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Merry Christmas!

I wish I could send you all a Christmas card and a sweet note to say how thankful I am that you stop by and read… but I didn’t want to send those creepy internet vibes by asking for your physical address, so this little piece of internets will just have to do. I hope […]

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A Christmas Crime Scene

I was delighted – delighted, I tell you – to find that my new neighbors all decorate their houses for Christmas wholeheartedly. Candles flicker in every windowpane; oversized wreaths are hung precisely centered on each window, from long sturdy strands of red velvet ribbon. Light-wrapped garland hangs in careful swags across handrails, and well-lit Christmas […]

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Christmas Chipboard Art Project + Unnecessary Story

A while ago, I showed you my little chipboard letter art project… Clearly intoxicated by the enticing craft store environment, I unknowingly bought a set of two canvasses for that project instead of one, and I still had more chipboard letters left, so I was practically required to make another version of this, right? REQUIRED. […]

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My Favorite Christmas Tradition

Christmas tradition: Special ornaments and notes in a photo album

What’s my favorite Christmas tradition? Oh! Well since you asked… When we were first married and decorating our Christmas tree together, Andy and I realized we had absolutely no Christmas music to our name. So every year, one of us was responsible for finding and buying a surprise Christmas CD to build our collection of […]

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Monogram Wreath Tutorial

I thought peer pressure ended in high school, but it doesn’t. If you move into a neighborhood where your neighbors throw up elaborate outdoor Christmas decor – giant inflatable snowmen, large flocks of waist-high candy canes standing at attention, trees painstakingly covered in strands of Christmas lights up until six feet off the ground – […]

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Glittery Snowball Tutorial

Friends, meet my new little pretties: If you’ve been around pinterest much lately, you’ve probably seen this glittery snowball tutorial by Martha Stewart. I thought it looked like a friendly enough little project, until I checked out the comments. Everyone says stay far away from this project! It doesn’t work! The balloons will stick! The […]

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Winners! And {December Sponsors}

Ready to panic? It’s only two weeks til Christmas! I guess I should start Christmas shopping? *Gulp.* I have good news for you! If you happen to be *Keri Creighton* or *Katherine Pearsons*… CONGRATULATIONS! You win a $50 gift card to wallquotes.com! You can give that as a gift, but I definitely think you should […]

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The Family Tree

Before this happened: And before this happened: I dreamed of decorating a Christmas tree like this: via HGTV.comOr this:sourceOr this:via Country Living Beautiful themed trees with consistent color schemes and nothing to distract your eye. Designer Christmas trees. But then suddenly we were this: And we were making memories every year. We started collecting ornaments […]

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Turquoise and Green Christmas Mantle

Yesterday, a glitter and ornament hurricane made landfall in my living room, slamming the floor and every surface with Christmas cheer. It got messy for a while, but after clearing the debris of empty ornament boxes and stray glitter, what remained on my mantle was this: This is my favorite kind of decorating, yall. You […]

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My Favorite Tricks for Fancy Christmas Garland

Friends, we should stage a revolt. No longer shall we stand for the lame, thin faux Christmas garland they sell in stores. At approximately 2 inches around, it looks like an annoying fuzzy worm – not like beautiful, lush designer Christmas greenery. No one is fooled by you, cheapo garland! Fortunately, I have a solution […]

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Inspiration for the Office

Happy post-Thanksgiving-wallowing-in-remorse-for-overeating! I hope you had a fantastic weekend, whether you were here in the U.S. celebrating the holiday or somewhere else in the world. Andy and I spent the first part of the vacation doing stuff like this: And like this: In places like this: (Seriously, why do all our pics of the two […]

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The Baby’s Gender — and Associated Nursery Decorating Implications

Thanks for all the sweet notes the last few days! We had our ultrasound on Tuesday which revealed a perfect, healthy baby… GIRL! (If you were wondering about my clip-art baby’s prior weird head spots — see the bottom of this post for that discussion — then I think we don’t have to worry anymore. […]

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Planning the Office Built-In Wall, and Other Things that Drive Husbands Crazy

First of all, thanks for all your great thoughts and input on the layout for our office redo which is underway! It looks like we’ll be going with the plan I showed you, but a few of you suggested adding built-in storage on the window wall to balance out the built-ins on the opposite wall, […]

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Space Planning the Office

Deciding how to turn a simple square room into an office should not be this hard. I’m pretty sure of that. We probably would’ve finished it months ago if we didn’t have to, you know, make decisions first. Sometimes it’s so hard to be a grown-up! As a reminder, this is what the room looks […]

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Domino Effect Room Change and the Beginning of an Office Update

You know what pregnancy leads to? New projects. Or maybe old projects that can longer be ignored. I haven’t met this new baby yet, but it’ll probably come into this world expecting food and shelter, or something. Because small people are demanding like that. Seems like the best place to put a miniature person is […]

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