4th of July Decor

 

Independence Day is right around the corner, are you ready to celebrate America's birthday? Whether you are hosting a large group of friends or just having a quiet meal with your family, don't forget to set your table! I have rounded up all the things that you will need to celebrate the 4th of July in style!

The Best Baby Blankets, Bibs, and Burb Cloths

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Hi friends! Today I am sharing my very favorite baby blankets, bibs, and burp cloths with you today. I love, love, love Aden and Anais swaddling blankets. They really are the best blankets that you can use to swaddle your newborn baby since they are nice and long. These blankets are lightweight and breathable because they are made of muslin.

Ultimate Gift Guide for Men

Hello Friends! Can you believe Christmas is just 15 days away?! I am so close to being done with my Christmas shopping!!! Are you? I only have gifts for my dad and brother left to buy and it is so hard! I think shopping for men is always so challenging. Do you feel the same way? 

Well, if you do, than today's post is just for you! It is the Ultimate Gift Guide for Men! Cue the excitement bells! It is a post that will hopefully help you find the best gifts for all the menfolk you are buying gifts for this year. As men are usually the hardest people to buy for (just get me t-shirts and socks!), I feel like this is a very appropriate post to do right now.

If you are looking for more gift ideas, check out the Ultimate Gift Guides - These are packed full of great gift ideas for every single person on your list!

The Ultimate Gift Guide for Women

The Ultimate Gift Guide for Kids

The Ultimate Gift Guide for Toddlers

The Ultimate Gift Guide for Babies

The Ultimate Christmas Decorating Guide

Ultimate Gift Guide for Babies

Who has been doing some Christmas shopping?! Is anyone done yet? I'm getting closer to being done, but still have a few last things to get. We are about 3 weeks away from Christmas, so there is still plenty of time to get it all bought and wrapped under the tree before the big day!

I have been doing the Ultimate Gift Guides series the past couple of weeks. So far, we have a gift guide for women, kids, toddlers, and a decorating guide. Each gift guide is packed to the brim with affordable gifts. Make sure to check them out to get some really good gift ideas for everyone on your list.

Gift Guide for Women

Gift Guide for Kids

Gift Guide for Toddlers

Gift Guide for Men

Christmas Decorating Guide

Ultimate Gift Guide for Toddlers

Who has started their Christmas shopping yet? Who is ready to start shopping?! Who feels a bit overwhelmed or has no idea where to start?! Well, this is the PERFECT gift guide for you! I have rounded up a ton of gift ideas for toddler and early elementary boys and girls! Fingers crossed that they help you with your holiday shopping! 

Have you checked out the other Ultimate gift guides yet? 

The Ultimate Guide to Decorating for Christmas

The Ultimate Gift Guide for Women

The Ultimate Gift Guide for Kids

The Ultimate Gift Guide for Babies

The Ultimate Gift Guide for Men

Each one is packed with tons of ideas for everyone on your Christmas lists!

Ultimate Gift Guide for Kids

It's officially Christmas time!!!!! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving surrounded by love, family, friends, and food! I actually had 2 Thanksgiving dinners at my house this year, the 2nd was totally unplanned but it worked. I also had a fabulous 2 hour nap to top it off. That was wonderful! 

Now it is full steam ahead for Christmas! All the gift shopping, buying, wrapping, and giving can be stressful trying to find the perfect gift for everyone on your list, which is why I am putting together the ultimate gift guides for Christmas! My hope is that they give you ideas for each and every person on your gift buying list and that it's helpful to you during the busy holiday season. 

Ultimate Guide to Decorating for Christmas

Ultimate Gift Guide for Women

Ultimate Gift Guide for Men

Ultimate Gift Guide for Babies

Ultimate Gift Guide for Toddlers

Ultimate Gift Guide for Women

Christmastime is here!!! Or at least, shopping for Christmas is here! I have put a gift guide for women together to start us off with Christmas shopping. This is the first of many, ultimate gift guides that I am putting together for you to help you with your Christmas shopping this season. Because lets face it, sometimes we need a little help in picking out that perfect gift for someone special on our list. My hope is that you find these gift guides incredibly helpful to you and that it is a resource that you'll be able to use this holiday season. 

I have several gift guides coming  - men, babies, toddlers, kids, and stocking stuffers! Be on the lookout for each one of those in the coming days. I put together a decorating guide earlier in the week, make sure to check that out as well. You can also subscribe to the blog so that you don't miss a single gift guide. Trust me, they are all so incredibly good and packed full of awesome and affordable gift ideas!

The Ultimate Gift Guides

The Ultimate Gift Guide for Men

The Ultimate Gift Guide for Babies

The Ultimate Gift Guide for Toddlers

The Ultimate Gift Guide for Kids

The Ultimate Guide to Christmas Decorating

Ultimate Guide to Decorating For Christmas

Hello friends!! Can you believe that the holidays are almost upon us?! Christmas is my very favorite holiday. I love every single thing about it! The gift buying, wrapping, and giving. The lights, the parties, the food, the decorating, and of course spending quality time with friends and family! What more could a girl ask for?

I know the holidays can be a stressful time with all the things that we have to get done before Thanksgiving and Christmas rolls around, which is why I created a free Christmas planner with you in mind! I highly recommend you download it and fill it out this week! There is still time for you to do the 15 days to an organized Christmas if you want more step by step guidance as well. But make sure you get the Christmas planner now and get started jotting down all the holiday  to-do's!

Christmas Gift Tags

Can y'all believe that it is already Christmas Eve?! I can't! I don't know about you, but I have been busy with Christmas parties, family gatherings, family time, shopping, wrapping, baking, looking at Christmas lights, eating my weight in sugar, and everything else in between! In other words, I've been busy with all the normal holiday festivities during this busy time of the year.

Decorating The Mantel for Christmas

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I love to decorate my fireplace and mantel for Christmas. There is something about having a pretty focal point in your living room that says "complete". My Christmas decorating is never finished without hanging up the stockings and doing something, even just a simple something, to the mantel. 

Christmas Favorites At Target

Since it is officially past Thanksgiving, it is now time to start the Christmas decorating and turn on the Christmas music! I am about 95% done with my decorating and only have a couple of things left to do before calling it done for the Christmas season! Have you started yours yet? 

If you are looking to brighten up your Christmas decorations with a couple of things that take a look at Target. Target is one of my go-to stores for seasonal decorating. (Like with my fall Target decorating picks) I was just in there last week and y'all, they have so many cute holiday decor items! I was oohing and awing my whole way through the store. I ended up with this trio of bottlebrush trees, a paper Joy wreath, and a couple of other cute things from the dollar one spot.

The Master List of Affordable Gift Ideas

Welcome back to the 15 days to an organized Christmas! Today is day 15, which means that this is the last post in this series! Now that we've gone through 14 days of things to do to get you ready, organized, and prepared for Christmas in advance, I thought it would be fun to close off this 15 day series with some shopping! But before I get too ahead of myself, let me do a quick recap on all the different things you have done over the last 15 days. Because you are amazing! Simply amazing! You are so ready for the holidays to start because you have a solid plan in place of how your Christmas is going to be this year. Way to go!

A Completely Honest Review of Stitch Fix

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The first time I heard of Stitch Fix was about 3-4 years ago. Everywhere I was looking, people were talking about Stitch Fix and how it was changing the way they shopped. I've been wanting to try the personal styling service out ever since then. Well, last month I finally signed up for my very first box! During the next several days, I greatly anticipated receiving my fix. Would I love it? Would I hate it? Am I wasting the $20 styling fee? Would things fit? So many questions!

Fall Must-Haves at Target

Fall is upon us in full swing! That means that it's time to pull out the cozy blankets, boots, sweaters, and pumpkin everything. I was poking around Target and loved all their new things that they have out for Fall. If you are looking for easy, inexpensive ways to decorate your house for this new season that don't include fake orange leaves than look no further!

Currently Loving in June

Hello my dear readers! I cannot believe summer is officially here and June is *this close* to being over!!! I am not ready for July to come quite yet, are you? This has been a busy and interesting summer so far for me and I'm really trying to slow down and enjoy the warm hot days. How about you? I wanted to hop on really quick to share a few of the things that I am loving right now during this month of June.

Currently Loving In May

I cannot believe another month has come and gone! Slow down 2016, you are going too fast! There are so many things to celebrate right now. May means school is *this close* to being done for the school year. My preschooler and I have been doing homeschool this past year and we are nearing the finish line! Hooray! The end of April also says that Mother's Day is next week (!) and summertime is coming very soon! Hang on to your hats and get ready for another awesome, inspirational month of goodies to come here are Emma Marie Designs. In the spirit of celebrating, here are a few of my favorite things this month.

Pottery Barn Favorites

I love looking at catalogues, I can go shopping for my home without even leaving home. Pottery Barn happens to be a favorite store of mine to visit for inspiration and new ideas. Not only do I like to see the new goodies, but I also love to look at the styling of nightstands, tables, bookcases, artwork and so forth. As I was flipping through the new Pottery Barn Bed and Bath catalogue several things caught my eye. So lets go shopping together!

Big Girl Bedding

I'm getting ready to transition my little girl from the crib to a big girl bed. I feel like I've put it off for a little while, but it's time. It makes me sad knowing that this is her last bit of babyhood. But, before I get all teary-eyed, let me tell you why I'm kind of excited - a room re-do! I feel like a good place for me to start this is by looking at bedding. I leaning more towards softer colors in pink, blue, and aqua. Nothing too girly-girly, theme related, or bold. Here are some of my favorites. 

Currently Loving...

Here are a few things that I'm currently loving right now:

West Elm Goodies

One of the places I like to shop at online is West Elm. I recently received a new West Elm catalogue in the mail and I found a few things that I just love.  Here is my virtual shopping trip ~