Cedar Garland Tablescape. This natural tablescape was fun and easy to create. I love the wood grain with the linen runners, the jute placemats, burlap napkin rings, wood nutcrackers, and green cedar garland. I really love how natural, simple, and elegant it is. By using mostly items that I had on hand, it was …
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Elf on the Shelf: Snowboarding the Halfpipe. Our elves, Pepper and Winter, a sibling Elf on the Shelf duo, really made my day today… because I LOVE snowboarding! I used to snowboard about 4-6 times a week. At one time I was competing on an amateur level and instructing others with snowboarding lessons. It …
Oh, Christmas Tree Tablescape. I like hosting for Christmas, birthdays, and other holidays. While I don’t love the cleanup, I do love creating fun and pretty tablescapes for adults, teenagers, and kids. This particular tablescape was created for our adult guests at a recent party. There were 9 kids and only 6 adults so our …
Elf on the Shelf: Never Touch a Polar Bear. Today our elves found their way into my son’s room. I decorated it this summer in an Arctic/Polar Bear theme. There are polar bear statues on my son’s tote storage shelf. The elves are riding on the polar bears in their pj’s; the polar bears are …
Elf on the Shelf: Tea Party. This morning, our Elf on the Shelf sibling duo, Pepper and Winter, found their way into my three-year-old’s room. It was so cute to see them having a tea party with my daughter’s dolls. My daughter absolutely loved that they were finally in her room! It was such a …
Elf on the Shelf: Toy Inventory. This year, our Elves were asked to take inventory for Santa. They left a note that said, “Instead of making toys this year, Santa has asked us to do an inventory”. What Pepper is referring to is when, last year, he set up his toy shop at our …
Elf on the Shelf: Yurt Camping. Camping in a yurt would be such a fun experience. Our Elf on the Shelf Duo must have thought so as well. They found their way into our front sitting room. and setup and went camping in a yurt. They looked like they were having a wonderful time. They …
Elf on the Shelf: The Floor is Lava! The day before this Elf on the Shelf scene, my kids were playing the Floor is Lava in our living room with the pillows that normally go on our couch. It’s a game they often play; it’s one of my three-year-old daughter’s favorite games. She loves when …
Elf on the Shelf: Bubblegum. Our Elf on the Shelf duo found themselves in a bit of a predicament this morning… Pepper got stuck inside a bubble while holding a gumball machine; and Winter got stuck inside a gumball machine while holding a bubblegum ball. They left a note explaining a little bit of what …
How to Keep Christ in Christmas—for Kids. While I am okay with Christmas traditions that aren’t exactly Christ-centered, like Elf on the Shelf, decorating gingerbread houses, White Elephant exchanges, hot cocoa bars, sledding, etc. I do want our Christian beliefs to be celebrated more heartedly during the Christmas season than at other times of the …
Elf on the Shelf: Oh Christmas Tree. How does an Elf on the Shelf go Christmas Tree shopping? In a one-horse open sleigh of course. They take their sleigh ride over the river and through the wood and dash through the snow until they spot their oh-so-lovely Christmas Tree. At least that’s about how my …