I love gift giving for the Holidays.  It's another excuse to buy a little something for someone and make hearts full and warm!  For everyone at work, I did goodies from William Sonoma for one office, and in my own I bought clothes and things that they would favor most.  I did not expect much in return but my oh my, they know me so well!

It's my favorite time of year!

I'm so glad we're enjoying the winter chills vs. having 80+ degree weather in December.  I've been spending a lot of time crafting, spending time with family,  and wrapping gifts.  I spent Christmas Eve with M's family as we indulged in lobster tails and prime rib and exchanged gifts.  Today i'll be with my side of the family which traditionally starts with an early meal with my brothers and mother and an afternoon with my bestfriend/cousin.  I can't believe the year is finally wrapping up.  It's time to enjoy left overs, shop, and spend more quality time with family.  I hope you have a lovely Holiday from me to you! Xo

Happy Christmas Eve everyone!

I can officially say that i'm done with all my Christmas Shopping.  Shopping for presents started late Summer, but somehow I finish a day before Christmas!  The gifts are all wrapped! Other than wrapping in craft paper, I also purchased various rolls of red wrapping paper at ikea. My favorite types of gifts to give and wrap are the pairs that are stacked.  I loved mixing the craft paper, with the patterns, and baking twine!  How did you wrap gifts during the Holidays?

Other than bakers twine, I used a thick rich dark green ribbon from Willams Sonoma, along with raffia for the darker red tones.  Curling ribbon and pre-made ribbon bows are things I rarely like to use (as well as gift bags).  Possibly next year I would love to try things with burlap or maybe even cheese cloth!  Maybe I should test it out for Valentines Day? Hmmmmm.

Enjoy the long Holiday weekend!

I'm nearly done with Christmas Gifts.  The only person I need to shop for is my Mom, which is always the hardest since she has everything!  I started my Christmas shopping after Summer and stopped by Williams Sonoma to get some tiny goodies for my co-workers.  For the little gifts I wanted to wrap them simple, and use the rich thick green fabric ribbon. Here are the festive gifts in craft paper!

Happy December Everyone!

I must admit, I felt the holidays kick in way before Thanksgiving.  Christmas music was playing in my office before November! (not frequently though!) Thanksgiving was busy but full of love, food, and catching up. I'm trying to soak up everything this month, because come January i'll be in and out of airports.  This Christmas is sentimental for me.. Living with a significant other is a big move and we're celebrating/decorating the Holidays together for the first time.  We put up a little hoot Christmas tree earlier this week to celebrate December.  I already knew that having Christmas Decor would have to include the Owls!
I've had the owl ornaments for about 4 years now.  I've never used them for Christmas Decor, but more for room decor.  This year I wanted to incorporate them and use them for what they're actually for!  Everything is from Target.  I didn't want to overdue with colors, so white, silver, and gold were key.  I'm always a sucker for the different collaborations that Target offers, so I had to get something from Sugar Paper.  They had the letters as gift toppers, but instead I blended the Gold letters in the tree.  What's also really special in this tree but isn't really shown is the vintage frame M got me as a part of my gift for our anniversary.  It was the perfect gift as the Holidays were around the corner.  

Now it's time to wrap the gifts! Cheers!