Valentine’s Day Heart Coir Doormat This is an easy, quick, and kid-friendly Valentine’s Day doormat that is cute, useful, and fun. My daughters and I made this doormat together. If your kids are like mine, they will love painting hearts on a doormat. I like to switch out my front door decorations each holiday and …
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Willow Tree Home Valentine’s Day Display We have a telephone table near our front door and I like to decorate it for holidays. Each holiday I move around my decorations and try to create something new and unique. I find this rule of not doing the same thing challenging, and fun, and it sparks creativity. …
Vintage Rose Valentine’s Day Mantel Every year I like to switch up my interior design for holidays. For Valentine’s Day this year, I’ve decorated my mantel in a vintage rose theme. I love the way it turned out, especially with the rose oil painting I put on our tv. This is not a frame TV …
Elf on the Shelf: Arctic Seek-and-Find Sendoff. Sadly our elves, Pepper Mint and Winter Mint siblings from the North Pole had to go home today. They were in the Arctic and Pepper was riding a tube laden with a ton of stuff. Winter was riding the snowmobile with about as much as she could fit …
Neighbor Christmas Gift: Got Milk? Gift this darling mug of Oreos and a cookie straw in a mug with a Got Milk? free printable to your neighbors, family, and friends this year. I grew up with the Got Milk? ads, most who are over 30 remember them quite well. Even if a person doesn’t remember …
Neighbor Christmas Gift: Candy Cane Tin. Nothing is more iconic of Christmas candy than the candy cane. Candy canes make a timeless and fun Christmas gift—especially for those who have children. They come in many delicious flavors and outrageous flavors—I’ve even seen Twinkie, pickle, and salad-flavored candy canes! There are a lot of crazy color …
Neighbor Christmas Gift: Sanders Chocolate Sea Salt Caramel Not all chocolate caramels are of this quality. Sanders classic kettle-cooked caramels are drenched in rich chocolate and sprinkled with coarse sea salt. These chocolate caramels are top-notch. They are very popular chocolate caramels for a good reason. The chocolate melts in your melt and uncovers …
Neighbor Christmas Gift: Ribbon Candy. Sevigny’s Candy began in Massachusetts In the mid-20th century. One of the only manufacturers of Ribbon Candy in the United States, Sevigny’s invented an air-activated automatic cutter to create the batches and cut the ribbons into individual pieces at pre-determined intervals. This production innovation has led Sevigny’s to be one …
Neighbor Christmas Gift: Whipped Symphony Chocolate Truffles. I tasted these whipped Symphony chocolate truffles years ago; they were so good that despite not having the recipe, I kept searching the internet for an idea of how to make them until finally, I found a close version of the recipe I had tasted. I have since …
Neighbor Christmas Gift: Wood Serving Spoons. I can’t believe how nice these wooden spoons are, especially for the price! These wooden spoons are from IKEA and made of beech. They are nicely sanded and are smooth and have a nice soft touch. The straight bottom makes it a easy to reach into the pot’s inside …
Elf on the Shelf: Kayaking. Our Elf on the Shelf sibling duo went kayaking today in my son’s Arctic polar bear-themed room. They were riding the rapids of his rug. So, I love that Pepper and Winter went kayaking today. River rafting, kayaking, and pretty much most water sports are dear to my heart. I …