Category Archives: Holidays

Welcome to the Weekend!

christmas
Just one more work week ’til Christmas!  (is that right?)

This weekend I’ll be holing up in my kitchen with a glass of wine and a great excuse to bake all of the ridiculous delicious-ness that lives on my pin board.  Christmas cookie time is my favorite… my pots and pans are literally sprouting legs and walking themselves to the oven as we speak.  They’re that excited.

Do you have any special plans?

Here are a few of my favorites…

Brilliant.

A Sunday Suppers book!

Colbert on cynicism.

I am a nerd.  And these are super cool.

This perfect little Christmas tree.

Understated Christmas decor.

Oh goodness.

Homemade bitters.

10 rules for a successful Christmas tree brought to you by your favorite non-practicing WASP.

Because you are.

These kill me with their cute-ness.

Our house is super cold in the winter… (hint, wink)

Because I don’t know, Mariah is synonymous with Christmas and this is awesome.

Jen Huang can do no wrong.

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Tree Hunting

tree hunting / a thousand threads
The same week we returned from our honeymoon, Mark, Austin, and I kicked off our fun old fashion family Christmas by heading out into the country in the old front-wheel drive sleigh to embrace the frosty majesty of the winter landscape and select that most important of Christmas symbols.

… a thymbol of the thpirit of the Griswold family Chrithmath.

tree hunting / a thousand threadstree hunting / a thousand threadstree hunting / a thousand threadstree hunting / a thousand threads
And even though I’m a little offended that these shots don’t involve even the slightest bit of snow, I do so love to hunt for the perfect tree. Growing up, we always picked our tree out at a lot… and I’m not gonna say it wasn’t great buuut… this is kind of better.

A whole lot better.

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Friday Link Love

french farmhouse christmas
Oh how I’ve missed my link love!  During the day, when my mind inevitably wanders toward my reader all I have to do is think of this weekly post and suddenly I feel so productive (hey, cuddly kittens do equal productivity, right?).  It’s totally not my fault, I have to read the blogs so I can… keep up… my… own… okay maybe there’s a hole there but never you mind.

Anyway, I’m having so much fun catching up on everything I’ve missed the past few weeks, especially the holiday gift guides that seem to be everywhere (and thank the stars for that because I need them desperately this year).  It’s crazy to jump from the beach straight into the holiday season, but it just makes me that much more excited to get into the spirit… and by that what I really mean is that the mulled wine begins now.  It’s cold.

But seriously, bring on the Christmas cheer, with a little break in my back pocket I’m relaxed and ready to go.  I might even try a DIY or two.  Who knows?

(Don’t get excited, I DIY at approximately a third grade level.  We’ll be lucky if everyone comes out alive.)

What are your plans for the weekend?  Are you as excited for the holidays as I am?

Here are a few things I’m loving this week…

French farmhouse Christmas bits I pine for every year… and while we’re at it, I’ll take the farmhouse too.

I’m seriously considering making cranberry relish this weekend just so I can have this (I am actually pretty sad I missed out on leftovers).

Do you send holiday cards?

I can see this packing guide coming in super handy.

A Subtle Revelry’s holiday issue.

Tons and tons of healthy smoothie recipes. (also: healthy booze)

Nutella cinnamon rolls.

You should be mine.

Whiskey escort cards — brilliant.

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Have a happy Thanksgiving!

happy thanksgiving
And a wonderful rest of the week! I’ll see you back here on Tuesday (no really… I will see you back here on Tuesday because we’ll be back!!

I can’t wait to catch up!

Photo: Kinfolk

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Tradition

DIY thanksgiving placemat
This year we’re planning on a super untraditional Thanksgiving. In fact, we won’t even be in the country — we’ll still be on our honeymoon in Peru. But really, we’re crazy excited about it. Even though our Thanksgiving meal won’t include turkey or cranberry relish (my fave) we will be thankful for each other and for the fact that we are able to afford to travel, to eat, to put a roof over our heads… there are so many things to be thankful for in life, and that’s what the day is really about.

That said, I love me a good tradition… tell me all about yours. Do you do the same thing every year or do you like to switch it up?

Photo: Oh My Deer

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Happy Veterans Day!

happy veterans day
Photo: Ryan Ray

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Happy Halloween!

happy halloween

And happy birthday to my favorite guy in the world… I feel lucky every single day to have found you.

Tonight we’ll do a little bit of trick-or-treating and a whole lot of celebrating.  We may have already had our night out (my big surprise — dinner, a hotel room, and a haunted pub crawl… terribly cheesy but also amazing… okay ya I’m a huge nerd) but tonight we’ll get to blow out candles and open presents, and come on… that’s the real fun of a birthday right?

(It’s possible that I am actually more excited than Mark for his present.)

What about all of you?  Do you have any big plans for the night?

Photo: The Coveteur

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A Little Inspiration: Halloween in White

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The idea of decorating for Halloween in shades of white has always appealed to me.  I love white, and even more, I love anything unexpected.  Anything I can do to put a new spin on an old tradition is good with me.  How about you?

What’s your favorite holiday trend?  Or would you rather stick to tradition?

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Happy 4th!

sparklers
And happy anniversary, mr… I love you more each day.

Photo: Pinterest

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Happy Presidents’ Day!

Happy birthday Mr. Washington (and Lincoln?).  So as not to show any preferential treatment, I thought I’d share this adorable shot of Barack and Michelle on their wedding day.

Don’t you just LOVE them?

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