May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve. — Unknown
Need some Christmas celebration inspiration? We’ve got everything from glittering decorations to gingerbread house building tips, eggnog recipes and elves, to family fun events. Even your inner Grinch will find food and drinks that Santa will love year after year.
It’s go time. November 1. Let’s do this holiday thing baby! It’s the official kick-off to Christmas and you’ve got to get your head right. Are you mentally ready to take on the rigors of the wreath season? And how exactly do you do that? With a good ole Hallmark...
True Story: When my husband and I were newly married, he used to be a real stick in the mud about the holidays. We were always bickering about when to put up the tree(s), whether they should be real or fake, how many holiday decorations inside and out. Just the...
Don’t stress when the holidays roll around. Get started early with this FUN step-by-step guide!
December has me all giddy for gingerbread. It likely has a lot to do with the Reliant Energy®'s 5th Annual Gingerbread House Decorating Challenge which took place earlier this month. Big love to Reliant for inviting me to participate, as it provides such a fun way to...
The girls were getting their Downton on last night. I suspect that there's not much time for watching the international hit while all that toy making is going on at the North Pole. Jewel, our girl Elf on the Shelf, and her bestie Barbie were all dolled up, using the...
The puggies are not amused. Not at all. The Princess Cupcake's Elf on the Shelf Chintz and Jewel stole all their doggie stuff last night and hid it in the oven, knowing full well we can't get to it without touching them. Dog food, bowl, leash, greenies, and gasp --...
The Princess Cupcake woke up to a mess on the floor of her room. Her Elf on a Shelf, Chintz and Jewel, had ransacked her clean laundry and left a pile of it stewed all over. Then she noticed there was a trail of panties going down the hallway... And then as she came...
Uh yeah. The elves, Chintz and Jewel, apparently took some time out of their busy flight home to the North Pole to practice their skills at Angry Birds. Nice of them to stay out of the way of the maids - I had a hard enough time explaining to them what the Elf on the...
Just another morning in elf-land. The elves Chitnz and Jewel barricaded the door to the Princess Cupcake's room last night. She had fallen asleep on the sofa so it wasn't until she woke up that she realized they had not only put up a wall full of boxes, they had...
I had a bad feeling about our Elf on the Shelf Chintz and Jewel watching the Smurfs 2 co-starring the Naughties. After spending the entirety of Dallas Icepocolpse Day 1... unpacking from our recent move, the elves took all our bubble wrap that was so carefully folded...
It's no wonder our elves on the shelf love to visit with the Smurfs when they are at our house each December. Aside from the shirtless Smurfs, they've basically got the same fashion sense especially the head gear. When they are not hat bonding they enjoy watching a...
This just proves it yet again, those elves are tailing me as well as the Princess Cupcake. Last night I went to the Grand Opening party at Kim Hoegger Home specifically to see the demonstration of Amy Howard chalk paints. And this is what we wake up to. Clearly they...
Ever feel like someone's watching you while you're sleeping? Yeaaahhhhh... I woke up in the middle of the night to see this on top of my reloved dresser. Yes, in retrospect, I probably should have rescued poor bear, but in my defense, I wasn't exactly sure what was...
The party at the Perot house continued for our elf visitors Chintz and Jewel last night, this time with a rousing game of Headbands (the Princess Cupcake's favorite game). This looks like an easy round for the elves though - what with the flying fairies and all. Let's...
Everyday should be a party, but that would be EXHAUSTING! I do like to plan for a big bash though. Here’s a few ways that we like to level up holidays and celebrations!
