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Holiday Mantel

Holiday Mantel: DIY macrame garland, layered with asymmetrical garland, and DIY star garland. Plus lots of trees, and brass pieces. I’m excited to share my holiday mantel with you today and give you a few fun ideas. This year it’s a little bit eclectic, a little bit boho, and a little bit pink. I’m joining some of my favourite bloggers today as part of the Seasonal Simplicity Christmas Series. Be sure to check out all the other beautiful holiday mantels at the bottom of this post. Garland and Stockings I started out knowing I’d like to incorporate an asymmetrically… Read More

Free Printable Pink Christmas Gift Tag

Free Printable Pink Christmas Gift Tags: these pretty in pink “merry merry merry” gift tags are avaiable as a free pdf download. Tis the season and I’ve been working away on my Christmas shopping! I’m all set to wrap Christmas presents with these free printable pink Christmas gift tags. I hope you love them as much as I do. I’m joining today with over 20 of my blogging friends to bring tons of beautiful gift tags as part of the Seasonal Simplicity Christmas Series. Be sure to check out all the links at the bottom of this post. I’m loving… Read More

DIY Star Garland

DIY Star Garland: easy craft using polymer clay and gold wire to create beautiful star garland for Christmas decorating. It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas! I’m excited to share this fun and easy DIY Star Garland today. I used polymer clay to make them. There are lots more DIY Christmas Ornament inspiration at the end of the post. I’m joining some of my favourite bloggers as part of the Seasonal Simplicity Christmas Series. So be sure to check out all there amazing projects with the links at the end of this post. This year I think we’re… Read More

Polymer Clay Christmas Village

Polymer Clay Christmas Village: DIY miniature polymer clay houses and trees make a decorative miniature Christmas village. This polymer clay Christmas village is such a fun DIY for the holidays. Everything miniature is always so cute. And Christmas villages are a favourite of mine. I used polymer clay to make this one. It’s a really simple DIY and you could make it in any colour to fit your decor. I’m so excited to be joining some of my favourite bloggers for the Seasonal Simplicity Christmas Series. Be sure to check out lots more Christmas DIY inspiration at the end of… Read More

How To Save Seeds and Free Printable Seed Packages

How To Save seeds and Free Printable Seed Packages To Store Them: save the seeds of your favourite plants to grow again next year. Discover how to save seeds from plants so you can grow them again. Easy step by step. Plus create your own adorable free printable seed packages that will keep them dry, dark and safe. Perfect for gift giving too. Today I spent a little time out in the garden harvesting seeds. I love my beautiful flowers, and saving seeds is the perfect way to enjoy even annuals year after year. It’s really easy to do too…. Read More

Pink Candy Apples

Pink Candy Apples: homemade candy apples just like you used to get at the fair or carnival, but made even better in pretty pink. For our pink Halloween party, I thought pink candy apples would be the perfect treat -and they were. I decorated mine for Halloween, but you an easily leave off the spiders if you need them for a different celebration. Today I’m joining my friends for the Seasonal Simplicity Fall Series today, so be sure to check out lots more fun Halloween Treats at the end of this post. These are the traditional kind of candy apples… Read More

Pink Halloween Party

Pink Halloween Party: thrift store decorations spray painted pink, pink Halloween food and snacks, costumes, and a craft. Halloween just turned pink! I’m so excited to share my pink Halloween party with you. It was so much fun to put together and could not be cuter. I partnered with The Care and Share MCC Thrift Shop to put together this fun celebration. We used so many great thrift store finds and gave some a fun pink makeover. This year things are going to look a little different than the usual trick or treating. Perhaps this just might be the year… Read More

Easy Apple Dumplings Recipe

Easy Apple Dumplings Recipe: use pre-made frozen pastry to put this classic apple dumplings recipe together in no time. Quick and delicious. This easy apple dumplings recipe is an old family favourite around here, especially in the fall when fresh Ontario apples are at their peak. If you’re looking for something a bit different from regular old pie, and a whole lot easier this is the perfect recipe for your Thanksgiving dinner this year. I partnered with Giant Tiger to create this recipe and I know you’ll love it. Giant Tiger is the perfect one stop shop, with everything… Read More