our fabric forest

Yes, we did! It's starting to feel more Christmas-y! We're cleaning, packing, painting and moving this week! I'll try to keep you posted, but i may be in and out this week. Happy monday!

i'm dreaming

of a white Christmas...then I wake up and it's here!!! Beautiful sparkly snow! It feels so Christmasy..I love it!

*sigh*



Here's hoping this weekend keeps us snowed in so we can make more of these....

and the living room will look like this!

have a happy day!

what makes you feel Christmasy today?

a gift for you!

to get in the spirit!

tree time

This Christmas I get to decorate 3 trees! We started our first two last week at each of our parents' homes. I love that we can share new and old tradions together!

Here we are at Jeremy's parents' house....

They have this really fun tradition that each year his mom will make everyone an ornament to remember what happened that year! Fun huh? It's so sweet, I already have a couple :)

Then the next night, we went to my parents' house to decorate another tree!

I was fun to show him all of the ornaments we've used since I was little, which ones are my favorite and the ones my great grandma sewed!

I can't wait until we get to decorate our tree, but it's going to be a while longer because we're in the process of moving apartments! Until then, we'll just enjoy these! I'm SO excited for Christmas! I have lots more to share soon...

happy wednesday!

our first thanksgiving!

hey everyone! I have so much to tell y'all! What a crazy, fun, and interesting first Thanksgiving Jeremy and I had! Let me get you up to speed here.

This was our first year to contribute to the meal! Jeremy made his famous roasted sweet potatoes (which were a major hit!) and we also made green beans (well...you know, microwaved them.) And we decided that we wanted to try to make this AWESOME pie recipe!

What could be better for thanksgiving than cheesecake, pumpkin pie, AND chocolate?!? Well, it was a lot harder than it looks. But, after battling down the dessert isle at HEB to get a huge can of pumpkin from the last pallate (only to realize later that it was pie filling, not "pure pumpkin" and have to start all over!), another trip to a different store for more pumpkin, then finally mixing up the incredients and accidently shooting orange goo ALL over the kitchen and myself, and staying up until 2:00 AM while the pie cooked for 2.5 hours (the recipie said 45 min.) ... we finally had these pies!

YUM!!!....it was crazy getting there, but they were AWESOME!

The next day was Thanksgiving and since we went to bed at 2:30 AM, I knew it would be a doosey of a day, so I made us this Thanksgiving day mix! Yes, I know I have interesting music taste, but it really helped us. I was able to focus on the things I have to be thankful for to the tunes of Ingrid Michaelson, Jack Johnson, The Fray, Feist, Josh Kelley, and the rest!

We finally got everything together (including the pumpkins for fun gifts!) and decided to take a picture of us leaving the house. Here's my sweet man!

and me in the adorable apron my sister Emily sewed for me!

(cute huh? missed you this year sis!)

As you may have noticed, one of my shoes is a little farther over in the picture. We had another unfortunate mishap leaving the house...yep, as I backed up to take a photo, I landed in a surprise. Could one more mess happen this holiday? I had already cleaned pumpkin off of the wall! Ha ha! So, I got cleaned up again, changed, and we were off to our first stop!

We went to my parents' house first and ate and enjoyed time together relaxing and looking through the huge newspaper...fuN! My Mema helped we arrange our decorations for this shot:

Then we went to Jeremy's parents' for even more fun, food and family! I get TWO Thanksgiving meals now!!! Married life rocks! Then we met up with Jeremy's best friend and his awesome wife and went to see this:

It was SOOO good! ...I'm still thinking through all the amazing things I have to be thankful for before I add them to my "thankfulness journal" (pictured above) How was your Thanksgiving? What are you thankful for?

happy first day of December!

coming soon!

New coffee cozies!!! I've been sewing up cozies and will be re-releasing some holiday ones! They are $12 each and make great stocking stuffers and Christmas gifts! I'll post them after Thanksgiving weekend! I'm off to relax, hang out with loved ones and do a few things on my list (see previous post). Have an amazing weekend!

a list for a thankful week...

I painted a few fall pumpkins in honor of this special holiday!

Thanksgiving has meant more to me this year than ever before. What are a few fun things I want to do this week? Why, I'd love to share, thanks for asking!

1. try out new recipes on family and friends (a new pasta and a yumo pie are calling my name!)

2. write a thoughful list of handmade gifts that are a must to give this Christmas

3. read the third book in the Twilight series - yes, I'm one of "those people" ha!

4. make an "altered book" thankfulness journal

5. start making Christmas decorations with Jeremy

6. start packing for our move

7. make sketches of ideas for our new apartment home

8. decide if we're really sending Christmas cards :)

9. sew new coffee cozies (they make great stocking stuffers!)

10.write some sweet "thank you" notes...only seems appropriate, right?

12. finish some custom paintings (loving how they are coming y'all!)

13. find a new favorite coffee creamer (my beloved pumpkin spice is so hard to find now!)

what's on your list? I hope your weekend is full of fun!

happy tuesday!