'tis the season to decorate

Not sure how to transition from Thanksgiving to Christmas to New Year's?  Get more mileage out of your holiday decor with these options! Oh, and they're all from Etsy of course!

 Wine Wreath

 

Old Book 

 Yarn!

Beer Cocktails

Are you following the Backyard Bartender?  You should be.  I'm going to make this delicious cocktail very soon.  Note to self: must buy fancy striped straws. 

Redneck Mother
1 oz Rio Star ruby red grapefruit juice (fresh-squeezed!)
.75 oz sloe gin (Get the Plymoth, if you can. It's a bit hard to find, but completely worth it. If you can't hunt down the Plymoth, use a bit less, as other brands tend to be sweeter.)
Lone Star beer
Ginger beer

Add the sloe gin and grapefruit juice to the bottom of a pint glass (or mason jar). Fill the remaining portion of the jar halfway with Lone Star and top with ginger beer. Cheers. 

 

One Year!

My hubby and I just passed our one year anniversary.  We celebrated by heading back to the magical Devil's Thumb Ranch.  

 

As I enjoyed our superb weekend full of delicious food, relaxing massages, a brisk hike, and a much needed nap, I began to think about how glorious a day it was and how blessed we were to have so many friends and family members with us.  And then I reminded myself that all of that is secondary to these words.  These words made the day. 

I Geoff, take you Jen to be my wife.

my partner in life and my one true love.

I will cherish our union and love you more each day than I did the day before.

I will trust you and respect you,

laugh with you and cry with you,

loving you faithfully through good times and bad.

I give you my hand, my heart, and my love,

from this day forward for as long as we both shall live.

Geoff today I become your wife and you become my husband.

I will strive to give you the best of myself, and accept you the way you are.

I promise to respect you as a whole person

with your own interests, desires, and needs,

and to realize that those are sometimes different, but no less important than my own.

I promise to keep myself open to you,

to let you in to my innermost fears, feelings and dreams,

I promise to grow along with you,

to be willing to face change as we both change.

I promise to love you in good times and in bad,

with all that I am and all that I have to give.

 

happy halloween

What's behind that door?

I saw this photo on A CUP OF JO and I thought it was so sweet!  

Would you rather see your groom before the ceremony or wait until you walked down the aisle? This bride and groom managed to take pre-ceremony photos without actually seeing each other: behind a door. Clever!

tear off wallpaper

I love this idea...

Perforated “tear off” wallpaper from ZNAK.   Basically you can customize the design by tearing off the pieces.  Read more at Design Milk: http://design-milpaper-by-znak/#ixzz1SQ2GXr3Gk.com/tear-off-wall

Little People Project

London-based street artist Slinkachu is a small-scale installation artist.  Currently he is setting up miniatures all across the streets of London which he photographs...then abandons in the big world.