Chritmas Decor.

It might be a little later that I hoped- but there are still 3 days left!  I've done my best to spruce up the house with a little holiday cheer.

Watch out, Rudolph.

Our first REAL tree!

Leftover wedding decor turned holiday decor.

Merry Christmas!

-m

p.s.  Anyone know how to access your Instagram account NOT on your phone? These pictures came from my old phone, and I had to go round about getting them on the blog #bad photos.

Birchbox: December.

I've read a lot of blogs that subscribe to Birchbox.  Basically, you sign up to recieve a $10 box of 5 high-end beauty samples (customized for you) once a month.  I was so freaking excited when that pink box came in the mail!  The anticipation is half the fun.

 The box came with this information sheet explaining each product.  

I haven't had a chance to try each one out yet, but I will let you know if I decide to get a full-size of anything.  I love to be able to try something new, without committing to the full-size version first.  My box this month included:

1. "Twirl" by Kate Spade Perfume.

2. Hydronic Face Glow by By Terry.

3. Jouer Lip Gloss in Pink

4. Incocco Nail Appliques

5. Recharge EBoost Energy Drink Mix.

-m

12.17.11- Celebrating One Year.

On Friday morning, J let me know that, well... maybe he did have a little something up his sleeve.  He told me to be ready to leave on Saturday morning at 11:30, to dress nice, and to bring a change of clothes.  I love a good surprise :) 

First stop, the Kansas City Ballet's "Nutcracker".  Growing up dancing, I adore this holiday show.  J, on the other hand, had never seen it. (BTW, he thought they would talk....)  It was such a beautiful performance- definitely put me in the holiday spirit!

 The ballet was at the new Kauffman Center, which was a perfect auditorium for this show.  Loved it!

 We came back to our hotel downtown surrounded by the holiday lights.  Did I mention, I'm spoiled?

Not the most flattering picutre of our chef, but the food was to. die. for.  YUM!

 After dinner we drove around to look at the lights.  I love this time of year, and I love spending it with my family.  Thanks for the best year a wife could dream of-- love you, J!

-m

Snow Globes.

So you have probably seen this craft floating around on Pinterest, and I decided to give it a try.  I thought it might be neat to start a snow-globe anniversary tradition.  I can just imagine looking back at 15, 20, even 50 years of snow globes, each with a little something from that year of our marriage.  We'll see how that goes :)

I looked high and low for a house ornament.  You would have thought that would have been easy to find.  I wasn't even being picky- a ginderbread house would have worked! I found pizzas, pigs, tutus, ... and no house.  So I improvised.  That's a wooden #1 I painted red (for 1st annivesary), the 3 trees I found in the Hob Lob craft section, and for some height, I added the silver ornament.  The silver key replaced the house-- biggest event of our first year, our first house!

Dumped a bunch of glitter in the jar.  Sparkles!

The clock is the modern first anniversary gift.  I just used hot glue to put it all together.  Let's hope it stays together-- for like ever.

 

I read on one blog (sorry, don't remmeber where!) that you could use baby oil to help the glitter "float" like snow.  This is what happened with the baby oil-- not snow--more like Gak.  (Remember Gak??!)

I opted for just water and glitter.  I tied a tag to the jar with a little recap of our year.  Happy Anniversary!

Enjoy!
-m

One year.

One year ago today, I married the love of my life.  Best year yet!

-m