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Favorite Walmart Christmas Tree Ornaments for 2020

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After shopping at Walmart’s Christmas section for the past few weeks, I found a few Christmas tree ornaments that stood out to me and quickly became my favorites. Although it’s still November, I wanted to share some photographs of my favorite ornaments. The ornaments in this post are sold individually, not in a set, and do not include any Hallmark ornaments or officially licensed ornaments. I did find many Hallmark ornaments and ornament sets I really liked, but I decided not to share them in this post. Continue reading “Favorite Walmart Christmas Tree Ornaments for 2020” →

5 Christmas Home Decor Items I Want For My Future House- 2020

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July is almost over but I’m still making plans for Christmas. I’m very excited this year because I want to buy some new Christmas decor and other items for my future house. After watching Christmas sales for many years, I know what and when to buy it. Although I’m not sure if the sales will happen the same way as it did last year, I am hopeful I’ll find some of the things I want to own for my future house. I have many things I want to own, but here are five of the Christmas themed items I want to own for my future house. Continue reading “5 Christmas Home Decor Items I Want For My Future House- 2020” →

Hallmark Gold Crown 2020 Digital Dream Book

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Since Covid-19/Coronavirus has closed all Hallmark Gold Crown stores, there will be no release party for the Dream Book. If you never heard of Hallmark’s Dream Book, it is a magazine style book available at Hallmark stores. The Dream Book has all the Christmas tree ornaments that will be on sale that year, what month they will be on sale. and how much it will cost. Every May I try to make an effort to go into a Hallmark store and pick up a hard copy of the Dream Book, but this May will be different. Like I said, Hallmark stores are closed where I live and I don’t know when they will be open again. Despite this, Hallmark has a digital, PDF version of the book available on their website!

The you can find the PDF version of the Dream Book on Hallmark’s website here. Here are a few pages from this year’s Dream Book…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Even though it’s very early to think about Christmas, I’m so happy to see the Dream Book. I didn’t have the chance to look through it, but I am looking forward to see all the ornaments that will be for sale this year!

Well, that’s all for now! Thank you for reading!

2019 Christmas House Interior Decoration Progress- Part 2

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A few weeks ago, I talked about decorating the inside of my house for Christmas. Although it’s nearing Christmas, I have more decorating I need to do. I think I’m a bad blogger for not getting all my decorations up by now because it seems like all the bloggers, YouTubers, and people I follow on social media have their decorations up by now. But eh. Life didn’t turn out the way I hoped it would this month. Since I’m not done, I wanted to give everyone a progress update on how slow I am on decorating my house. Continue reading “2019 Christmas House Interior Decoration Progress- Part 2” →

Ornament Feature: 101 Dalmatians Pongo Saves the Day Hallmark Ornament

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I’m a huge Disney fan and one of my favorite Disney movies is 101 Dalmatians. I love the animated version as well as the live action movie staring Glen Close. Despite my love of 101 Dalmatians, it’s difficult to find merchandise from the animated movie.

Back in 2011, I discovered Hallmark created an ornament based off 101 Dalmatians. I bought it during the after Christmas sale and love it ever since. Continue reading “Ornament Feature: 101 Dalmatians Pongo Saves the Day Hallmark Ornament” →

Favorite Christmas DIY Paper Ornament YouTube Tutorials

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Earlier this year, I thought it would be fun to make myself some Christmas ornaments. I found some YouTube videos showing how to make them. Although I originally believed I would have the chance to make the ornaments, at the time of this post I’m unsure if I’ll have enough time! Despite this, I wanted to share the videos just in case anyone is looking for some fun diy projects for Christmas time. Continue reading “Favorite Christmas DIY Paper Ornament YouTube Tutorials” →

2019 Christmas House Interior Decoration Progress- Part 1

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Last year, I did a horrible job decorating my house for Christmas. It was so bad, I didn’t even put up a tree! There was many reason for this (Including recovering from an antibiotic resistant infection I had for many years), but this year I wanted to put some effort into decorating. The problem is I didn’t like many of my old decorations. They worked well when I purchased them, but that was over 5 years ago when my lifestyle was different and I needed to take care of an ill family member. I did do some shopping for new decorations, but I didn’t find exactly what I was looking for. (I did find stuff for my home office, but that’s for another post) So, I made do with the decorations I did love an enjoy decorating with and decided to see if there was anything I could buy to add to this year’s decorations.

So, I even though I believed I would have all my decorating finished before today (The day this post goes live), I’m not. Despite this, I wanted to share everything I’ve done so far and talk about what I want/need decoration wise before I can call my Christmas decorating finished. Continue reading “2019 Christmas House Interior Decoration Progress- Part 1” →

Rae Dunn Christmas and Office Supply Haul

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A few weeks ago, I found some Rae Dunn items while browsing TJ Maxx. I love Rae Dunn, but I don’t consider myself a collector. Despite this, I decided to pick up one office supply item and a few Christmas items to add to my decorations this year. Continue reading “Rae Dunn Christmas and Office Supply Haul” →

Hallmark Gold Crown Keepsake Ornament Wish List- July 2019

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This weekend, Hallmark Gold Crown stores will hold their Ornament Premier Event. Even though I’m not ready to get ready for Christmas (Though I’ve already found some Christmas presents for family & friends), I am excited to go to the Premier Event. I always enjoy shopping for ornaments and get excited to find new ornaments I love and will enjoy for years to come.

Since this is the first weekend the ornaments will be for sale, I decided to make my annual ornament wish list post, only this year it will be a little different. Since Hallmark releases their ornaments in waves, I will be splitting my wish list up to coincide with the different release weekends. This wish list is for the July 2019 releases. Continue reading “Hallmark Gold Crown Keepsake Ornament Wish List- July 2019” →

2018 Christmas Holiday House Decor

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I’m so happy I can finally post photos of my holiday home decor for 2018! Due to circumstances beyond my control, I was unable to put my Christmas tree up, but I was able to put up a few decorations around my house. A few of the decorations I have on display are ones I purchased this year and wrote about in previous Blogmas posts. Continue reading “2018 Christmas Holiday House Decor” →