Surprise Gift!

Greetings, friends!

 

I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas with your family and friends and are able to take a deep breath and relax a bit now that it's all over! 

 

As for my gang, we're still cleaning up bits of wrapping paper here and there, as well as starting the daunting task of Christmas "take down." (ugh)

 

But, before I forge ahead, I simply had to give a "shout out" to my sweet husband for surprising me with this beauty for Christmas:

 

I had *noooo* idea that he was going to do that and can't wait to get to know it better (although, admittedly, I'm a bit intimidated by its fancy lenses and *grown up* features)!  If you're a Nikon D3100 owner and have any tips and tricks you'd like to share, I'm all ears!

 

Until then, you can find me in an OCD panic, as I deal with boxes, glitter and *mess* everywhere!

 

Happy New Year!

 

Becca

Oh, Christmas TreeS!

Yup, it's me ... again!

 

Just when you thought you were done seeing my Christmas  posts, I thought I'd spring one more on ya' before the big day!

 

I'll make this easy though ... not many words ... just pictures of a few things that I had yet to share.

 

First up, the tree in my husband's office ...

dressed in deep reds, dark greens, golds and browns and another crazy tree topper ...

full of our "12 days of Christmas" ornaments,

 

 

along with a vintage golfing Santa or two.

Moving on over to little man's playroom ... you never know who you'll find on his tree ...

 

There's Frosty flying around,

and even a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle ready to attack anyone who dares to mess with any of the ornaments.

In Jax's bedroom, I added a small table-top tree:

dressed in all things sports.

And, sp*eaking* of sports ... step on out to my husband's man cave, where I treated him to a NY Yankees tree (my apologies if you're not a fan).

For fun, I added a few things you'd find on a day at the ballpark, such as popcorn,

 

boxes of cracker jacks and an ice cold Budweiser.

 

 

Lastly, we'll cruise on over to our bedroom.  This tree is dressed in colors of blues, creams and golds to match our room's color palette:

 

 

Fleur-de-lis ornaments (from Dillard's) sparkle in the light,

 

 

as do words of "Joy,"

 

 

and a wild and crazy tree topper.

 

 

I'm a bit sad that, not only will our trees be coming down next week, but our festive Christmas cards will, too (idea from Pinterest),

 

 

as well as allll of this.

 

 

Are you a bit sad, like me, at how fast this holiday season has gone by, or, are you ready to start the New Year with a fresh, clean slate?

 

Merry Christmas!

 

Becca

 

 

 

 

 



Rangi zilizotumika katika kila chumba......

Kwa mtazamo wa umakini, hapa utaona katika kila picha rangi zilizotumika na zilivyotumika.......kwani hata wewe zitakusaidia kuzitumia nyumbani kwako ama ofisini kwako...

Nawatakia maandalizi mema ya sikukuu ya X-mass

Napenda kuchukua fursa hii kuwa takia sikukuu njema......najua weekend hii watu mtakua busy na maandalizi ya hapa na pale....

Nasi pia tunaelekea kumalizia kufanya delivery za wale wote waliotoa oda.....kwetu....

Nitakua busy, ndio maana nimeona niwatakie sikukuu njema mapema....msije mkashangaa imekuaje.....hahhahah.....

Wishing you all Merry X-mass........

Color of the year 2013....Pantone 17-5641 Emerald

Hii ndio rangi ya mwakani ya 2013......tutaendelea kuiangalia ni jinsi gani tunaweza kuitumia kwenye nyumba zetu, maofisi etc......endelea kua nasi.....

Siku zimekaribia za X-mass......

Nimekua kimya kwa siku kadhaa, na hii ni kutokana na kukimbizana na muda kwa ajili ya kumalizia oda za wateja ambazo wameoda kwa ajili ya sikukuu hizi......

Nashukuru mungu mpaka sasa, ni 90% kazi imefanyika na zimewafikia wateja,,,,

Naomba mniwie radhi kwa kua ilikua ni mchaka mchaka, na picha sikuweza kuchukua....

Nawatakia siku njema.....

Christmas Whimsy in the Kitchen

When I was a chubby, little girl, I would've loved to have had a Christmas kitchen, full of whimsy, complete with a tree on the island,

 

 

 

and tiny elves climbing a ladder to help "decorate,"

 

by covering the tree with ornaments made of faux candies, miniature cookie sheets and lots of yummy treats ...

and, where Mrs. Claus was waiting to offer you a gingerbread cookie.

When I was a chubby, little girl, I would've loved to have had a chalkboard on the pantry door, wishing everyone a happy *holly*day:

 

and, a yummy candy bar to sneak sweets ...

unless, this little gal tried to stop me.

When I was chubby, little girl, I would've loved to have had a Christmas kitchen with canisters full of a couple of the things you'd need to make holiday cookies ...

and little vignettes splashed everywhere to make me smile ...

I would've loved to have had a soffit covered with snow-filled garland, revealing another sign of the season ...

and, other signs and sayings splashed around, too:

As I decorate my kitchen every Christmas, I dedicate it to that pudgy, little girl who wanted a colorful and festive kitchen, dressed for the holidays.  And, what fun it is that I can now attempt to create that for my sweet baby boy, who isn't so little anymore:

I just hope he enjoys it!

 

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