your Pet Calm Luckily, there are several things you can do to keep your pup happy and calm this holiday Continue reading...
Friday Find – Nearly Natural Slim Christmas Tree
Thanks to Nearly Natural for providing me with the slim Christmas tree reviewed in this post. This is a sponsored post. Welcome to Friday Finds! On Fridays, I like to share products I own and love. Today I am sharing my new faux Nearly Natural Christmas Tree! My new artificial slim Christmas tree is the 6 foot White Mountain Pine Artificial Christmas Tree with 300 Clear LED Lights and Pine Cones from Nearly Natural ($138.99). Nearly Natural has a large assortment of beautiful and realistic looking Christmas Trees for the season. My new Nearly Natural Christmas tree is 6 feet Continue reading...
Christmas Trees On Parade – and Ornament Giveaway!
This post contains Amazon affiliate posts. Today I am joining Terri at Christmas Tree Lane and a bunch of talented bloggers for the Christmas Trees on Parade blog hop! My blogging friends and I will be sharing our Christmas trees with you. (I am sharing a kitchen-themed ornament tree with homemade ornaments.) This fun Christmas Tree hop features 8 bloggers and their Christmas trees, plus ornament giveaways. Hosted by: Terri at Christmas Tree Lane T’onna at Sew Crafty Crochet Lauren at Mom Home Guide Linda at A Labour of Life Charlene at Enduring All Continue reading...
Festive Homemade Granny Smith Apple Crisp Recipe
This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Today I am sharing a super easy baked apple crisp recipe! Apple crisp is a wonderful way to take advantage of in season apples! I adore Granny Smith apples, so today I am sharing a Granny Smith baked apple crisp recipe! A big plus is that this recipe is quick to put together and doesn't require any special tools! Today I am sharing this recipe for homemade Granny Smith baked apple crisp as part of the Festive Christmas ideas blog hop! This blog hop will share lots of holiday ideas, recipes, crafts and decor ideas to make the Christmas season Continue reading...
Gifts Ideas for Teen Girls
This post contains Amazon affiliate links for your shopping convenience. If you click on an Amazon link and make a purchase, I earn a small commission that helps fund this blog. Thanks! This week is flying by -- I can't believe that Christmas is getting so close. I have a lot to do! On my Christmas list are gifts for my twin teen daughters. As a mom two 14 year olds, I know how hard it can be to shop for teen girls. I thought I'd share this list of gifts that most teen girls would be happy to find under the Christmas tree. Cute Mugs If your teens are like mine, they adore cute mugs. Continue reading...
How to Decorate a Snowy Christmas Window
This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Thanks to Nearly Natural for sponsoring this post by providing me with a beautiful Nearly Natural faux Christmas tree. Welcome back to the Festive Christmas Ideas blog hop! Today my blogging friends and I are sharing Christmas decorating ideas! Today I am sharing an easy Christmas snow window that my daughter and I created in my living room's bay window as a backdrop for the new Christmas tree I put up this year. Be sure to scroll all the way down to the bottom of this post for more Christmas decorating ideas from my blogging friends! How Continue reading...
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