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How to Take DIY Christmas Photos Around Your Tree

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A step-by-step tutorial for taking Christmas pictures of your family by yourself that look dreamy and professional in front of your Christmas tree. I totally lied and told y'all I was signing off until the New Year in my last house tour post, but today, I took on a DIY project that was a bit ... Read More about How to Take DIY Christmas Photos Around Your Tree

24 Thrifty Designer Christmas Decorating Ideas

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A round-up of thrifty Christmas decorating ideas using thrift store finds, sentimental details, and free decor solutions to customize your home during the holidays. The other day (well, during a middle of the night feeding actually #momlife), I was randomly looking around our house counting up all ... Read More about 24 Thrifty Designer Christmas Decorating Ideas

Make These 25 Cheap & Easy Christmas Crafts Now

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Christmas time is busy enough without complicated crafts. That's why I'm sharing these 25 cheap and easy Christmas crafts that you can make today! Christmas time is my favorite time of year. No surprise there, it's lots of people's fav! But it can be busy and hectic too, right? I don't know ... Read More about Make These 25 Cheap & Easy Christmas Crafts Now

Colonial Christmas Outdoor Wreath Decor + Giveaway

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Psst... there's a giveaway at the end of this post.  If you've ever been in the market for a new house and envisioned how it would look decorated for Christmas while walking through with your realtor, then you'll probably get why I'm SO excited about this little decorating project. Because ... Read More about Colonial Christmas Outdoor Wreath Decor + Giveaway

How to Change Christmas Decor Each Year Without Buying New

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Tips for changing up your decor for Christmas every year and sticking to a budget by repurposing, remaking, and choosing versatile color palettes. Hi Bless’er House readers! I’m Jamie and my blog is called So Much Better With Age. I’m so honored Lauren asked me to write a guest post on her ... Read More about How to Change Christmas Decor Each Year Without Buying New

6 Ways to Make Your Home Cozy After Christmas

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The day after Christmas, while Robert was at work, I got a little bit crazy eyed and took down every stitch of Christmas decor, two 7.5 foot Christmas trees, and filled up 6 bins to stick back into storage for another 11 months. #boom #girlpower But then... the house felt so sad. And I crept ... Read More about 6 Ways to Make Your Home Cozy After Christmas

Christmas Night Candlelight Tour 2017

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Merry Christmas Eve Eve Eve, y'all! (That can be a thing, right?) All of the presents are wrapped, the house is clean (for now), the grocery shopping is done, and I am officially signing off for the season to enjoy some much needed family time. Don't ask me how I got everything checked off of the ... Read More about Christmas Night Candlelight Tour 2017

Ultimate Guide to Decorating and Caring for a Real Christmas Tree

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A big thanks to the Christmas Tree Promotion Board for sponsoring this post. As always, all opinions are 100% my own. Every year, it happens. I turn into a Dickens-reciting, carol-singing, cookie-baking, tree-sniffing, cocoa-chugging lunatic, and if any of that is wrong, I don't wanna be ... Read More about Ultimate Guide to Decorating and Caring for a Real Christmas Tree

Seasonal Simplicity Christmas Living Room

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I could write this post with a, "Hello and welcome to our home, where the greenery is perfectly hung and a speck of dust doesn't exist and every little thing has a place in every organized cranny." Because the truth is, if you only looked at the photos in this post, maybe you'd get that idea. But ... Read More about Seasonal Simplicity Christmas Living Room

Mercury Glass Christmas Tablescape

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Hey, buddies! Guess what! We have an actual dining room to eat Christmas Eve dinner in this year. I know that might not be earth shattering to you (and truth be told, it's a blessing to have food to eat at all #perspective), but I'm pleasantly surprised that we got our act together enough over here ... Read More about Mercury Glass Christmas Tablescape

Christmas Village Snow Globe Centerpiece

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If I had a nickel for every time spray paint came to the rescue... well, I'd have a lot of nickels. I lost count. When I'm walking through the thrift store during my weekly visit (because ya know, frequent stop-ins is how you find the good stuff) half the time I think to myself, "Spray paint ... Read More about Christmas Village Snow Globe Centerpiece

Why We Buy a Real Christmas Tree Every Year

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A big thanks to the Christmas Tree Promotion Board for sponsoring this post. As always, all opinions are 100% my own. Now that Thanksgiving is over, we are sticking fir branches and cedar wreaths in every nook and cranny in this joint. Twinkle light all the things! Back in September, Robert, ... Read More about Why We Buy a Real Christmas Tree Every Year

After-Christmas Winter Mantel and Living Room

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This is the story of the living room that refused to be lonely after Christmas. You know after the twinkly Christmas lights and red ribbons and jolly little stockings come down? There's the feeling. The emptiness. And not just emptiness but also that gloom that always seems to creep in smack dab ... Read More about After-Christmas Winter Mantel and Living Room