Graham’s favorite holiday is not Christmas or Thanksgiving. It is Halloween. Therefore, I want to make the house feel festive for him, but I also feel like I have to make a specific point to decorate my home for Halloween because come September 1st, I am already putting out fall themed decor and not really […]
{for the home} how to winterize your home by yourself
Today I have for you some really great tips on how to get your home ready for winter. Thank you, Cindy Davis, for providing West Street Story readers with easy, DIY tips that anyone can do to winterize their home! The fall season has arrived and with it comes the perfect opportunity to prepare yourself […]
why you should eat more pumpkin
We have all seen the multitude of pumpkin-flavored-everything-even-my-toothpaste hitting the shelves the past few weeks. I am all for pumpkin flavors, in virtually everything {but, come on folks, not my toothpaste}, but have you ever stopped to think WHY you should eat more pumpkin? At the farmer’s market last week I saw, for the first […]
homemade vanilla extract recipe
Today, over at Tidy Mom, it was brought to attention that NOW is the time to make homemade vanilla extract in order to have it be ready in time to give as Christmas gifts or to use in your holiday baking. Basically, you need two months to make vanilla extract. Did you know how easy […]
102 free fall printables
I love printables. I love DIY. I love fall. So, of course I ended up creating THE list of free fall printables for all of you. I started seeking out fall printables to use as decorations in my own home and came across so many wonderful ones that I just decided it was time to […]
{pinterest project of the week} north pole cupcakes with free printable
Who doesn’t love Pinterest, am I right? However, I am definitely one of those that pins way more projects than will ever get accomplished. But why not at least share some of the cute ideas I have come across? Maybe it will motivate me to actually do instead of just pin {I doubt it, but […]
free naughty or nice holiday gift tag printable
‘Tis the season of giving! Today I am sharing with you a cute holiday gift tag printable file that I just created for my own gift giving purposes. The tags feature a light blue and cranberry red color scheme. You could simply print these tags out and cut them as such, but you can easily […]