If you're like me, you've stared at that gorgeous Sugar Paper wrapping paper at Target. $6 a roll. It might be pretty, but it isn't that practical if you have large gifts to wrap! Now .97 CENT pretty paper, .97 cents I can do! I found these two pretty papers at Wal-Mart and I ended up liking them even more than the Target paper! You could easily add some brown craft paper in here too. And the pom-poms? Handmade while watching Christmas Movies while drinking Prosecco. Do you splurge for wrapping paper? Share in the comments!

Most years I hand make our Christmas cards.  I head to Micheals, stock up on blank cards and spend a day crafting them with my bestie. (See my Moose Christmas Card from 2014 here!) But this year, my best friend and I will be spending the holiday season apart as she is still living in Dallas and I'm back in PA. (I know we are strange, we've been mistaken for a couple in the past...).  Anyway, this year I decided to go the photo route and as my fiance is anti-photos, who else would I feature but our puppy Jake! Enjoy these photos that didn't make the Christmas Card cut!

I know the Christmas season isn't supposed to be about gifts, but I LOVE giving them! It makes me smile seeing someone open up a gift they love! Quality over quanity eh? (And I REALLY love wrapping them! Anyone want to hire a seasonal wrapper? I'll do it for hot cocoa, candy canes and a DVD of Christmas with the Kranks!) But anyway, there are a few of my favorite gift ideas this year! All of these goodies are under $20 which makes them even better!

One year ago I posted this fun post and it quickly became one of my most pinned posts.  This is one of the easiest ways to add some Thanksgiving decor and it'll keep your money on the side for Christmas!  By the way,  what is the standard practice with Christmas decor and Thanksgiving?  Do you keep your fall decor out or do you bring your Christmas decor into the mix??  Let me know because I am at a loss.

Its no secret I am in love with acrylic paint.  I use it on, well almost everything.  Painting objects is the easiest way to bring them back to life.  And painting discarded bottles is one of my favorite ideas, I even use painted bottles as a bracelet holder.  So I decided to take the six pack we drank over the weekend and turn it into Thanksgiving decor! 

Only one more week until Christmas!  Our house is filled with Holiday cheer and I must have watched every Christmas movie at least twice now... except Home Alone.  I have this very weird thing about Home Alone.  I've never seen it, and I never plan to.  When I was growing up and it was on TV, I would consciously change the channel so I wouldn't have to watch it.  I don't know why, so don't ask...  Anyway, I'm happy to share this pictures of our Holiday decor with all of you!

Can you believe how close we are to Christmas?  I haven't even finished shopping... hence no gifts have been wrapped yet.  But I have been in a very Christmas-y mood with everything that has been going on... and with that here are my top five for the week!

{one} Christmas Music:  Enjoy this awesome playlist by some of my guy friends... they nailed it...

{two}  Our tree:  Our Christmas tree is everything I could ever dream for in a Christmas tree!  It is 9 1/2 ft tall and is fat and full.  It took us about 2 hours to properly add all the lights, but the work paid off.  I wasn't sure if I would have enough ornaments, but I think we have just the right amount!  Can you spot any of the snow covered pinecone ornaments I shared earlier this week?  {three} Cookies:  Eating my Nannie's Christmas cookies is a favorite tradition of mine.  I baked some earlier this week and I have to give them away due to my sticky fingers... THEY'RE SO GOOD!  {four} Christmas Vacation:  Christmas Vacation is easily my favorite Christmas movie.  We were lucky enough to go see it in the theater last night.  "Shitter was full!" I indulged in the Eddie's Eggnog...  {five} Lights:  Tonight I have big plans!  I'm headed to one of those fun drive through the lights places.  I fully intend on bring hot chocolate for the ride.  This recipe from Martha Stuart is spectacular and its made with Almond Milk!  Perfect for the non-dairy folks!  I hope you all have a holly jolly weekend! 

I think things like coupon books or date popcicle sticks are adorable, but they aren't just "right" in this house.  We aren't too mushy... so what do you put in the man in your life's stocking if you're in the same boat?  Here are some simple ideas that will fill your man's stocking and fill his heart with glee!

Since our tree is so big we need a few lot more ornaments!  I love making my own ornaments, they just seem a little more special.  So when I found a bag of pinecones in our stock of christmas decorations I decided to add a little snowy charm to our tree.

Happy Holidays!  Our house is completely Christmased out!  This past weekend we picked up our gorgeous BIG tree!  We had our own Charlie Brown experience.  After walking around the trees for almost 20 minutes, we found a tree that was completely lopsided, but huge!  It was like a hotel tree, very full, but nobody noticed it because it was in the stand wrong.  Once we got it home and put it up, it was the most full, beautiful tree I had ever seen.  I'm so excited to do all my holidaying around "Pliny".  Yes, our tree has a name...



But as I mentioned before, every where is our house is Christmas!  So when I saw an empty spot next to our record player, I grabbed so tinsel to make this easy DIY...

Dab a dot of glue onto the bottom of your cone and wrap the tinsel around and up, adding glue dots along the way to keep it all in place.  Done!