Holiday Decor DIY Roundup

Happy Friday!

I thought it was time to round up a few holiday decor ideas and DIY projects. I truly love Christmas decor- the gold! the glitter! the lights! There is something so heartwarming in lighting a candle when you come home from the biting cold weather outside.

I'm planning on making #2 and #5 this weekend, although I truly love the other ones as well. Are you taking on a holiday decor craft project this year?

1. Color Block Ornament Garland from Sugar & Cloth
2. Porcelain Holiday Tree Lights by Mandi Johnson for A Beautiful Mess
3. Balsa Wood Diamond Ornament by Laura Gummerman for A Beautiful Mess
4. Christmas Tree Display Shelf by Brittni Mehlhoff for Curbly
5. Glitter Ribbon Garland from Anastasia Marie
6. Makeshift Christmas Tree from Almost Makes Perfect
7. Rope Light Strand from A Merry Mishap
8. Snow Globe from The Sweetest Occasion

Well, in whatever way you choose to spend it, I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

P.S.: Have you had a chance to enter the 24 Merry Days giveaways so far? The latest are an entire wall of art from Artfully Walls to win on Making It Lovely, and a $200 gift pack from Leif to win on The Sweetest Occasion. All the giveaways so far can still be entered! You can find them all on the 24 Merry Days calendar.

P.P.S: I'll be sharing a holiday gift guide next week, with tons of ideas for kids and babies, for teens, for him and for her (fashionistas, foodies, animal lovers, home decor enthusiasts and tech lovers alike!). I'll also be rounding up heaps of DIY gift ideas, so if you're going for homemade presents this year, you'll be covered as well!

Free December 2013 Desktop Calendar and iPhone Wallpaper

I can't believe it's already December! Which means that 1. It's time to kick off the holiday preparation festivities and 2. December's desktop calendars and iPhone wallpapers are late, but here!

I pulled my hair out trying to figure out how the new parallax effect affects wallpapers' sizes- I hope this works. If any happy owner of an iPhone 5, 5S, or 5C with the parallax effect turned on would be willing to test out this wallpaper for me and let me know if it's fine (or blurry and off-center), I'd be forever grateful.

Download links:

- Desktop wallpapers (many sizes available)*.
- iPhone 4 and 4S - no parallax / iPhone 4S - parallax
- iPhone 5, 5C, 5S : no parallax / parallax (not sure it works, see disclaimer above and if you try it out, pretty please let me know how it goes!)

*If you're unfamiliar with Flickr, follow these steps: 
- Hover on the images to see the sizes. When you have found the perfect size for your desktop, click on the image. This will open the image on its own page. 
- Click on the three dots icon (on the bottom right), then click the '"View all Sizes" link inside the menu. 
- This will take you to a new page where you will see all the sizes available. Click on "original" (on the top right). Then click on the "Download the Original size of this photo" link. 
If you have any trouble, let me know!

Clipart Credits:

- Gift and left ornament by RusticGarden
- Black washi tape and "Be Merry" by SisterPixel

24 Merry Days - Day One, Two, and Three

24 Merry Days is on! I know I am repeating myself, but oh my aren't the prizes amazing this year. There are already three giveaways going on. Day one is a statement chair to win on House of Earnest, day two is a $250 Anthropologie gift card to win on Lovely Indeed and day three is a Public bike to win on The House That Lars Built. I want all three prizes! Unfortunately for international lovelies, these three giveaways are US only (some will be open worldwide).

Well, I hope you win. And if you don’t want to miss any of the giveaways, be sure to bookmark the 24 Merry Days calendar and/or follow 24 Merry Days on Facebook.

I'll be back tomorrow with December calendars and wallpapers- a few days late as almost always ;-)