I hope you have been enjoying a wonderful holiday with friends and family! This year (for the first time since we got married) Joel and I had Christmas at home. It’s always wonderful to see family, but I have to admit that this holiday at home was just what we needed. After a long crazy-busy, [...]
Today is my last day of work until the New Year. So exciting! So I wanted to bring in an edible office gift. Lottie + Doof has a wonderful 12 Days of Cookies series going on and day 5 was a recipe from Matthew Rice for Gooey Butter Cookies. Gooey Butter Cake is a St. [...]
Sunday afternoon, I kept slipping into an almost relaxed state when I would jump off the couch and rush around trying to figure out what schoolwork I needed to do. Being on break is going to take some getting use to! I’ve been making a little list of all the things I want to do: [...]
There’s nothing quite like the feeling of a brand new lip balm/eye shadow/you can fill in the blank with your favorite beauty item. This week’s (belated) Favorites post is all about things for that wonderful “new beautifying things” feeling. I picked out a bunch of lovely things, perfect for filling stockings of making a little [...]
This weekend was a mash-up of frantically finishing up projects and finals, decking the halls, a sushi date, a sink overflowing with used coffee cups, carpet cleaning chaos, and a Christmas tree. Our very first real-live Christmas tree. I love it! We bought it off of a pair of adorable Boy Scouts and brought it [...]
I really like today’s Favorites gift guide, because it includes some of my favorite Etsy shops and because it means I can talk about my Christmas card drama. I had myself convinced that I could make my own cards. I’ve made them every year for years, but this year was busy. “That’s okay!” my inner [...]
I’m so looking forward to Christmas break this year! We’re staying home and having Christmas by ourselves for the first time ever. It’s not that we don’t like seeing family, but we’ll both have a week off from work without school. I can’t even imagine the free time. I might sleep the entire week! I’m [...]
Saturday my friend Abby and I went down to the Pulaski Park Fieldhouse to the The 6th Annual Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Market in Chicago. We’re quite the Renegade veterans these days, but I wasn’t prepared for the huge size of the crowd. It was a crazy-good turnout! Maybe I should have been and maybe [...]
Once upon a time, I spent an entire afternoon creating the perfect Christmas Winter Playlist for this week’s Music Monday. I then got too distracted by hanging lights and garlands that I completely forgot to post it! This year I wanted a mix of Christmas favorites and music that I connect with winter. It’s a [...]
‘Tis the season for gift guides and there have already been lots and lots of good ones this year! I’ve posted about Es’s stunning (I mean it is seriously GORGEOUS!) Gifting Magazine and I love Grace’s shopping-free gift giving post, but I still wanted to do a little series of gift idea posts. So here’s [...]
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