a little bit holiday library

today i am sharing our library, which happens to be the only festive space in the house other than our front porch. i was really excited to do a lot for the holidays this year but with the unexpected loss of my nana and spontaneously redoing the family room, things just haven't panned out. with that being said i am really happy with how our library is looking!

 

Lindsey's Winter Wonderland Shower

Alternative Christmas Trees

Well as the holidays are rapidly approaching, it is time to prepare yourself and your home for the festivities.  Every year, my husband and I head to our friends tree farm and pick out our beautiful tree for the year.  He cuts it down, we load it up in the back of the truck and drive it home, and I am up into the wee hours of the night decorating.  We usually do this on Black Friday because everyone else is out shopping, so the tree farm is usually not that busy.  I then spend the rest of the weekend hanging wreaths and decorating tables while my husband puts out the christmas lights.  That is all accompanied with wine and christmas carols:)  Well this year, things will be a little different as my husband and I just recently moved back to where we grew up.  The town is ironically named Santa Claus:)  We are living in my Mom's basement, not the ideal situtation, but it will do for now until our house sells.  So being that we are in the basement I do not feel that our traditional Christmas Tree is really necessary, however I LOVE CHRISTMAS and want to have some type of tree and decorations.  So I am on the hunt for an alternative tree.  Here are some ideas.......

Happy Holidays!

Hailey's Sweet 16 Invitations

Earlier in the week I posted the Sweet 16 party that we coordinated and planned, but promised to later post the invitations, so here they are!  Again, Hailey requested Purple, Silver and Black and we did a branch/tree theme.  With that I came up with these killer custom invitations....well I thought they were killer, but maybe I am a bit biast, just a bit!

The invitation was inside of a black 5.75" square envelope that was lined with purple metallic paper.

Inside the black envelope was a silver metallic petal enclosure.  Photographed above is the back side of the enclosure which had a black circle seal.

The front of the enclosure, pictured above, had the branch design carved out of it with the purple showing behind.

When the guest removed the black seal and unfolded the enclosure, the invitation was revealed!  Much like the actual party there were many beautiful things that led the guests to the main event for the reveal!  These invitations were so fun and Hailey loved them.