I had a realization a couple weeks ago when I got the Christmas bins out of storage and started to decorate. Pulling out those large plastic containers used to bring me nothing but complete JOY. But this year, a wave of something else came over me. Overwhelmed, I looked at alllll these bins, and didn’t […]
A Cozy Christmas Bedroom
December 20, 2017 by 6 Comments
Something I did for the first time last year was decorate our master bedroom for Christmas. It was so comfy and cozy, and I vowed to do it again this year. Most of it is the same, but we did do a couple new things… And just like in yesterday’s post, a bit of this […]
The Perfect Christmas Kitchen Sign and a New Runner
December 19, 2017 by 4 Comments
My kitchen doesn’t get a ton of decorating this time of year. A couple mini trees, festive tea towels and our Christmas cards hanging (my FAVORITE decoration!!) are about the extent of it. I had been thinking how much I’d love the perfect Christmas sign to hang above my sink – I always have a […]
Twas The Week Before Christmas…
December 18, 2017 by 2 Comments
…and this bad little blogger still has so much left to show you! <<<<insert all the face palm emojis here>>>> Alright, there’s dining room and kitchen and bedroom stuff…not really all that exciting, as there was a lot of repeating in the decor department this year. I did do a new simple centerpiece in the […]
Favorite Things Friday #10
December 15, 2017 by 2 Comments
Week Ten already?! Where’d those months even go?? Let’s talk about what’s been my saving grace this week, shall we? 1. Shortcut party recipes! With all the entertaining going on this year, I love my go-tos: Three ingredient crockpot meatballs (frozen meatballs + grape jelly + chili sauce), and Two ingredient white chocolate peppermint bark. […]
Christmas Family Room Tour 2017
December 11, 2017 by 8 Comments
Hello! Hope you all had a relaxing weekend – ha! Who are we kidding, with Christmas two weeks away, right?! Relaxing maybe not, but fun? Hopefully! We had a jam packed weekend with Christmas parties and cookie baking and Polar Express and family from out of town, all the good traditions we were talking about […]
Favorite Things Friday #9
December 8, 2017 by 2 Comments
*This page contains affiliate links for your convenience. For more information, see the FTC guidelinesĀ here.* I’m already late on what is SUPPOSED to be this morning’s Favorite Things Friday, so let’s just cut to the chase on what I’m loving this week, shall we?! 1. Because of Bethlehem by Max Lucado I’ve been trying […]
Decorating the New Kitchen Shelves for Christmas
December 7, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Remember a couple months ago when I shared my new kitchen shelves? I’m so happy with these guys – it was SUCH an inexpensive project (thank you, Ikea!), and they solved a major decorating dilemma I’ve battled for years. That itty bitty wall was finally solved…oh happy day! And now that it’s Christmastime, I’ve added […]
Quick Christmas Countdown Fridge
December 5, 2017 by 2 Comments
This is going to be a quick post, because this was a super quick project! (That, and I have 987 things still left to do, and it’s 7pm – including decorating our tree tonight!) š Remember on that Favorite Things Friday post, when I shared this super cute chalkboard art at Hobby Lobby? I knew […]
A DIY Christmas Craft Paper Scroll-y Thing…Or Something…
November 29, 2017 by 6 Comments
Can you tell from the title of this post that I really have no idea what I just made?! lol! Here, let me give you a photo so you have a visual before I begin… Maybe you know what these are called? I’ve seen these brown craft paper scroll things all over blogland and I’ve […]
Hi there! Iām Liz, a former teacher-turned-stay-at-home mom to three kids, with a passion to create a warm and inviting home on a budget. This blog all started when Iād put the babies down for a nap, and squeeze in a project during those precious couple of hours! My hope is that you visit this page and feel inspired to do a little ānaptime decoratingā of your own. Thank you so much for stopping by! 
