I love being able to put my own personal touch into everything that I do. Case in point: These custom creations below from Minted! This was my first year ordering Christmas and New Years cards instead of just buying them randomly at the store. They have thousands of card styles to choose from and you can also create your own using your personal photos. I opted for one of their designs that I felt was totally “me” with the all pink card. I also chose one with a more generic greeting that simply says “Cheers” in gold writing so that I can use them all year long. I added a personal touch by including my signed name underneath the greeting. It felt extra special handing out these cards this year. Everyone wanted to know how I got my name on them and where I got them from. It’s the personal touch that people really loved. 

 

I also got to design my own custom pinboard! I’ve been on the hunt for something to hang above my desk for a while now but a regular old cork board simply wouldn’t do. Therefore, the walls above my desk have remained blank (until now). I love that you can customize these pinboards any way you like. You pick your frame (from a selection of beautiful options) and then there are an insane amount of fabrics to choose from to cover your pinboard. There is literally something for everyone. It took me 2 days to narrow down the one I wanted. I landed on a matte copper metal frame and the On The Spot fabric. It feels more like a work of art than a pinboard and I love that I can change out the fabric whenever I want or if I want to change my decor.  

 

 

If you haven’t discovered Minted yet, you must. The variety of offerings (everything from cards to home decor to artwork) is seriously a game changer. You can always find exactly what you’re looking for. Minted is a design marketplace of independent artists from around the globe. Their holiday cards are available with matching custom stamps, envelope designs and FREE recipient addressing. Minted is known for its high-quality paper and printing. Minted also offers postcards, ornament cards and 8 unique die-cut shapes. You can add additional photos, text, and customization options to your holiday cards. Minted’s assortment of stationery, art, home decor and digital offerings is constantly expanding as as they grow their artist community and host ongoing challenges. There’s is seriously so much to discover. I end up spending hours just searching through their website looking at the beautiful creations. 

 

Happy new year everyone! This will be my last post of 2016! Thanks to everyone who followed along with me this year. I hope 2016 was good to you and I hope 2017 is even better. See you in 2017!

 

Thanks to Minted for partnering with me on this post!

To learn more about custom pinboards click HERE.

To shop my all pink holiday card click HERE.

To shop my “Cheers” card click HERE.

To shop my custom pinboard click HERE for the frame and click HERE for the fabric.

 

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.