happy new years baby, zzzzzzz

ok fine, i'll admit it, we didn't stay up until midnight on new years. do you know what's sad? when you miss a call from YOUR PARENTS at midnight wishing you well because you have already been asleep for two hours. Does it help if I tell you we had colds. really, really bad colds. You know what though, I am not going to dwell on it. We still had a fun night at home. I put makeup on, I cooked, I danced, I drank champagne and I feel so good about this new year. I think you should too.

Here are a couple of little highlights of our night in...

 {i made these glitter mason jars and sticks last year and love to use them for all + any fun nights in}

 {kind of loving with these plates from anthropologie}

 {top knot! what!}

 

{my friend caitlin got me this fabulous plate from west elm...kind of obsessed}

{our list of resolutions for the year ahead}

{goodnight}

it rained on the fourth and it's still raining now...

{obsessed with my tank. the front says "running the world since 1776"}

hope you had a happy fourth of july. i think it's fitting that the above reflects my oven and my tank, which pretty much sums up my holiday. rain. all. day. but i'm not bitter people! i made a super awesome dinner (pimento cheeseburgers, sweet potato fries, grilled corn and tomato salad, and these super yummy lemon blueberry cakes). we cooked, danced and drank our way through the dreary holiday and were in bed asleep by 8. 

cheers to next year?!?! 

february fourteenth.

hope your day is filled with sweet surprises and lots of love. xx

also...happy birthday to my beautiful sister in law, holli hart. (yep, hart, like heart, get it?)

hello lovers.

{image via}

husband wants to me to stop pinning things so he can do taxes. 

but before i surrender the laptop...

i just wanted to share this photo making the rounds...

getting me completely in the mood for valentines day.

i just really love love.

have a great week!

dear february 14th,

these things would make you well, really just perfect. 

1. smythson notebooks

2. ban.do hearts galore

3. voluspa candle

4. anthropologie clouded morning set

5. the vow movie

6. be mine

7. adorable cards from sugar paper

8. sea salt caramels from dylan's candy bar

hooray for 2012

well, hello there! well, we had a wonderful christmas with my family and new years was spent having good friends over and going to see the zac brown band. all in all, perfection. 

what's next? getting ready for this little girl to come into our lives and we couldn't be more excited. nursery decorating, baby showers and just complete happiness. hooray for 2012! xx

for auld lang syne

...and that's a wrap on christmas! i hope yours was everything you dreamed of. 

here are a couple of things getting me really excited for new years!!

1. OPI Rainbow Connection Nail Polish

2. Cheers Coasters

3. Kate Spade Glitter Shoes

4. Photo Booth Props

5. Festive Cupcakes (stars can be found at michael's)

6. Sofia Champagne

7. Tory Burch Sequined Mini Dress

8. Scalloped Gold Glasses

on dasher, on dancer, on prancer, on vixen.

fire, christmas music, sugar cookies, apple cider, wrapping presents, 

candlelight service, the griswold's, vino, lights galore, pizza and family, family, family...

hello christmas eve...i love you.

merry christmas friends. xx

happy birthday husband!!

i just really love you. 

thirty years old and all.

xx

my favorite christmas movie forever.

can we just talk about how christmas is officially one week away. i love that every time i turn on the tv there is a different christmas movie on. my favorite christmas movie forever is national lampoon's christmas vacation. (husbands too). we have already watched it once and it has become a tradition to watch it christmas eve with the family. nothing makes me laugh like when
aunt bethany says the pledge of allegiance instead of grace. 

also on my list of must watch movies at christmastime:
white christmas (but only with my mom) and home alone. 

all i want for christmas is you, and you, and you...

just a little glimpse at what is on my list this year. xx

1. stereolux retro ipod player

2. tory burch logo wrap bracelet

3. frankie magazine daily journal

4. savannah bee company royal jelly body butter

5. kate spade iphone case

6. urban outfitters zig zag rug

7. archipelago botanicals bergamot tobacco candle

8. essie glitter nail polish

9. marc jacobs eliza baby bag

10. kate spade ooh la la necklace

oh, hey christmas

so...

i may have made some new purchases for christmas this year.

want to see? okay!

1. felt wreath, west elm

2. stars galore, pottery barn

3. bambi, pottery barn (one guess whats in there)

4. my new boyfriend (and keeper of the cookies), pottery barn

glitter christmas lyrics on the wall...yes please.

{via katies pencil box}

guess what this crafty girl will be doing this weekend.

i love this idea. and i love that she even gives you the template.

makes it so easy, no?

get the directions, here.

turkey

{thanksgiving 2010}

here is a little pic from this time last year.

we cooked our first thanksgiving dinner at home.

i am never doing that again.

i am also never wearing my hair that way again.

and, in no particular order, a list of things i am thankful for...

warm apple cider, pumpkin bread

nightly chats with my mom

my little family you saw that one coming

my j. crew sweats and comfy cabin socks

jack johnson's christmas album downloaded and ready for me to press play on nov. 26

sweet texts from friends i will miss seeing at home this week

the excuse "eating for two"

macy's thanksgiving day parade

breaking dawn has anyone seen? thoughts?

dogs that love to snuggle

xx

love. love. love.

{via row boat press}

happy valentines day. xx.

more hearts.

{via ban.do}

i know...a lot of hearts lately.

can't be helped.

especially when people like ban.do make things like this.

heart clips for shoes just have to be shared.

Heart Cake...

{heart cake via i am baker}

you guys...you can make this cake!

because i am baker...she gives you the best instructions.

so if you want to go ahead...

make this cake...

and deliver it to me...

that could be amazing.

i kid. i kid. but isn't this cake perfect?

bananas over you.

{via twig and thistle}

not gonna lie. big fan of valentine's day.

i can't help it. and these stickers from twig and thistle.

so. cute.

i mean. we all need valentine's fruit stickers, right?!

happy february!!

5 holiday things.

our house is now christmas official. i love love love decorating for holidays and being able to do it in our own house make is that much better. heres a peek at five things around my house that are making me really happy these days....

christmas, bring it.

my bestie caitlin got us this ornament when we were engaged and being pretty traditional as far as decorating trees goes, it is one of the only personalized ornamanets on our tree. i love it because on the back side it has our name and wedding date and it makes me think of my sweet friend.

now, for the record...i love york's all the time. but there is something about york's during the holidays that gets me really excited.

side note: i bought this bag on monday and finished it last night. i have problems.

ah, i am obsessed with my holiday cards this year. i love everything rifle paper co. does. i wanted to do something super cute and personalized but with all the moving and what not - definetly could not handle all that pressure.

i made this wreath, like...myself. so martha of me.

my. favorite. candle. of. all. time. archipelago botanicals - bergamot tobacco. perfect scent for cold days and warm fires.

happy holidays! xo.

holi-daze

{my precious little thanksgiving table}

so...did everyone eat everything in sight and shop like crazy this past weekend?!

i even rounded the weekend out with a day in bed watching sons of anarchy season one dvds, eating leftover mashed potatoes and gravy, and drinking mimosas.

it helps to talk about it.

hope your thanksgiving was perfect. and that your first day back at work is way less painful than mine is. xo.