When it comes to personalized wrapping, simple ideas can go a long way. This crafty take on holiday packaging was inspired by a walk down one of the Martha Stewart aisles at Michael’s (have you spent much time looking at all the craft-tastic doodads she has there?!? It’s crazy!). I fell in love with an…
Wrapping Week: Save the trees, please!
Pink and green dots are pretty holly jolly, don’t you think? I picked up this festive fabric at Jo-Ann’s a while back and thought it might make the perfect wrapping for some of our more girlie gifts this year. It was on super duper sale (yahoo!), so for less than a roll of paper, I…
Wrapping Week 2011!
According to my chocolate-filled advent calendar (which I’m happily eating away on until the big day arrives), Christmas is a mere 13 days away. Thirteen days!?! Can you believe it? How did it get to the middle of December already? How did the Bean get to be 5 weeks old already? Wowza. That time, she’s…
The food blogging conundrum: Saving room for favorites
Writing a food-filled blog for the past year has turned out to be a pretty fun gig. Not only have I had a chance to sharpen my kitchen skills and experiment with recipes, but Jared and I have also enjoyed our share of yumminess from the ever-changing post subjects. I’ve tried things I never thought…
Happy Christmas, Harry!
As my chocolate-filled advent calendar was kind enough to point out this morning: It’s here, it’s here! Christmas Eve is here! Woo to the hoo! Woot woot! And every other happy exclamation I use on this blog o’ mine (Yay! Yahoo! Eep!)! Today will no doubt be filled with bunches of baking and wrapping, spending time…
Tour de lights = tour de force
A few years ago, Jared and I stumbled upon a new tradition after finishing up some last-minute Christmas shopping. It was just getting dark outside when we pulled into the Starbucks drive-thru, grabbed a few festive beverages and started to head back home. A pretty decent snowstorm had passed through the area a few days…
No time like snow time. No cocoa like hot cocoa.
Well, winter has officially arrived in the great state of Missouri. With a few sparkly inches of snow outside and a morning temperature of 13 degrees, it’s cozy-up-by-the-fire kind of weather (or cozy-up-by-the-Christmas-tree for we apartment dwellers with no fireplace to speak of). A quick scroll through my Facebook news feed Sunday morning indicated that…
Ornamentary, my dear Watson
Well, my trusty local radio station has returned to all Christmas, all day long, and that means it’s time I give our humble abode a solid dose of holiday cheer to go along with all those festive tunes. When it comes to decking our place for Christmas, I always start with the basics and build…
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