Christmas

Gift Guide Round-Up

I had every intention of making a gift guide for you guys.  I really did.  But when I saw the wealth of gift guides already available, I thought it would be better to just share my favorites with you.  There is some really good stuff happening here. Creature Comforts is probably my favorite blog right

Bridal Beauty

Warming up a Winter Wedding

I feel certain that I’ve mentioned this before, but on our wedding day, it was unseasonably cold.  What I didn’t mention was that prior to picking the date (October 1st, 2011), I did some extensive spreadsheet analysis to try to determine the optimal fall day that was certain to be both warm and dry.  Pretty

Christmas

A Weekend in the Mountains

This weekend, I took a somewhat impromptu 24 hour trip to the mountains for the primary purposes of cutting down my Christmas tree, drinking wine, and eating cheese.  I am quite proud to say that all of these things were accomplished.  My friends’ family owns a house in Blowing Rock, NC and the fact that I

Christmas

Holiday Glassine Gift Bags

Every year during the holidays, I get caught off-guard by co-workers and friends giving me gifts when I have no gift in return.  You would think I would learn, but no, I almost always get bamboozled.  Not this year friends.  No, this will be my year of preparedness, in which I will have gift bags

Tablescapes

For the Love of Friday- Scenes from our Thanksgiving

We wanted to stop in today to say that we hope everyone had wonderful, warm, and delicious celebrations yesterday with their loved ones.  We had a lovely day with some of our favorite people and it couldn’t have been more perfect.  We also wanted to say that we are thankful for the many blessings in

Free Printable

Give Thanks Place Card {Free Printable}

After we finished creating the beauty that is the Glitter Dipped Leaf Garland for our Thanksgiving table (glitter you are just real good lookin), I decided to make some little place cards to go with it.  I was having a hard time settling on a design until I found these gorgeous Hand Drawn Wreath Photoshop Brushes