Our Version Of The Zinc Crate & Barrel Toy Soldiers

I saw these zinc toy soldiers from Crate and Barrel and loved the monochromatic look.  With these as our inspiration, I created a similar painted nutcracker Christmas decoration for our mantle using unfinished wooden nutcrackers.  

There are great sales going on now for holiday crafting. …

Give your ski outfit an upgrade this winter. Last Christmas my sister and I stopped by a party shop trying to find a last minute Christmas gift and stumbled upon some holiday costumes.  The kids were ecstatic.  They insisted on meeting us in the parking lot of the ski resort to snag their new festive flair immediately.…

How To Bleach And Paint Bottle Brush Trees

We will show you how to easily bleach and dye your bottle brush Christmas trees for a whole new look. After failing to find the correct shade of pink on Amazon, I decided that I’d try to repurpose some of my trees that I wasn’t wild about. …

How To Make These Christmas Throw Pillows Using Kitchen Towels

I found these adorable kitchen towels at Walmart for $.96 each! You’ll just need one kitchen towel and a few other supplies to make each pillow.  I picked up all of the supplies at Walmart.

Grab your favorite kitchen towel and iron out the fold lines.…

Designer Look For Less – DIY Snowflake Ornaments

Our Snowflake DIY Christmas Ornaments look just like this set from Pottery Barn, but we made them for a whole lot less. You only need a couple supplies to turn clear plastic craft ornaments into these elegant gold snowflake ornaments. 

In the photo above, the photo on the left are the Pottery Barn snowflake ornaments that sell for $34 for a set of 4. …