Holiday Cup Cozies

Very festive, don’t you think? & can you believe that they were made from $1 bin Christmas socks? (gosh, I love Target!) Get the DIY “how to” at party-wagon.com.

This darling project was found via A few of my favorite things…I love all of her fun finds!!

Holiday Cards

Happy Monday! Hope you had a nice weekend.

We finally did a little holiday decorating last night and to get in the mood we put on some holiday music & had a little dance party. Now we just need a tree -hopefully we’ll get to it on Saturday morning! It seems like the older I get, the faster the time goes (especially between Thanksgiving & Christmas!)

If you haven’t ordered your holiday cards yet, I wanted to share one of my favorites..aren’t these sweet by Jelli & Ink?

She also makes the sweetest Birthday invites!

Holiday food for children

The holiday season brings all kinds of fun food ideas. On my list is a colorful gingerbread house & these adorable reindeer faces made of cheese & pretzles!

Send your favorite holiday foods to: shari @ spearmintbaby@gmail.com

Our Christmas

a few highlights from our Christmas:

*Harper (who just turned 2) was more excited about unwrapping everyone’s presents than her actual presents. she LOVES her new Dora book from her grammy and her other fave. is her new big bird puppet.

*Harper also got 2 personalized CDs from her Aunt Keli from cyber-savvyshop.com. she thinks it is pretty funny that Elmo knows her name! the Fun Time Nursery Rhymes is really good too. i love how the guy sings songs and talks to Harper–so so funny!

*John and i got each other a new Blue Ray player that streams Netflix movies. this weekend we watched Food, Inc and Mongol. Mongol was fascinating…especially if you are into Genghis Khan. (we are!!) we plan to spend the next week laying in bed and watching movies.

*Rexford (almost 8 months) started crying whenever Harper would open a present. i really think he was jealous. he didn’t get much, but will probably get spoiled next year.

*we had super yummy lasagna and meatballs for our Christmas day dinner thanks to MIL! what did you have?

*it was my first Christmas in 2 years to NOT be pregnant and i drank 3/4 bottle of Pinot Noir on Christmas Eve!

Hope your Christmas was as wonderful as ours. blogging will be sporadic this week. i am taking time to spend with family and possible going on a quick road trip up to New Hampshire to look at land!

xo, shari

Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas! i hope you all have a wonderful celebration.

we are having Christmas Eve at our house tonight. here is a copy of my grocery list:

stockings hung!

the stockings i ordered from Pottery Barn arrived last week and they are so so soft! even better than what i imagined. i bought these chrome stocking holders at Target.

we hung the lights on the tree last night. you can see the photos HERE.

now, all i have left to do is wrap presents and make the tree skirt. i saw this faux fur white tree skirt at West Elm a few weeks ago, but i didn’t want to pay $55.

so, i got this fabric the other day from Jo Anne’s:

i hope to get it made by Christmas! (it is on my long “to do” list)

Glitter Trees!

i LOVE these glitter trees by Eighteen 25. harper is too young to help me with this project, but maybe we can make these together next year? (i am thinking of silver and gold!) found via oneprettything.com

personalized christmas stockings

i’ve been doing a lot of online shopping the past week. now that the main floor has been repainted i am changing up the decor just a bit. i ordered these fluffy white on white/ivory faux-sheepskin stockings from Pottery Barn. i had them personalized for the kids (Harper, Rexford, & Kaley). my next project is to sew a furry white tree skirt to match. i stopped over at Jo Anne Fabrics yesterday and i think i have the fabric picked out. now i just need to find a coupon because the fabric is $14.50/yard!