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DIY Book Wall Decor

DIY Book Wall Decor

Vintage books layered on the wall with a hand painted sign and quote.

Men’s Holiday Gift Guide

I’m back again, at Payton’s request, for all you last-minute shoppers who have waited until being 15 (or less) days away from Christmas to start buying gifts for the men in your life. Hopefully, this last-minute men’s holiday gift guide will help you in your time of gift-giving need!

This year, I’ve broken this list up into 4 major categories and each category has an affordable option for those who have been nice, and a higher-end option for those who have been extra nice this year. If you want to see my list of stocking stuffers click here.

Life as of Late

This has been a wonderful year. Nothing big has happened or anything. Although, that could be a good thing. We’ve just been working, enjoying life with Isla Rose, playing with our puppies and spending a little more time at home with each other.  I thought i’d take just a minute and update you on life as of late. 

5 Gifts You Need to Get Your Toddler This Christmas

Day 3 of Blogmas 2019! That’s right. I plan on posting every day (or at least trying to) until Christmas like I did last year. I have a ton of fun Christmas content for you guys and I’m pumped that you’re here. I love this little community. I can’t believe I started this journey over a year ago! Now settle in for a quick list of 5 gifts you need to get your toddler this Christmas!

DIY Christmas Eve Box

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I am so excited about this project! I‘ve wanted to build one of these ever since I saw the lovely Emily Norris talk about hers! Here is a link to that video.

Today I’ll be showing you how to build this thing, how I painted it and decorated it. In tomorrow’s post I’ll tell you what I’m putting inside!

Supplies –

The first thing that I did was head to my garage to look through my scrap woodpile. If you don’t have a scrap wood pile, I’ll tell you what you need from Home Depot. I’m using ¾” plywood for the bottom and side of this build and I’m doing a really nice top to give it a finished look. The top will be made of 3/4 inch poplar that I had left over from another project. You can also use ¾ pine from the Lowe’s and it would look great. I just like how poplar looks when painted.

DIY Holiday Sled – One Power Tool

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Is anyone else super excited about being Santa this year? I am so looking forward to seeing Isla open presents and starting Christmas traditions with her. I’m also really pumped that so many of you have read my posts. It means so much. You have no idea. December is only a day away and I think I’m going to try and do blog-mas this year and publish a post for every day of December. I really want to document our lives while Isla Rose is little and Christmas is such a special time, so expect lots of new content if you are subscribed!

I’m writing today to let you know about a fun project I’ve been working on! I don’t get to build very often because our daughter goes to bed at 6:30 and power tools are loud but I was able to steal away for a little bit and throw this vintage looking sled together! I started building furniture in 2012 and almost everything in my house was built by myself and Evan. Carpentry can be very relaxing and my goal is to help those of you that might be intimidated by using power tools or saws. I hope you give it a try!