Cheap & Easy Christmas Decor

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Who’s a fan of decorating your house on the cheap? Ooo- me! me! I’ve hosted a couple events at my house this holiday season and have gotten a lot of comments on my entry table so I thought I would share with my lovely readers!

So we took our annual trip up into the mountains in search of the perfect Christmas tree. There always seems to be some obstacle in our way, last year it was the pouring rain, this year it was ice. The roads were so icy we couldn’t make it too far before we decided a Christmas tree wasn’t worth our lives and we would try our luck at lower elevation. … Read the rest

Polar Express Party- The whole shibang!

12 / 8 / 1511 / 6 / 22

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The best guide to throwing an epic Polar Express event! I promise I have everything you need whether its a quiet evening in with your kids our a church party for hundreds!

Alrighty- you ready for the full run-down?? I was in charge of putting on a Christmas party for my ward (church). About 250 people and our budget was $200. I don’t think we made the budget, but really, less than a $ per person? We were pretty close though! And thank goodness for lots of help from some talented people to help me pull it all together!… Read the rest

Polar Express Quote Subway Art

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I LOVE this quote, and had to include it in our Polar Express party. I am going to have them printed and put them in frames on the buffet table (which will be full of holiday cookies from each family). I really want to get something like this as well for the buffet table to complete the look… and sprinkle glitter?

It is sized as an 8X10 so you can print it as a photo or print it on regular printer paper and trim it. … Read the rest

Polar Express Train Tickets Free Printable

11 / 11 / 1511 / 1 / 22

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Back with segment 3 of our Polar Express Ward (church) Christmas party (invitations here, bell tags here). This time I have free printable train tickets, which I made to coordinate with the invites & bell tags (both free printables!!). We are going to have a ticket booth set up where each family can “purchase” their train ticket as they walk into the lobby. The lobby is going to act as our train station. Then they will line up to board the “train” (i.e.… Read the rest

Polar Express Bell Tags

11 / 8 / 1512 / 14 / 22

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I’m back with segment 2 of our Polar Express Christmas party (invitations here, printable tickets here, polar express quote subway art here)- the party favors. Santa will be handing these out to all the good little boys & girls when they sit on his knee.

We loved the idea of handing out bells to the children to go along with the theme of the book, but we also wanted it to have some more spiritually significant meaning. I like the spiritual parallels in the book, and this tag just brings them a little more to the forefront.… Read the rest