Hi Friends,
Happy New Year! What a year we’ve had. I don’t know about you, but I’m embracing 2026 with my arms wide open. It’s the year of the horse and as a tarot reader recently told me, “Brittany, you are a horse charging forward!” By golly, if I haven’t heard anything more true!
For me 2025 was one of major life changes. I got divorced, started dating, and adjusted to a life with my two boys in tow. Life is a work in progress and I’m learning one lesson after another every day (I started a Substack with this very theme in case you’re interested in a more personal account of what’s going on).
As a team, we had our biggest year in 2024 and after seeing the influencer marketing landscape drastically dry up come January/February, I was feeling very unmotivated and fearful for how the year would play out. I began bracing myself for major business pivots, à la 2020, but instead, we experienced a 4th quarter miracle and one of our old projects in our shop went absolutely viral and saved the day.
We have so many fun things planned for 2026 and I can’t wait to share them with you so soon including our 4th annual Valentine Exchange, which will be launching next week.
I’m feeling a hope and excitement that I haven’t felt in a long time and I really hope you’ll join us on Instagram and stories and the blog (still there!), and now Substack, where we will be sharing more.
I’ve now been online for 18 years and I’m baffled that I still get to do this. I have the best team, the best community, and am grateful for your role in all of our work. You inspire us to continue creating beauty. Thank you for being here for the ride.
With love,
Brittany
Now, without further ado, here’s Lars Wrapped–the best of the year!
Most viewed blog posts of the year
These are the most read posts from the year. Some are a few years old that magically got seen again. You went most bananas for our Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade tablescape!
- Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade tablescape
- How to make a fake cake
- Tootsie pop cherry valentines
- DIY bookmark tassels
- Guide to Thanksgiving napkin folding
- Flower pounding on fabric
- Family photo heirloom ornaments
- Heart friendship bracelets
- Paper flower gift topper
- Why I only wear dresses and where I buy them
Top projects from the year
This year I updated my guest room with a French-inspired canopy bed. Also, we became obsessed with tin embossing last year.
- Tin embossed ornaments
- My French-inspired guest room
- Emerald city tablescape
- Easter bunny hats
- A new Victorian puzzle purse valentine
Top moments of the year
This was a big year for trying new things! We celebrated with a team retreat in Savannah, Georgia.
- Our Nikki Chasin x Lars collection
- Team Lars retreat in Savannah, Georgia
- Our first ever, Lars Craft Camp!
- Launching our new shop website
- Starting my substack: Lessons I’m learning
Top sellers in our shop
- Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Tablescape, PDF Printable
- Heirloom Ornaments, E-book
- Tootsie Pop Cherry Valentine, PDF Printable & Template
- Tin Christmas Ornament, PDF Template
- Victorian Puzzle Purse, PDF Printable
Collaborations we launched
We have several in the works, but this year we launched one incredible collaboration with Nikki Chasin!
Top Instagram posts
I leaned into the IG Carousel round up this year!
- How I’m prepping for the holidays
- Halloween witch party recap
- Reminiscing on decorating the White House
- If you do one craft this year, let it be this!
- A big life update
Top Pins
- Tootsie pop cherry valentine
- Tin embossing
- Classic Halloween costumes
- Make a paper holly garland
- Halloween garland
Top boards on Pinterest
Favorite creative books and magazines
We love curating a great library of inspiring books and magazines in our Lars Library. Here are some that were our staples last year.
- Interiors: Styled by Mieke den Have
- New English Interiors
- Wicked (those sets!)
Favorite crafts for kids
Best creative resources
- Create Academy–my favorite classes are from this platform.
- Great Artists and Drawing Flowers from our School That Lars Built
- Oh Joy! Academy
Favorite things bought on Amazon
- The best aluminum foil for tin embossing – silver & gold
- Our holiday Reynold’s Wrap collab
- Such a good red sweater
- Cyanotype kit
- Sticker book
Favorite clothes
This year I got really into sharing dress try-ons, outfits, home items, and decor on my LTK. Be sure to follow along there if you aren’t already!
- This dress from our Nikki Chasin collab
- This outfit from Shop Tea Time
- They are sold out, but I’m linking just in case they come back. These flats!!!
- Also sold out, but this pink & red dress brings me so much joy.
- The perfect floral dress