{Trending all white with pops of color decor from here} {pickled veggies not just for the holidays from here} {Thoughtful DIY cool gifts from here} {party wear from here} {a great stocking stuff from here or here or from here}
I am one of those people. The one who doesn’t like to read instructions on anything, especially artsy stuff. So, I normally search online for ideas, suggestions, and from it create my own crafts, or DIYs or whatever. So for Christmas, I always refer to the Scandinavian countries/bloggers mostly for traditional or warm and fuzzy ideas. I’m not a fan of modern when it comes to Christmas. So, here’s what I found and my plan to make all of this happen in the next week or so. Some are easy, some take a little more, but as you can see the pictures are just easy enough to duplicate:
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I swear a second ago it was only Christmas and now, with a blink of an eye it’s almost Easter and aside from the religious aspect of the holiday, people take pride in coloring eggs. And every year I tell myself that I would take the time to do just that. Color, decorate and do things over the top with a dozen eggs, tapping mostly into my artistic side. Here are some ideas I am using to draw from. Can you guess which theme I picked for 2014? *The black and white ones will be the 2014 Easter egg color theme and since it’s an adult activity in my household, a bottle of bubbly also. {Click here for photo reference}
I honestly can’t remember what’s happened. I swear it was only yesterday I was planning Thanksgiving Dinner with the families and now it’s almost Christmas. In talking to others and over hearing conversation, I discovered I am not alone in this thinking. Most everyone is as confused as I am about how quickly the holiday is approaching. So, to lighten our thoughts, relieve the anxiety, get us focused, and just plain insist that we relax, I have decided to declare Friday December 20th, a day to just breathe, step away from the shopping frenzy and get together arguments and just find a way to truly enjoy the holiday season, and if you can’t find something in your neck of the woods (which I doubt) to inspire you, by all means stare at the photos below 🙂 {photo reference please click here and here}
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Since Saturday I’ve been in a funk and cannot seem to get it together, see here. So, I figured, if I could just focus on the happier moments in life, perhaps, just perhaps, I could snap out of it.
Fillmore Street, one of my favorite places to hang out, anytime of the year, for dinner, drinks, shopping or meeting up for coffee. The small street adorned with boutiques and cafes is the quickest and closest way to escape the mundane daily life and pretend you are simply somewhere else. In this case the holiday season 🙂
I am always looking for healthy ways to make a meal, mostly switching out the butters, fatty oils and starchy foods for the healthy alternatives. So, it’s no surprise to anyone who knows me that I came to a screeching holt on the internet when I stumbled upon these amazing recipes from my favorite blogger here and thanks to her, I plan to incorporate her suggestions into my untraditional Thanksgiving Day dinner party: {Click on the photo for recipes and credits}
This is the time of the year I frequent one mall after another to see how the stores have decorated. Don’t judge 🙂 but I do love searching for holiday spirit in public gathering places. Over the weekend, I drove to Palo Alto and walked through the outdoor Stanford Shopping Mall, just before the weather turns sour in the next few weeks. Of course, I snapped photographs along the way:
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