Happy New Years!

I just wanted to wish everybody a happy and safe holiday!  I know this is a bit last minute, but if you’re a procrastinator like I tend to be, check out this great article for ways to throw an inexpensive New Year’s Eve party!

Inexpensive Home Fragrance

Here is a great way to keep your home smelling delicious during the holidays!

Directions

• Bring a saucepan full of water to a boil, then add the ingredients from a recipe of your choice.  Bring the water and ingredients to a boil, maintain the boil for a few minutes then turn down the heat and simmer all day.  Just be sure to add water as needed. 
• Caution: Set your timer for 30 minutes so you remember to top up with water. You don’t want the pot burning dry. Do not leave the house with this left heating on the stove.

Recipe 1- Christmas Potpourri Simmering Pot

3 sprigs evergreen or handful pine needles
2 cinnamon sticks
2 TBS whole cloves
2 bay leaves
2 pieces orange rind
2 pieces lemon rind

Recipe 2-

Cinnamon sticks
Apple peels
Orange rinds
Whole cloves

Recipe 3-

Peel from 1 lemon
Peel from 1 orange
2 bay leaves
3 cinnamon sticks
2 TBS whole cloves

Recipe 4-

Apple juice
Cinnamon sticks
Whole cloves

Recipe 5-

Whole cloves
1 tsp nutmeg

Recipe 6-

5 to 6 cinnamon sticks, broken
1 tbsp. lemon peel
1 tbsp. orange peel
1/2 c. whole cloves
1 tbsp. nutmeg
1/4 c. whole allspice
1 tbsp. bay leaf pieces
2 slices dried apples, optional

Recipe 7-

Peel from a whole orange
Whole cloves
2 Cinnamon sticks

Recipe 8-

Recipe 9-

6 whole cloves
1 cinnamon stick
1 tsp vanilla

Recipe 10-

2 sticks cinnamon
Peel from one lemon
Fresh rosemary
Whole cloves

Adorable Post-it Note Holders

Look at how ADORABLE these custome post-it note holders are!  I absolutely love this idea becaue it is inexpensive, practical, and SO cute!  Check out the full tutorial at sistersstuff.blogspot.com, and if this isn’t enough, make sure to check out Whitney’s cute cookie mix neighbor gift idea.

Pottery Barn Inspired Wreath

I know, I know, how GEOURGOUS right?  Well, if you have an extra $80 buckaroos to smack down at the Pottery Barn, this little beauty can be all yours! 

Yeah, me neither!

Well, another alternative I found is this STUNNING d.i.y. version. 

Head over to Made with Love and Glue to see the tutorial.  She managed to make hers for a budget friendly $4.00!!  I would TOTALLY spend that to have something so fabulous hanging on my front door!

Oh, and a side note.  I know I have already posted about  the gifts in a jar, but I found this cute idea to go along the same lines:

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