Admittedly, I tend to be a bit of a traditionalist when it comes to Thanksgiving decorations. Not so much of the pilgrims and cornucopia variety, but more in the pumpkins, leaves and autumnal colors kind of way. Ok and even more honestly, we’re usually so busy cooking and baking and popping bottles of bubbly that crafting …
This easy homemade stovetop potpourri will have your house smelling amazing throughout the holidays and winter season. This easy simmer pot recipe will never leave your stove! An alternate title to this post would be something like, “How to make your house smell like the holidays!” And that would be totally, completely accurate. I believe …
Last week I shared the cookie exchange that I recently hosted for a gaggle of my favorite women. Today I’m sharing the quick and easy tutorial for making the DIY aprons that I gifted each lady as a little thank you for joining me for the day. Guys, these have homemade hostess gift written all over …
This post was sponsored by Eagle Brand. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that help make The Sweetest Occasion possible! Baking cookies around the holidays has a long, sweet history in my family. I remember gathering as a kid with my mom, grandmother and aunts to mix, roll, cut and bake cookies for an entire weekend …
This post was sponsored by Eagle Brand. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that help make The Sweetest Occasion possible! As part of the festive un-cookie exchange I hosted in collaboration with Eagle Brand, today I am sharing the world’s best fudge recipe! Clearly, I’m biased on that one, but I have a bit of a …
This post was sponsored by Eagle Brand. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that help make The Sweetest Occasion possible! Naming these cookie bars involved approximately 37 different options as I ungracefully attempted to spit out into something short and catchy. In the end, we’ll call these exactly what they are! Triple layer dulce de leche brownie …
Friends, we are just fifteen days out from Thanksgiving! Totally blowing my mind. (For the record, this also means that in fourteen days our little girl will be celebrating her first birthday, but I’m going to continue to avoid that reality for a few more days.) I’m certainly not the first person to take a …
In approximately 3.2 seconds, we’re going to start talking about the holidays fast and furious around here. Because if you’re like us, you’re hosting Thanksgiving dinner for like 90 people (exaggeration, slightly) and a birthday party two days later and then it’s going to be all Elf all the time. Who’s with me? But considering …
This post was sponsored by Dr. Oetker Virtuoso Pizza. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that help make The Sweetest Occasion possible! Now that Halloween has come and gone, I will admit that I am swiftly shifting into full-on holiday mode. My sister and brother in-law will be coming home from Florida in a few weeks for Thanksgiving …
Last month I was excited to make my maiden voyage to Portland, Oregon for The Hello Sessions! Melissa and Joy, the founders and masterminds behind the conference, invited me to speak back in January and I was eager to join in on the fun. Fast forward to a crisp morning in early October and I was …
If you’re hosting a Halloween party and need some quick, easy last minute ideas for your requisite Halloween decor, look no further! When I shared my homemade Halloween bark recipe earlier in the week, I mentioned that I was sharing a handful of tips on pulling together your Halloween party decorations on the Maurices blog. …
By now I’ve preached time and again about how my favorite kind of Halloween decorations are those that are slightly spooky, dark and a bit glam in a goth kind of way. I think a few touches of something slightly off, a mix of metallics and lots of black can really set the scene without …