Who doesn't love the aroma of fresh pine during the holidays? Spray this mist on your Christmas tree, bed sheets, guest towels, and more. Spray your rugs before vacuuming or spritz a little on your just washed linens before drying. If you enjoy naturally scenting the home try our recipes for homemade Vanilla Lavender Linen Spray or Pumpkin Spice Linen Mist. This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience, read full disclosure policy.

Supplies:

• 8.5 x 11 inch white card stock 
• Spray bottle (or other air tight container)
• Scissors
• Tag punch and Mason Jar die cut (optional)
• Whole punch
• 12 inches of twine in 3 colors
• 3/4 cup distilled water
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 12 drops winter pine wilderness fragrance oil or pine essential oil
• 1 pipet dropper 
• Printable Winter Pine Tags

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DIRECTIONS:

In a glass liquid measuring cup add water and baking soda. Whisk until baking soda has blended. Using a funnel pour baking soda water into a spray bottle. Add 12 drops of essential oil or fragrance oil with a pipet dropper. Close the lid and shake well to combine. 

Embellish your linen mist bottle with just a few more steps. Punch or cut a tag from the printed sheet of winter pine room spray tags.Whole punch the top the tag. Braid twine together and secure tag to the bottle. 

Shake lightly before each use. A spray bottle with a fine mist is recommended.

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Texture Twist: Happy Holidays

Great Tidings of PEACE, LOVE, and JOY to you and yours this holiday season.

 

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Hazel Overlay #4 / Overlay Blending Mode/ 100% Opacity

Optional: Add a text layer in a white font over your photo to write a greeting or message 

 

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Holiday Photography Prompts

Are you ready for this Holiday season to begin? Don't miss a thing with 20 creative photography prompts to capture and cherish the best of the season!

• 20 Holiday Photography Prompts in All
• Printable at 8.5 x 11 inch
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Holiday Favorite Printables

Celebrate the Holidays in your home or office with printable wall art, banners, and tags.  It's so easy to have a seasonal rotating gallery when you can print each of these from home! Check out a handful of my Holiday Favorite Printable Signs and Graphics below.

Christmas Tree Farm Free Printable Sign by Little Glass Jar

Free Printable Wreath Banner by AKA Desgin

 

Free Printable Made with Love Tags by Bittersweet Walnut Grove

 

Noel Christmas Graphics Collection by Lisa Glanz

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Free Reindeer Printable Sign by Life is a Lullaby

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Personalized Holiday Stationery

Surely, the Holidays are one of any photographer's favorite time to share their captures and show off their skills! Yes, you can pat yourself on the back now for all the gorgeous moments you have captured this year. And if your like me, a plain jane holiday card just won't do. This I year I was lucky enough to work with Minted to create my personalized holiday stationery. It was so much fun and the stationery arrived in perfect condition. They even sent me an adorable fabric bag to keep them until they are sent! Check out my tips below for creating your own holiday stationery. (This post includes affiliate links. When I find a great product or service, I like to share it with my readers. All opinions are my own.)

5 Simple Steps to Create Personalized Holiday Cards:

1. Pull together your mailing list. Check out Minted’s FREE Address Assistant to making addressing your holiday cards so easy!

2. Prepare several photos to give you multiple options in case you choose to use a holiday photo card with more than one photo or you may want to do a year in review. Use the Find It Fast Tool, see the button in the top left of the screenshot above. I have truly never seen this tool before in all the years I have ordered holiday cards online. This made the process of choosing a card go much faster!

3. Choose a design and make it your own! Pick your favorite design from Minted’s community of independent artists to complement your photo. I selected The Most Elegant Wreath design. Seriously, that is the name of the design and it ever so elegant, even on the envelopes! When searching for a holiday card scroll over the design a select the heart to add it your favorites. You can review your favorites when you are ready and look at each design in more detail.

4. Find the perfect match for your photos with countless options:

• Select colors from the options in your favorite designs
• Choose your card shape
• Personalize your holiday greeting
• Select a background for the back of your cards
• Select a layout for the back of your cards with options to add more photos, a baby announcement, a photo story, and more

5. Get beautiful, matching envelopes too:

• Select your envelope color
• Choose a print design - yes please, see more details here. I had to keep our recipient's addresses hidden
• Add an optional slip in liner - I had to have these, aren't they gorgeous
• Add an optional return address

Top 3 reasons to order your holiday cards with Minted

1. Choose a unique holiday design - there are 1000s to choose from
2. Customize and make the design your own with color options, foil, or letterpress
3. Support an independent artist - a percentage of every Minted purchase goes directly to the designer

So, when should you send your holiday cards? Aim for early to mid-December at the latest. The earlier you order them, the more time you have to sit back and enjoy your hot cocoa, and the longer the recipients have to display them. I recommend ordering your cards 2-3 weeks before you’d like them to reach their recipients. Allow an extra week if you’re shipping internationally.

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