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Cranberry Mint Lime Sparkling Water

Sparkling water infused with fresh cranberries, refreshing mint, and a hint of lime. Delicious and easy to make, this beverage is perfect the winter holidays. Hi, everyone! I’m Andrea from Cooking with a Wallflower, and this month I’m excited to be back at Ask Anna. I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I’m still trying to recover from all that food and leftovers. But I’m ready to plan for Christmas! And today, I have just the recipe for any upcoming winter gatherings. This amazingly delicious drink will definitely impress family and friends, and it’s super easy to make too. Filled… Read More

Christmas Home Tour 2014

I am SO excited to be writing this post, yet totally terrified at the same time. Have you seen all the amazing homes on the tour, I am so honored to be able to join this tour with this group of amazing women!!! If you’re hopping over from The Nester’s house then welcome, I’m so glad you’re here! I had so much fun decorating our home for Christmas this year, but it was also a little overwhelming because it was my first year really decorating it. Last I decorated a little but we hadn’t been in the house very long… Read More

Holiday Home Tour 2014 {this week!!!}

The holidays are here and it’s my favorite time of year!!! This week I’m joining a group of FABULOUS women to show you all the Christmas touches we’ve made in our homes. This is my first year really decorating our new home and I can’t wait to “have you over”. The tour starts tomorrow (and ends Friday) so I hope you’ll stop by all the homes for some holiday decorating inspiration. Monday, December 8 Just a Girl The Inspired Room Kevin and Amanda Home Stories A to Z Décor Chick Tuesday, December 9 Thrifty Décor Chick Eleven Gables Hi… Read More

Master Bathroom Project

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Bosch. All opinions are 100% mine. I know it’s Christmas time and I’m supposed to be writing about all things Christmas but I wanted to give you a little update on a project we’re working on. Our master bathroom is U-G-L-Y, it’s straight out of the early 90’s and it is bad. Eventually we plan on doing an entire bathroom remodel but there’s one room that we’ll keep, even when we do that, and that’s the toilet room. My husband and I both love having a little toilet room… Read More

50 Stocking Stuffer ideas for Kids, Teens and Adults

My mom always put together the best stocking when we were kids. But as a mom myself, I have totally struggled with coming up with good stocking stuffer ideas. The gifts are easy, but stuffing the stockings like my mom used to do, is hard! So today I’m sharing 50 stocking stuffer ideas for kids, teens, young adults and men, that will hopefully inspire you, and it has definitely helped me with my stocking shopping! * Socks * Bath Toys * Bath Crayons * Finger Puppets * Coloring Book * Match Card Games * Rubber Duckies * Play-Doh *… Read More

Holiday Yarn Stars Tutorial

Now that Thanksgiving has past, my daughters and I have been decorating our house for Christmas! One thing that we like to do is make our own holiday decorations. My family has a newly decorated living room, so I thought it would be fun to craft decorations for one wall in our living room that was looking bare. The wall is one of the first things guests see when they visit our house, so I wanted to pretty it up! Last summer I made a pretty scrapbook paper gallery wall for the living room, so I thought it would be fun… Read More