Happy Birthday Eric!

Today is Eric's birthday :)

Happy Easter

{little bunnies my mom sent us for Easter}

I hope everyone is having a Happy Easter! :)

Easter Decorations

{bunny cards I made for our families}

{on top of our fireplace}

{and of course some bunny and easter egg garland}

I used this bunny template from Martha Stewart for the cards and the garland :)

Happy St. Patrick's Day

"May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow,
and may trouble avoid you wherever you go."
-Irish Blessing

It wouldn't be a holiday without some sort of garland decoration :) I hope everyone has a Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Valentine's Day Dinner

Yesterday we stayed home and cooked dinner together for Valentine's Day. Eric made grilled chicken and I made a red wine risotto for the first time by myself. When we cook I am usually the sous chef because Eric is a much better cook :)

{our new wedding china}

{our centerpiece}

Happy Hearts Day

This morning we received this heart shaped tea set packaged in a pretty yellow hat box from my mom. I hope everyone has a Happy Valentine's Day :)

Valentines

I made a few Valentine's Day cards for our families. Before I sent them they had a quick photo shoot :)

I ♥ Conversation Hearts

I sprinkled the last of our conversation hearts on a cake stand to take a picture and the you & me heart just happened to fall like that :)

Heart Garland

I made some heart garland with some extra doilies from my showerette to decorate our fireplace for Valentine's Day :)

Carnation Heart

Last year when we registered at Crate and Barrel for our wedding we were given this pretty glass heart bowl. On Valentine's Day last year I filled it with pink carnations and used it as our table centerpiece for dinner. I love carnations because they are inexpensive, simple, and are so pretty just by themselves :)

Christmas in Colorado

Unfortunately my pictures from Christmas were erased from my memory card when I saved them on my mom's computer. Luckily my mom sent me a CD with them that I received yesterday. Here are some moments from our Christmas in Colorado :)

Year Book

image from Martha Stewart

I love this idea from Martha Stewart about creating a first day book including New Year's eve memories and adding to it throughout the year. I hope everyone is having a happy New Year :)

Happy New Year

{New York City a few years ago}

My New Year's resolution is to be happy :)

Merry Christmas!

{our table}

{placecards}

{snowflake coaster}

Just taking a break before we have dinner to say Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I'm so happy there is snow here in Colorado and that Eric is here for Christmas :)

Christmas Cards

{pretty glitter that made it possible}

In the past week or so I made a hundred Christmas cards. My mom has a newspaper and she asked me to make the cards for her customers. I also created some cards for Brooklyn Bride's card swap. I am so happy they were finished and sent this week :)

{finished Christmas cards}

Simple Gift Tags

I printed these gift tags via Vintage Glam, punched a hole in them, and used some extra ribbon from our wedding :)

A Few More Christmas Decorations

{my ice skates by our fireplace}

{sparkly snowflakes hanging from our chandelier}

{a place for our Christmas cards}

Sparkly Trees

Ever since I saw Roses Petite Maison on Snippet and Ink I have been a little obsessed with glitter and with acquiring glass glitter. A while ago my mother in law gave me a painting kit with canvases, tree stencils, and paint. Instead of using paint on the canvases I was inspired to use glitter.

I lightly traced the stencils onto the canvases with pencil. Then I went over the pencil carefully with Elmer's glue and used a thin paint brush to make sure the glue covered the pencil lines. After that I sprinkled Martha Stewart's clear coarse glitter all over the glue. I decided to use them to decorate our fireplace mantle for Christmas :)

{our fireplace mantle}

{sparkly tree and inspiration for my Christmas cards}

{the stencils I used}

Let It Snow

Since there is not a lot of snow here in North Carolina I decided to make my own :) Being from Colorado and living in New England for a long time I miss the snow especially in December :(

{hanging snowflakes I made from white paper and filament string left over from our wedding}

{table centerpiece I made by placing paper snowflakes in mason jars and some aqua blue candle holders from our wedding too}

Snowflakes and Seashells

{top of our tree}

{our decorated tree}

{our first ornament as a married couple from Eric's parents}

Here is our tree that we decorated with snowflakes, seashells, and some ornaments we both had using the extra aqua blue ribbon from our wedding. I created temporary ornaments from our white table decorations too :)