helping guests feel at home: tips for being a good host

Tips for being a good host--even when you don't have a lot of space. Simple ways to make your guests feel more welcome.

I hope y’all had a wonderful time last week with family, friends, or whomever you celebrate your holidays with! I was originally going to just take one day off from blogging last week. However, I ended up taking off two days. It was a much needed break with all the craziness of last minute Christmas […]

“berry” Christmas + free printable

I feel like every year I strive to simplify and personalize Christmas just a little bit more. One of the ways I thought I would do that this year is with my son’s teacher gift. I decided to gift her some homemade jam and a personalized hand stamped wooden spoon. You can find the tutorial […]

mason jar Christmas village

An empty mason jar and Christmas village pieces.

Growing up I was obsessed with Christmas villages. I would always stare at them in shops and dream about having my own. Eventually, my parents started purchasing me a few pieces at a time, and I amassed quite a collection over the years. I lovingly set it up the first few years of our marriage, […]

DIY baby’s first Christmas ornaments: 2 ways

I am so excited because today I’ve got two ideas for a DIY baby’s first Christmas ornament for you! Ornaments are such a fun thing to make at this time of year and you don’t need fancy crafting tools to make it happen. One of these ornaments requires no special tools. The other one does […]

printable general conference notes

Free printable for note taking.

This weekend is the semiannual conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It happens twice a year, in the spring and in the fall. It’s a chance for members of our church, as well as anyone else with access to the internet, to listen to living prophets. This is something that I […]