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50+ Printable Holiday Gift Tags

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These 50+ Printable Holiday Gift Tags are perfect for all of your Christmas gift giving. They're the second holiday bundle in my Premium Printables line of art for your home. Grab all of these printable holiday gift tags below.


50+ Printable Holiday Gift Tags | These 54 Watercolor Christmas Gift Tags are perfect for all of your packages this holiday season. They're all GORGEOUS!
Y'all, I'm flipping over how cute these turned out. When I design pieces like this, I'm always happy with how they look on the computer...but the real test happens once I print them out. And these were even more beautiful once printed! Gah, I sound silly and braggy here, but I really do love these. I've bundled them all together (13 pages) for $5. 




(Pssst...commercial licensing is available on this set here.)

Grab more details on these below and see all of the individual designs.

Inspiration Monday

Hey, party people! Have you had a good week? We've been sweatin' in our Halloween costumes down here (it's too hot for fall!). But, still enjoying all of the fun of the season. And every week, the party seems to have so much fall inspiration!

Speaking of party, did you know that we are also now a “dual platform” link party? That means we are sharing the love here on our blogs and on Instagram, as well.
Here’s how to play… Tag and follow all of your hosts on Instagram: @redheadcandecorate, @refreshrestyle, @meeganmakes, @inspirationformoms, @oursouthernhome, @ishouldbemoppingthefloor Add the tag #InspirationMondayParty to all of your inspiring favorites throughout the week. Next week, we will each pick our faves and feature them on Instagram. 

Now…let’s get on with this party. We can’t wait to see what you have linked up!
Inspiration Monday Party

This weeks feature’s were chosen by Christy from Our Southern Home.
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This week's fabulous features surround Creating a Cozy Fall Home. 
It's all about the look, feel, scents and tastes of the season this week.

Free Printable Thankful Banner

DIY Projects and High End Free Printables
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This free printable THANKFUL banner is perfect for your decor as we head into the Thanksgiving season. Just cut and string the letters for a fun little decoration that you can hang anywhere.


Free Printable Thankful Banner | Sweet and simple banner for fall decor.
I just love a good letter banner. What's not to love, right? This THANKFUL one of my new fave...just when I thought I was done with fall decor, I just had to throw this up, too! Download your free printable THANKFUL banner below.

DIY Coffee Tray

This little DIY Coffee Tray was simple to put together. 
It's perfect for lazy Saturday morning coffee in bed...one of the best luxuries.


DIY Coffee Tray | Create this simple little 12"x12" tray out of a wooden canvas and a fun painting technique.
I feel like bedside coffee is one of those little luxuries in life. It's not fancy...but it's very enjoyable, you know? A few years ago at a conference, I roomed with a friend who ordered coffee service to the room every morning...and I was instantly hooked. Ever since then, I've started doing that when we stay in hotels that provide that service. And I really love doing it at home. Our bedroom is on the other side of the house from the kitchen. My husband is a doll and started this little practice when we moved into our new place last spring. Every Saturday morning, he brings coffee to our bedroom. We've used this large melamine tray that I've had since college and it was massive (and slippery)...cups would slide all over the thing. I thought it would be fun to make a small tray that would work perfectly for our in-home coffee service situation. I modeled this tray similarly to the large one I made to corral items on my kitchen island...using a wooden canvas for the base. But the difference is that this one is smaller and mobile. Check out the entire tutorial below. 

Lace and Drop Cloth Table Runner

This Lace and Drop Cloth Table Runner is a beginner sewing project that can be completed in a couple of hours (or less!). It's a great way to add some texture and dimension down the middle of a dining table. Plus, it's a table runner that not only looks lovely, but is also budget-friendly.

Easy Sew Table Runner

Lace and Drop Cloth Table Runner

As the holidays are rapidly approaching (wasn't it just August, y'all?), I'm turning my attention to our dining room. Since this is our first year to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners in our new home with my entire side of the family (there are LOTS of us), I'd like to make this space a little more "us" and customize it as much as I can in what limited time I have left. One thing that's been on my list forever has been a new table runner. Our dining table is a family heirloom and I love it...but it presents its own set of issues due to its massive size. To accommodate only half of us, (we're a big "auxillary" kiddie table family...only because we need the space at the regular dining table), it has to have all of its leaves in place...making it nine feet long. It's also a very wide table...almost four feet across. So, traditional table runners are always super wimpy in here. I've tried to make them work, but no bueno.

If you recall, last year, I tried to add some fun to the middle of the table with the large centerpiece box I built (see that post here). It's a fabulous box, but in our new dining room, it looked out of place. AND, it was truly a bit tall when filled with decorations...making it difficult to visit with (or even see) the person across from you at the table (hindsight is a real thing, y'all). I have big plans for it elsewhere, but it wasn't destined for the dining room in this house. In all honestly, I want our mealtimes in here (holiday or not) to focus on the people...and having a large, invasive centerpiece just seemed to block out a lot of the conversation and memory-making. 

So, I decided to keep it simple this year. I created a table runner that would be plenty long and wide for this crazy table of ours. I'm really happy with how it turned out, y'all! Check out the tutorial below.

Inspiration Monday

Welcome to the party, y'all! It's a pumpkin-filled, apple-licious, all-kinds-of-autumn filled time today...we're so happy you're here to join the fun.

Did you know that we are also now a "dual platform" link party? That means we are sharing the love here on our blogs and on Instagram, as well.
Here's how to play... Tag and follow all of your hosts on Instagram: @redheadcandecorate, @refreshrestyle, @meeganmakes, @inspirationformoms, @oursouthernhome, @ishouldbemoppingthefloor Add the tag #InspirationMondayParty to all of your inspiring favorites throughout the week. Next week, we will each pick our faves and feature them on Instagram.
It's that easy.

Inspiration Monday Party
Isn't fall the perfect time for a big pot of flavorful soup? We found lots of delicious recipes at last week's party. Perfect to warm you up on these cool autumn nights.
This weeks features were chosen by Laura from Inspiration for Moms.
Check out all of the yumminess below.

Free Thanksgiving Printable

This simple free Thanksgiving printable is perfect for your fall decor.


This simple free Thanksgiving printable is perfect for your fall decor.
 I know I said I was moving on to all of the Christmas designs, but I'm throwing just one more free Thanksgiving printable at ya! I really wanted to do something with a banner wrap-around and this fallish one kind of evolved from that idea. Download yours below.

DIY Holiday Crate

This DIY Crate is not just for the holiday season. 
I flip it to the other side for a neutral look the rest of the year. 
See the tutorial and how I use this below.

DIY Holiday Crate | Tutorial for a fun crate that does DOUBLE duty all year long!

DIY Holiday Crate | Tutorial for a fun crate that does DOUBLE duty all year long!
Today, I'm joining Traci with the 12 Days of Handmade Christmas Blog Hop. We're on day #7 and it's been a super fun hop so far. SO MANY IDEAS! Click here to check it all out and ENTER all of the awesome giveaways that Traci put together. Click below to see my DIY Holiday Crate tutorial.

Eight Holiday Printables

These Eight Holiday Printables are my latest installment of Premium Printables line of artwork for the home. They're perfect to display together or on their own with your holiday decor. Grab these holiday printables below.


Holiday Printables
The holidays are almost here...squeallll!  These eight holiday printables have a fun, brushed and hand-written vibe...with a little hipster feel, too! These are bundled together for $5. You may click here to purchase them here on my Gumroad store, or wait for the widget to upload below.

(Pssst...commercial licensing is available on this set here.)

How to Launder A White Slipcovered Sofa

This tutorial & shop for how to launder a white slipcovered sofa
 has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. 
All opinions are mine alone. #StickItToLint #CollectiveBias

How to Launder A White Slipcovered Sofa | Here is a step-by-step guide to get your couch sparkling clean.

When we bought this white slipcovered sofa last spring, my mom thought we were out of our minds. I mean, two black dogs, two preteen boys, and a busy family schedule...I can see where she was going with that. But, the beauty of a slipcovered sofa? It can be washed, y'all. And it looks brand spanking new every time.
How to Launder A White Slipcovered Sofa | Here is a step-by-step guide to get your couch sparkling clean.
This is quite possibly my favorite sofa we've ever owned. Having a white sofa is great for decorating...just switch out the throw pillows and you have an entirely new look (I can't wait to show you guys the holiday pillows that are going on this couch in December...squeallll!). Check out how easy a white slipcovered couch is to launder below.

Inspiration Monday: Fall Tablescapes


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It's party day, y'all...my favorite day of the week! We're about to head to our local theater to catch our son's final show of Peter Pan. Then we'll all cry and wail for hours over how much we'll miss it...good thing I'll have all of your awesome linky inspiration to pour over, right?

Oh, and I can't let the day slip by without letting you know...
it's the LAST DAY FOR FREE MRS. MEYER'S FALL KITS!!
I've been talking all week on Facebook about this AMAZING promotion I'm doing with Grove Collaborative. It's so awesome, I actually took advantage of it last spring before I was working with them (I snagged the spring version of the deal). You get $30 worth of Mrs. Meyer's FALL goodies for free with a $20 purchase on Grove


Inspiration Monday Party
Oh and, hey...did you hear? We are now a "dual platform" link party which means we are now not only sharing the love here on our blogs, but we are sharing it on Instagram, too. 

Here's how to play: Tag and follow all of your hosts on Instagram: @redheadcandecorate@refreshrestyle@meeganmakes@inspirationformoms@oursouthernhome@ishouldbemoppingthefloor Add the tag #InspirationMondayParty to all of your inspiring favorites throughout the week. Next week, we will each pick our faves and feature them on Instagram. It's that easy.

And now on to the features...

Fall Tablescapes
The links in the past few weeks on the blog party have been chocked full of pretty autumn eye candy! This week, we've rounded up so many creative and pretty fall tablescape ideas from last week's party. These were chosen by me! ;)
Check them all out below>>>

Free Printable Pie Box Toppers

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These free printable pie box toppers are perfect to dress up your Thanksgiving leftover pie pieces with...send those slices home with your friends and family in style! 

Free Printable Pie Box Toppers | Cute toppers for cardboard pie boxes. Don't have pie boxes? There are leftover tag printables, too!

Oh, Pie, you're my favorite. And I'm pretty sure you're lots of people's favorite. We all love to take home a nice piece of pie (or three) after those holiday meals. I thought this fun twist on a leftover label would be a cute one. They go perfectly with the pre-made pie boxes I've seen popping up everywhere. If you can't find these boxes, I have tags, too. Download your preference below.

Fall Buffet Decor

Today’s Fall Buffet Decor post is sponsored by Hobby Lobby, 
but style inspiration and opinions are my own.

I revamped my fall buffet decor after a fun little trip to Hobby Lobby.
 I mean...have you seen their fall decor, y'all? It's serious eye candy for all of us autumn lovers!


Fall Buffet Decor | Fun and simple ideas for fall decor in the dining room.
As all good stories on DIY blogs start out, this one begins at Hobby Lobby. My husband and I were on a date there last weekend (yes, Hobby Lobby is definitely a date option when you've been married for almost 14 years...it's totes romantic with all of its foliage, y'all...and our kids weren't there. That all equates to a legitimate date.). We ended up getting a few new fun things for our dining room buffet. As the holidays get closer, I'm trying to work a bit more on this room, since this will be our first time hosting Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners in this new home of ours. Check out how we made this space over below.

How to Make Your Home Smell Like Fall

This post about How to Make Your Home Smell Like Fall is sponsored by Grove Collaborative. 
All opinions are my own.

Today, I'm allllll kinds of giddy, y'all. I'm sharing this AMAZING post in collaboration with Grove Collaborative and the new line of Mrs. Meyer's Fall Scents! Are you a Mrs. Meyer's fan? (You know I am!) She plays an integral role in making my home smell like fall right now. And we're giving away FREE sets of her fall line (valued at $30+) to I Should Be Mopping the Floor Readers with $20 purchases from Grove Collaborative (click here to grab yours). This is a very limited promotion (both time wise and in the amount of free kits available), so you'll want to jump on this one!

What's the best way to make your home smell like fall? Layering. Layer, layer, layer the fall scents! I love to use fall soaps, fall cleaners, and throw on a fall candle. I use a lot of the fall essential oils this time of the year, too. 

My favorite fall scents are apple-ish in nature. The new Mrs. Meyer's Apple Cider Scent is one of my favorites around. Like my friend, Erin, said: "It makes you want to smell your hands all the time!" (She's referring to the hand soap there, but you probably got that). 

Want to grab either the Mrs. Meyer's Apple Cider or Mum Scents for free? This promo is only good through the weekend (and while supplies last), so click below to find out how to grab your free kit.  

Antique-Finished Tray

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Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. 
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This antique-finished tray was fun to put together...it's made from a wooden canvas and cabinet drawer pulls. With a fun little paint technique, it looks right at home in my kitchen now. It's perfect to organize kitchen goodies and for entertaining...especially in the busy fall entertaining season.

Antique-Finished Tray | Step-by-step tutorial for how to make a decorative tray from a canvas, drawer pulls and layered paint technique.

Antique-Finished Tray | Step-by-step tutorial for how to make a decorative tray from a canvas, drawer pulls and layered paint technique.

Do you decorate with trays? I just love how they can, literally, tie a lot of random goodies together...for a pretty vignette. I also love to stack dishes and silverware on trays like this when we entertain. They're great for organizing, too. I have a lot of things on my bar area and they were in need of a good tidying up. This worked out perfectly.

Inspiration Monday

Happy Sunday, y'all! It's feeling fallish in Texas...finally. Fall is truly the best, isn't it? And it's also feeling super fallish here at the party every week. Love, love, loving all of the fall inspiration and deliciousness linked up. 

Inspiration Monday Party
We are now a "dual platform" link party which means we are now not only sharing the love here on our blogs, but we are sharing it on Instagram, too. 

Here's how to play: Tag and follow all of your hosts on Instagram: @redheadcandecorate@refreshrestyle@meeganmakes@inspirationformoms@oursouthernhome@ishouldbemoppingthefloor Add the tag #InspirationMondayParty to all of your inspiring favorites throughout the week. Next week, we will each pick our faves and feature them on Instagram. It's that easy.

This week's features were chosen by Debbie from Refresh Restyle.
She found loads of gorgeous fall spaces and ideas!
Check them all out below.

Free Printable Pumpkin Pie Banner

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This free printable pumpkin pie banner is such a fun way to add a dose of YUMMINESS to your decor...but without all of those carbs and calories! Although, I can't guarantee that hanging this up won't make you start making (and eating) pumpkin pie.


Free Printable Pumpkin Pie Banner | Instant download this freebie to make a pumpkin pie banner as long as you like! Super cute for fall decor.
I mentioned this on my live feed earlier this week, but I'm really excited about today's printable. It's fun and different...and delicious. And it surrounds *almost* everyone's favorite fall pie...PUMPKIN (with a dollop of fresh whipped cream, of course). These print four pieces of pie to a page, so download once and print as many copies as you like for the length of banner you desire. Grab yours below.

Bordered Sign Paint Tutorial

This Bordered Sign Paint Tutorial is a super simple one to follow. 
It's a bit of humor for my bathroom, too, y'all. ;)

Bordered Sign Paint Tutorial | Simple step-by-step tutorial to create a funny little sign for the bathroom.
A couple of weeks ago, I shared our DIY Floating Shelves here. I loved that several of you caught my silly little sign above the toilet. Feel Free to Seat Yourself, y'all. Check out this simple bordered sign paint tutorial below. 

Painted Dollar Store Pumpkins

My chalk-style and milk paint was provided by Plaid Crafts.
This post also contains affiliate links.

These painted dollar store pumpkins turned into the perfect filler for my dough bowl. I was so excited when I saw them at the Dollar Tree the other day...their textures are really unique. With just a little paint and fun, they now blend in perfectly with my decor.

Painted Dollar Store Pumpkins | Give resin pumpkins from the Dollar Tree the weathered fall farmhouse look with a simple 2-paint technique in this tutorial.


Painted Dollar Store Pumpkins | Give resin pumpkins from the Dollar Tree the weathered fall farmhouse look with a simple 2-paint technique in this tutorial.
Remember when I said I wasn't purchasing any new fall decor? I'm not sure what in the heehaw happened, but that notion went flying out the window. My intentions were noble. But my love for pumpkins was not. My only excuse here is that these pumpkins were from Dollar Tree...so legitimately just a dollar. Each. Never mind that I bought 15. I still saved sooo much, right? I better just stop trying to explain my way out of my habits right now. But do check out this fun painted dollar store pumpkins tutorial below. 

Inspiration Monday

I'm just going to leave this right here: IT'S OCTOBER.
Yeah...as in, full on FALL, y'all! I'm LOVING our cooler temps in Texas...and even more, I'm loving all of the fun fall links every week here on the party!

We are now a dual platform link party! That means we are now, not only sharing the love here on our blogs, but we are sharing it on Instagram, too. Click here to see all of the Instagram fun! And click here to follow me over there to see tomorrow's IG features and fun.

DIY Fall Wreaths
This week's lovely fall features were chosen by Julie from Redhead Can Decorate.
DIY Fall Wreaths
Check out all of these gorgeous wreaths below.