HO HO HO!

I couldn't resist an adorable personalized Christmas stocking for the boy. Plus, they were on sale! 

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Coffeetable Books

I'm excited to receive these new books in the mail last week. I love that they not only are pretty displays in my coffeetable, they are lovely resource books for entertaining and home design.

This first hardbound book is a giveaway prize that I won from interior designer Tobi Fairley's blog. I've had long nights pouring over pages after pages of gorgeous pictures and priceless entertaining tips.

My signed copy of The Collected Tabletop by Kathryn Greeley

And more books. I just love the feel of crisp pages on my fingers and it certainly beats clicking an online magazine. 

Gifts, Sweets and More

Today's post is just about some random ramblings of what's going on in my everyday life.

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Yesterday I was excited to receive my prize giveaway from lovely blogger Michaela where I won an adorable Dani Notes monogrammed cupcake notecards. Cupcakes? How perfect! Btw, If you have not checked out her shop yet, you ought to. So much cute stuff! and Oh, I stalk her pinterest boards too!  

I had a little fiasco last time when I took home the wrong lunchbox from school. In my defense, it's the same exact lunch box Aston has (thank you Auntie Katherine for his personalized train lunchbox gift!) and the other little boy's name is Aiden. See? Can you blame me? Enter this new tin lunchbox by Rachel of Pencil Shavings Paper. Isn't it cute? I need to order one for me -LOL!

I'm still in the mood to iron-on anything on Aston's $2 plain shirts. Armed with coupons from Michael's and a few shirts from the Target clearance racks, I was iron-on trigger happy. I'm sure the folks at his school will never ever forget his name!

Lastly, a couple of weeks ago we attended our good friend's son's birthday party and this was the fantastic Mickey Mouse birthday cake! How awesome is that? It tasted delicious too!

So, what's going on with you? Are you still taking daily trips to Target to see if that Missoni for target throw that everyone wants appears miraculously? Or are you still clicking and refreshing that Target.com site? Seriously, I'm ready to move on to the next designer collaboration as my sister has scored me some Missoni stuff (from Chicago's Target) that I may not see till December (earlier I hope!)

It's almost Friday, everyone!  

Shutterbug

My most wonderful husband gave me a new camera for Christmas and the past few days I have been playing with it and taking pictures of random things inside the house. Thankfully with the pretty holiday decor still up, they make for interesting non-complaining subjects (unlike our 3 year old). I know I have to learn more (despite re-reading the manual) and I'm so excited to explore what this fancy camera is capable of doing. In the meantime, here are some less than stellar (but better than my old point and shoot) shots I was able to take the last few days......

not bad, eh?

My Christmas Loot

I hope you all had a great time with your loved ones and friends this past holiday break. Our's was full of fun, food, laughter and yes, tons of gifts!

I am so lucky to have generous groovy family and friends and all my christmas presents rocks! Guys, you know who you are and i thank you so much. We sure had a fabulous time sharing good tidings and joy and I am now excited for the new year to come and what it holds for us! 

Holiday Gift Guide

Let's change gear a little bit here and skip a family post to make way for a holiday gift guide. If you are following my other blog, this may not be new to you but I'll share it here anyway. Who knows you may have missed a friend or two and may need last-minute gifts for them. Checking out this gift guide may ease the stress in picking out the perfect gift for a loved one! 

here are the shopping links :

Gifts for Babies

Gifts for Tweens

Gifts for Him

Gifts for Her