DIY Decorative Holiday Tea Towel

This DIY Decorative Holiday Tea Towel post is sponsored by Bounty. 

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Need some ideas for DIY holiday decorations while the kids are off of school for the break? This holiday tea towel is not only a fabulous craft and decoration…it also makes a perfect gift, especially paired with my free printable baking gift tags. This project is very easy…just requires a bit of set up from a grown up and then let the kids have fun with it!

This was such a fun kids’ craft, y’all! My son and I enjoyed working on it together. We’re going to be giving them to some of his teachers for a sweet holiday gift. Check out the entire tutorial below. 

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Happy party day, friends!! December sure is FLYING by, isn't it? Hope you're able to soak up every festive bit of it. Before you know it, they'll be dropping that ball and we'll be packing up the ornaments...it's always over too fast!

And we've got some beautiful December-themed inspiration for you. . .

today's features are crazy gorgeous...

I'd certainly love to pull up a chair to one of these tables! 

These features were selected by Laura from Inspiration for Moms...

check them all out below.

Free Printable Christmas Card

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This free printable Christmas card is ready to print, sign, and send. It's perfect to add in all of your own notes on the inside. Download yours below.

This holidays are well under way, y'all. It seems like we blink and they're over, right? I still haven't gotten my cards out, yet. We didn't do Christmas cards the last couple of years, but I was really wanting to get back into the tradition. I also love the practice of physically writing notes during the season. These cards are designed just for that...with a simple watercolor wreath and Merry Christmas. The interior is blank for your own sentiments. Download and print yours below.

How to Sew Reusable Wine Bags

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Looking for the cutest way to gift a bottle of wine? My DIY Reusable Wine Bags can be made in just minutes...and print out my free printable (punny) wine gift tags to go along with your bags. This is an easy hostess, coworker, neighbor, or friend gift for the holiday season. See how to sew your own reusable wine bags below.

We love gifting wine around the holidays...it's such an enjoyable gift for so many of our friends and family. I thought it would be fun to create a unique way to wrap our wine bottles this year...and a kitchen towel was the perfect fit! Check out my tutorial for sewing reusable wine bags below.

Peppermint Themed Coffee Bar

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'Tis the season for warming up at a fun coffee bar. Why not make one in your kitchen? I added a festive twist on my usual: a Peppermint Coffee Bar! It's complete with peppermint coffee, peppermint candy, and loads of red and white. See all of the details below.

I love having this space all decked out for the holidays. We do a bit of entertaining between family stuff and my husband's office peeps. Everyone seems to gravitate to this area of the kitchen after a meal...who doesn't want to finish off a fun evening with a delicious cup of coffee? Plus, I think this is a must-stop during Santa's visit, too.

Check it all out below.

Free Printable Tea Gift Tags

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Needing a fun gift for the tea drinkers in your life? Put together simple gift baskets with all of the essentials (including some amazing honey!) then just add my free printable tea gift tags for a special touch. I've got all of the things you'll need below...along with a quick overview of brewing loose tea!

I've gotten really into tea the last few years...I used to never drink it, but now I chase my coffee with it EVERY morning. While I tend to take the easy route (I use the pods in my coffee maker...gah!), it is fun to indulge and make a really special cup of tea with loose tea leaves every now and then. My mother-in-law enjoys her tea this way...she's a definite tea connoisseur. I thought it would be fun to put together a basket or two of upscale tea service for all of those TEA-riffic folks in our life.

Printable Christmas Movie Quotes

These Six Printable Christmas Movie Quotes are the perfect addition to holiday decor.

They're the latest addition to my printables for purchase.

Download and frame them for instant festive fun.

 Are Christmas movies a part of your traditions? We can't get enough of them in our house...we watch one nearly every night. And of course...we drop quotes from them all season long. One of our favorites is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation...I mean, y'all. So. Many. Quotes. And the boys love Home Alone (ya filthy animal!). These are bundled together in one festive pack for $5. 

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Inspiration Monday

It's officially December! So much WONDERFUL goes into this last month of the year. And the holidays seem to be the cherry on top. Today's party has so many fun features...and it just a bit will be loaded with inspirational links, too...from YOU! 

Today, we've got a dozen features that are sure to keep your glue guns fired up and your rugs covered in gobs of glitter...12 Homemade Ornament Projects linked up to last week's party! Homemade ornaments are always my absolutely FAVORITE ones!

This weeks' features were selected by me! 

Kindly pin from original sources. Check these all out below.

Free Printable Christmas Tree Car

This free printable Christmas Tree Car is the perfect way to kick off December. It's a fun and vintage addition to your holiday decor.

A couple of weeks ago, I did a fun VW Bug & tree printable for my newsletter subscribers. It was such a hit that I wanted to do one for the main weekly freebie, too. 
And who doesn't love a good, ol' fashioned woody car? Download yours below.

How to Properly Store Holiday Dinnerware

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While the parties and entertaining are just getting underway, in about a month we'll all be in clean up mode (sniff, sniff!). I wanted to share my simple tricks for storing holiday dinnerware (so you don't even have to wash it next year when you pull it out!).

My mother began giving me my Christmas dinnerware the year my husband and I got married. She would give me a couple of pieces every year. Sometimes, she'd hit the after-Christmas sales and I'd end up with several sets at a time. It's been such a treasured collection. While I'm definitely a self-proclaimed dish junkie, this is truly the only set that has been completely mine. All of my other sets came from antique stores, thrift stores, estate sales, and relatives that passed on. This Christmas set is truly the only set of dishes I own that came straight from the store (via my mom!). And now that my mom is getting older, she passed on her same Christmas pattern to me as well (she actually had all the serving pieces in her collection). I truly treasure this set and look forward to pulling them out every year. Here's how I take care of them so they always stay in tip-top condition.

Easy Sew Blanket and Coordinating Tags

This easy sew blanket is a fantastic teacher gift for this holiday season.

I've also got some fun free printable coordinating tags you can use with this warm & cozy present.

Even more fun? This is a HOP! I've teamed up with some super fun blogger friends to bring you several fun holiday teacher gift ideas. Check them all out below, along with my complete tutorial for this easy sew blanket and free printable tags that coordinate perfectly.

Free Printable Dog Gift Tags

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Putting together a fun gift for your pooch? I've got some super fun (and free) printable dog gift tags for you (in two designs). Our dachshund, Chloe, gave these tags two paws up. Download them below.

We can never forget our pups during the holiday season, right? I love to give practical gifts that get used over and over...not only to people but to dogs, too, y'all. I thought a reusable canister full of dog treats and toys would be the PAW-fect gift this year. Give one to your own dog or to the dog-lover in your life...or maybe even a new pet owner. And don't FURRRR-get to add one of my free printable dog gift tags to make it even cuter!

Inspiration Monday

Coming to the end of a nice, long holiday weekend can feel rough, right? No worries, y'all...we've got plenty of party inspiration to brighten the end of the fun and start the week off right! So happy you're here to join us for the fun! AND, we have a BIG giveaway, too!

We've got an awesome $1000 Rug Expedition Rug Giveaway running from November 27th - December 15th! This giveaway is brought to you by The Crafting Chicks and a few other friends.

Brought to you by Rugs Expedition and the following amazing bloggers:

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Adding a new, fun rug would be a great way to update your space for the new year.

 Loving the selection at Rug Expedition and all of the choices for different styles.
You have 30 + ways to enter using the Rafflecopter Form below....yowsa! The giveaway will end at 11:59pm on December 15, 2016 MST. Our winner will be emailed and will have 48 hours to respond. If they do not respond, a new winner will be chosen and receive the $1000 gift card from Rug Expedition. a Rafflecopter giveaway

We have loads of holiday inspiration for you today...the perfect kick off to the season!

This weeks feature's were chosen by Debbie from Refresh Restyle.

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Check out all of these festive features below!

Free Hanukkah and Christmas Printables

These free Hanukkah and Christmas Printables are

the perfect accessories to all of your holiday decor.

How was Thanksgiving, y'all? We ate ourselves silly and had a great time with family. Hoping you did, too! We're not even done, though...one more fun Thanksgiving with my husband's side of the family tomorrow night that I'm super excited about. Kicking off the official start of the holiday season with two fun free Hanukkah and Christmas Printables.

DIY Succulent Napkin Rings

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This is a fun craft on how to make your own succulent napkin rings…whether you need last minute ones for Thanksgiving dinner or want to plan ahead for your holiday meals. These are simple to put together and start from an empty roll of Bounty Paper Towels.

These succulent napkin rings were really easy to create, y’all. And they will last for years of family dinners. I think napkin rings are a great way to dress up a place setting…and they prevent all the work of fancy napkin folding, right?

Organizing a Closet for a Preteen

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The preteen years are not for the faint of heart, y'all. Not only are hormones and attitudes all over the place...it's just an *interesting* time all together. This past weekend, we finally got to work on our preteen's closet. It's hard to properly store such a wild variety of items from his still-want-to-hang-on-to-them toys to his middle school band gear and weight sets (because...muscles). We found a great solution and are excited to share it today.

We're completely in the adolescent stage of life. It's such a tough stage and yet a good one, too. We are working on certain freedoms, but still trying to hold those reigns. We finally had a come-to-Jesus moment this past weekend regarding the closet situation that has snowballed on us the past few months. Check out how it worked out below.

Inspiration Monday

Y'all...it's THANKSGIVING WEEK! Who else is excited? I've been working like a diggity dog but after tomorrow, I'm off for a week of glorious cooking, eating, and family time. Here's hoping you and yours have a wonderful holiday week, too! 

AND, be sure to enter my giveaway to win a Christmas tree from Bellacor:

One of my readers will walk away with the exact type of tree as pictured above.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER!

This weeks feature's were chosen by Julie from Redhead Can Decorate.

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Julie put together a group of features that are going to make you want to run and grab your fat pants fast! ;) Who else is ready for Thanksgiving food? I'm totally adding the Butternut Squash & Brussels Sprouts Dish to my menu. Check out all of these recipes and link up your own inspiration below!

Christmas Decor in the Dining Room & Tree Giveaway

Today, I'm sharing Christmas Decor in the Dining Room AND we have an awesome Christmas Tree Giveaway from Bellacor. You could win the same tree you'll see below in my dining room!

I've said this a few times, but when we looked at this home initially...one of my first happy thoughts about it included Christmas trees in the front windows. My mom always set her tree up in the front living room window and I'm thrilled to be able to do that, too. There's actually something fun to me about having a pretty tree in the dining room, too...eating by the glow of loads of twinkle lights.

My tree in here is a gorgeous Vickerman Green, Crystal, Balsam Christmas Tree from Bellacor. Check it out below and enter to win one for yourself!

DIY Magnetic Advent Calendar

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This DIY Magnetic Advent Calendar is perfect for holiday fun!

Just print the free numbers & activity pages and check out the tutorial below. 

This new DIY advent calendar of ours was born after an overload of treats in our household. I wanted a non-candy, non-material advent calendar and this one fits the bill I loaded it with 24 fun activities...everything from drinking hot chocolate, to making a family recipe together, to building a ginger bread house. There are tons of fun and meaningful activities. Download all of the free prints for this one below. 

Living Room Christmas Decor

Today's Living Room Christmas Decor post is brought to you

by Vickie's Gifts in Roscoe, Texas.

This space is the room I've been the most excited about decorating for the holidays. It was the room I fell head over heels in love with the first time we looked at this house. That mantel just did me in. It made me know I just really wanted to make this place our home. Check out how this decor came together below...with the help of a dear friend.

I met my friend, Koti, almost 12 years ago. We lived in the Texas panhandle at the same time and had babies about the same age...and we both loved decorating! We had such a fun time and I miss living close this this girl. We took a couple drives together and I was able to see her mom's beautiful shop in Roscoe at some point. Long story short, Koti eventually relocated and now runs Vickie's Gifts in Roscoe. Y'all...this store is over-the-top amazing...filled with home decor, adorable clothing, and much more. AND, not only did Koti provide a lot of the Christmas decor for my living room, she's also doing a giveaway at the end of this post!