The Polar Express surprise is a holiday tradition we started with our family a few years ago. Every year, my husband and I surprise the kids with a “ticket” to the Polar Express after dinner on a random night in December. The Polar Express is actually just my car, decorated with a reindeer nose and […]
Holidays
Christmastime: Book Advent Calendar
Pre-Holiday Kitchen Organization
It feels like I have been hiding a dirty little secret—clutter! While my house looks neat and organized on my blog and social media feeds, behind my kitchen cabinet doors lies clutter and chaos. When The Container Store approached me to work with them on tackling an organizational project, I jumped at the chance. First, […]
Dollar Store DIY Succulent Skulls
I am all about a good dollar store hack (especially when it involves skulls and succulents!). This DIY is so easy and can be used as decor around your house or as a hostess gift. Here’s what you need: Plastic skull from the dollar store Spray paint (I used Rust-oleum’s metallic silver And layered on […]
Christmas Wrapping Ideas
Have you seen that meme where it shows the wife’s Christmas shopping list which includes a ton of people (husband, kids, teachers, extended family, coaches, babysitter, friends, etc.) and on the husband’s side his shopping list is just the wife? Well, that’s pretty accurate in our family. The only difference is that we even it […]