Happy Holidays….. …..From Our Herd to Yours! As you can see, I had a little too much fun designing our Christmas postcard this year. I thought it would be festive to Photoshop reindeer antlers on the dogs and give Oliver a bright red Rudolph nose. Apparently Ollie was not a fan, though! The cards were [...]
Categories: Friends & Family,Greeting Cards,Holidays,Pets,Portfolio
Wrapping gifts is one of my very favorite things about the holidays (in fact, I’ve mentioned before that one of my dream jobs is to be a professional gift wrapper in the mall during Christmas). I love searching for cute gift wrap and coordinating the ribbons and embellishments to match my holiday decor….in fact, I probably obsess [...]
Categories: Gifts,Holidays,Inspiration,Organization,Uncategorized
With only 13 shopping days left until Christmas, I thought it might be helpful to share some last-minute gift ideas with those over-worked elves who are still searching for the perfect presents for the good girls and boys on their lists (and, also because my Mom keeps asking). So, hint hint, little elves…. 1. WoodWick [...]
I just returned from a long weekend in the mountains with my besties, Bethany and Christian! We try to take an annual girls’ trip together, so this year we met up in Frisco, Colorado, and rented a condo with a beautiful view of the snowy mountains. When we weren’t eating, we explored downtown Breckenridge, drank [...]
Categories: Friends & Family,Travel
With Thanksgiving less than a week away, I have two things on my mind: pie and a nice, long nap. Seriously, I can’t even tell you how much I’m looking forward to that after-pie nap! Apparently not much has changed over the years. My family frequently reminds me of the Thanksgiving when I was about [...]
Categories: Food,Freebies,Holidays,Organization,Party,Uncategorized
Wow, I can’t believe Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away! This will be my second year hosting and I’m really looking forward to it. Putting such a big meal together always seemed like an overwhelming task, but last year I learned that starting preparations a few days in advance not only makes the process [...]
Categories: Decor,Food,Freebies,Holidays,Inspiration,On the Cheap,Organization,Party
Yes, I’m still here! I appreciate all the calls and messages we received from friends and family checking on us after this crazy weekend of earthquakes in Oklahoma. We’re totally fine! What a bizarre feeling, though, to be jolted awake from a deep sleep by the sound of your house vibrating all around you. Not [...]
Categories: Decor,Friends & Family,Holidays,Inspiration,Natural,On the Cheap
My favorite part of Halloween has always been decorating pumpkins. I have fond childhood memories of carving Jack-O-Lanterns with my brother Trent and now, as bigger kids, Jason and I continue the tradition. Needless to say, it usually turns into a competition between the two of us to see who can create the best pumpkin. [...]
Categories: Decor,Friends & Family,Holidays,Inspiration,Pets
This past weekend I was able to check a couple things off my Fall Bucket List! Since we’ve been having such gorgeous fall weather, we decided it was the perfect time for a quick getaway to enjoy the great outdoors. So we packed up the camping gear, loaded up the pups and made the four [...]
Categories: Friends & Family,Pets,Travel
Oddly, even though we sold our home in Austin a year and a half ago, I’ve recently received a ton of emails asking about the paint colors we used. (A ton of emails meaning three, at most.) Fortunately I saved all of the paint swatches in our home improvement file….because, yes, I’m crazy like that. [...]
Categories: Austin,Decor,Home Improvement,Staging