December 2011
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So, this happened!! My baby sister is engaged!! Derek completely stunned Leah when he surprised her with that beauty on Christmas Eve! The box he pulled the ring from was actually his present from her. At midnight the night before, I unwrapped the box and replaced her gift to him with the ring, then re-wrapped it! So she thought he was opening his present and then wham! he pulls out a...
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Some photos from Christmas Eve with my parents: colorful wrapping paper, silly snowballs, bright friendship bracelets from my sister, Kin Ship pillowcases for twon and a worn out pup.
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Late Wednesday night, Anthony and I decided to open up our gifts from one another. We were going to wait until Christmas Eve, but we realized we’d be at our parent’s house then so we needed to do it before we headed out that way. So we gathered our prezzies, sat around the tree and took turns opening gifts and snapping pictures. It was the best little Christmas I could ever...
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I’ve got some colorful gift wrapping inspiration for you today! This year, instead of buying wrapping paper, I’m using thick kraft paper that we use at the office to package shipments and sprucing it up with washi tape and fuzzy balls I picked up from the craft store. Simple, but fun.
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It’s that time of year- treat time! I love making these Special ‘K’ wreaths. They’re so simple to make plus they give me the warm-n-fuzzies since they’ve always been a Christmas tradition at our house! My mom would whip up the wreaths and have us little ones plop the red hots on while they were still sticky!
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I wanted to share this easy gift idea with you since Christmas is just around the corner. I collected cute bottles and jars then filled them with bath salts and sugar scrubs- easy peasy and oh so fun!
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Have you guys ever made candles? After seeing this post, I really wanted to give it a whirl. I made these for my friend Tenille (I love giving handmade gifts to friends- it’s much more personal). I picked up these cute tins at a local antique store, then I was off to the craft store for supplies. Micheal’s and Hobby Lobby have whole sections of candle making goodies.
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Did a little holiday shopping this past Saturday up in Portland at Nelligan Hall. This was my first time going to A Very Portland Christmas and I’ll be sure to go back again next year. There were lots of great local, handmade goodies to check out. I picked up a really cool hand painted wood ornament from artist Kathleen Lolly (her artwork was on display at The Green Building when...
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On Saturday we headed over to Market Street for The Flea Off Market. Lots of good food and good people… including this guy on stilts. How fun is he?
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Here are some shots from the West Baden Springs Hotel. It’s quite a sight to see! We did a little gambling in French Lick then drove over a town to West Baden to see the domed hotel in all its glory. I’d say it’s worth the lengthy drive out there to see this historic landmark.
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A little peek at the creatures trimming our tree. We’ve got a handmade-woodsy-nautical vibe going on with our tree- I love it!
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On Saturday we drove north to Mitchell, IN for a family gathering at Spring Mill Inn. After the get-together we took a stroll down to the restored Spring Mill Pioneer Village, which was founded in 1814 and contains twenty historic buildings. We had such a wonderful time wandering around the village and snapping photos along the way. I’ll share more of them with you tomorrow!
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First off- Happy December to ya! Second- Sorry for the photo overload, but you guys… a Christmas miracle happened this past weekend!! You know my husband isn’t really into holiday traditions… last year he forbid me from having a Christmas tree (so I bought a fake one and hid it in my closet!!). Well, this year he must have had some Scrooge type dreamy-thing happen...