HOLIDAY TRADITIONS

I love to celebrate ALLOFTHETHINGS, holidays are no exception! Here is a cheat sheet to all of my holiday traditions…

Valentine’s Day

Mail Valentine’s cards
Countdown calendar filled with dog treats for the doodles
Bake heart shaped treats and decorate with heart shaped sprinkles!
Heart Shaped Pizza

St. Patrick’s Day

I celebrate Easter, so sometimes St. Patrick’s Day doesn’t get the creative attention it deserves, but last year I made this fabulous rainbow wreath and I hope to find some fun traditions to start in 2019.

Easter

Easter baskets filled with goodies and a solid chocolate bunny
Easter mass
Brunch with my family
Mail Easter cards to family and friends

Fourth of July

Bake red, white and blue treats
Host a BBQ
Watch fireworks
Celebrate the USA!

Halloween

I finally live in a neighborhood that takes trick-or-treating very seriously, I love it!
Hand out big candy bars to trick-or-treaters
Semi-homemade Halloween costumes
Brainstorm the BEST group costume for me and the doodles
Fill our Halloween countdown calendar with treats for the doodles
Mail Halloween cards to our family and friends
Host a pumpkin carving party
Carve a pumpkin
Bake pumpkin treats
Make Fall Snack Mix
Fill the doodles treat buckets full of toys and treats

Thanksgiving

Bake apple pies with the apples we pick each Fall
Bake and decorate hand turkey sugar cookies
Find cute items for the table, like napkins, plates and place cards
Take a sibling picture in our crochet turkey hats

Christmas

Advent calendar with RAK cards, a Christmas activity and treats for the doodles
Mail Christmas cards and ornaments to family and friends
Watch Christmas movies
Go lightseeing
Make egg nog on Christmas Eve with my brother
Decorate a gingerbread house
Attend a cookie exchange
Bake lots and lots of Christmas cookies
Visit the National and Capitol Christmas Trees
Photos with Santa at Tyson’s Galleria

New Years

Bubbles in plastic champagne flutes
Festive treats
Lots and lots of appetizers
Confetti tossing!

Olive’s thoughts on the song Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer are written alllll over her face ➡️Only a few more days until she gets to snuggle with her grandPAWrents! In the meantime, her and Captain will be spending quite a bit of time begging for treats and toys stashed in these aDEERable reindeer totes ♥️
Christmas mood
Have you been naughty or nice? Channeling my inner Sarah Claus and sending a little snail mail surprise to some of my favorite littles ♥️ I have a few extra nice ones I’d be happy to mail out to anyone who needs a little extra magic this holiday season ✨ I also have a couple naughty ones, but I think those are will better off in the recycling bin
I made a centerpiece this weekend with lots of different types of greenery, including cedar and evergreen, and now my house smells like Christmaaaaasss!! ♥️
Very excited about our first (of hopefully many) annual cookie exchange can’t wait to see what all the cookie bakers bake next weekend and who will win best cookie bragging rights for the next year! ‍♥️
18 days! I repeat 18 days until CHRISTMAAAAASSS
Do you love it or hate it? I’m firmly convinced that if you’ve never had good egg nog it’s because you’ve never had it made from scratch. My brother and I have made egg nog every Christmas Eve since we both turned 21 and we definitely both understand now why Santa’s cheeks are so rosy ☺️♥️
Let’s hope the doodle and the presents distract you from the fact that the tree is naked!! I still haven’t finished the DIY tree skirt I started before Thanksgiving Sometimes Plan A doesn’t work out, so I had to toss out the first idea and very sad tree skirt. I’m starting over this weekend and this time the results will be TREEmendous!
Yesterday I taught my first DIY workshop and I loved getting to share my passion for crafting with others! We crafted up these aDOORable candy cane wreaths to deck our doors for the HoliYAYs! I ended up making one last year, which was the inspiration for our workshop DIY. Then I made one the night before the workshop because practicemakesperfect andddd then I made one when I was demoing the project. So raise your hand ‍♀️ if your front door needs a little holiday cheer because I am the proud creator of three candy cane wreaths and my tiny condo
Very Merry I found this wreath at @michaelsstores and just knew I had to paint it!