holiday recap

Christmas felt a bit different this year with the mild temps and lack of snow... that is my attempt to open this post with an excuse as to why I've not posted any of these pics till now ;)

I know, I know, fail

Anywho, here's a short recap of our Holidays

Christmas morning we drove to my parents house and enjoyed this beautiful sunrise on the way.

Note that I said sunrise... a testament to how much I love my family that we were willing to get up that early.

There were lots of gifts to share at my parents house... the amazon box wrapping was my favorite! Haha!

The day after Christmas we spent at the Rogers side. More gifts to share!

And the annual family picture!

We hosted NYE and I took zero pictures.

Thankfully, Annie took a couple food pics with my camera so I could share.

This was the hot chocolate bar

and the yummy dessert table.

Is short, we had a great holiday week filled with family, friends & good times!

Here's to hoping you had the same!

my 2012 pinterest resolution

I've been hooked on addicted to pinterest for a solid 3+ months now. While I pin lots of things origionally found on other websites, most of my pins come directly from browsing pinterest. I feel like I have done a decent job of not only browsing new ideas/pins, but also, actually making/doing some of these ideas. The inspiration for my ruffled tree skirt, seen here, came from browsing pinterest. As did the recipe I used for Christmas potpourri & many things I haven't actually blogged about (bad me, I know).

However, I still have about a million projects pinned and that's if I stop pinning today and start projecting!

For the biggest and bestest year (yet)... 2012, I resolve to do/make/craft/DIY/cook/bake at least 12 (for the 12 months of the year) new pinterest projects and blog about them!

I'm not making any promises as to what projects I'll actually do and exactly when I'll do them, but browsing through my pins to-date, the following projects are currently at the top of my want-to-do-list:

This spray painted mat would sure add somthing special to the emptiness that is our front step, pin

 

These pillows are at the top of my to-do list (and Klarisa's to-receive list), pin

I've pinned soo many recipe's, like this yummy-looking smores cookie, pin

I plan on doing a gallery wall in basement and I can hardly wait to get started with ideas like this, pin

I'm sure to be adding to my wreath collection in 2012 and I love this wreath, pin

I guess that's enough drooling inspiration for now... 2012 is a time for action!!!

Anybody else have any big action plans for 2012 (pinterest inspired or not)?!?!


UPDATE:
project #1 chai latte cupcakes
project #2 valentine's heart felt ruffle wreath
project # 3 you are my sunshine stenciled pillow
project #4 freshly roasted coffee potpourri
project #5 sarah's bridal shower