by Mandi | quotes and toasts
I love the holidays. I love Christmas, the buzzing around to find gifts the food, the crisp air. I was always the girl that couldn’t wait until the day after Halloween – this was the day I would allow myself to start listening to Christmas songs. I would put my radio on the holiday station and wouldn’t change it until December 26.
Well… that all changed when I met The Mister. His favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. To him, this is one holiday where it isn’t about gifts, or buzzing around to get everything inline. It is the one holiday that is dedicated to family, to coming together to eat amazing food we all prepare with love and just be… nothing else! Just be thankful that we are all together.
With that said… I haven’t listened to many christmas carols. I haven’t even bought many christmas gifts. I am taking this month to enjoy this often overlooked holiday – Thanksgiving.
Now… you better believe as soon as the last bite of turkey has been eaten and we head out to do our Black Friday shopping, I will listen to Christmas music, I will come home and decorate my house and it will be full on CHRISTMAS…. but until then… I am Thankful!
Just for fun, I created a few 8×10 printouts. You can use these for Thanksgiving or anytime of the year!
ENJOY!
Click on the image to get the full download size. If you have any questions, please email me!
by Mandi | personal, quotes and toasts
Today we wish a Happy Birthday to our sweet Jenn! So much has changed since her last birthday – she is now the proud mama of two beautiful children!
As you all know, Jenn has been out on maternity leave with her new beautiful girl and we want to take today to introduce you to Decker Darling. She is just the sweetest.
The pictures below are from a family shoot Jenn took with the lovely and talented Schultzes – you can see the full blog post here.
We just love this family! Happy, Happy Birthday Jenn!
In honor of the love that a baby brings to a family, we have a few quotes to share with you today.
by heather | quotes and toasts, sunny slide up
Sometimes you just need a little extra…courage….patience…strength….passion….self control….goodness….love. And even though these little words come from random piece of paper posted in some random spot – maybe, just maybe they could help.
The “Take What You Need” project was started by college student, Katie North from Dallas, TX back in September of 2011. She made the first “Take What You Need” sign and posted it on her college campus and now thousands of them have been spread around the world! I first heard about the project on the CreativeMarket blog.
You can check out the TAKE WHAT YOU NEED Facebook page HERE, where they have these rules posted…
- Make a sign now.
- Post them everywhere. Some ideas are coffee shops, your office, your school, grocery stores, on light poles, at your front door, in your cubicle, etc., etc.
- Take a quick photo of the first day you post it.
- Come back a week or two weeks later to see what people needed.
- Share your photos and stories of when and where you posted it.
- Spread the word all over.
So….make your own sign, or you can print out the one below! Click image or visit link below.
#takewhatyouneed
www.creativemarket.com/blog/2013/09/11/take-what-you-need
Sometimes the littlest thing can help so much 🙂
DON’T FORGET…..Today is the last day to enter to our Giveaway from Vintage Charlotte! Tomorrow we will announce the winner, and the new giveaway will launch 🙂
