It’s the time of the year when you attempt to buy things for other people and end up seeing like a million and 1 things that you want for yourself. It’s pure trouble!  Every year while I’m searching for gifts for other people, I also look for items to add to my All Pink Wish List.

Below are the items I’m loving right now. Did any of these make it on your holiday wish list this year? 

1. Pink Hunter Boots

2. Chloe Shoulder Bag

3. Cheers Glass

4. Pink & Gold Kendra Scott Drop Earrings

5. Bunny Slippers

6. Fur Pillow

7. Faux Fur Coat

8. Lipstick 

9. Lace-Up Skirt

10. Nest Fragrance

11. Kate Spade Bow Hat

12. Headphones

13. Pink Lips iPhone Case

14. Mermaid Blanket

15. Fujifilm Instax Mini

16. Leather Journal

17. Kate Spade Watch

18. Art

19. Standmixer

 

My tree this year is my dream tree. I fell in love with these blush and rose gold ornaments the second I saw them and it only seemed fitting (given our recent trip to Flamingo Island) that I add in some flamingos and pretty birds. I love the mix of metals (rose gold, silver and gold) and the addition of the black and white ornaments made the whole thing come together to match my wrapping paper. 

 

The “Merry & Bright” garland I found at Canadian Tire. It was actually all attached on one long string so I cut it up into three seperate pieces and hung them on the tree. This particular garland isn’t online, but this “Falalalala” one is! You can probably find this one below in stores!

 

 

The second we did this built-in wall unit in our living room I had the vision for these cute hanging wreaths below. I found these boxwood wreaths at West Elm and they light up with little twinkle lights. I added these thick black and white ribbons from Michaels and tied a bow on top. 

I put the ribbon around the wreaths and then sewed a little stitch to secure the ends together. I used Command hooks at the top of the wall unit and then cut a small hole in the ribbon to hang. I then used a seperate piece of ribbon and tied the bows over the hanging ribbon. 

 

 

Wreaths: West Elm      |     Flamingo Ornaments: West Elm     |     Beaded Gold Ornaments: West Elm 

I love how fun and therapeutic getting crafty can be. This past week I did a bunch of DIY’s using glitter tape while getting my house ready for the holidays. I love a good DIY , especially when it involves glitter!

 

I’ve partnered up with Seal-It Glitter Tape on this ridiculously easy and really fun holiday DIY. This glitter tape is really easy to work with and can even be ripped by hand. It also sticks to a wide range of surfaces and materials so the skies the limit. I started with decorating ornaments and by the end of the night I was running around my house trying to find as many items as possible to cover in glitter tape. It’s kindof addicting.

 

I loved creating this beautiful table setting below and the glitter tape made it look pretty and unique. You can get creative and totally transform items in your home for the holidays. It’s a really inexpensive way to change your everyday household items into holiday decorations and then after the holidays are over you just take the tape off and it’s back to normal. It really saves you alot of money on buying holiday items that you will use for a month and then they will sit in storage for the rest of the year. Also, if you don’t like having glitter in the house because it gets everywhere, you don’t have to worry about that at all because this glitter doesn’t rub or flake off. It’s mess free!

 

     

 

Here are some of my favourite ideas:

 

1. Holiday Ornaments

If you have some plain ornaments hanging around the house or just want to buy some from the store you can totally transform them with the glitter tape. I bought a few little hole punchers in different shapes, cut out shapes using the tape and then just stuck them all over the ornaments. I got creative with different designs (polka dots, hearts, stripes etc.) and I can’t get over how cute they turned out!

 

2. Place Setting Cards

Place setting cards are an easy way to dress up your table for the holidays and it’s funny how something so little can make your guests feel extra special. You can cut a thick card stock to make the place setting cards yourself or purchase blank cards. It was so easy to cut the tape into smaller pieces and then make letters out of them. I love how these turned out. If you have good hand writing (which I don’t) then you could use the tape to decorate the cards and then hand write the names of your guests instead.

 

3. Party Straw Flags

It’s not a party without party straws. Or maybe that’s just me? haha. I love dressing them up with a little glitter flag and it’s one of the easiest crafts you will ever do. Cut a small piece of tape, fold it around the straw connecting the ends evenly and then cut the end like you would cut the end of a ribbon. Ta-da!

 

4. Napkin Rings

Napkin rings are something I have never actually purchased, but then any time I go to use my fancy napkins I wish I had some. I find it so boring when you just lay the napkin beside the dinner plate. I have tried to look up napkin folding tutorials online but it’s so time consuming. These napkin rings took me literally 2.5 seconds to make. I just folded the napkin like you would if you were making a fan and then I put the tape around the middle of the napkin to secure.

 

5. Holiday Wrapping

If you have issues when it comes to wrapping presents, glitter tape is going to be your saving grace. You can mess it up all you want because it’s going to look pretty no matter what. I hate when you can see the tape on a wrapped present and even when you use the invisible kind you can still see it. You don’t have to worry about that with glitter tape. The point is to see it.

 

6. Tea Lights

Tea lights on their own look out of place and unfinished and would need to be added to a holder to be presentable on a table. If you cover the outside in glitter tape it makes them instantly ready to display. Just wrap the tape around the tea light and cut. What could be easier than that?

 

I hope these ideas give you some holiday DIY inspiration for your own table settings and around your home! 

Seal-it glitter tape is available online at www.sealitglitterstore.ca, Shoppers Drug Mart or Sears Canada. It retails from $2.99 – $5.50. A little goes a long way! I did all of the above and still had alot of tape left in all colours.

 

Thanks to Seal-It for sponsoring this post. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I really can’t imagine a better time of the year for a giveaway than the holiday season! Everyone is normally so caught up in buying gifts for other people that they completely forget to treat themselves too. That’s why I’ve partnered up with 5 amazing bloggers and a bunch of incredible brands to bring you The Ultimate Holiday Giveaway. One lucky winner will take home all of the prizes below and I couldn’t be more excited!

You can enter the contest at the bottom on this post!

Good luck!

Even if you don’t win, I hope these prizes will inspire some last minute gifting ideas!

 

 

1. Sunbeam WinterLuxe Reverse to Sherpa Heated Throw

You’re lucky this throw even made it into the giveaway because as soon I saw it I wanted to keep it for myself haha. I’m the person that’s always cold, so a heated throw speaks to me. The throw comes in a variety of colours and designs and feature premium soft winterluxe fabric reverses to plush sherpa. There’s 3 heat settings and a 3 hour auto-off functionality. The throws are available from $64.96 to $79.99 at sunbeam.ca, Walmart, Canadian Tire, and London Drugs.

 

 

2. Baskits Revitalize Gift Basket

Baskits are one of those things you discover and think “why did I not know about this until now?!” I love the idea. It’s so good to remember all year, but especially during the holidays. Baskits is a gift service company with unique baskets for everyone on your list – him, her, kids, teachers, hostess etc. and for every occasion. The Baskits are creative, thoughtful and filled with luxury products. You can also personalize a basket! They deliver across North America and you can also do same-day delivery in the GTA for all of those last minute “oops I totally forgot” gifting moments. I also love this idea for the people on your list that are super hard to buy for. We all know guys are harder to shop for, so I love that they have Baskits geared towards men with themes like BBQ, shaving, alcohol and golf. Find out more at Baskits.com. You could also win the gift basket below!

 

      

3. IDC Skincare Gift Set

I love a good gift set around this time of year and this one from IDC skincare is the perfect gift for the beauty lover on your list. They’ve come out with 4 limited-edition sets for the holidays, now available at beautyboutique.ca. Each set features IDC’s patented technology that simultaneously targets the 16 causes of skin aging. The set that is up for grabs in our giveaway is the IDC Mise en beaute Ideal. It retails for $109.95 and includes Ideal Multi-Correction lifting, illuminating and correcting serum along with the award-winning overnight repair mask.

 

4. Joe Fresh Jewelry

Joe Fresh has just unveiled an exclusive new holiday jewelry collection at Shoppers Drug Mart that includes necklaces, bracelets and earrings and you could win all 3! The collection features tones of gold, silver and black that are perfect for a holiday part and they retail from $8 – $28. They even have kids jewelry for any little one’s on your list.

 

 

5. Quo Holiday Collections

This Quo holiday set is every beauty lovers dream! The collection features a limited-edition beauty palette, manicure and brow kits and a Quo by ORLY nail polish set. All of these shades are perfect for the holiday season and I love the festive packaging. 

 

 

6. Cougar Boots

Cougar Boots will change the way you look at winter. I love how fashionable they look, but they also feel like slippers and keep your feet toasty warm.  There’s nothing worse than damp feet in the winter. Cougar Boots are guaranteed waterproof, temperature rated and easy to care for. The winner of our contest will receive a pair of Cougar Boots!

 

7. Giant Tiger

The pretty black top below is Lily Morgan from Giant Tiger. I’ll definitely be wearing this at holiday parties this month. The winner of our contest will receive a Giant Tiger gift card valued at $100! You can buy the same top or anything else you please.  

 

     

 

8. Papermate InkJoy Gel Pens

I did a previous post on Papermate Inkjoy Gel Pens. I love all of the bright colours they come in and they look so cute displayed on my desk. The winner of our contest will receive the full lineup! Another fun stocking stuffer idea for the creative people on your list. 

 

     

9. Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief

The winner of our contest will also receive these great Colgate products below.  I love that they come with Sensitive Pro-Relief. With all of the extra indulgences around the holidays it will be much needed over the next few months. They also make a great stocking stuffer idea!

 

10. Yves Rocher

The winner of our contest will take home a selection of Yves Rocher botanical-based products. The prize features their White Botanical Exceptional Cleansing Mousse, Low Shampoo to wash hair without damaging it and Scrub to Mix exfoliating powder, all of which are not pictured below but will be included in the prize. Also included will be the Yves Rocher Sensitive Vegetal Soothing Moisturizing Cream, and Sensitive Vegetal Soothing Micellar Water 2 in 1 to remove makeup, soothe and tone.  Both of these products are pictured below. 

 

      

 

 

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