The Great Halloween Tree of 2021
It’s spooky season, ya’ll. FINALLY. Bring on the pumpkin everything and the spooky decor and soon, the candy hunting munchkins. I can’t …
My Eggstravagant Easter Tree
What a difference a year makes. I recall last Easter as a bewildering affair, where instead of sharing sweet treats with family, …
Happy St. Patrick’s Day Tree
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! My quest to keep joy and goofiness alive in quarantine continues with this St. Patrick’s Day Tree, complete …
And sometimes you knock over your own Christmas tree
I call it my three-movie tree. This year, it took Love Actually, Labyrinth, and Little Women to get the sucker properly decorated. …
The Great Halloween Tree, a recipe
Behold: Nine feet of fabulous Halloween glory. Now you might be saying to yourself, “Wow that Shawna has really gone off the …
19 steps to a perfectly decorated Christmas tree
This morning I asked my Facebook friends to guess how many feature length films it would take me to decorate my 9-foot …
V is for victory. And Vitamix.
Out of respect for people like my mom and Mr. T–folks who love Thanksgiving (mom) and/or want one holiday at a time …
“Heartless, heartless Christmas witch”
For once, an ultimatum worked. I told T: “If the tree doesn’t come down today, I’m going to leave it up all …
The Easter egg tree
So the thing where I swore the Christmas tree would be down before Easter? Lies. Granted, I’ve been a little busy doing …
The erstwhile Christmas tree, all decked out for Valentine’s
It was a preemptive strike, my dressing the still-up Christmas tree in paper hearts of various sizes and shades. You leave the …