12 home bloggers’ Christmas candlelight house tours of homes lit up at night decorated for Christmas. It doesn’t seem possible that we’ve already arrived at Christmas Candlelight Tour day. Every year, just before signing off for the season to enjoy time with loved ones, I join in with my best blogging friend Rachel at Maison…
13 simple Christmas bedroom decor ideas to add to primary bedrooms, guest bedrooms, and kids rooms for cozy winter style. I think this might be the first time in four years I’ve busted out any Christmas bedroom decor. To be fair, after that first year of decorating our bedroom for Christmas after moving in, we…
Our 2021 Holiday Housewalk home tour with classic Christmas decor ideas you can implement yourself for a timeless, nostalgic Christmas. Holiday Housewalk day is here and it is chock full of alllllll the classic Christmas decor ideas that just give ya the vintage nostalgic fuzzy wuzzies all over! Or at least, that’s how I feel…
How to incorporate fresh evergreen branches snipped from the yard and supermarket naval oranges for a simple vintage Christmas table centerpiece. Last week, while the rest of the world was busy eating around their Thanksgiving tables, I was busy coming up with a Christmas centerpiece. Because I guess my brain with its millions of tabs…
A round up of the best gift ideas for teens and pre-teens for Christmas with toys, fashion, games, books, and room decor starting at $7. Why are good gift ideas for teens and tweens SO hard to find? It’s like once kids hit 12 year old, it all becomes a mystery. But I searched high…
A round up of the best toddler and baby gift ideas for Christmas with toys, books starting at $11. I’ve been deep-diving into toddler and baby gift ideas thanks to our 3 year-old Regan this past week. I swear sometimes I feel guilty (oh hi, mom guilt… again) because our youngest definitely seems to get…
A round up of the best grade school age kids gift ideas for Christmas with toys, books, and games starting at $7. I’ve been pouring over a bunch of the latest gift ideas for kids this past week since I’m absolutely determined to have zero Christmas shopping on the to-do list after Thanksgiving for my…
In our family, the guys tend to be the easiest to shop for. Or maybe it’s just that my gift giving love language comes out and I have a total heyday finding Christmas gifts for Robert, my dad, my brother, and my father-in-law. In any case, I had way too much fun putting together this…
Christmas gift shopping season has arrived at our house! I don’t know where I’m going to hide the presents for 6 whole weeks, so I guess I should just go ahead and put the tree up while I’m at it… gee, darn. 😉 Haha! Last week, when I shared all of my vintage Christmas decor…
3 inexpensive Christmas bedding combinations perfect for making bedrooms feel warm and cozy during the cold winter months. This post is sponsored by Better Homes & Gardens at Walmart. With all of the guests coming into town soon, I thought it would be fun to make all of the beds in our house extra festive…
The most realistic Christmas garland, trees, wreaths, and stems and vintage Christmas decor staples for a timeless, nostalgic holiday home. Today marks the day when Robert and I pull ALL of our vintage Christmas decor from the attic, crank up the Bing Crosby, and get to work! Bloggers are weirdly earlier than normal for holiday…
I’ve gotta be honest… I can’t say I’ll be sad to see 2020 go. It’s been such a hard year for so many of us, and really, I count myself extremely lucky to have a healthy family and a tummy full of food and a roof over my head. But my goodness… 2020 has taught…
A thrifty Christmas wall decor idea to repurpose a secondhand sheet music book to create an inexpensive sheet music art gallery wall for $1. Today seems like a good day for a thrift store decorating Christmas wall decor project, don’t ya think? The virus-that-shall-not-be-named has really cramped my thrifting abilities this year, and I’ve missed…
A simple faux fireplace project that’s easy to recreate + Christmas mantel decor idea using common capsule pieces. I have done ZILCH outdoor Christmas decorating this year. Our front porch is completely bare (except for a little basket of treats for the awesome UPS/FedEx/USPS/Amazon delivery people). But then somehow, I ended up accidentally decorating our…
This post is sponsored by Better Homes & Gardens at Walmart. For as long as I can remember, Christmas brunch has always been a big deal at our house, and the absolute must-have every year is my mom’s “Christmas morning casserole”. On Christmas Eve, right after our big family dinner and after my brother and…
A huge gift guide of the best, highly rated, inexpensive gifts under $25 for everyone on your Christmas shopping list or any time of year. Whew! This was a BEAST of a gift guide to put together… mainly because it had a very tall order involved. I wanted to provide y’all with tons of cheap…
A classic Christmas home tour with a modern edge for the 2020 Jennifer Rizzo Holiday Housewalk featuring 30 bloggers’ styled homes. This post is sponsored by Bed Bath and Beyond. Help yourself to some hot cocoa and come on in because it’s Holiday Housewalk day! If you’re new around these parts or haven’t hung around…
40 of the best Christmas books for kids of all ages + an Advent Christmas countdown wrapped book tradition idea. Tomorrow, we start one of our absolute FAVORITE traditions with our kids as part of our countdown to Christmas! Every year, I gather up all of the Christmas books, wrap them in cute paper with…
A bright, whimsical Christmas playroom with hints of retro + access to free vintage holiday postcard prints to string into garland. I keep telling myself, “Okay, I’m going to decorate this room and then I’ll be done.” And then somehow it keeps snowballing. I’m throwing fairy lights on everything, people! Don’t stand still too long…
The perfect gift ideas for women – for a mom, a grandmother, a neighbor, a daughter, a sister, or a friend. I had every intention of already having my Christmas shopping done for all of the people on my list by now, but lo and behold, here we are. I have to be totally honest…