Obsessed!! From the day we got the cabinets painte Obsessed!! From the day we got the cabinets painted to the finished project with backsplash and under cabinet lighting. I love our kitchen so much! 

We are going to replace the outlet and switch covers to blend a little more, but for now, we are so excited to have this completed kitchen! 

#kitchenreno #kitchenbeforeandafter #kitchenremodels #kitchenrenos #kitchenrenovations #farrowandballpaint #kitchencabinetsmakeover #kitchenbacksplash #kitchenidea #kitcheninspo #coastalgrandmother
Today, we're making a super simple centerpiece for Today, we're making a super simple centerpiece for your Masters viewing parties. ⛳️ 

First, take a vase and place a small shot glass in the bottom. 

Then fill the vase around the shot glass with golf balls. 

Place the stems of some faux grass into the shot glass and use for decoration!🏌🏻‍♂️

#masterstournament #masterssunday #mastersparty #golfparty #golfpartyideas #centerpieceideas #centerpiecesideas
Today, we're making bunny bundts for Easter. 🐰 Today, we're making bunny bundts for Easter. 🐰

My kitchen was still under construction for this video, so I prepurchased my mini bundt cakes, but feel free to make your own! 

Use a tube of green icing and a grass piping tip to create grass on the top of the bundt. 

Then use a toothpick to secure a bunny peep in the grass. Place a few eggs and jelly beans around the bunny. Serve and enjoy!

#easterrecipes #minibundtcakes #bunnybundts #easterdesserts #easterdessert #easterparty #easterdinner #recipereel #easterideas #springdessert #minibunny #minibundt
Today we're making Rainbow Cookie Sandwiches for S Today we're making Rainbow Cookie Sandwiches for St. Patrick's Day. 🌈 

First either make or purchase M&M chocolate chip cookies to represent your rainbow. My kitchen is still under construction, so I purchased mine from the grocery store. 

Then fill a ziploc bag with frosting and snip off the corner. Coat the back of the cookie with frosting and then place another cookie on top. Squeeze until the frosting is at the edge then roll the entire cookie in green sprinkles. 

Serve and enjoy! 🍀

#stpatricksdaycookies #stpatricksdaytreats #springcookies #rainbowcookies #cookierecipes #recipereel #easyrecipesformoms #easyrecipesforkids #stpatricksday2023
#ad Today is March 14, or Pi Day! 🥧 Today we #ad Today is March 14, or Pi Day! 🥧 

Today we are baking a fun Pi Day-themed apple pie from @pollyspies who offers nationwide shipping on their delicious double-crusted pies! After 55 years in business, Polly's pies are still family-owned! 

There are lots of pie flavors to choose from and the pies ship directly to you frozen and packaged in dry ice. Add a little egg wash, and bake for a delicious, classic pie! 🍎

Sending a pie is a great idea for someone celebrating a birthday, a new baby or who just would love a traditional, delicious pie! 

You can use my code helen15 for 15% off your order of $50 or more! Happy Pi Day! 💕

#pollyspies #saveroomforpie #pollyspiespartner #recipereel #pidaypie #pierecipes #applepierecipe
Picking just a few photos to share from our family Picking just a few photos to share from our family photoshoot with @keikilaniphotography was the hardest thing ever! 

I'm saving Ben's 2-year-old portraits for his birthday so that made it a little easier, but every picture Jennifer sent us is just perfection.

Love these two with all my heart. So grateful for this life. 💕

Linking mine and Ben's outfits in the @shop.ltk app! https://liketk.it/44beG

#familyphotoshootideas #familyphotooutfits #toddlermoments #shopltk #ltkfamily
Let's make everything bagel popcorn for your Maste Let's make everything bagel popcorn for your Masters' viewing parties. ⛳️ My husband is originally from Augusta, so the whole week becomes a Masters' viewing party at my house. 

To make this, drizzle melted butter over popcorn, then sprinkle garlic salt and everything bagel seasoning. Mix well and repeat the steps. 🍿 

I found these little "par-tee" containers to hold your popcorn!

Do you watch the Masters? 🏌🏻‍♂️

#mastersweek #mastersparty #popcornrecipes #savorypopcorn #easyrecipesformoms #recipereel #recipereels #easysnacks #easyappetizers #movienightathome
Let's make a spring simmer pot! 🍋 This one work Let's make a spring simmer pot! 🍋 This one works for spring or summer and makes your house smell fresh and clean!

Add lemon zest, slices of lemon, rosemary and vanilla extract to a pot. Cover ingredients with water and simmer on low heat. 

You could also swap rosemary for mint leaves! I'm definitely going to try that option too.

Do you use simmer pots? What is your favorite combination?

#simmerpot #springsimmerpot #easterideas #springideas #springhome #easterhome #summerhome #summerideas #recipereel #diyhomedecorideas
BANANAS UNITE! 🍌 Make banana sushi with Benjami BANANAS UNITE! 🍌 Make banana sushi with Benjamin and me. This was so much fun! I saw it on Pinterest and knew we had to try it! 

To make banana sushi you just coat a banana in melted chocolate or peanut butter and roll it in sprinkles, mini candies, coconut, Rice Krispies, crushed granola bars or whatever else you can think of! Then you slice it up like sushi pieces and enjoy with your littles. 

We had a blast making a big mess! 

#activitiesfortoddlers #recipesforkids #kidrecipes #bananasundae #bananasushi #ideasfortoddlers #toddlercooking #toddlercookingskills #easyrecipesformoms #easyrecipesforkids
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Christmas, DIY · November 20, 2017

DIY Christmas Tree Place Cards

Stephen doesn’t let me decorate for Christmas before Thanksgiving. However, we’re are pre-transitioning at our house from fall to Christmas decor this week, so come Friday I can be in full-blown Christmas mode! I’m so excited. (To be fair, he did pop in Elf last night, so he’s excited too!) I feel like our house is happiest at Christmas. Everything is lit up and glittery. Plus, this is our first year with a house, so we are decorating outside! I just can’t wait.

To get a head start on my tablescape, Stephen and I crafted these Christmas tree place cards to match our Spode. They were incredible easy to make and are so stinking cute. Oh BONUS! I spent less than $20 on supplies to make these. It would have been less, but I could only find a 5 quart bag of fake snow. A smaller one would have been cheaper.. But now all my decor is getting a little dusting this year. Silver lining?

P.S. have I mentioned how much I love my husband? He jumps on board with all my shenanigans. He tagged along as I ran all over the place to find the items I needed to make these, AND when they weren’t exactly what I had in mind, he MacGyvered them until they were perfect. He is truly just my favorite person on the planet.

Ok back to my place cards. Here’s a little tutorial on how to make them!

Things you’ll need:

  • Mini glass jars with a cork lid (Michael’s or Hobby Lobby will have exactly what you need!)
  • Mini Christmas trees (the dollhouse section at a crafting store is a gold mine for these!)
  • Fake snow (Again, Michaels or Hobby Lobby!)
  • Super glue
  • Place card picks (See below how we made this work.) You can buy them ahead of time on Amazon.
  • Place cards (Check out the wedding section at any store.)

How to make them:

-Glue the bottom of the mini tree onto the bottom of the glass. We, of course, bought everything but glue. So I used double stick tape. It worked fine though.  Just place a little dab of glue on the base of your tree, slide into the jar, and press firmly against the bottom for like 10 seconds.

-Pour a small amount of fake snow into the jar. I HIGHLY recommend you do this over a sink, and preferably use a funnel. We kind of just went with the “wing it” theory. It worked fine, but a funnel would have come in clutch.

-Use a thin utensil to push the snow to the bottom, or just smack the jar a lot til it shakes down. It’s ok if some of the snow stays on the tree, but just try and get it all off of the jar and down to the bottom. You want the glass to be clear so you can focus on your tree.

-If you have a place card pick, pop it into the cork lid. If you do not, buy a standing place card and use a wire cutter to clip it at the length you want. Hubbs took care of this part because I have the attention span of a goldfish and got frustrated that I couldn’t cut them on the first try.

-Write your names on the cards, put them in the holders and put the cork back on the bottle. I went with marble looking place cards because I have a marble dome I like to use when decorating, but white or gold or anything would be pretty. You can even design your own!

TA-DA! Super super easy and SO cute. I am getting the items for my tablescape ready this week so that when this weekend rolls around I can put it all together. I’m so excited about these and I will have another little detail post coming up soon.

What do you think of my place cards? What is your favorite part of the pre-Christmas preparation?

In: Christmas, DIY · Tagged: christmas

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Comments

  1. Tanya Bricking Leach says

    November 20, 2017 at 1:27 am

    Oh, so festive. Very cute. I love your christmas spirit!

  2. Ashley Stephenson says

    November 20, 2017 at 8:54 am

    I love this DIY!! We aren’t hosting any Christmas parties this year but next year if we do I will have to remember this fun DIY!

  3. Cara Owens-Kindly Unspoken says

    November 20, 2017 at 11:14 am

    Ahh those are the cutest!! I love this easy DIY for christmas cards!

  4. Kelsie K Sabers says

    November 20, 2017 at 2:04 pm

    These are literally so adorable! My mom DIY’s her placecards every year so I will be passing this along to her for an idea! Thanks for sharing!

  5. Rachel@The Confused Millennial says

    November 20, 2017 at 3:28 pm

    omg these are so cute!!! I can’t believe how easy they are too!

  6. Jae (@gorjaeous) says

    November 20, 2017 at 5:19 pm

    Aww aren’t these cute and so festive?? I don’t think I’ve ever seen holiday place cards such as these!

  7. La Shell says

    November 20, 2017 at 7:43 pm

    Oh I love these so much! These would fit in so good on my desk!

  8. Patricia Conte says

    November 20, 2017 at 9:18 pm

    These are absolutely adorable, and totally something even *I* could make! Love these!

  9. Marci Smith says

    November 20, 2017 at 10:27 pm

    These are so cute! I love it!

  10. Michelle Morton says

    November 21, 2017 at 12:03 am

    Absolutely adorable! ?

  11. Adriana says

    November 21, 2017 at 1:02 am

    OMG! These are the cutest, I LOVE them!! Such a great idea!

  12. Whitney S. says

    November 21, 2017 at 6:33 am

    Oh my gosh!! These are super cute! Usually my husband is on team “don’t decorate until after Thanksgiving,” but we’ve been watching Christmas movies on the Hallmark Channel since November 1. We went out last weekend and bought tons of Christmas stuff, and on Friday we are cutting down our Christmas tree!!

  13. Marette Flora @ Floradise says

    November 21, 2017 at 8:22 am

    These are adorable! What a fun and unique idea! I like how easy to make they are, too.

  14. Kaitlyn Fickle Killebrew says

    November 21, 2017 at 8:49 am

    Oh my goodness! So very cute! I love those little trees. They remind me of my childhood and setting up Department 56 houses around our home!

  15. Mommy Engineering says

    November 21, 2017 at 8:58 am

    This is such a great tutorial and what a cute way to do placecards! I will have to try this, Im sure we are hosting Christmas this year!

  16. Jasmine Maria says

    November 21, 2017 at 9:25 am

    oh my goodness these are so cute!!!!

  17. Erica @ Coming up Roses says

    November 21, 2017 at 11:27 am

    I clicked on the title thinking it’d be little placecards with, like, Christmas trees drawn on them. THESE ARE SO COOL OMG. I’m obsessed!!!

  18. Sarah Jean says

    November 21, 2017 at 1:12 pm

    Ahh super duper cute!! Might have to make these when I go home for Christmas

  19. Lauren Falardeau Pariseau says

    November 21, 2017 at 5:06 pm

    OMG! These are SO cute and look relatively easy. Can’t wait to make these for Christmas Eve Dinner!

  20. Kristen Jones says

    November 21, 2017 at 5:40 pm

    These are the CUTEST DIY place card holders that I have ever seen!!

  21. Summer @ Coffee With Summer says

    November 21, 2017 at 6:57 pm

    How adorable are these!! So cute! Perfect keepsakes, too!

  22. Allison Ellzey says

    November 21, 2017 at 10:44 pm

    These are so cute and looks so easy to do!

  23. Tatyanna Picou-Baptiste says

    November 21, 2017 at 10:55 pm

    I absolutely love these! They can’t be any more adorable or festive!

    xx Tatyanna
    http://www.apopoflife.com

  24. Melody Angel Butler says

    November 22, 2017 at 4:38 am

    These are so adorable! I’m definitely going to bookmark this for the next holiday season.

  25. Trisha says

    November 22, 2017 at 10:44 am

    OMG – I LOVE this !!!! I made a christmas ornament this year that was so similar – I never would’ve thought to make a place card holder out of the jar! Such a great idea!

  26. Molly Moon says

    December 2, 2017 at 11:08 pm

    Oh my goodness, how CUTE are these?! I love bottle trees any way, but using them for DIY place cards is basically perfection. LOVE!

    Molly // Miss Molly Moon

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Obsessed!! From the day we got the cabinets painte Obsessed!! From the day we got the cabinets painted to the finished project with backsplash and under cabinet lighting. I love our kitchen so much! 

We are going to replace the outlet and switch covers to blend a little more, but for now, we are so excited to have this completed kitchen! 

#kitchenreno #kitchenbeforeandafter #kitchenremodels #kitchenrenos #kitchenrenovations #farrowandballpaint #kitchencabinetsmakeover #kitchenbacksplash #kitchenidea #kitcheninspo #coastalgrandmother
Today, we're making a super simple centerpiece for Today, we're making a super simple centerpiece for your Masters viewing parties. ⛳️ 

First, take a vase and place a small shot glass in the bottom. 

Then fill the vase around the shot glass with golf balls. 

Place the stems of some faux grass into the shot glass and use for decoration!🏌🏻‍♂️

#masterstournament #masterssunday #mastersparty #golfparty #golfpartyideas #centerpieceideas #centerpiecesideas
Today, we're making bunny bundts for Easter. 🐰 Today, we're making bunny bundts for Easter. 🐰

My kitchen was still under construction for this video, so I prepurchased my mini bundt cakes, but feel free to make your own! 

Use a tube of green icing and a grass piping tip to create grass on the top of the bundt. 

Then use a toothpick to secure a bunny peep in the grass. Place a few eggs and jelly beans around the bunny. Serve and enjoy!

#easterrecipes #minibundtcakes #bunnybundts #easterdesserts #easterdessert #easterparty #easterdinner #recipereel #easterideas #springdessert #minibunny #minibundt
Today we're making Rainbow Cookie Sandwiches for S Today we're making Rainbow Cookie Sandwiches for St. Patrick's Day. 🌈 

First either make or purchase M&M chocolate chip cookies to represent your rainbow. My kitchen is still under construction, so I purchased mine from the grocery store. 

Then fill a ziploc bag with frosting and snip off the corner. Coat the back of the cookie with frosting and then place another cookie on top. Squeeze until the frosting is at the edge then roll the entire cookie in green sprinkles. 

Serve and enjoy! 🍀

#stpatricksdaycookies #stpatricksdaytreats #springcookies #rainbowcookies #cookierecipes #recipereel #easyrecipesformoms #easyrecipesforkids #stpatricksday2023
#ad Today is March 14, or Pi Day! 🥧 Today we #ad Today is March 14, or Pi Day! 🥧 

Today we are baking a fun Pi Day-themed apple pie from @pollyspies who offers nationwide shipping on their delicious double-crusted pies! After 55 years in business, Polly's pies are still family-owned! 

There are lots of pie flavors to choose from and the pies ship directly to you frozen and packaged in dry ice. Add a little egg wash, and bake for a delicious, classic pie! 🍎

Sending a pie is a great idea for someone celebrating a birthday, a new baby or who just would love a traditional, delicious pie! 

You can use my code helen15 for 15% off your order of $50 or more! Happy Pi Day! 💕

#pollyspies #saveroomforpie #pollyspiespartner #recipereel #pidaypie #pierecipes #applepierecipe
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I'm saving Ben's 2-year-old portraits for his birthday so that made it a little easier, but every picture Jennifer sent us is just perfection.

Love these two with all my heart. So grateful for this life. 💕

Linking mine and Ben's outfits in the @shop.ltk app! https://liketk.it/44beG

#familyphotoshootideas #familyphotooutfits #toddlermoments #shopltk #ltkfamily
Let's make everything bagel popcorn for your Maste Let's make everything bagel popcorn for your Masters' viewing parties. ⛳️ My husband is originally from Augusta, so the whole week becomes a Masters' viewing party at my house. 

To make this, drizzle melted butter over popcorn, then sprinkle garlic salt and everything bagel seasoning. Mix well and repeat the steps. 🍿 

I found these little "par-tee" containers to hold your popcorn!

Do you watch the Masters? 🏌🏻‍♂️

#mastersweek #mastersparty #popcornrecipes #savorypopcorn #easyrecipesformoms #recipereel #recipereels #easysnacks #easyappetizers #movienightathome
Let's make a spring simmer pot! 🍋 This one work Let's make a spring simmer pot! 🍋 This one works for spring or summer and makes your house smell fresh and clean!

Add lemon zest, slices of lemon, rosemary and vanilla extract to a pot. Cover ingredients with water and simmer on low heat. 

You could also swap rosemary for mint leaves! I'm definitely going to try that option too.

Do you use simmer pots? What is your favorite combination?

#simmerpot #springsimmerpot #easterideas #springideas #springhome #easterhome #summerhome #summerideas #recipereel #diyhomedecorideas
BANANAS UNITE! 🍌 Make banana sushi with Benjami BANANAS UNITE! 🍌 Make banana sushi with Benjamin and me. This was so much fun! I saw it on Pinterest and knew we had to try it! 

To make banana sushi you just coat a banana in melted chocolate or peanut butter and roll it in sprinkles, mini candies, coconut, Rice Krispies, crushed granola bars or whatever else you can think of! Then you slice it up like sushi pieces and enjoy with your littles. 

We had a blast making a big mess! 

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