Holiday Decor
How to make cheap garland look expensive
How to make cheap garland look expensive with these simple tips! When we moved into our house we inherited tubs of faux garland from the previous owners. There was a lot of it but none of it was super nice. Over the years I’ve experimented with it and have come up with one very simple…
How To Professionally Decorate a Christmas Tree Using Oversized Items
To professionally decorate a Christmas tree there a few things that will help you achieve the look. I talked about how to decorate a Christmas tree with ribbon already and today I’m going to share another pro tip: adding oversized decorations! When you vary the scale and texture of your Christmas ornaments it gives an…
How to Decorate a Christmas Tree with Ribbon
Putting ribbon on a Christmas tree is a classic element that can elevate your Christmas tree and give it a designer look. Whether cascading vertically top to bottom, added as ornaments, or wrapped as a garland, ribbon adds interest and fullness to even the most scraggly of tree. In this post, I am sharing my…
How to make a Good Tablescape (and what is a tablescape?)
Pinterest is filled with pretty holiday tables and decor. I have flipped through magazines and Pinterest seeing the beautiful holiday table images and thought “but HOW do you do that?”. Only to then flip to a new page or image thinking it was beyond my ability. If this is you, I am here today because…
DIY Tips and Ideas for Holiday Storage:
If you love seasonal decor then you’ve inevitably run into the problem of how to store it throughout the year. Here I’ve gathered up my best DIY tips and ideas for holiday storage that are easy and inexpensive. My step mom is one of the best real life decorators I know. Her house has always…
Easter In Quarantine Recap (Easter Table Settings, Decor, & Family Time)
If I was a good blogger I would have published a post about my Easter table over a month ago but I’m just a regular mom who is riding out this quarantine like everyone else. My normal blogging has mostly been put on hold while I switch gears to home schooling and having everyone home…
Gift Wrap Alternative: Fabric Gift Wrap Tutorial
In an effort to reduce waste this Christmas I began seeking out gift wrap alternatives. Nothing was exactly what I was looking for (beautiful, tailored, and looked like gift wrap) so I spent the year (yes YEAR) coming up with my own fabric gift wrap tutorial. What makes this one special is that it fits…
Halloween Mantle Decor
Even though I shared the Halloween porch decor last week and I’m sharing another post today with our Halloween decorations inside I don’t feel like I really do much with Halloween decorations. However publishing 2 blogs about Halloween decor is making me rethink if that’s actually true, haha. Oh well! Ok, I know that I…
Fun Halloween Porch & Decorations
We have 2 young boys in our home who love all things gross, ‘scary’, and ghoulish. I’m pretty sure that’s just bred into boys because no matter how much I try to ‘nice’ it up they still love it. LOL So when Halloween rolls around and they start seeing decorations go up in yards and…