Holidays

12 Days Until Christmas

12.14.2011

This is one of my favorites that bring the season back to what it truly is all about. Now with only 12 days left until Christmas, it seems like the frenzy is only going to get worse. (By the way, I’ve somehow avoiding the frenzy this year! Christmas came so quickly after my dad left [...]

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Easter Blessings

04.28.2011

My mom and brothers came to visit us this past Easter weekend. And oh, was it a nice visit!  This was my brother Jared’s first visit, and he helped us plan our lighting in the backyard, so we enjoyed an afternoon of Uno and snacks in the backyard. We visited the injured seals and the Korean [...]

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Deal Alert!

02.08.2011

Just found these at Pottery Barn for 97 cents for a box of 4!!  The orginal retail was $29. I loved these at Christmastime so I bought myself 2 boxes at the 97 cents price More views are available on PB’s site.  Have you found any great deals lately?

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Christmas Card Displays

12.15.2010

I’ve wanted a great way to display Christmas cards in our house and use them as part of our decor. In searching, I found some really adorable ideas I thought I would share.  A great tutorial available for this one from Centsational Girl. There are so many great uses for a staircase. Sometimes I actually wish [...]

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Capturing life’s events (on your tree)

12.10.2010

I  just got an idea of what to do with my close friends’ wedding invitations, party invitations, and even baby announcements. I keep them because I can’t seem to bring myself to throw something out liek that when they’ve put so much time into it or ordered such a nice print from Tiny Prints. I [...]

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Presents, Presents Everywhere!

12.09.2010

I was wrapping up presents the other night and thought I’d wrap up the picture frames we have hanging above our sofa. I have no idea where I saw this (could’ve been any number of magazines or maybe even a store catalog) but I’m loving the impact. It really added pizazz to our living room. [...]

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What it’s all about

12.08.2010

Last year we received a card and it was my FAVORITE OF ALL TIME… It was Charlie Brown and Linus on the front and it was one of those recorded messages inside. It played a clip of Linus’ monologue. “That’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.” When the battery ran out, Brian even tried [...]

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O Christmas Tree

12.05.2010

I’m sipping hot apple cider as I write this because I am definitely in a wintery Christmas mood! It’s raining outside, we have Pandora on the radio and are basking in the glow of a decorated Christmas tree. Though I ran out of lights one strand from the top (resulting in an expensive run to [...]

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Elf on the Shelf

12.02.2010

Have you heard about this?! It’s a new phenomenon to me, but sounds fun and definitely something I’ll be doing when we have kids (if not for this year – still contemplating). What is it, you wonder?  What you do is place the elf around your home during the weeks before Christmas. The elf watches [...]

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It’s beginning to look a lot like….

11.30.2010

I’ve been seeing Christmas inspirataion in blogland for quite some time now, but I’m finally paying attention to it. I’ll be posting some inspiration and DIY ornament ideas, but for now, I thought I”d share how I started to show our Christmas cheer with only about 30 minutes. I bought two wreaths on clearance at [...]

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Who is the fairest of them all? (Christmas Photos)

11.18.2010

It’s that time of year, and though I am not quite there mentally, luckily a photographer that I’ve been blog stalking is ahead of the game and reminded me that I needed a photo for Christmas cards. Now, which one should we choose??     (all photography by Lukas VanDyke Photography) And a rant: why are [...]

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Bakery Twine that will wrap around for miles

11.17.2010

There are trumpets in my head, choirs singing praises for this 500 mile spool of bakery twine that just arrived! Okay, so really it’s only 3400 yards, but still that is plenty.  I’m going to have to start selling it I have so much. I even bought the brown professional bakery boxes for Christmas treats! [...]

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New Uses for Old Things: placemats & napkins

11.15.2010

Have you seen it??  The Martha Stewart Living magazine arrived this weekend just in time for my mom to browse through it. (I rarely have a chance to read the magazines while still in the current season, though I have about 5 magazine subscriptions.) In it - an idea to update linen hemstitch placemats and napkins. [...]

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