Gingerbread house exterior

Every neighborhood has that house that goes all out for Christmas, the one that requires a special drive-by to see the latest collection of…

Happy Friday, my festive Festers! Ready to get your gingerbread house on? This project has had a lot of ups and downs since we last spoke. Or downs and ups, as things kept falling off, hehehe. That's the slightly unhinged chuckle of a woman who is one more mishap away from renting a flamethrower, btw. BUT WE MADE IT. And so far, knock on gingerbread, the Gingerbread House still stands. Our battlefield of candy carnage. So now that we've learned absolutely everything the hard way, let me show…

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Kevin McCallister would be in for a major sugar rush if he saw this Home Alone gingerbread house — it took 300 hours to make!

I'm normally a white lights kind of girl, but this year I've put aside my need for a perfect, classy Christmas, and added some stuff that will make magical memories for the kids. One of my best memories growing up was going Christmas light looking. I grew up in expensive San Diego, and we didn't 🎃 My Christmas Front Porch & A DIY Anthropologie Inspired Gingerbread House Door Mat (Using An Ikea Trampa Door Mat) - We Lived Happily Ever After

Here is that same home. All new features are in proportion to the architecture and correct for the period and style of the home. Bay windows replaced with

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