Once you have kids, advent calendars start to play a mighty important role in teaching your kids patience. And stretching the activities over 24 days helps spread the Christmas magic throughout the month which I love. In our home we have done everything from a DIY lego advent calendar to an activity a day, so […]

Flamingo and swan pool floats were all the rage this summer, and since it still feels like summer here in Texas, I am just going to keep those summer vibes going with a few DIY pool float ornaments. To be honest, I don’t have any real pool floats, but now I can join in on […]

Sometimes I am struck with ideas that I just can’t get out of my head until I make them happen. When thinking about the holiday’s this year, I knew I wanted to do something a little different. Something colorful and fun and more me. That’s when the idea for a very bubbly Christmas came into […]

One of my favorite holiday movies to watch over and over is the modern-day classic Elf. I watched it with my kids for the first time last year (their first time, not mine) and knew instantly we’d be watching it every year. One of the best parts of the movie are the one-liners. “You sit […]

One of the first things that pops into my head when I think of the holidays is a warm cup of hot cocoa topped with tons of itty bitty marshmallows. It’s one of my families favorite things! Well, this year I decided to put my own spin on that traditional cup of cocoa and added […]

I think I’ve officially held off on posting about Christmas and the holidays as long as I can, so after today get ready for an onslaught of holiday activities, DIY’s, and recipes! The first of which will be one of my favorites, my first tree decorating idea of the year (yes, there will be more […]

If you were at all on Instagram or the internet in general this summer, then you may have seen a little gem known as the gold pineapple cup. A pretty little vessel to hold all your drinks from rose` to your favorite cocktail. Well, now that summer is over, why not swap that gold pineapple […]

In this house we LOVE pasta. It is a staple meal that we eat at least once or twice a week. I especially love La Moderna pasta because it is not only tasty, it has a high protein content which is great for picky eaters. It’s available at select Walmart locations and it is our […]

For one reason or another 2016 will go down as the year of the iced animal cookies. Every where you turned this year on the internet there were everything from ice animal cookie costumes for Halloween, to ice animal cookie cakes to, and even iced animal cookie brownies. But for one reason or another no […]

If you remember last week I talked about copper Cassini leaves I picked up at Paper Source on one of my recent visits. I used the smaller leaves in the pack to create a set of fall themed drink stirrers, and today I will share how to turn the larger leaves in the pack into […]

Have you ever tried making your own candles? I just recently tried my hand at it and it is so much easier than I thought it would be. While it is super simple to pour the wax into a pre-made vessel like a mason jar, it is really easy to actually make your own vessel […]

This post is sponsored by Cheeky. Thanks so much for supporting the brands that keep this little blog running. All opinions and ideas are my own. Growing up my Thanksgivings were always more of the Friendsgiving variety, as my mom would invite those from our church and around town that didn’t have family of their […]