Holiday Shopping Time

Good morning, I hope you all had a great holiday! I took a little break last week for some family time and it was lovely. We were in Utah for Thanksgiving with my brother and sister in law and their pretty new house. It was fun, but now back to reality. We got back Sunday night, so yesterday consisted of laundry and unpacking, two things that I hate doing. 

Now that Thanksgiving is over, Christmas time is in full swing. That means lots of baking, Christmas decorating, hot chocolate, and of course, shopping. Sometimes, especially when you have someone who is impossible to shop for, it can be a little overwhelming. I put together a little roundup of gifts all under $30 that pretty much any lady would love. Happy shopping!

1. Owl salt and pepper shakers $14 // 2. Amplitone head phones $19 // 3. Sweet cupcakes measuring spoons $20 // 4. Metallic watch wrap $19 // 5. Ring True serving set $28 // 6. Striped favorite throw $20 // 7. Fairisle hearts wool legwarmers $17 // 8. Milk bottle measuring cups $24 // 9. Leather jewelry roll $25

My strange addiction

Have you seen that show on TLC, My Strange Addiction. Well, unfortunately, I have and it kind of makes me sick. There are some freaky people in this world. So before you get all concerned, no, I don't secretly live like a baby, or eat laundry soap, my addiction is a little less severe. I'm addicted to mod podge. Well, I used to be. I went through this little phase where I made tons of stuff with it. It's a little ridiculous.

Last year for Mother's day I made my mom and mother in law picture plaques, if you will, with some wood and mod podge. It was a cheap and easy way to get a few sentimental tears. 2 gold stars for me!

This is the one I made for my mom and it was so simple. First I stained some plywood then I glued the pictures to scrapbook paper to give them a small border, then I mod podged them on. Bam, done!

And this one was for my mother in law. This was little harder to make. I cut a 2x4 into 5 5x7 pieces and painted them all black. Then I mod podged on my pictures and screwed in 2 half inch hinges between the pictures. I love how it turned out.

And finally, this is something I made for our bedroom wall. I wanted pictures there but didn't feel like buying a bunch of frames so I made them instead