My Favorite Holiday Shortbread Cookie Recipe

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #TasteTheSeason #CollectiveBias If you are like most, this time of year means lots of baking going on in the kitchen!  I love trying new recipes, but I also have my easy “go to” recipes that are always crowd […]

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Family Holiday Ideas – Peanut Butter Ball Snowmen and Graham Cracker Holiday Houses

This holiday house and snowman graham cracker ball recipe tutorial is in part by #PandG and has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All ideas and opinions are mine alone. #CollectiveBias Grandma was in town and we had so much fun keeping our tradition of making Holiday Gingerbread Houses (no bake!).  We […]

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OREO Cookie Balls Wreath Recipe for the holiday season

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone.  #OREOCookieBalls #CollectiveBias You know that OREO is America’s favorite cookie, right!?  There’s nothing better than sharing it with with people, except when it is crushed and rolled up into the delicious, simple goodness that is the OREO Cookie Ball. Since […]

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Big Giveaway Basket Winner

I think for most of us it’s hard to believe Christmas is only 5 days away!  Hopefully the shopping is done and you can sit back and enjoy all the magic that this time of the year brings.  Some of the discounts being run through our Holiday Promotions will still be active through the end […]

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Ruff Draft: Christmas Racking (Random Acts of Christmas Kindness)

Who has the Christmas spirit?  We do, we do!  Today I am sharing with you a recent charity project I did with my oldest daughter, Brynne and her friends.  If you haven’t heard of “Racking”, then you will love this fabulous gift of “paying it forward”. Just so you know, RACK = random acts of […]

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Ruff Draft: FREE PRINTABLE Christmas Express Ticket

We have been in the spirit of giving lately and today we are sharing a FREE PRINTABLE CHRISTMAS EXPRESS TICKET .  We love Christmas traditions – remembering old ones and creating new ones… and we came across the cutest Christmas tradition from Confessions of a Home Schooler.  The concept is that she gives her kids “Golden […]

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Save $5 on our Magic Elf Collection

When the Elfs are swarming our homes during the month of December it’s important to offer a little hospitality during their extended stay!  To help you out a bit, we have the cutest Magic Elf  Holiday Collection with printable note cards to write letters to Santa on, gift hangtags, party logos and plenty of other adorable […]

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The Magic Elf has Landed

Thanksgiving has officially passed and in the blink of an eye media streams have become inundated with little Elf sightings!  To celebrate their arrival, Candy Galaxy set up a delicious candy buffet that will definitely keep all those little Elfs busy and out of trouble.  With our Magic Elf holiday collection helping to set the tone […]

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Got Your Printable Advent Calendar?

It is our favorite time of year and we are in love with the tradition of Advent Calendars…. so, do you have yours ready? (We offer easy and fun printable ones in our shop!) We have a really exciting project that we are working on this week and were hoping to come out with another […]

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Ruff Draft: Crafting Felt Elf Treat Bags

We are so excited to start showing Christmas ideas this season, and we thought we would kick it off with DIY Felt Elf Treat Bags.  We designed a FREE ELF TREAT BAG PATTERN for you to use, so you can create these adorable favor bags to match our most popular Christmas Collection, Magical Elf.  To see […]

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Thanksgiving Tradition Kicks Off the Holiday Season

Brenda Byers, owner of Great Stitch and sponsor of last weeks awesome pajama set giveaway has the some of the most heartfelt holiday traditions.  Last year we featured her Christmas Eve movie night tradition (and the basis of what’s become our annual holiday pajama giveaway)!  Here is another great tradition of Brenda and her families […]

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Giveaway: Family Set of Pajamas

What better way to get the holidays started than by offering  a set of pajamas for a family of 4 from our talented friends at Great Stitch!  Some comfy pajamas and a cup of hot cocoa are almost all anyone needs during the cold winter months and festive holiday season.  With this same package being one […]

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Ruff Draft: DIY Chevron Wrapping Paper and Chevron Stamp

  Today is a great day to celebrate!  Why?  Because it is October 2, and it’s my birthday (my last year in my 30’s, to be exact).  I wanted to post something birthday related, so we thought it would be fun to show DIY Chevron Wrapping Paper and Chevron Stamp!  I love receiving gifts, and […]

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Happy Holidays 2012 Anders Card

  “May your days be merry and bright!”  This is the card my family sent out this year.  The photos on the card were taken by the fab Becca Bond Photography. Such fun!  I designed this hangtag style holiday card with our favorite ikat pattern.   I used Gold Shimmer Twine this year from The […]

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Ruff Draft: Sharing Christmas Traditions & Favorite Memories

Do you have a favorite Christmas tradition that you have either passed on, or created yourself? I have a family Christmas Tradition that my parents started when I was a kid, and wanted to share with you today.  It is my favorite memory as a child, and I have continued doing it for my kids! […]

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