Tagged: holidays

A Consumable Christmas

A Consumable Christmas

As the holidays become more commercial each year, they also become more wasteful. Choosing to have “a consumable Christmas” allows you to cut down on the waste, while also possibly increasing the enjoyment. Cheap,...

Christmas Comes AFTER Thanksgiving

I’m a person who loves all the seasons, and especially loves them in order, but lately it seems as though Christmas is getting earlier and earlier every year. This very year, two weeks before...

Christmas Card Lampshade

Here’s a good way to upcycle old Christmas cards and broken lampshades while ending up with a free decoration for next year. You will need: An old lamp shade Old Christmas cards Silver or...

A Christmas Cookie Party

A Christmas Cookie Party

Most everyone who celebrates Christmas also takes part in the simple joy of making Christmas cookies. There is something very satisfactory about rolling out a lump of cookie dough and pressing in cookie cutters...

The Real Halloween

The origins of Halloween are a bit different than the fun-filled holiday we celebrate today. Everyone instantly recognizes the familiar Halloween signs: witches on broomsticks, black cats, spiders. We wait for the costumed trick-or-treaters...