A refreshing drink for a hot summer day! Easy to make at home and enjoy all week long!

I hope your week’s been really great! If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll have seen that our little sweethearts have been at “Camp Grandparents & Auntie” for the past week and yesterday I came to my parents’ home to spend a week here also. My husband and I missed them terribly but they really do have a blast with Auntie and their grandparents! They must have gone to the pool or waterparks every day! also I think my husband and I will never really know how much candy they ate and how late they stayed up! ha! Oh well…. that’s summertime, eh? Hope you’ve been making some fabulous memories too!

I’d love to share my new favourite drink today! It’s been kicking around Pinterest forever and of course Starbucks sells it but I wanted to share it just in case you haven’t started making your own yet! It is so easy to make and much cheaper than buying from Starbucks! I love having it handy to sip on during the hot days we’ve been having!

Homemade Passion Tea Lemonade

1. 2 Tazo Passion Tea teabags
2. 16 oz. water
3. 4 oz. lemonade
4. 2 tsp. sugar

1. Boil water.
2. Remove from heat and add tea bags and sugar.
3. Let sit for 15 minutes.
4. Remove tea bags and refrigerate for at least one hour.
5. Using a large pitcher, mix lemonade and tea and store in fridge.

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Don’t forget to pin it to remember it 🙂 Have a wonderful rest of the week and hope you enjoy this drink to stay cool!

Until next time,

Hello Friends!

August is winding down and I’m beginning to think of fall! How’s the weather been in your corner of the world? We’ve had beautiful and pretty warm weather this week but last week there was definitely a hint of fall in the air!

So, this week I was thinking of fall décor and knew that we needed a new wreath for our front door. I’m so happy how it turned out!

Here’s what you’ll need:

You’ll also need a wreath of your choice, burlap, brown card stock paper, ribbon (or other material to make a bow) and a glue gun.

I started out by wrapping a foot long strip of burlap around my wreath. I love burlap and it seems fall-ish to I thought it would go perfect. I then ripped of some of the berry stems from the main one and just placed them where I thought they looked good.

I  used cardstock to cut out 9 little triangles. I had picked up the chipboard alphabet stickers at Target a while back and they worked perfect for this little banner!

And now I’ll show you my secret little trick. The banner wouldn’t hang properly so while I was sitting and pondering how to make it hang nicely, my totally brilliant husband did this! Ta-da!! The weight of the little screws is just what the paper needed and now it hangs perfectly!

I had some of chiffon material left over from a different craft that I used to make my bow. You could use ribbon or whatever you have on hand that would go with your wreath.

Have you made any crafts or decor for fall yet? I think this will just be the beginning for me!

By the way, did you see The Great Crate Challenge I did yesterday? Nine fabulous bloggers and myself used a crate from Michaels and each came up with different ideas of what to do with it! Check out the amazing results here!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Until next time,

Kendra

Linking To: 3 Little Greenwoods,  Inspire Me Please, Frugal Crafty Blog Hop,

Happy December friends and welcome to my second annual Christmas Festival Blog Hop!

I am so excited to have 24 of my blogging friends join me this week as we open our homes and share lots of seasonal decor and recipes! If you’re new here, each day will have a different theme with 5 bloggers sharing.

• Monday (which is today!) is DIYs
• Tuesday is front porches
• Wednesday will be recipes 
• Thursday is decorating mantels   
• and Friday will be all about tablescapes

If you are stopping by from Kristi over at Chatfield Court, welcome! Isn’t her magnolia wreath beautiful?

This past spring I shared how I made a tiered tray using cake pans that my mom had thrown out. (I knew when I pulled them out of the garbage that they’d come in handy one day ;)!

I had painted it all white back in the springtime but I wanted to give it a little more character so I’ll show you today how to make your own! (For the actual tray tutorial, you can check out this post). 

Since my tray had a white coat already all I needed was some Antiquing Wax from Country Chic Paint to give it a worn and distressed look. The antiquing wax is very easy and forgiving to use and is really a quick way to give furniture that worn look. 

Using an old rag, I dipped the corner into the wax and then smeared it across the tray. Make sure you go the same direction each time, because the lines do show. (That’s what gives it that worn look). Also, a little wax goes a long way so depending on how dark you want your piece to appear, begin with only a bit of wax. I left the tray to dry overnight and then by morning it was ready to set some things on it. The wax dries really nicely and isn’t sticky at all! 

It is so fun to decorate and although I originally had my eye on a different try, I wasn’t ready to spend $100 and I think this little guy turned out just right! So next time you head to the thrift store, be sure to keep your eye open for some old metal pans, friends! 🙂 

And before you head off today, be sure to check over to my friends at 2 Bees In A Pod and see how they created a shadow box perfect for Christmas! Its going to be a fun week…. there will be more sharing each day so be sure to come back and see the rest! 

Christmas DIYs on Monday

Joy In Our Home | 2 Bees In A Pod | My Creative Days

County Road 407 | Chatfield Court

Christmas Front Porches on Tuesday

The Tattered Pew | The Crowned Goat | Little Brags

Follow The Yellow Brick Home | The Painted Hinge 

Christmas Recipes on Wednesday

Crisp Collective | Love In My Oven | Countryside Cravings 

Walking On Sunshine Recipes | Beyond The Butter 

Christmas Mantles on Thursday 

anderson + grant | White Arrows Home | Elizabeth Joan Designs 

  City Girl Meets Country Boy | Red Brick On The Lake

Christmas Tablescapes on Friday

The Inspired Hive | Curly Crafty Mom | Making It In The Mountains

Rain and Pine | Timeless Creations

Thanks for coming by today, friends! Hope your week is wonderful! 

 Welcome to a fun fall festival featuring a different theme of fall decor and recipes daily! 

I am SO excited to be kicking off October with an amazing blog hop! Last year’s Fall Festival was SUCH a hit and I couldn’t wait to organize it again! 

This week I am joining 24 of my blogging friends for a whole week of fall inspiration!  We’ll be sharing our mantles, tablescapes  (just in time for Canadian Thanksgiving next Monday!), recipes, vignettes and front porches! 

Ever since my husband redid our (outdated and very hideous fireplace) I love decorating it for each season! The white makes for the perfect backdrop and I just add a few of my favorite pieces!

I’m usually drawn to neutral decor but every now and then pops of color show up.  This time however, I stuck with soft neutrals and I am loving it.

Decorating a mantle shouldn’t be hard. It’s all about adding an assortment of different textures, heights and elements of your favorite pieces. I started with a super easy burlap banner I made a while ago and then added my favorite tobacco basket for height. I always seem to add candlesticks to any vignette or mantle and this time was no different. I discovered these flameless candles a while back and love the coziness they add!  

The little Hello Fall is from Hobby Lobby and I wish I would’ve picked up another one! Isn’t it cute!? 

I love that our home is filled with so many DIYs that my sweet husband did for us. From the fireplace to the coffee table to the ladder you see in the corner, all these pieces mean so much more to me because so much love was poured into each one! 

Thank you SO very much for stopping by, friends! I always read every single comment and they mean so much to me! Be sure to follow me on Instagram for even more updates around our home!

And next up on our tour is my friend Cindy from County Road 407! I know you’ll love her as much as I do!

Be sure to check out the rest of my friends’ mantles today and come back each to see the different themes! 

Mantles on Monday

Joy In Our Home | County Road 407 | Poofing the Pillows |

Follow The Yellow Brick Home | citygirlmeetsfarmboy

Tablescapes on Tuesday

The Latina Next Door | My Creative Days | Elizabeth Joan Designs |

The Crowned Goat | Farmhouse Flare Designs 

Recipes on WednesdayCherished Bliss | Countryside Cravings | Love In My Oven |

Chocolate with Grace | Making It In The Mountains 

Vignettes on Thursday anderson + grant | DIY Beautify  | Timeless Creations | 

The Painted Hinge | Rain & Pine 

Front Porches on FridayLantern Lane Designs | Little Brags aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa| Chatfield Court 

Camelot Art Creations | R and R at Home