12 Thoughful, Last Minute, DIY Christmas Gift Ideas

Less than a week until Christmas and I'm sure most of you guys haven't even begun your shopping! It's too late to go to the malls now and your mom does not want that same bath set from Walgreens again. So in order to save you the embaressment and your family the disappointment, I have taken to pintrest to find some of the easiest "guy-friendly" do-it-yourself gifts that your family will find loveable and charming instead of cheap or thoughtless. Click on the picture for the tutorial and have a Merry Christmas! Your welcome!  :)

Gifts witth Pallets for Mom:



Upcycled Gifts:



(yeah, thats made out of toilet paper rolls!)




Food and Drink:




If You're Going to Give Cash:

Pajama Party at Tiffany's

Over the weekend my good friend and fellow Playmate, Tiffany Toth, hosted an awesome pajama party! I had too much fun and didnt take many pictures.
Here is the evidence:

Cozy red jammies!

Tiffany and I admiring Raima's butt flap.

Target sold us onsies with holes and we're not happy about it.

You Are Going to Fail

       New Years Day is quickly approaching. It's about that time to start figuring out which resolutions you'd like to make and fail at next year. Whether it's promising to work out more, spend more time with the fam or to finally get out of debt, I'm here to tell you that you're more than likely going to fail. Its OK. Those things are hard. Maybe next year, pal.

  Let me tell you about one of my past resolutions. Believe it or not, I use to be a smoker. I started smoking cigarettes when I was about 15. I don't really remember why. I guess all the cool kids were doing it. After nearly a decade of being a full fledged, couple packs a week smoker, I started really believing I was going to get cancer if I continued. I would lay in bed almost every night dreading the day I would get the news and thinking about how it would change my life or how much life I had left. I knew it was past time to quit but I just didn't think I could do it.

I decided to finally grow some balls and test my will power. This years New Years resolution: quit smoking. NYE came and went and I continued to smoke. Every delicious puff was tainted with guilt. I was disappointed in myself. My birthday was only a few days away so I decided that the best gift I could give myself would be the gift of health. I talked to my best friend about it, sharing my worries of turning into a total bitch monster during withdrawals. That's when she said it. "You're probably going to fail. It's really hard."

Instead of letting that derail me, I used it as my motivation. I was going to SHOW her that I could do it. I didn't care if others had failed before, I was going to do it. My birthday came and I didn't quit. I was now EVEN MORE GUILTY! Two days later, the moment came. I was out of smokes and refused to buy anymore. I have to admit, the first few months were terrible. All the triggers like driving or eating were tough to overcome. This January will be two years. That's why I'm telling you that you're probably going to fail. After all, it is really hard.

Photo by Dan Peterson 

Inappropriate Elf

This season my Instagram feed seems to have less pictures of food and more pictures of weird little elf dolls, hashtagged #elfontheshelf. I had no clue what this was so I did a little sleuthing and found that The Elf on the Shelf is a popular children's book from 2005. In the book, the elf basically spies on the household all day and then travels back to the North Pole every night to tell Santa what he saw. The book set includes a silly poseable elf doll that the parents get to play with every night after the kids go to bed, letting the kids wake up and find the elf doing something different every morning. Adorable concept but the pictures are all the same, an elf eating cookies or stuffed in the Christmas tree. It's getting a little boring. So I compiled a few of my favorite #inappropriateelf pictures for you. These are much more adult but pretty hilarious. Tell me which one is your favorite in the comments section below!

Breaking Bad Elf

Elfie Likes Minnie

Dobby?

Christmas Kiss Elf

It Puts the Lotion on It's Skin

Elves After Dark Chocolate

Just Adding to the Scent

You're Next!

Snooki Elf

Elfie Must Be Good at Cards

Never Take Candy From Strangers

The Flasher Elf

Who Wants to Open Those Packages? (my second favorite)

Elfye North  (my favorite)