Lemon Thistle

Dec 30

NYE Resolution Printables (and Bracelets!)

Dec 30

I have to be honest- I’m not much of a New Years’ resolution type of gal. But I really love the idea of setting goals and making a concentrated effort to plan for your year- what qualities you want to better and tasks you want to accomplish. As ambitious as I an in the making of these goals, I’m pretty good at forgetting them for a few reasons.

I don’t always write them down- and when I do they’re in some notebook… somewhere. I’ve always liked the idea of putting my goals up on my wall by my desk or by my dresser, but it would need to look good, right? And then there’s the issue of remembering when I’m not at my desk. So I made some of the most simple DIY bracelets to go along with it. I can wear this baby every day and it won’t pull my sweaters (like some of my favourites) or scratch the babies. Finally… accountability. Why not pull together some friends and share your resolutions so you have some accountability?Continue Reading…

Dec 14

DIY Live Edge Desk

Dec 14

I am excited to be popping in this morning to share a very exciting DIY I made a while back! Meet…. my live edge desk! This baby is an Ikea hack and looks oh so pretty in my workspace downstairs. All the photos show it right smack dab where my Christmas tree is, if you were wondering. I am busy working on a reveal for our basement room (you know, the one with the built ins) but it feels like Christmas is pretty much HERE so I think I’ll wait on that until the new year. But I’m pretty excited to share!

Either way… you can hop over and find out all the details on this desk (the legs, the top, the process!) over at Remodelaholic. I’ll be back here on Friday with another post before the holidays officially hit!

Dec 13

DIY Handlettered Holiday Lightbox

Dec 13

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine.

I am SO excited to share today’s post. It’s something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time (since I got my hands on this lightbox!) and just never got around to it. I am so glad that Cricut bought in to my idea and partnered to bring this DIY to life! Meet my DIY handlettered holiday lightbox. I love switching out the phrases on my lightbox (this is the one I have) depending on the day and you already know I love to add handlettering to pretty much everything. This was bound to happen sooner or later!

I’m getting so excited for Christmas this year! I kind of feel like I skipped Christmas last year. Last Christmas I hardly decorated and skipped a lot of the traditions we had planned on continuing due to being super pregnant. On the 27th of December, the same day we would have been celebrating Christmas with Shane’s family, we welcomed our third babe- Windsor. It was such an exciting time that Christmas took a bit of a back burner. So I’m excited to actually decorate this house of ours, celebrate baby’s first Christmas, actually enjoy the traditions we’ve started for our family AND for the first time ever, I’m hosting our family Christmas dinner. It’s a big year! My favourite tradition so far with our family (and the twins were right into it this year!) is decorating the tree with cocoa and holiday music. It’s the perfect introduction to the season. We’ve started a few others as well- it’s so fun to be able to pick and choose which traditions your kids will grow up with! A couple others that we’ve started include an activity based advent calendar (like this one and this one), decorating our outside shrubs like Christmas trees, a visit to Santa Claus (of course), and gingerbread houses with the cousins. I have a feeling we’ll be adding more over the years too. What are your favourite traditions? I just might steal them ;)Continue Reading…

Dec 09

DIY Noel Holiday Sign (and the easiest way to letter on wood!)

Dec 09

Since I’ve been busy filming and editing all the videos for my e-course over the past few weeks, I’m FINALLY getting to the point where I ‘get’ or enjoy video. So much so that I’ve made a second video this month (whaaat?!) and you might even see a third. I’m crazy, I know. If you’re not already following me on YouTube and want to make sure you see each video, I would LOVE to have you subscribe over there!

Today’s video is a quick one, but it’s one I’ve been meaning to make for a while now. I actually made this ornament Noel sign for a specific reason- to show you HOW easy it is to letter on wood using the right tools!

Dec 06

Black, White & Green All Over Christmas Home Tour

Dec 06

Today I’m so excited to be doing my very first home tour. I’ve teamed up with some totally talented Canadian bloggers to share Christmas inspiration with you all. There are 25 bloggers joining in the Canadian Christmas Home Tour so you’ll have oodles (yep, oodles) of inspiration. There’s links to each down at the bottom of this post.

We got our Christmas decorations up a couple weeks ago but I find I always take a while to move things around and play until I’m happy. This year, our holiday style is all about the black and white, tons of greenery and wood tones, and lots of hand lettering. It’s also pretty minimal, nothing too fancy here. Did I mention kid-friendly?

Since Windsor is just trying to walk, he pulls himself up on EVERYTHING. He’s certainly a wild child and between him and the twins (they’re three) I just couldn’t spend my holidays trying to enforce a ‘no touch’ rule. So all of our fragile stuff is out of reach (all the nutcrackers Shane collects are on our entry stairs) and the tree is almost entirely non-glass ornaments. I made a few exceptions near the top (like those handlettered ones I made last year!).

Dec 05

December Tech Wallpapers- Love Boldly

Dec 05

I’m just popping in today to share your December tech wallpaper freebies! If you’ve been following along on Instagram, you might have spotted a post that I shared we’ve been having a pretty tough week with sick kids, no sleep, and now an injured kiddo as well. Needless to say, I’m a bit behind getting this months’ tech wallpapers to you, but- better late than never ;)

This month I chose a wintery scene I’d snapped last year and the phrase ‘Love Boldly’. All the time, but especially during this time of year when there is so much opportunity to bless those around us, this is such a wonderful reminder.

If you’re new to Lemon Thistle, every month, I create free technology backgrounds for you to download. I make each a quote version, a calendar version, and a monthly script version in each desktop, phone, and tablet sizes. You can take your pick! I’m also now creating a free printable 8×10 version of the quote for my e-mail friends. If you’re not yet signed up for my list, you can get in on the updates and freebies right here!