Love Christmas shopping, but hate running around to a bunch of different stores and worrying that you still didn’t get the best deal? Well then–I’ve got something you’ll be interested in learning about! Walmart asked me to share the Walmart Christmas Ad Match Guarantee with all of you! I even made a video to tell… Keep Reading
Butternut Squash Rolls
Are you looking for something a little different to add to your Thanksgiving Dinner this year? I don’t know about your family, but mine has VERY specific ideas about what should be on the table for Thanksgiving. You can’t change it up too much, and heaven forbid you actually REMOVE someone’s favorite dish! That would… Keep Reading
How to Make a Thanksgiving Centerpiece from a Walmart Bouquet
Here’s another fun craft project I did for Walmart this month, and that I hinted at in my Thanksgiving Mantle post. It’s a beautiful (if I do say so myself) Thanksgiving Centerpiece I arranged myself from a basic Walmart bouquet! I learned how to make a floral arrangement a year ago when I attended the… Keep Reading
DIY Multi Holiday Table Runner
For some reason the fall is a time when I want to pull out my sewing machine and make something! So when Walmart gave me a Thanksgiving Craft Challenge and asked me to do a fall/Thanksgiving craft of my choice, I decided I just HAD to do a sewing project. But why do a project… Keep Reading
Fall Mantle Decor
Do you decorate for Thanksgiving? These days folks really go all out for Halloween, and of course Christmas is a huge decorating season. . . Thanksgiving just seems to get lost in the middle there. Walmart wants you to think about fall and Thanksgiving Decor, so they asked me to do a little decorating. My… Keep Reading
Spooky Eyes in the Bushes Tutorial for Halloween
Walmart asked me to do a Halloween craft, so here’s a super quick, super cute, and super CHEAP one–Spooky Eyes in the Bushes! All you need for this craft project is some empty cardboard tubes (toilet paper, paper towel, wrapping paper–you can even make your own with some cardboard and tape), scissors, masking/painters/duct tape, and… Keep Reading
Apple Bread Pudding
It’s a great year for apples here in New York! We managed to avoid the late frost that killed off all the blossoms this year, and everywhere I look trees are laden with apples. So I guess it’s just natural for me to have apples on my mind. I’ve had apple cider pressed, canned apple… Keep Reading
Super Simple Homecoming Scarf (Knitting Pattern)
It’s homecoming season all across the USA! Do you have anything to show off your local school spirit? We didn’t so I whipped up a couple of of these Super Simple Homecoming Scarves. Walmart asked me to come up with a fall craft, and this was perfect–simple, fast and inexpensive. Trust me, even if you… Keep Reading
Stepping it Out with the Sync Burn! (plus Giveaway)
Three weeks ago I decided–Enough is enough. I am tired of being overweight, tired of being tired. I wanted to make a change and start putting myself first a bit. Eat better, exercise more. You know the whole thing, but without going crazy. It needed to be something that fits into a NORMAL lifestyle. The… Keep Reading
Surviving the Soccer Sidelines
It’s soccer season here in the Northeast! I come from a family of soccer players–all my sisters and I played soccer in the youth leagues, middle school and highschool–so I just love that Buddy is a soccer player. He’s still in the recreation leagues for another year, and most of the parents hang out during… Keep Reading
