I teamed up with the wonderful Friedia Niimura to show you some creative and easy ways to wrap your gifts this holiday season. Check out the video and be sure to follow me on bloglovin for more fun ideas!!
XO
Kiira
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I needed a quick and inexpensive solution to fill space on my long thanksgiving table. I saw this idea on instagram by Lay Baby Lay and it is SO easy. I made 4 of these geometric boards for literally under $10, and popped some votives on top and there you have it…centerpieces!
Go to the lumber section at home depot or any hardware store, and find a long piece of unfinished wood (I believe mine was about 8″x64″). The cheap stuff, mine was under $4 for the whole piece of wood. Have them cut it into 4 even pieces. At your local craft store (I went to Michael’s) buy some painters tape, acrylic paint (black and gold), and a foam brush. Below I’ve tried to show each step with photos. It was late at night and I had my 2 year old helping, so my apologies for the poor quality of photos :)
Here’s a quick rundown:
Tape your triangles across the board. I didn’t measure them out, I kinda winged it and just eyeballed the triangles to make them look about the same size and distance. Paint your first color (black) and let it dry. Then peel the tape off. When it’s completely dry, tape off the second triangle for the opposite side. Paint your second color (gold metallic) and let it dry. Peel off the tape, let it dry completely, and finito!
XO
Kiira
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This year was my first time hosting Thanksgiving in my own home. I was excited and nervous, but mostly nervous about timing the food and wrangling my kids + 20 family members. Due to that fact, I didn’t get to capture many photos as I’d have liked, besides a few on instagram, so my apologies for the crappy imagery. A little recap to follow…
Prepping everything the night before
Root vegetables ready for roasting…
This party is simply lovely, stretching out the skin of the turkey to make lots of room for BUTTER!
Yes…that is all butter and herbs…
Roasted turkey fresh out of the oven…see the steam rising? #nomnom
Snacks before dinner…cheese from Trader Joe’s, fruit & charcuterie
Me (hi!) carving the turkey the way I learned on YouTube ;)
Table for the adults! (kiddie’s not shown)
And we’re done! Special note to the amaze-balls Sausage + Celery root stuffing recipe borrowed from the beautiful Jessica Burns!
XO
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