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Michael’s 2024 Sprinkle Shop Christmas Decor

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This holiday season there have been many viral Christmas decorating trends. One of the trends I saw online was using decor from Michael’s stores.

This year, Michael’s had four themes for holiday decor. They are Sprinkle Shop, Gala, Holiday Pines, and Night Before Christmas. At my closest Michael’s, they had three of the four decoration themes. The only one that was missing was Holiday Pines. (I just wanted to mention I’m sad I didn’t get to see Holiday Pines in store! It had some pieces I was interested in browsing and potentially buying!) After browsing the collections multiple times during the holiday season, I realized I have my favorite themes. The theme I didn’t like out of all the collections was Sprinkle Shop.

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Walmart’s Stitch Holiday Decor 2024

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In a previous post, I talked about Walmart’s The Grinch holiday decorations. Along with The Grinch, the Walmart I normally shop at also had decorations inspired by two other popular animated movies. The one I liked a lot was the Stitch decor.

I like Disney’s Lilo and Stitch, but it isn’t my favorite Disney movie of all time. Still, I sometimes like to browse Stitch themed items just to see how they look. This year’s holiday decor was cute and I even found some decorations I seriously considered to purchase! (I decided not to due to reasons unrelated to if I like Stitch or not. One of the reasons is if I felt comfortable purchasing more holiday decor this year or not.)

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Walmart’s The Grinch Holiday 2024 Decor

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For the past few years, the Walmart I normally shop at has sold Christmas decor inspired by three different popular movies and TV shows. They are The Grinch from Doctor Susses’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Stitch from Lilo and Stitch, and Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. Sometimes other popular movies and TV show inspired holiday decor is sold, but those are the three core movies and TV shows found at my Walmart.

The decor is different than what is normally sold in the Christmas section, so I really enjoy browsing it. This year, it seemed there were equal amounts of decor for each of the movies. I know many people enjoy read about my favorite Christmas decorations for the year, so I decided to do this for each of the movies. I decided to start with The Grinch because he is a Christmas movie while Stitch and The Nightmare Before Christmas are characters and movies that will work other times of the year.

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Walmart 2024 Christmas Decor

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This year, Walmart had some Christmas decor I really like. This year, I am more selective of what holiday decor I purchase. This decision was spurred by multiple decisions, one of them is due to inflation. Even though I’m selective of my purchases this year, I needed to replace several Christmas decorations in my collection. Since I liked the decorations at Walmart, I decided to purchase a few of the things I show in this post!

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Art, Fan Art, and Book Fan Inspired Small Businesses to Shop on Black Friday 2024

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It’s Thanksgiving week which means so many great things. For shoppers, and anyone looking for bargains, it means it is time for Black Friday sales!

This year, I wanted to share small business I really like that are available to shop online on Black Friday. They are all taking orders (Unless I wasn’t aware they were closed this week!) and some may even have sales in honor of the big shopping day. I don’t know all the sales they have or any special offers for Thanksgiving and Black Friday, so please check out their websites to see if there are any specials available!

I also want to mention that I have either purchased from the stores or have been watching them for a while and have good reviews. The links to the shops are going to be their own shop websites or Etsy stores. If there is an Etsy store and a separate shop website, I will link both.

None of the links in this post contain affiliate links. The stores featured in this post are not sponsored.

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Knitting and Crochet Etsy Small Business to Shop on Black Friday/Small Business Saturday 2024

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Over the years, I have picked up many hobbies. Two of these hobbies are knitting and crocheting. Since I started both hobbies, I began to favor knitting and now exclusively knit.

Even though I now knit more than crochet, I still love looking at crochet patterns, just in case I decided to pick crochet up again. This Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, I wanted to share the Etsy shops I love to shop and/or browse the most. Most of the shops focus on knitting, mostly because I am knitter now, but there are shops that also sell crochet patterns.

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Etsy Sewing Pattern Small Business to Shop on Black Friday/Small Business Saturday 2024

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Shopping Black Friday sales are always a great time for hobbyist to save money on supplies. This is why it is my favorite time of year to shop for sewing supplies!

This year, I wanted to share some of my favorite Etsy shops that focus on sewing patterns. The shops I listed are all shops I purchased from and really enjoy their patterns. Some focus on trendy and everyday clothing while others focus on historical clothing for costuming. There is even one shop that focuses on quilt patterns, making this list a diverse list of shops.

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Ulta Beauty Haul- November 2024

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It’s been a while since I wrote a haul post from Ulta Beauty. Along with all the things that happened to me this year, I also didn’t feel like shopping for beauty products from Ulta Beauty or Sephora. Even though this was an off year for shopping, I decided to visit Ulta Beauty this month to see what they have in stock.

During my visit, I found multiple products to buy. Many of the products are ones I had my eye on, yet didn’t buy online. Others are ones I believed would be sold out by now, but were still available when I went shopping.

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Wicked Part 1 Mini Backpacks at Walmart

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Musicals have been a major part of my life. I grew up watching musicals. As a teen, I used to listen to soundtracks to musicals just as much as any other singer or band I liked. As an adult, I had to let go of my passion for musicals due to adult obligations. Yet, I still try to keep up to date with what musicals are currently playing on Broadway.

One of the musical soundtracks I enjoyed listening to as a teen was Wicked. I loved Glinda, but I always felt like my life was more like Elphaba. Because of my love for both characters, I always have a hard time picking the kind of merchandise I like more.

In November, part 1 of the movie version of Wicked will be released. I really enjoy looking at the merchandise inspired by the movie and deciding which ones I like the most. One of the most fun items I found was the mini backpacks inspired by the movie.

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Bodycology Winter Vanilla Collection

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Weeks ago, I published a post featuring the Bodycology Cozy Fireside limited edition scent. You can read it here.

In the post, I mentioned there was another limited edition scent available at Walmart. The scent is called Winter Vanilla. Even though it is not a fall scent, I really liked the scent and decided to publish the post about it in October.

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