DIY
CLJ Gift Guide: 17 Hilarious White Elephant Gifts Under $15!
We're starting our gift guides a little early this year because white elephant parties (occasionally grouped together with ugly sweater parties) are already popping up on our calendar and I couldn't bear the thought of our readers being without the gift under their arm. Here's the thing about white elephant gifts--they kind of need to be funny. […]
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November 13, 2017
Decor
Christmas Around the House
We're excited to share with you a little peek into Christmas around our house. It's not a part of any official tour, nor was I asked to decorate my house--it's just what we like to do to make this time of year especially magical for our girls. We have 2.5 trees (in the playroom we […]
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December 12, 2016
Mood Boards
12 of the Best Flocked Christmas Trees in Every Size
Last year, we got a slim flocked tree for the living room, and I fell in love with the lightness and whimsy. And a lot of other people must have fell for it, too, since this photo circulated all through Pinterest, our readers have tagged me a number of times on Instagram when it popped […]
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November 18, 2016
Decor
A Kid-Friendly Christmas "Mantle" in the Playroom
This post is in partnership with Lowe's. Since this is the first holiday season that we'll have the playroom/family room completed, we wanted to deck it out a little bit since we spend so much time down here. Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to visit Lowe's headquarters and peek at their Holiday collections […]
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November 17, 2016
Decor
Christmas Around the House 2015
I'm not one that enjoys holiday decorations in every nook and cranny of the house. It makes me claustrophobic, and I find Christmas music does more for bringing cheer this time of year than anything. BUT! A few, thoughtful, festive decorations go a long way in making our home feel a little more merry. Here's […]
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December 8, 2015
Gift Guides!
A Gift Guide For The Person Who Has Everything
It's our final gift guide of the day! Be sure to check out gifts for the kids, gifts for the DIYer, gifts for the home lover, and gifts for the home cook. For our last gift guide, we wanted to round up a few gifts to give people who seem to have everything. These are […]
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November 30, 2015
Gift Guides!
Gift Guide for the Kids!
It's gift guide day and we'll be posting one every hour in the morning. Each year, we like to jot down gift ideas over the course of many months that we honestly love or have been a hit in the past and share them right here as our tried and true gift guide. Also, since […]
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November 30, 2015
Lifestyle
Our Holiday Card Photo Tips + $250 to Artifact Uprising to Send Your Best Cards Yet.
We have teamed up with one of our favorite photo companies, Artifact Uprising, to introduce you to some really fantastic holiday card options and give one of our readers $250 to their site to spend on cards, prints, photo gifts, art--anything you'd like. Everything is so beautiful! Last weekend, we called up our friends, the […]
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November 12, 2015
Lifestyle
Some Holiday Highlights | 2015
I hope you don't mind if I step away from our usual talking points today to share with you some highlights from our holiday in a mostly picturesque way with some disjointed text thrown in for memories' sake. It was Faye's first Christmas and she spent most of the morning just observing, as she normally […]
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January 9, 2015
Lifestyle
And Now, Our 2014 Christmas Card
We are taking this week to spend time with our families from all over the world (okay, Mexico, Pittsburgh and Utah) that are in town for Christmas! With all 4 of my sisters here, there will surely be too many pictures posted to Instagram, so you can catch us there if you're interested. But before […]
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December 22, 2014
DIY
PSA: Instantly Fix Your Burnt Out Christmas Lights
We put up our Christmas tree over the weekend, which isn't really news. I think most people did, right? It's not really even "blog worthy." We used silver and gold bulbs we had sprinkled with sentimental ornaments we've collected over the years. But, this post is about how every year our pre-lit tree sends us […]
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December 2, 2014
Art
And Now, Our 2013 Christmas Card
So last year we started the tradition (I guess we can call it that now that this is our second year doing it!) to commission an illustration of our family for our Christmas card. Once again, we hired my friend from art school whom we've kept in touch with, Lance Fry, and once again he […]
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December 19, 2013
Toolbox
Gift Guide for the DIYer + Home-Lover
1. The Wagner Flexio 590 paint sprayer recently changed our lives and our minds about paint sprayers in general. Chances are, your DIYer has had a similar experience and now you get to blow their mind with this one that works, oh so well! 2. A really great soy candle that lasts for 50 hours […]
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December 13, 2013
Decor
The Art of Gift Hiding
When I was growing up, after I uncovered the truth, you know the truth, and suddenly came to the realization that all of our Christmas presents HAD to be in the house somewhere--I got curious. I never remember hunting for them or anything, but I might poke in my parents' closet with a terribly pounding […]
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December 12, 2013
Art
DIY Christmas Gift: Family Tree
While I still have some shopping to do before Christmas, I have found that homemade gifts are always well-received so Chris and I have tried to incorporate that into our holiday gifting plans each year as well. This family tree project took me 20 minutes and is as sentimental for anyone as it is pretty […]
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December 11, 2013
DIY
Our Advent Calendar + Ideas
Last night I finished our advent calendar that will hopefully be in our family for years and years: As a reminder, this is how it looked when I bought it on clearance for $20 from our local craft store (Porter's for anyone close) As a reminder, this is how it looked when I bought it […]
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November 21, 2013
Decor
Decorating the Front Door for Christmas. Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la.
We decked the halls (okay, just the front of our house) really early this year. Back in July, Home Depot contacted me and asked us to participate in their Holiday Style Challenge this year. They sent us a room full of mystery boxes containing more Christmas stuff then we knew what to do with and […]
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November 14, 2013
Art
Our Season's Greetings. To You.
And now, this year's Christmas card: While we wanted the front to be clear of any text to highlight the art (more on that in a minute), Chris wrote a little blurb for the back as a short kind-of-summary of our year. And in case you can't squint your eyes and read the above, but […]
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December 24, 2012
DIY
DIY The Easiest Card Holder. Ever.
This time of year is the best for mail. I did nearly all of my Christmas shopping online, so between the packages arriving daily and the real gems, receiving holiday cards from our friends and family, every day feels like Christmas! We haven't shipped out our cards yet--that's my goal this weekend!--but the cards have […]
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December 14, 2012
Gift Guides!
You-Can't-Go-Wrong Gifts for Him, Her and Littles.
1. Moroccan Oil. This is actually on my hair's wish list. But tomato, tomahto. $23.99 2. Eyelash extensions for your sister, mom, aunt, bff, and/or yourself). I just got them for the first time and I feel ready when I wake up in the morning (!!) for all the Christmas and New Year's parties on […]
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December 13, 2012
