Now that Thanksgiving has passed & tomorrow marks the first day of December, I have to ask, are you ready for the Holidays?

Tonight we'll be picking out our Christmas tree [hooray!]. And I have some crafty Holiday ideas that I will hopefully be starting this week. Today I saw this sweet little advent calendar made out of paper scraps and match boxes .. I think I'll have to add it to the to-do list!

"Just hot glue the tops of empty boxes to one another so you get rows.
The bottom should be 9 and decrease by two until you have a single box.
Cut wrapping paper to cover each row, secure with hot glue.
Then hot glue the rows in a tree shape as shown.
I used small stamps to stamp the numbers on each box.
On top you can hot glue a star or a cut out like I did on this one.
Fill the boxes with candy and trinkets and you are ready to go."

From Sweet Paul [my new favorite] for Country Living magazine. Enjoy!

Down by the River

Leila just sent me these photos. They are from our day at the river, when she was home from Europe for a stint. I just adore these images. 

Hope everyone who celebrated Thanksgiving had a relaxing & fun filled time & for those who didn't celebrate, I hope you had a great weekend!

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

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This year I have  a lot to be Thankful for! And I am thankful to have met all of you!

This year on Thanksgiving..

Bake a PIE !

Start a new TRADITION 

Get Inspiring TABLE ideas

REMEMBER what Thanksgiving is all about

I'll be having an itty bitty celebration with my Husband & his mom. I'll miss the rest of my BIG family   this year, but I'm excited  for some low-key, quality time with these very special people.

Although, if it were really up to me, we'd be having our Thanksgiving out in the woods. How gorgeous is this??

all photos from Sweet Paul 

The perfect vintage cardigan .

This photo, which made me smile. 

This darling Garden Party clutch . I think I need it!

This dreamy photo by one of my favorite photographers.

Banana Bread Waffles . Need I say more?

Little gold rings --so lovely that I own one and gave one to each of my bridesmaids!

A tin pedestal.

This Wedding..

And while I'm sharing, here's my favorite polaroid from Sunday. 

Sure it may be crooked, but I do love the three pelicans and it's a reminder of a beautiful day! 

Float Away

A few months before we were married, we met up with the lovely Mary, from Mary Frances Photography & had a fun little shoot at Topanga Canyon State Park. Our beautiful day resulted in lots of amazing photos. This one was a favorite...

Soon after our shoot, Mary & her husband, Scott started Float Away Productions - cinematography for all of life's big events.  I am so excited to see more from their collaboration!  Until then, I can get my fix by watching some of Scott's dreamy videos he shoots for Forever 21 & Heritage 1981. 

H81 Fash. Film V.1 from Scott Chrisman on Vimeo.

I love, love, love the vintage quality of his films & his music choices are always impeccable!

Vernazza, Italy

More eye candy from Leila's trip.

Hope your weekends were fantastic! We packed up our polaroid camera and headed out to San Pedro & Long Beach for a photo journey. Hopefully I will remember to scan a few to share with you. 

Have a Cozy Weekend!!

clockwise: 1.anthropologie 2.Ugg australia 3.j.crew 4.Toast 5. F21 6.James Perse 7. ruche 8. anthropologie 9.Alternative apparel 10. Love & Knit  11.Sundance 12.j.crew middle- Ruche 

I'm so ready for the cool & cloudy weather coming our way in Los Angeles!

[Make sure you head over to Town Above Water & enter Tina's  Free Print Giveaway !!]

xo

BIG news

I thought our 5 month anniversary would be a the perfect day to tell you all that our wedding has been chosen for a feature in Brides Southern California  Magazine!!!!

We couldn't be more excited!  You can find us in the Spring/Summer 2010 issue, which hits news stands in January. I'll be sure to do a post when the magazine is out. Thanks to the 2 Heathers - Heather Gilson of One Love Photo & Heather Lee, editor at Brides!

and of course, Happy 5 Month Anniversary to my wonderful Husband. I love you!

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photos brides.com and One Love Photo 

Should kids be allowed to be so fashionable?

ready or not they are now, thanks to Anthroplogie 

Corners of my Home

I still love them. What about you?

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p.s. A big thank you to Heidi @ WordGardening for giving me the One Lovely Blog Award!!!

:: check out her inspiring blog ::

I love a good makeover. 

When I first saw this kitchen makeover, I was totally smitten! Lauren was able to take a dingy, boring, basic kitchen and turn it into an open, stylish space that reminded me of a modern, eclectic farmhouse. [By now you all know of my love for farmhouses].

 Best part of the story is, she did it on a serious budget! Being creative and painting her fridge with chalkboard paint and her dishwasher to match the cabinets saved Lauren BIG BUCKS on appliances & I think it looks even better than if she'd splurged for new ones! 

As I scrolled through her blog, I saw that not only is her kitchen inspiring, but her entire house is just lovely.

Pure Style Home, found via QuirkyKate via Design*Sponge

On somewhat related news, I was so excited when Grace over at Design*Sponge blogged about our bathroom makeover! In case you haven't seen it over in the sidebar, check it out here. Thanks, Grace!

This week I'm Loving 

I love the dreamy quality of her photos and her subjects are alway so darn stylish!

all photos by denise bovee