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s back on the mantel homemade gift ideas holding on to magical moments november 9 october 4 september 13 august 1 may 7 april 1 march 1 february 3 january 1 2011 56 december 3 november 1 october 2 june 2 may 3 april 2 march 6 february 15 january 22 2010 102 december 11 october 5 july 3 june 14 may 15 april 19 march 29 february 6 labels about us 33 accessories 29 adventures 16 antiques 16 awards 5 baby 17 back to school 1 bathroom 6 bedroom 13 before and after 30 birthdays 7 christmas 19 consultations 3 contest 9 coupons 2 crafts 16 decorating 66 dining room 2 easter 3 entry 5 exterior 7 fall 5 favorite things 10 food 2 foyer 3 furniture 5 gifts 5 guest room 9 halloween 8 home remodeling 16 home search 4 inspiration 25 kitchen 5 mantel 15 memorial day 1 mistakes 1 mother s day 2 new year s 3 nursery 9 office 5 organization 6 outside 3 painting 8 parenting 6 parties 4 plumbing 1 reading 1 recipes 3 recycling 1 refinishing 3 remodeling with kids 17 renovating 9 reupholster 1 saving 2 storage 11 tablescape 3 thanksgiving 3 thrifting 1 treasures 11 upstairs bathroom 4 valentine s 5 video 1 blog layout by tuesday december 18 2012 what s inside the advent boxes last week i shared the advent calendar i made out of a ladder the kids are enjoying opening a box each day as i mentioned i didn t want to make an advent calendar that was filled with presents instead jason shared with me a tradition that his mom did when he was a kid she made an advent calendar with a decoration each day that he would hang on an advent tree remember the jewelry i bought at hub s place i talked about it in my thrift store haul video i turned the vintage jewelry into miniature ornaments simply by attaching a ribbon to each one we bought a little potted tree for 9 that we will plant it s the least we can do since we cut two down every year each day the kids take turns hanging a vintage jewelry ornament on our little tree i love how simple it looks in addition to the ornaments each day there is an activity in one of the advent boxes i sat down one night with my calendar in hand and wrote out all of the activities to make sure they didn t conflict with our over scheduled lifestyle so for example i wouldn t schedule a movie night on an evening imani has a basketball game or christmas concert i jotted all of the activities in my personal planner so i could look ahead and plan whatever i needed around the activities i didn t get too fancy in making the activities i just wrote them quickly on little slips of paper and tucked them into the boxes it s fun to see how excited imani gets each day to see what the activity will be noah gets a kick out of hanging the ornaments here is this year s list of advent activites 1 quinn elf on the shelf returns can you find him 2 get christmas tree 1 and decorate it 3 make a christmas craft 4 have hot cocoa before bed 5 watch rudolf the red nose reindeer 6 set up the christmas village in the sitting room 7 watch the santa claus 8 run the it s a wonderful run 5k with jingle bells on your sneakers 9 visit the tree farm for tree 2 and decorate it 10 leave a note in someone s mailbox telling them how much you love their christmas lights 11 make room for santa find some toys to donate to the salvation army 12 read the polar express before bed 13 make a treat for the christmas party 14 tonight s the night the christmas party hang the glitter ornaments in the bay window with pretty ribbon 15 go to hand of man to get your yearly ornament 16 movie night watch elf 17 set the table with candles and have a fancy dinner play christmas music during dinner 18 write a letter to a friend or family member you won t see at christmas 19 read the christmas story in luke chapter 2 20 drive around and see the christmas lights sing christmas songs 21 start your day off right have a piece of chocolate after breakfast 22 random act of kindness day do something nice for a complete stranger 23 movie night 24 charitable giving visit heifer international posted by stephenie from decorating addiction 12 comments labels christmas parenting email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday december 17 2012 in honor of sandy hook i don t watch much television i usually listen to the news in my car on satellite radio but friday i was listening to christmas music all day when i drove around for work i was really excited about our annual christmas party that we host every year it was at my christmas party that my friend lori told me about the tragedy in connecticut i think i was in shock when she told me over the course of the weekend i intentionally did not seek out the news i didn t want to hear about the shooter see his image or give him any more attention and power than he had already been given instead i absorbed what lori told me all weekend i cherished the sound of my children s voices when they woke me in the morning i prayed for the victims i sought guidance and understanding in church on sunday morning today in honor of those in connecticut i am joining many other bloggers in pausing posted by stephenie from decorating addiction 0 comments labels inspiration parenting email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday december 12 2012 an advent ladder i ve wanted to make an advent calendar every year since imani was little i finally made one imani is almost twelve don t judge me i just struggled with how to make one what to put inside etc etc i mean they have a ton of advent calendars at target and tj maxx and i ve come close to purchasing one on several occasions but i didn t want to fill the calendar with a bunch of presents i think christmas focuses too much on material objects already and i didn t want to fill it with candy we still have halloween candy left over and not because nobody s eating it but because imani is the fastest trick or treater i ve ever seen i suppose i could fill it with toiletries from rite aid since the coupon cowboy has quite a collection in my basement but i didn t think that would be very fun for imani oh and i m cheap frugal i didn t want to spend 30 on an advent calendar so i did some research online and found a lot of really great ideas of what to put inside the advent calendar so it wouldn t be all about gifts there are many great sites that list advent activities in lieu of gifts and remember that jewelry i found at hub s place it made its way into my advent calendar too i ll share more on that along with the activities later in the meantime do you like my calendar i knew i wanted to incorporate my ladder we have two ladders in our house that i use simply for decorating i love them if i could put a ladder in every room and not have people think i was crazy i would do it i once wrote about ways to decorate with ladders here now we could add the advent calendar to that list anyway this advent calendar was pretty simple to make and it only cost me 2 i found little white boxes in the wedding section of the dollar store you get 12 in a package for 1 so i picked up two then i nicely asked jason if he d write all of the numbers on the boxes since i ve told you a million times i m really sloppy and he s a perfectionist i had to nag him a bunch but he finally granted my wish he s never failed me then i filled the boxes with the activities and tied each box to my ladder with red and white baker s twine that i had left over from my christmas cards that s it i m hoping those little boxes hold up for many years so we can carry this tradition well into noah s childhood without having to re create the calendar what about you do you have an advent calendar did you make it and if so how what do you put in it i d love to hear posted by stephenie from decorating addiction 2 comments labels christmas crafts parenting email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday december 11 2012 could it be christmas cards out on time every year i order my christmas cards through shutterfly or some other online company that prints cards but this year thanks to pinterest i was inspired to make my own cards i found the cutest simplest christmas card on pinterest so i totally copied it i m happy to say they were finished before thanksgiving and sent out just a week after only because i didn t want to send them too early i m so proud of myself i started by taking a million pictures of imani and noah one saturday while jason was sleeping in since he gets up with noah more than i do he gets saturdays to sleep in i couldn t catch a photo of both of them smiling either imani was all smiles and noah looked miserable or noah was all smiles and imani blinked so i settled on a cute photo of the two of them in a tree in our back yard imani is smiling and noah is looking thougtfully into the distance after i took the picture i used my picframe app to adjust the color and give it more of a vintage feel then i placed my order right from my iphone on postalpix the pictures arrived just a few days later i bought some brown cardstock at ac moore for 4 99 and some red and white baker s twine this stuff wasn t easy to find it s all over the internet but for those of you who know me you know i m very impatient so imani and i spent an entire day going store to store to find it we finally found it at a local stationary boutique that imani suggested i try it wasn t cheap 18 for the roll but it will last me a long time if i resist the urge to wrap everything up with it i love it since the cardstock came in a folded version and i just wanted mine to be one sided 5 by 7 inches i asked jason to cut all of the cards in half he s much neater than i am and he s very precise measuring to make sure his cuts are exact i don t like rulers we don t get along so jason cut all of the cards so that i could make my pinterest vision come to life i sat down one sunday afternoon with a glue stick a pair of scissors my photos my newly loved baker s twine cardstock and my iphone set to pandora s classic christmas station before i knew it i d cranked out a whole bunch of these adorable hand made christmas cards i m in love with them posted by stephenie from decorating addiction 7 comments labels christmas crafts email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday december 9 2012 santa s back on the mantel you know i like to change my mantel for the holidays and every year i try to make it a bit different just using everyday objects around my house but this year there s one element from last year s mantel that i couldn t leave out santa you might recall that jason made me this pottery barn knock off last year and i fell in love with it so he s made his way up there again this year but all of the other elements have changed i tried to use objects around my house and i was trying to create a mantel with a vintage feel here s what i came up with once again i used an old window for the backdrop you ll see a couple of the objects i picked up at the salvation army haul my little grapevine reindeer got a makeover with a red ribbon around is neck i placed a white pitcher in an old soda crate filled the pitcher with branches that i spray painted red and filled the box with some pine branches i added a few pine cones alongside the box i poured some epsom salt into some old ball jars added a candle and attached some fake holly to the jars in case you re wondering i got the fake holly from the poinsettia bouquet i shared with you in my salvation army haul video if you missed it you can watch it here i still have a lot of it left so i can embellish my gifts this year speaking of gifts i wrapped a couple in simple brown paper packaging that i picked up from the dollar store i tied ribbon on one and twine on the other and added little embellishments from a big box i have mostly from the salvation army or from gifts i receive each year i haven t made the tags yet but these are real gifts i m not one for faking gifts for decorating i just don t like the thought of wasting the boxes or the wrapping paper so i use real gifts for real people in my decorating the challenge is not to forget to give them to the recipients once the gifts were wrapped i stacked them on top of an old coca cola box i also filled a big vintage egg basket with pine cones and placed it on the floor the christmas ball tree sits on an old wash bucket i debated keeping the christmas ball tree in the display because it is more modern but it lights up and noah loves to look at it so i kept it finally our stockings are usually a pewter blue color but they are very shimmery and sparkly and i just didn t feel like they matched this year s mantel so i set off to purchase some burlap stockings i was shocked by the prices i couldn t find one less than 20 so i tried my hand at sewing once again and i guess i did okay because they at least look like stockings i got my material at joann fabric and i spent less than 15 for all four stockings they were a bit plain so i added some small wooden ornaments that my mom gave me from when i was a kid i like the little detail and they gave the stockings more of a whimsical feel each stocking has a unique wooden ornament finally on the left side on the floor there is a little gold tree sitting on top of an old bucket i also included a little copper pot that i filled with evergreens and tied a red ribbon on the front posted by stephenie from decorating addiction 5 comments labels christmas decorating mantel email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday december 5 2012 homemade gift ideas the christmas season is in full swing have you started making any of your gifts yet i haven t but i sure have spent a good deal of time on pinterest finding great gifts to make if i actually got off of pinterest and started making some of these amazing gifts i might be in good shape every year imani and i try to make at least a couple of homemade gifts one year it was christmas ornaments one year it was cookie mix in ball jars and one year we knitted gifts i also try to make something for imani each year i ve knitted her fingerless gloves and even made a quilt once i m not a seamstress at all making homemade gifts shows the person to whom you re giving that you actually took the time to create something for them anyone can slap down a little cash or a credit card at target and check someone off their list another reason i love homemade gift giving is because it s quality time spent with my child we enjoy the time making something for someone else and it teaches generosity far more than purchasing something in the store the problem is we re all pressed for time so of course i buy gifts in the store just like everyone else but i do make a point to make at least a few gifts each year here are some of my favs from the wonderful world of pinterest hopefully i ll get a chance to make at least a couple photo coasters people love getting gifts of photos whether the photos are of memories you shared togeth...