Twelve Day of Christmas (in July): Day 9! Our Elf, Tinsel, tends to be very mischievous. And since our children are very young (two years old and two months old) our elf leaves behind a short note each night to explain his shenanigans. It’s one thing to find our elf […]
Twelve Days of Christmas (in July): Day 5! Last year I wrote about our annual tradition of turning the Christmas cards we receive into ornaments for our tree (you can read that post here). I’ve gotten a lot of great feedback from the idea and several of you tried it yourselves! I’ve […]
Twelve Day of Christmas (in July): Day 4! I’m so excited for our Elf on the Shelf to return this year! Tinself (our Elf) shows up the day after Thanksgiving and stays until Christmas Eve. He loves getting into trouble each night and helping our kiddos count down to Christmas by leaving […]
Twelve Days of Christmas (in July): Day 3! I know I’ve mentioned it before… I love a good countdown (evidence here and here)! I wanted to create a special Advent / Christmas Countdown for our son this year so I started scouring the Internet for ideas. I found a lot of countdowns […]
Twelve Days of Christmas (in July): Day 2! Do you ever struggle to find creative stocking stuffers? I know I do! This year I wanted to try to find photo magnets to put in my family stockings, so I started searching online for options. The cheapest site I found charged $5.99 […]
Last year I started a memory tree for my son, Casey. I made a photo ornament for each month of his life, starting the month he was born. The project turned out so great I thought I’d share a tutorial on how to create your own photo ornaments! These are great […]
