While I’m Away..

I’ll be away for a while so I can spend time with family and friends before heading back to Boston.  I hope you have a wonderful New Year and I’ll see you in January!

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Sunday Sweets! Chocolate Peppermint Molten Cakes

I’m not a peppermint fan but I love how festive these little candies make this cake!

via Sprouted Kitchen

P.S. It’s a very big day for us today! Pictures to follow.

Merry Christmas!

Peace, love and happiness from my family to yours…

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Warmth On This Christmas Eve

Even though this wedding has more of a fall setting, it really invoked a strong feeling of love, commitment and family warmth.

It’s Christmas Eve and I hope you are with the people that you love most.

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“Driving Home for Christmas”

I’ve packed up all the presents, Bradley and Ger and we are off to Pennsylvania for Christmas and the Wedding Celebration!

Driving home for Christmas
Oh, I can’t wait to see those faces
I’m driving home for Christmas, yea
Well I’m moving down that line
And it’s been so long
But I will be there
I sing this song
To pass the time away
Driving in my car
Driving home for Christmas

Chris Rea — Driving Home For Christmas

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Beautiful Packaging- DIY Sweater Wraps

It’s the time for last minute gift wrapping!

For those looking for a simple DIY project to help with your pretty packaging, you’ve come to the right place.  Grey Likes Weddings did a fantastic tutorial on reusing sweaters to create beautiful wraps for your bottles.

via Grey Likes Weddings

Is Your Wedding “Blog-Worthy?”

I have a confession to make.  Nine times out of ten, when I’m going through all of my favorite blogs, I don’t read the articles and just look at the pretty pictures.  I know, I know, I’m sure the posts are wonderful and intriguing but I’m more of a visual girl and it’s the actual photos that grab my attention.

There are those times where someone’s post stops me dead in my tracks and this was one of them. It put everything into perspective when it comes to planning a wedding.

I’m sure I’m not the only one that has a little voice in the back of their head saying “Oh, but would this get me featured in this or that blog” or “I need to think of something so different that it would impress other brides.”  I know, it’s terrible and I don’t want to admit it but sadly, it’s true.  It’s hard not to get wrapped up in wanting everything to be perfect and “blog-worthy.”

Meg’s post on A Practical Wedding really hit home.  It made me think of the real reason why we stress over all the details of a wedding.

I’ve gotten to a point where it just doesn’t matter.  We’ve been engaged for over a year and I’m past the hype of needing everything to be perfect and it feels amazing!

via A Practical Wedding

Does anyone else feel the same? Are you abandoning the need to have your wedding be “blog-worthy?”

Sunday Sweets! Gluten Free Chocolate Cupcakes & Pumpkin Spice Muffins

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For a great recap on a Babycakes recipe, check out Alice’s post on Gluten Free Chocolate Cupcakes and Pumpkin Spice Muffins!

Tablescape Friday: Old Fashioned/New Fashioned but So Much More!

via 100 Layer Cake via Charlotte Jenks Lewis Photography

Holiday Home Inspiration

With Christmas just under 2 weeks away, I find more and more holiday inspiration that I love!

via Still Life With

via Style Me Pretty via Eclatante Designs

via Olivet

via Better Than Fine