Fun Christmas Workout {Elf The Movie Workout}

First off, I would like to say Merry Christmas (to those of you who celebrate the holiday).

Seeing as it's Christmas, you are probably sitting around and watching Christmas movies. One of my newer favourites is the movie "Elf" with Will Farrell.

If you find yourself watching this movie today, why not make a fun and easy to follow workout out of it?!

http://www.heandsheeatclean.com/2013/12/buddy-the-elf-movie-circuit-workout.html

Follow the prompts in the image above for the various exercises listed; I'm not going to lie, you will be doing a lot of planks in this workout. Any time you hear the name "Buddy" or "Elf" you will have to hold a 30 second plank.

Good luck & have fun!

Take Care & Merry Christmas,

Leanne.

Christmas Decor {Festive Chair Backs}

It's Christmas Eve, and many people are preparing their homes for family and friends and the big Christmas feast. With these things comes decorating your home for the occasion!

http://www.daniellamarieblog.blogspot.ca/

For your dining table, why not dress up your chair back with something like this simple yet beautiful festive chair tie backs.

If you're doing this last minute and don't have access to pine cones, you can still do simple red (or green) ribbon tie backs (try tying them into a more decorative style of bow).

It's that simple to make your dining room decor that much more festive.

Take Care,

Leanne.

DIY Holiday Wreaths

Do you find more and more that when it comes to shopping for holiday decorations, that some items are either too over the top, or just not right for your liking? If so, I'm right with you on that one.

I've been looking around fo a wreath for my apartment door that I find fits my style but isn't too generic: so far nothing has caught my eye, at least that I'd be willing to spend my hard earned cash on. So now I'm thinking of DIY. That's right, I will be making my own holiday wreath.

http://www.allthingshandmade.org/diy-wreath/

I will be personally using this wreath as inspiration for my own DIY candy cane themed wreath.

You will need the following:

1 x Polystyrene ring

Collection of contrasting ribbons in different sizes

Wired ribbon

Dress making Pins

Buttons (I used sequins and pinned them into place)

Now that you have everything that you need, here's how you make your very own wreath:

1. Start by pinning the end of your chosen background ribbon to the polystyrene ring. Begin to wrap the ring with the ribbon until completely covered. You can use pins as you go to make it more secure.

2. Choose a contrasting coloured ribbon and again wrap around the polystyrene ring, this time leaving a 5cm gap between each wrap.

3. Lastly wrap a thinner ribbon between the gaps of the last ribbon.

4. Using wired ribbon make a bow and pin on to the polystyrene ring (or skip a step and buy a pre-made bow from the dollar store)

5. Add some buttons (or sequins like I did)  to complete the design. I glued mine but you could pin these too.

6. To finish, pin a piece of ribbon to the back of the polystyrene ring.

Congrats, you've now made your very own wreath!

Take Care,

Leanne.