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December #30DayFlip Round Up – Charitable Giving & Purging the Excess

January 2, 2016 by Sue Purdy Leave a Comment

As we ring in 2016, it’s nice to take a moment to reflect back on all the wonderful things we’ve all accomplished in 2015. The December #30dayflip Challenge, hosted by the lovely and talented Jeanette at Snazzy Little Things and the inspiring and fun Meredith at Arts & Classy, was to focus on Charitable Giving […]

Christmas Home Tour

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here and I couldn’t be more thrilled. This year, I’m teaming up with 19 bloggers to bring you some Christmas cheer and hopefully some inspiration. This fabulous blog hop we’ve dubbed It’s a Wonderful House Christmas Hop is hosted by the very talented Olivia from Reinvented […]

A Christmas Carol Inspired Mantel

It’s the most wonderful time of the year – time for the annual 25 Days Of Christmas Movies Blog Hop! #ChristmasMoviesHop We have 25 talented bloggers gathered together to share with you all the wonderful crafts and recipes you can make this Christmas season, based off of some of the most beloved holiday classic films. […]

DIY Monogram Christmas Ornament

Welcome to the 2017 Ornament Exchange & Blog Hop! This year, there are 47 amazing bloggers participating in the exchange. The rules of the challenge were simple: be partnered with a fellow blogger, create a handmade ornament for $15 or under, create a tutorial, and ship the ornament off to a new home! A huge […]

Ikea Hack – How I Turned an Ikea Side Table Into a Christmas Tree Base

We’re back again this month with another fun furniture flip for the *Renew*Refresh*Restyle* Challenge. This monthly feature is where some talented bloggers team up to show you how we transformed a piece of furniture into something new and pretty. For my furniture flip, I did something CRAZY and I’m going to show you how I […]

Christmas Home Tour

I am so happy to be sharing this Christmas Home Tour with you guys today, as part of the Simply Seasonal Holiday Edition, hosted by Organize Nashville. I’ve teamed up with some super talented ladies as part of this Christmas blog hop, where we will welcome you into our homes for a Christmas Home Tour […]

Christmas Wood Block Houses

I am so honoured this year to be participating in the Handmade Holidays Blog Hop 2016. This fun blog hop features some truly amazing and talented bloggers who have created holiday decor that are easy for anyone to do on their own and include step by step instructions. My entry for the blog hop was […]

Christmas Tablescape

Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating today with friends and family. I’m so excited to share this quick post with you all about my holiday tablescape. For this tablescape, I went with a very neutral palette in taupes, creams and beiges. These neutral tones were soft and warm without being too boring. They also complimented the […]

DIY Christmas Truck

This past weekend, I wanted to create something new and fun for under my tree. Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of really cute trucks with a miniature Christmas tree loaded up in the back of the truck. I thought these were SO cute, so I went online looking for one….. yeah right…. Finding one […]

Easy DIY Succulent Ornaments

I know I said last time that I was going to show you how I made my cute Christmas truck for my next post, but don’t worry. That one is coming soon 😉 For now, let’s talk about these quick and easy ornaments that were fun to put together and make a great last minute […]

Sweater Ornaments

Have you ever wandered through high end departments stores and stared in amazement at their beautifully decorated Christmas trees? Well, I certainly have, and one of the most interesting and fun new trends I’ve seen this year is ornaments that appear to have been made out of knit sweaters. I decided to try to make […]