make stuff

typographic christmas presents

December 19, 2013

 

typographic christmas presents

Presents! Man oh man 19 days ago I never thought I would have this all together, but somehow I pulled it off. I’m going on year three of having a fully themed wrapping scheme, and it’s the third year I used brown kraft paper as the base (check out last year’s presents). But there are so many different things you can do with the simple paper that I’m still not tired of it.  Continue Reading…

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bacon wrapped triscuits

December 18, 2013

bacon wrapped tricuits | stuff steph does

Exactly one week until Christmas! So what does that mean?

Eat bacon!!

Because, why not? These little gems look really impressive but are so easy to make.  Even if it’s not smack dab in the middle of holiday eating season, I say these are fair game any time of year. Continue Reading…

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holiday card fun

December 14, 2013

Minted Holiday cards

I know it’s rare to see a weekend post around these parts, but this week has been so busy with holiday parties that this was the first chance I got to tell you about Minted’s holiday cards. If you haven’t already sent cards out this year I highly suggest checking out their site and playing around with their card preview tool that lets you see your photo on hundreds of cards to help you decide which card is right for you! There’s definitely still time to get cards ordered and sent out to friends and family by the new year.

I had a lot of fun making some cards with pictures of B and I from the night we got engaged. Here are some of my favorites: Continue Reading…

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alternative christmas tree (trial and error)

December 10, 2013

geometric christmas tree

Even given my new found surge of holiday giddiness, I was still adamant about not putting up our tree this year. However I did feel like attempting my own sort of “alternative” tree. So Saturday night I went into elf mode and started putting up this geometric tree out of pieces of various green card stock.  Continue Reading…

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monday musings

December 9, 2013

holiday cheer

Just some random thoughts for this December Monday:

  • It finally happened! I’m actually getting into this whole holiday thing. A big turn around from last monday
  • I feel totally re-energized and ready to blog at full speed. I guess that hiatus last month wasn’t such a bad thing
  • Over 50% of my Christmas shopping is DONEZO! Seriously, that holiday superstar status might just be coming back
  • This week is Christmas Party Extravaganza. Four parties in four days. I’m not saying I’m breaking any records or anything, but that’s a whole lot of socializing, and I already feel a little exhausted from it.
  • It’s officially under 11 months now until B and I are married! Crazy how fast this year is going to go.
  • This past Saturday was my favorite winter weather: Sunny, cold and calm after a pretty decent snow fall. If you had to choose between having mild winter weather all year (like 25-35F and sunny) or humid and 95 all year, which would you pick? I think I would choose Winter. I think it’s easier to warm up with sweaters/blankets than cool down. B chose summer, to which we both agreed it’s good we get all four seasons here in Ohio 🙂

Happy Monday! Stay tuned,I’ll announce the winner for the Uncommon Goods giveaway soon!