The month of December is my all-time favorite month, and decorating my Christmas tree is something I look forward to doing with my family every year. This year we decided to decorate early, so I put together a rustic tree trimming party where we got together with family, ate treats and drank hot cocoa, then decorated our Christmas tree. I'm thrilled to share with you all the details of our tree trimming party! Why a tree trimming party? I have fond memories of decorating our ... [ Read More ]
Rustic Holiday Party + Apple Pie in Apples
Can you believe we're quickly approaching the holidays already? I'd be lying if I said that I didn't already have my Christmas tree up, decorations out, and Christmas music playing non-stop. I've got an amazing rustic holiday party to share with you today, plus my absolute new favorite recipe that is border-line genius because it tastes SO delicious but takes less than 10 minutes of hands-on time! Rustic Holiday Party Decorations and Food For my holiday party this year I wanted it to ... [ Read More ]
Black and White Halloween Party
I'm excited to partner with Oriental Trading Company to create our Black and White Halloween Party! All ideas an opinions are always 100% my own. While I love all of the warm colors of fall and the bright orange of pumpkins and Halloween (like at our haunted forest Halloween party), sometimes it's good to focus on just one or two colors to keep it simple. A black and white palette for a Halloween party is a great way to add some spookiness and a Gothic feel to your next Halloween party! A ... [ Read More ]
Haunted Forest Halloween Party
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser, Mars, Incorporated. All opinions are mine alone. #SpookyTreats #CollectiveBias I am thrilled to be sharing our haunted forest Halloween party with you today. This party has a classic feel to it and is a little scary and a whole lot of fun! My inspiration for our haunted forest Halloween party comes from one of my favorite literary characters of all time, Ichabod Crane, and his fateful ride through the forest on ... [ Read More ]
DIY Ring Pops for the Fourth of July
Have you ever looked at something and thought, "I can totally make that." Every time I see ring pops in the store I think that, so I got to work and made some DIY ring pops, fourth of July style! My friends at Baker's Party Shop sent me the perfect gem candy mold for making ring pops. It's made of silicone and can be used for making chocolate, hard candy jewels, jewel soap bars, chocolate truffles, AND it can go in the oven, microwave, and freezer. Score! They also sent me some awesome ... [ Read More ]
Old Fashioned Fourth of July Party
This Old Fashioned Fourth of July Party is sponsored by World Market as a member of their Trendsetter Tribe. All ideas and opinions are always 100% my own. Last year my family and I went to the most amazing old fashioned Fourth of July event, complete with a barbershop quartets, rides on an old steamer train, old fashioned games, patriotic crafts, apple pie, and more. It was amazing! I wanted to create a fun, nostalgic party this year that's reminiscent of an old fashioned Fourth of July ... [ Read More ]