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Happy 4th of July! It feels great to be back home from travel on the East side. Miami is lovely but it ain't California. I plan on celebrating both my return and the holiday with a beach day, BBQ, fireworks, and friends. How about you? Any fun plans this extended weekend?
I'm going to soak it all up before having to return back to the other coast next week (more on the crazy project install later). Until then, cheers to a great weekend and sunny work week!
Image from the cool Jen Beckman project 20 x 200, photo Mike Sinclair
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don't mean maybe.
Happy weekend friends!
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Merry Christmas from the country! I hope everyone has a fabulous wek and safe travels. We made it to the Midwest safely and are looking forward to tons of food and family and SNOW! My childhood friend's farm is just up the road and we'll be sure to say hi to the chickens and pigs and even a cow or two.
On a similar note, we are so in the country it took 12 hours to get a signal and post this. :) So I'm signing off for now. Have a great holiday!
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Happy Friday! Can you believe this is the last weekend before Christmas?! The good news is that I have almost all of my shopping done and can spend the weekend enjoying a few holiday get togethers and starting in on some stocking stuffer holiday baking. Then next week the hubs and I are off to St. Louis to be with my family, most of whom I have not seen in 13 months! That is just plain ridiculous. Needless to say, we are excited to play with the niece and nephews and reconnect with my sisters and brother and their other halves.
So next week is going to be crazy busy wrapping everything up before heading out of town. Speaking of which, we have a connecting flight in Chicago so fingers crossed that the weather cooperates and we make it all the way through! Not ready for a planes, trains, and automobiles adventure.... :)
P.S. how beautiful is the bucket of gifts? I love all the natural textures and simple embellishments - total inspiration for my wrapping this week. What do you have planned for the holiday next week? Anyone braving the weather to head around the country?
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On the 5th day of Xmas The Alternative Wife gave to me, a stylish pouch and book that suit me to a tee!
I love my presents! Dawn picked out the perfect gift for me. Why, you ask is a blogger friend whom I've never met in person sending me presents?! It's part of Aspiring Splendor's 12 Days of Christmas / Secret Santa Blogger Gift Exchange. Say that 3 times fast. It has been loads of fun and the best part (besides the gifts) is learning more about each other by reading each other's blogs in order to select the perfect surprise gift.
Tomorrow, Anna from In Honor of Design shares her gift from me. I hope she likes it!!! A little hint.....it's homemade and a blend of two of my favorite elements.... Visit her blog home tomorrow to see what it is!
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Happy Monday y'all! The weekend flew by and I have been quite busy creating and gathering xmas gifts and ideas. I probably shouldn't post these pics pre-Xmas in case any of the recipients see. But as only a handful of my family members and local friends actually read my posts, I should be pretty safe. :)
A few weeks back, some of my fave ladies and I went to a great planter making class at our friend Korin's home to learn how to make these fantastic concrete planters. Kassandra from Barrels and Branches generously shared her craft and recipe. I loved them so much that I decided to make enough for an army to hand out as stocking stuffers and gifts. They turned out great! Between me and my m-i-l, we have quite the succulent farm so planting these babies was pretty easy actually. Some of the succulents actually came from my wedding from over two years ago! (They spread like wildfire y'all). I added some pieces of my driftwood and shell collection and voila. Aren't they the cutest l'il sh**s?!
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Get some Xmas wood at 15% off in our shop. I'm serious. We're celebrating the holiday season in a big way. Enter coupon code "xmaswood15" and spread some cheer! We will have some more good stuff coming up the next couple of weeks to share the holiday spirit with y'all. Cant't wait.....
Check out the wood goodness here.
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Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends! I am looking forward to a day with family, friends and great food. I am thankful for a lot of things today (well every day really) and plan to celebrate well into next week.
I'm off to put on my stretchy pants and get started. See you all next week!
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I have acquired a slew of old canning jars showing various stages of age and love the simple, rustic feel they bring. I like the idea of recreating them every so often for holiday or every day. I think these would be lovely as part of our tabletop for tomorrow mixed in amongst the foods and place settings...
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OK so first, happy Monday! Why does the year start moving along faster when the holidays hit? It's like Summer then all of a sudden we are eating turkey dinner. It blows my mind. I got some baking to knock out this week and on the agenda: pecan pie, pumpkin pie, sweet potatoes, chocolate something or other .... but it will all be done with love. (mostly).
Yay for the short week too right? Got lots to tackle this week but thoughts of holiday imbibing and stuffing my face makes me happy and thankful and of course the presence of family too. :)
Thanksgiving is such a special time for me and how different it is now that I have my own family and am beginning new traditions. Since my side of the family is back in the Midwest, me and the hubs swap every year between a Thanksgiving visit and a Xmas visit there so every year brings different memories with a different setting. This year we stay in San Diego for turkey day, so a bit warmer Thanksgiving for sure.
What do you have planned?
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It's the little things that make me happy, my husband as a fat ballerina with a 5 o'clock shadow for example. And any opportunity to laugh my a** off at something as ridiculous as this is truly what keeps me going. It's absolutely fantastic. Let me also preface this by saying that he has no idea this is being posted. :) Here is what transpired Sunday evening in the actual order of events:
OK so obviously my laughter and insults started to wear on Jake's nerves. But really how do you take a pissed off fat triangle seriously? He went from mildly annoyed to seriously rooted in about 30 seconds and it was priceless....
I know some of the pics are blurry but that is purely because of me walking while laughing while snapping.
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All I can say is that it is almost Halloween y'all. These cookies kind of horrify me and fascinate me at once. But as I am not the squeamish type (I don't think), I would love to freak out my upcoming party guests with these gory sweets. Thanks to Hilary for this craaazy recipe for Bake.
Are you going to a Halloween party and want to really WOW the guests with a gory dessert? This is the one for you. These bloody finger cookies always elicit a “gross!” response but the party-goers can’t stop eating them!
A cross between a butter and sugar cookie (and really, how can that be bad?), these scary treats are easy to make and are super creepy looking. When you’re shaping the fingers, keep in mind that the cookies will spread so make sure they’re not too fat.
Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Almond slices
Red decorating gel or frosting
See more of the recipe after the jump. P.S. you don't want to miss the pics!
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