Last Call

Sorry I've been silent recently...I've been breathing in jewelry.  Which is has been great but keeping me really busy.  Thank you everyone who has ordered!  Or has spread the word.  You guys are the best! 

So, this is the last weekend to place your orders for Christmas delivery.  Monday is the cut off.  Of course you can keep placing orders, but they just won't get there before Christmas.

Okay...I promise next week I won't talk about jewelry...at least for a little while. :)

Snowglobes

If you've been to Anthropologie recently, chances are you've seen their homemade snowglobes.  I knew we had to make a craft of it.  So the other day for our advent calendar we made mason jar snowglobes.  This is a really easy winter craft for children. My kids had so much fun that they made one for each windowsill in our sunroom.

 











































All you need is:
mason jars
miniature trees (michaels)
other miniature winter items (snowman, reindeer, glitter jingle bells are from michaels)
spray adhesive glue
glitter
glue gun
fake snow

1. Spray adhesive glue on your trees then sprinkle glitter.  Let it dry

Then arrange your glittered miniatures on the inside cap of the mason jar.  Use the glue gun to attach.

Add fake snow to your jars.  Once the glue dries on the cap, turn it upside down and screw the top back on to the jar.  Then turn right side up (or upside down) and enjoy!

Ribbon Garland

I love the look of a simple 4" width satin ribbon used as holiday garland.  Easy and a perfect holiday look like this image in the new West Elm catalog.  Drape satin ribbon over your mantle and add ornaments--that's it.  No time at all.  You can get 4"wide satin ribbon at Paper Mart.

A West Elm store just opened up in my neighborhood.  I'm definitely going to be hitting up that store after Christmas for some holiday decor discounts.  I love all the modern Christmas decorations. 

Last Week

This is the last week to place your holiday jewelry orders.  Orders placed up to December 19th (next Monday) are guaranteed Christmas delivery.  Most orders are being shipped out in 2-3 business days.  You can place your orders here or here.

Favorite Things

A few of my favorite things...


1. Fleece-lined leggings
2.L'Occtaine Hand cream--I have one in my car, purse and at home. 
Good for winter!
3. Sorel Joan of Arctic--early-Christmas present to myself. 
Can't wait to wear them. Today it's 60 degrees!
4. Zara leather-edging coat--cute, tailored coat
5. myface cosmetic foundation--the BEST foundation.
Light-weight on face and stays on all day, but doesn't cake on.





Dwell

Have you checked out Dwell Studio lately?  They have a lot of new products that I'm loving.  I want to buy the whole store. 

1st Birthday

Now that I have a December baby, I simply cannot decorate for Christmas until after her birthday.  Luckily her date lands right at the beginning of December.  So this past weekend we celebrated Miss Chloe's 1st Birthday.  It was simple, sweet, just family and...she had NO idea what was going on.  Except that she had a huge sugar high from eating her first cake.  I went to my party box in my storage room and pulled out birthday decorations.  The older kids decorated party hats.  I had a bag of unfrosted cupcakes from Jackson's 3rd birthday party (more on that later) that I pulled out and let the kids decorate.  The little party was mostly for her siblings but she seemed to enjoy all the focus that was on her.  But really the most important thing that happened was that she took 4 baby steps on her birthday.  We were all excited for her big accomplishment.