Movie Night Gift

Movie Night Tags

I saw this cute idea and am going to use it as our neighbor gifts this year. I made our own tag for it and wanted to share it with you! 

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Star Wars The Force Awakens

THIS IS THE WEEK! Are you as excited as the rest of the world is? Star Wars The Force Awakens has been long in coming. I have been wanting to re-watch all the previous movies before I see this new one, but I don’t have all of the DVD’s. No worries here, though, I found the perfect solution and I want to share it with you.

You may have heard about VidAngel, but if you haven’t it’s a streaming site where you can watch all the previous Star Wars movies for just a $1 per night with sellback. (To see how the sellback works click on the picture below.) There has been no problems with the streaming or picture and a neat bonus is that the videos have been filtered so you can choose parts to skip over if you’d like. You can also watch on any device you have!

 

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Blog Tour and review of Shadows of Angels

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Today I’m happy to participate in a blog tour for an upcoming YA release from Cedar Fort Press. December 8th marked the release of newcomer L. G. Rollins’ first installment in the Zaad Stone Trilogy, Shadows of Angels

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Christmas Home Tour 2015

Merry Christmas!

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I thought I’d take some photos today to show you what Christmas looks like at our house. It always seems a little weird to open up my home to the public, but I’m happy with how it turned out. I love the cozy feel of it. Maybe I’m just wishing I could be in the mountains and snow in a warm cabin. Ya, I think that’s it. Welcome to my Christmas Home Tour 2015.

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Cozy Christmas Frame

For Christmas this year I’ve been decorating in a cozy cabin kind of feel which includes the popular buffalo checks and plaids and woodsy types of elements. Here’s a peek of some of our decor. I hope to get a small home tour up tomorrow.

A cozy cabin feeling Christmas

I thought it might be fun to cover a craft store frame with a wool sweater to add to my decor, so I went to my local thrift store and found a 100% wool sweater and washed it to shrink it. They call this technique “felting” because it shrinks the fibers and makes it feel more like felt. I’m thrilled with how my Cozy Christmas Frame came out. Here’s what I came up with.

A cozy Christmas frame for my cabin decor.

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Banana Squash Casserole

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I am such a casserole lover. How about you? I really like a meat and potatoes dish, but for me I love the combinations of good casseroles. This recipe for Banana Squash Casserole is a great one because it combines creamy goodness, chicken, and my favorite squash, yellow banana squash. I also like how versatile it is. It’s light and makes a great warm weather meal plus it is comforting and perfect for the colder months. 

Delicious and creamy casserole recipe.

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Christmas Words

Hello Everyone! I am a huge fan of the holidays. Are you? However, decorating my home for each Fall and Winter Holiday can get overwhelming. I used to go all out for each special day, but it got to be too difficult and time consuming. I decided to simplify things, but yet create a fun atmosphere for my family. While I was weeding out items I no longer wanted to use I would either donate the items or pass them along to family members and friends. Storing all this stuff was also a problem, but not anymore. 

This year I came up with an idea to create a statement piece that fills a lot of space and helps to create that Christmas feeling, but doesn’t take much room to store.

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Natural Baby Wipes – WaterWipes

This post was sponsored by WaterWipes as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. I received complimentary products to facilitate my review.

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Have any of you tried WaterWipes yet? Wow! When I find a product I’m so impressed with I have to share it with all my mom friends. While shopping at my favorite store, Target, I saw them in the baby section and decided to try them after comparing the ingredients to the leading brand. In fact, I got two 60 count packs.

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Ugly Sweater Contest and Awards

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We’re officially gearing up for all those UGLY SWEATER PARTIES this holiday season and today I’ve teamed up with an awesome group of bloggers to give you tons of Ugly Sweater Party Ideas + a cash giveaway to help YOU get a head start on your holiday shopping!!

 13 Ugly Sweater Party Ideas from top bloggersCheck out my tutorial below, then check out what my other blogging friends came up with for their Ugly Sweater Party Ideas this holiday season!! And don’t forget to enter the giveaway for $130 in COLD HARD CASH below!!

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Christmas Card Holder Ideas

Every Christmas I am looking for a fun way to display my Christmas cards and thought I would share with you some of the ideas I found across the web. These Christmas card holders are so clever and pretty easy to create.

10 Christmas card holders that are beautiful and easy to create.

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