Christmas Glitter iPhone Wallpaper

Christmas always get me in the mood for all things sparkly. The lights, the glitter and the glow are all so warm and festive. I created two designs this month so you can add some festive flare to both your home screen and lock screen. Sometimes wallpaper designs look a little busy against all the apps on the home screen, but the glitter simply pops.

Enjoy the sparkle, and have yourself a merry little Christmas everyone!

Christmas iPhone wallpaper // a little nutmeg

Download lock screen: iPhone 4

Download lock screen: iPhone 5

Download home screen: iPhone 4

Download home screen: iPhone 5

Free Printable Christmas Gift Tags {Sister Inspirations}

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In an effort to get a jump-start on Christmas, we decided to focus November’s Sister Inspirations on Christmas gift tags. We wanted to design something that would be a great last minute detail but still add a fun finished look to our gifts.

I used three traditional Christmas expressions for my tags, then I designed a red version and a green version of each.

free printable Christmas gift tags // www.alittlenutmeg.com

The phrases I used are “No peeking,” “Jolly Holly-Day” and of course “Merry Christmas.” Feel free to print as many as you like for your own personal use.

Amy, over at The Happy Tulip, infused her sense of humor into the gift tags she designed by adding famous Christmas movie quotes including my favorite: “Merry Christmas you filthy animal” from Home Alone 2. I do love those movies. Well, the first two anyway. But I digress, seriously check out Amy’s tags because they are adorable and hilarious.

Free Christmas iPhone Wallpapers

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When I designed these two Christmas iPhone wallpapers I was inspired by the traditional christmas sweaters I saw floating around pinterest. It’s such a cozy and festive design. You can feel the fuzzy warmth just looking at those sweaters. Or, maybe that’s just me wrapped up in my footie pajamas. Either way, I had fun designing this one. But now I need to focus on other things because there are…

ONLY 15 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS! That sentence warrants a very rare exclamation point from me. How does Christmas manage to sneak up on me every year? I am so behind. I normally get my Christmas tree up the weekend after Thanksgiving, but I finally put it up this past weekend. I need to get with it. Oh well, I will enjoy this season and not get flustered by my growing to-do list.

Download light blue: iPhone 5

Download dark blue: iPhone 5

Download light blue: iPhone 4

Download dark blue: iPhone 4

DIY Stocking Stuffers Under $5 {Sister Inspirations}

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We’re excited to share with you ten diy stocking stuffer ideas this month, all under $5 each. On this blog you will find five gift ideas for the gentlemen and on Amy’s blog she is sharing five ideas for the ladies.

Personalized Beer Glasses

I am fascinated by the gold leaf paint I bought for this project. Using masking tape as guidelines, I created graphic designs on the glasses. Originally, I wanted to use a stencil to paint words on the glasses, but the gold leaf paint is a little too runny to use with stencils. But, I love how dramatic these turned out. Plus the glasses were each only $1 at our local dollar store so this was super inexpensive to make. The paint was originally $8 but I also got it on sale for $4 at Hobby Lobby. I’m thinking I may add a glass sealer at some point.

Feed Corn Heating Pads

I made these last year for all the boys in the family and it was a hit. The corn pads can be used to heat sore muscles or warm up cold feet and hands. I followed this tutorial but I made a few customizations. I used feed corn instead of rice. I’m sure you can use either, I just prefer the smell and feel of the corn better. I didn’t end up using a lavender essential oils because the corn gives off a pleasant enough smell. I also didn’t feel the need to serge the edges like she does in the original tutorial and the pads held together just fine. I just wanted to simplify the project a little since I am still pretty new to sewing.

Coffee Syrup

This vanilla coffee syrup recipe was so easy to make. I would love the try the raspberry and caramel versions too, but I already had the ingredients for the vanilla syrup in my pantry. So all I bought for this project were the bottles that I found for $2 each at Hobby Lobby.

Peanut Butter Bites

These are so deliciously easy to make. You can find the recipe here. This recipes makes a ton of balls, so you can vary the recipe depending on the amount of people you will be gifting. Again, I had all the ingredients for this recipe on hand so it was super quick to put together.

Reindeer Bottles

Last year, I made these with beer for Brandon’s grandpa. He thought they were hilarious. This year, I made these with root beer so they can be a kid-friendly stocking stuffer, as well. Googly eyes, mini craft pom poms, chenille wire and a hot glue gun are the only tools needed for this gift.