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Free Fall Sign SVGs – Fall is Proof That Change is Beautiful

It’s time to start getting your fall crafting on! Here’s a great collection of 11 free fall sign SVGs for your Cricut or Silhouette, including this original hand lettered design, “Fall is proof that change is beautiful.” Every year, without fail, we start approaching fall and I feel my crafty mojo kicking in. Anyone else, or is that just me? After a summer of kids home (although this year, it’s actually been 18 months of kids home!) and precious little “me time,” the prospect of cleaning up my craft space actually seems exciting […]

Football and Fall Y’all Tee + Cut File

Use this cute hand lettered Football and Fall Y’all cut file to whip up a fun t-shirt, perfect for football season! Iiiiiiiiit’s football season!! I am not nearly as football-obsessed as some, but gosh do I love football season. It’s a great excuse to spend Saturdays in front of the television (or tailgating!), eating yummy food, hanging out with friends, and cheering on my Penn State Nittany Lions. Combine that with my love of fall, and come September, I’m a happy camper! This post contains affiliate links – click here to read my full disclosure. To […]

Easy No-Glue Fall Wreath Tutorial

This super simple no-glue fall wreath tutorial walks you through creating a beautiful and inexpensive fall wreath for your front door! Have you ever made your own wreath? If you consider yourself to be the slightest bit “crafty,” chances are, you have – it’s a home decor staple and usually pretty easy to DIY. Plus, there are SO many ways to make a wreath! Here are a few I’ve made and blogged in the past: 1. Yarn Wreath with Rag Braid Flowers | 2. Twig Wreath | 3. Paper Rosette Wreath There’s nothing wrong with them […]

How to Create a Cozy Fall Front Porch

I’m excited to be welcoming you onto my front porch today! I always enjoy decorating my porch with the seasons, but 1) I’ve never actually shared it on the blog before, and 2) fall front porches are my FAVORITE! Yay!! I started bringing out my fall decor little by little starting at the end of August into the beginning of September…I’m sure my neighbors thought I was a little bit crazy. It took me a while to get all the elements I wanted pulled together, but now that it’s all “done” I just […]

Jan

Clutter Solutions for REAL Life Organization

I sent an email out to my email subscribers last week expressing some of my latest frustrations with Pinterest and Instagram. Don’t get me wrong, I am always inspired by bright and beautiful organized spaces with matching colors, pretty labels, and not a single thing out of place. Who doesn’t love some good organization eye candy? But lately, I’m finding many of those pictures to actually be more frustrating than helpful. They just lack authenticity. Sure, I’d love for my pantry to look like a page out of a magazine…but gosh darn it, that’s not real… READ MORE

Jan

5 things to do NOW to be ready for cold and flu season

This is a sponsored post written for Vicks Humidifiers. I was compensated and provided complimentary products for this post. All opinions are my own. I know better than anyone that this post is perhaps a little bit too late for some of us…our family has been hit hard with sickness this month! Luckily it stayed away until after Christmas, but right around New Year’s we all got taken down with a tummy bug, and then the kids and I followed that with a round of colds. And just when I was starting to feel better, my cold… READ MORE

Jan

DIY Etched Monogrammed Whiskey Decanters

One of the most frustrating things as a craft blogger is crafting up a whole bunch of Christmas gifts, but not being able to share them until AFTER Christmas! #lifeofablogger No, but seriously, it was all I could do to NOT share these etched whiskey decanters all over social media after I made them – they turned out so beautifully! I made them for my brothers-in-law (well, my brother-in-law and *almost* brother-in-law…yes, my baby sister is getting married, which means there’s a whole lotta wedding crafting going on around here!), as both of them… READ MORE

Dec

Easy Christmas Tree Cheeseboard + Holiday Entertaining Tips

I LOVE a good cheese tray, don’t you? You can’t go wrong with cheese and crackers – simple, delicious, and everybody loves it. Now, I’m all for some good butter crackers with pepperoni slices and colby jack cheese. (That’s my husband’s favorite snack.) But, you know, it’s Christmas…time to be a little fancier. And when it’s this easy, why not? Now, I am a charcuterie lover, but I don’t know much about making them. I know you need meat, cheese, and crackers, but that’s about where my expertise ends. Luckily, I didn’t… READ MORE

Dec

10 Last Minute Handmade Gift Ideas

I can hardly believe that we are just over a week away from Christmas…where did the last month go? If you’re like me, no matter how much proactive planning and organizing you do, Christmas always comes too quickly. The next week will be a whirlwind of errands, parties, baking, cleaning, last minute gift-making and wrapping. I’m tired just thinking about it! I’ve really enjoyed putting together these round up posts each week for My Handmade Christmas: Inspiration for the Season! In case you missed any of them, here’s a list of the Friday posts I’ve put together… READ MORE

Dec

Christmas Home Tour

Welcome to my home! I’m so glad you stopped by to take a peek at our house all decked out for Christmas. I can’t wait to show you around! Before we get started, one quick aside: this is kind of a milestone blog post for me, because this is my FIRST EVER home tour. I’ve wanted to do one for a long time, but my perfectionism got the best of me. I never got the house decorated for a particular season until it was almost over…or I couldn’t get good enough pictures…or a… READ MORE

Dec

DIY Flannel Foot Warmer with Free Cut File – plus a GIVEAWAY!

I’ve been busy putting the finishing touches on my handmade Christmas gifts lately! (I originally had the goal of getting them all finished and wrapped by Thanksgiving, ha! That didn’t happen, but I’m still on my way to getting them all done soon.) The most frustrating thing about being a blogger and hand making your gifts is that you can’t share them until AFTER Christmas, and then, what good does it do anyone? This project is SUCH a great gift idea, though, that I decided to let the surprise out of the bag and share it… READ MORE

Dec

10 Unique Gift Card Wrapping Ideas

Here we are with just over 2 weeks until Christmas…I can hardly believe it! This is our second-to-last installment of My Handmade Christmas: Inspiration for the Season. I’ve really been enjoying putting these round-ups together and have filed away a ton of great ideas myself! As we get closer and closer to Christmas, gift cards seem like a nicer and nicer gift option for those most difficult people on our list, don’t they? I read somewhere that something like 9 out of 10 of us love receiving gift cards at Christmas, but only… READ MORE

Dec

Glitter Christmas Cards

One of my FAVORITE things about the Christmas season is sending and receiving Christmas cards. I get so excited to see an actual real live hand addressed envelope in my mailbox…then to open it up to see the smiling faces of loved ones looking back at me! I’m usually lucky to get our Christmas cards out by mid-December, but this year I was surprisingly proactive about it and actually got our cards designed and ordered from Shutterfly before Thanksgiving! Want to see how they turned out? Take a look! I spent some time… READ MORE

Dec

The Snack Tray

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Schreiber Foods, Inc. All opinions are entirely my own. Mommy’s attention is a precious commodity, no matter how old your children are. I knew that would become more of a thing as my kids grew, but lately I’ve been realizing how true that is with my four year old. I’ve taken for granted that she’s old enough I can tell her to go do x, y, or z while I’m trying to do something else – like cleaning the kitchen, fixing dinner, starting laundry,… READ MORE

Dec

How to Decorate a Gallery Wall for Christmas

Believe it or not, I’ve never actually done any Christmas decorating on our walls. For the longest time, Christmas decorating at our house consisted of putting out all kinds of figurines and trinkets and other decor on all the flat spaces in our house, but not much else. Sure, I’ve made a few signs and things (like my “Merry & Bright” pallet sign), but always put them on the mantle, a shelf, or a table. Now, it may have something to do with the fact that I didn’t have much of anything hung on… READ MORE

Dec

“Dear Santa” Brother Sister Shirts

I’ve got a quick project to share with you today – these adorable and fun “Dear Santa” brother sister shirts for Christmas! If you have kids or grand kids who young enough to wear whatever you put them in, whip up a set of these shirts ;-) I have a four year old daughter and a two year old son…and let’s just say, these shirts are pretty perfect for them. My son is a typical 2 year old boy…he gets into a lot of things and causes a lot of trouble…but he is a… READ MORE

Dec

175 Free Printable Christmas Gift Tags

Here’s a terrific round-up of 175 free printable Christmas gift tags! Easy to print-and-go, these Christmas gift tags will jazz up your gift wrapping in no time at all. There are gift tags in all colors, shapes, and sizes – you’re sure to find some you love! Happy Friday, y’all!! We’ve made it to December…only 24 days until Christmas! That makes me go “squeee!” and “yikes!” at the same time. I took last week mostly “off” from the blog to spend some time with my family. My husband was off work for almost an entire week,… READ MORE

stay-at-home mom to three beautiful children, wife to an incredible husband, and daughter of a loving God. I freely admit that I am not always the most creative or original person when it comes to crafting, decorating, organizing, cooking, etc...but I love being inspired by great ideas and putting my own spin on them! Look around, stay a while, and I hope through my *unoriginality* I can provide some inspiration to you, too!
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