Are you ready to wrap up the wrapping mess? Me, too! I love the holidays, but I also love getting my house back in order. Here are some simple holiday storage hacks to store all of it until next year.

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Are you making cookies for your friends and family this holiday? Or wrapping a few gifts? No matter how you’re spreading holiday cheer, these 5 SIMPLE holiday hacks will help you SAVE TIME & MONEY this year! The best news: you already have everything you need ?

First up is my genius cookie hack- I’m so excited about this one! Did you know you can use flower vases or juice glasses at cookie stamp?

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Need help gift wrapping? Today I am showing you 4 of my favorite gift wrapping hacks to make this holiday season go as smoothly as possible? ? You can find my little elf cutter at https://www.littleelfproducts.com. Don’t forget to use code LORA10 to save 10%!

To organize my ribbon, I use a paper towel holder. It helps me measure and cut only what I need! Just stack and cut!

Now, grab some bells and stick a few in with a gift.

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Have you picked up a slice of the Starbucks Gingerbread Loaf? It’s delicious and usually sold out at our Starbucks, which is surprising given how expensive it is! Here’s an EASY + AFFORDABLE DUPE, frosting and all! 

?❤️ STARBUCKS COPYCAT GINGERBREAD LOAF RECIPE ⭐️?‍♀️

Ingredients

Bowl 1:
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground mustard

Bowl 2:
1/2 cup (1 stick) softened butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
1 cup apple butter (sub applesauce in a pinch) 
1 tsp orange zest
1/2 tsp orange extract OR a squeeze of orange

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F 
First, mix all of the bowl 1 ingredients together and set aside.

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Have you heard about the NEW and more limited gift return policies this year? Here’s what you need to know if you have something to exchange or return…with or without a receipt!

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I’m sharing one of the best money-saving gift wrapping hacks to try this holiday season! My favorite fancy-frugal way to wrap gifts is easy, fun, and works with items you already have at home!

? LORAfied Gift Wrapping Hack ✂️

Step 1: grab your aluminum foil and wrap your gift.

Step 2: cut up a brown paper bag from the grocery store and fold it into a triangle to then trim it into a snowflake.

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This is seriously the easiest gingerbread cookie hack ever! All you need is 3 ingredients and some spices! Since Pillsbury has stopped making their refrigerated gingerbread dough that saved a lot of us serious life minutes, this is the next best thing ??

INGREDIENTS:

1 pkg refrigerated sugar cookie dough

2 tablespoons molasses

 1/3 cup flour

3/4 tsp ground cinnamon 


3/4 tsp ground ginger 


1/4 tsp ground allspice 


1/4 tsp ground cloves

In large bowl, add your room temperature cookie dough and molasses.

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Let’s throw a drink and dessert holiday party. And guess what? This holiday party can be thrown together all on a budget. It only costs $5 per person! Plus, no cooking or baking required!???

Let’s start with the wine! For this party, we are going with boxed. There’s this stigma around boxed wines but the only differences really are the packaging and of course the savings.

Let’s compare equally ranked wine.

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Happy Holidays! This is my go-to holiday decorating hack to make these easy and cheap gingerbread houses look expensive. All you need is some leftover Halloween candy, spray paint, and some glitter to top!

First, run and grab your old Halloween candy. The colors do not matter for this hack. Skip the royal icing and grab your hot glue gun to place the candy on the gingerbread house. It holds a lot better and dries much faster.

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It’s that time of the year! Introducing the tree decorating hacks I can’t live without. You’ll learn the quickest way to string your lights! Plus, the answer to exactly how many bulbs and lights you need. Go grab your hair iron and a bag of rice, you’ll need those, too ?

?TREE DECORATING HACKS?

This is the quickest way to string your lights! Instead of going around the tree, drape your lights vertically.

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