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Five Minute Friday: Coffee Mug Gift Card Holder
Welcome to 5 Minute Friday. This is a weekly post where we share quick tips, projects, and recipes that can all be completed in 5 minutes or less! The topic this week is Coffee Mug Gift Card Holders.
To make this super easy, adorable, gift card keeper you need wool felt, scissors, paper, pencil, sewing machine or needle and thread.
First, create a template by drawing on paper what you would like your mug and handle to look like. (I am one of the world’s worst drawers. So if I can do it, I know you can too.) FYI: The mug portion and the handle are separate templates. Make sure you make the mug big enough to hold a gift card and remember to account for seam allowances too.
Next, cut out your templates with scissors and lay them flat on the felt. Trace around them with the pencil or chalk. You need 2 mug pieces and 1 handle piece. I folded the fabric when tracing the mug section on so I could trace and cut the 2 cup pieces at the same time. When selecting your fabric for this project keep this in mind that the felt I used was fairly thick. If you choose a thinner fabric you will end up with a floppy handle.
Then, remove the paper and start cutting out your felt shapes.
After that, lay the two mug pieces one directly on top of the other and insert the tips of the handle in between the two pieces.
Finally, sew down one edge of the mug, across the bottom, and up the other side securing the handle in place.
Trim any loose thread and you have yourself a very cute coffee gift card holder. Happy Gift Giving!
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2015 Holiday Gift Guide & Giveaway
This post contains affiliate links.
Today, we have our 2015 Holiday Gift Guide & Giveaway.The holidays are just right around the corner. If you are still looking for the perfect gift for someone on your list, we have compiled a few choice items to make your shopping easier. On a budget? Check out our gift guide for gifts $10 and under.
1. This beautiful garden flower designed throw pillow would accent any room perfectly.
2. Add a little rustic style to any wall with these decorative clothespins.
3. Help your nearest and dearest keep those dreaded water rings off their wooden surfaces with these mason jar lid coasters.
4. We love this gorgeous hanging bucket from Cedar Hill Farmhouse.
5. Give the gift of sentiment. Display treasured photographs in this weathered windowpane picture frame for any of your loved ones to cherish.
6. These wooden totes are fantastic for storing everyday items. Who doesn’t need a little extra organization in their lives?
7. For the wine connoisseur, this space-saving wall wine bottle holder makes an elegant and convenient display.
8. Any aspiring artist would love doodling with these unique handcrafted branch colored pencils.
9. Folkmanis never disappoints with their high quality life-like products and this adorable Hedgehog Hand Puppet would please any child on Christmas morning.
10. This campfire smoke wood wick candle is a wonderful way to bring the outdoors in. It is also a surefire way to make the recipient a very happy camper.
11. Bring simplicity and charm to any office work-space with a sturdy wire magazine holder.
12. A cozy Alpine Swiss Scarf is a great way to keep the favorite man in your life warm all winter along.
_____________________________________________________ Giveaway Sponsored by Cherry Tree Gallery 
We are so excited to announce that we will be giving away a set of three decorative clothes pins from Cherry Tree Gallery to one lucky winner. Shanna is so talented and all of her amazing products are handmade.
To enter for a chance to win, follow the instructions on the Rafflecopter ballot below. Good Luck!
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This giveaway is sponsored by Cherry Hill Gallery. Giveaway runs from 12:00am EST 11/25/15 – 11:59pm EST on 12/02/2015. Winner will be randomly selected and contacted within 48 hours of giveaway closing. Open to residents of the USA and Canada 18 and older. Giveaway not affiliated with Pinterest, Instagram or Facebook. Winners will be notified by email and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.
Don’t forget to hop around to see what our fabulous bloggy friends have gathered for you ALL WEEK LONG and be sure to enter each and every giveaway for your chance to win a ton of awesome prizes! Each giveaway will be open for one week from it’s start date. Keep in mind that these links will only work as the posts go live on their scheduled morning. Good luck!
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We Dig It: Festive Ways to Hang Stockings
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, it’s pretty much a given that people who put up decorations for Christmas, will likely being setting up the tree this weekend. So, we thought we would share some awesomely festive ways to hang stockings to get everyone in the mood.
Stockings Hanging on the Banister by Jeanne Oliver Designs 
Stockings Hanging on the Mantle by The Lily Pad Cottage
Stockings Hanging on the Wall by Elizabeth Joan Designs
Stockings Hanging on Antlers by Our Fun With Five
Stockings Hanging on a Curtain Rod by Maison de Pax
Stockings Hanging on a Console by Cozy. Cottage. Cute.
Stockings Hanging on a Piano by Cherished Bliss
We hope you liked this week’s round up! So where do you hang your stockings? Are you a classic mantle person or do you like to mix things up by putting your stockings someplace unexpected? We would love to hear from you!
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Free 2016 Printable Calendar & Planners
It seems like 2015 has been a whirlwind of a year. (Although, I hear as you age the years tend to get more whirlwind-ish!) With all of life’s chaos, I’m sure I’m not the only one who needs a little help making sure things go smoothly. So today, I’m sharing a way to get things under control. Check out our Free 2016 Printable Calendar & Planners and get a jump start on planning your year!
Who doesn’t want a free printable calendar? I love the combination of pretty fonts and simple graphics this one offers. Plus, you really can’t go wrong with my favorite color combo of black and white. (See how I decorate with black and white in the fall home tour post.)
In addition to the regular annual calendar, I’ve included a few more goodies. There’s a Weekly Planner…
A Menu Planner and Shopping List…
And a Bill Pay Checklist. (All of which will work great in conjunction with our command center.)
I even added a pretty front cover page to make gifting this freebie a breeze! Wrap the set up with some pretty ribbon or send it off to your local print shop to have it printed and bound.
If you are looking for a way to get your life more organized in 2016, this is a great way to start! Simply click the link below to download.
Download your free 2016 Printable Calendar & Planners.
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