Now that Christmas is over, it is time to craft a little fun for New Years Eve. To me New Years Eve is all about celebration, the notorious Times Square ball drop, and a fancy cocktail or glass of champagne. And what glass doesn’t look better than with a fancy sizzle stick adorning it? Using […]

I have one last cookie idea for Christmas that I wanted to share with you today, then I will be taking a break to celebrate with the family for the next several days. My kids and I were making a few cookies for Santa last night and we decided to make our traditional candy cane […]

For me there is nothing like a refreshing margarita on the rocks. It maybe that I am from Texas where Tex-Mex food and margaritas go hand in hand. Or the fact that it is two days before Christmas and it is in the 80’s here. But whatever it is, I love them. To make my […]

This year I tried to think outside the box when it came to my holiday baking. I made ornament macarons, color blocked gingerbread men, “all the sprinkles” cookies, and these marbled candy cane cookies. Using the dough marbling technique that I learned for polymer clay, I marbled red and white sugar cookie dough together before […]

I love pretty presents all wrapped up sitting under a tree, but sometimes I need help when it comes to making a wrapped gift look its best. I searched the web for a few fun new ideas to try this holiday season and tried my hand at a few new techniques. I hope you will […]

Have you ever decorated cookies with kids with the end mess of about a million different sprinkles spread all over the table? I always feel bad throwing out all those sprinkles. I am sort of obsessed with sprinkles as an adult similar to how I was obsessed with stickers as a kid. I want them […]

Gingerbread men cookies are one of my favorite cookies to make every holiday season. My whole family loves to decorate the cookies in different outfits and styles. This year I tried my hand at a different and much easier icing technique. Instead of spending hours hunched over a tray of cookies piping all the little […]

If you love Christmas and crafting, there is no doubt that you have seen tutorials for faux snow globes all over the blog world. Whether they are in a mason jar, a cake plate, or a terrarium, tutorials for faux snow globes are everywhere. Now don’t get me wrong, I love these faux snow globes […]

Yesterday I shared my “formal” living room built-ins in all their colorful Christmas glory and last week I shared my dining room with it’s mixed metals ombrè tree. Today I am going to share the rest of my downstairs (namely the kitchen and family room) in its traditional Christmas color palate. I have always been […]

This year is the first year that I have had my built-in shelves which means that this year I got to decorate them for Christmas! I absolutely love filling these shelves with decorations and totally recommend adding built-ins to your home should you ever get the chance. My inspiration for my holiday decorated shelves came […]

I love baking cookies with my family during the holidays. It is one of our traditions to make huge batches of different cookies and give them away to neighbors and friends. However, I tend to make the same things year after year: sugar cookies, gingerbread men, spritz, peppermint marshmallows… This year I tried to freshen […]

On Friday I talked about how I used ornaments to decorate my plain black fireplace and that got me thinking about all the other ways that I have used ornaments to decorate for the holidays that don’t include a tree. I love the look of traditional ornaments and all the colors, sizes, and finishes (glittered, […]