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Monday, February 25, 2013

Today

Appreciate what you have, today!
Life just seems so much better when we appreciate even the littlest things....

Just a little sketch I am sharing with you all today.
-xx

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Sunday Sketches - Believe You are Beautiful

Do you believe you are beautiful? I hope so, because you are!
Tell the world you are beautiful today and Believe IT!

Hello! We are busy preparing for our Oscar Party. The girls and I have planned a fun filled evening with candy and homemade pizza bites Inspired from Wreck it Ralph and Crab Cakes inspired by Silver Linings Playbook. (and the hunky Bradley Cooper). 
We will also be munching on Chicken Fingers aka "Gator Tails" 
It should be a fun evening, no doubt!

How about you will you watch The Oscars?
For me, I personally love the commentary before and I will definitely be tuning into
 E! Live from the Red Carpet to see all of the glamour!

PS - I am also sharing this sketch with my friends over at Sunday Sketches
See You There!


Saturday, February 23, 2013

Oscar Party Prep


 It's Oscar Weekend. The girls and I have been planning our Oscar party all week. It's tradition to host an "Oscar" themed party in my house. This year I have found some amazing ideas on Pinterest....that I want to share with YOU all

We will be making up our own ballots- casting our votes for Best Picture, but we always include some fun "extra" categories for when we are watching the Pre-Show. Categories like Best Dressed, Most Beautiful, Most Handsome, Prettiest hair, and of course, WORST dressed! 
This glittered bag idea is from Studio DIY. They will be the perfect craft for the girls to keep their official voting ballots in - 


While we are watching, we can munch on these
 Walk of Fame Brownies from Amy Atlas, they totally look the part.


In past years, we have cooked up a recipe from one of the Nominated pictures. This year we will definitely be including cheese and apples...in honor of President Lincoln, it was rumored that he loved a good cheese plate....


We will also be celebrating the fact that Brave, was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film with these adorable Bear Paw Cookies, from here






This cute walk of fame craft project from MirandaMade will keep the girls busy while we are listening to the speeches!

 and, finally I have just ordered these from one of my favorite cookie shops in NYC
Eleni's they are so pretty and they taste delicious, too!



For more of our Hollywood Style plans hop on over to Pinterest and follow us along as we plan our Oscar Celebration.


See you there!




Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Dreaming in Yellow

 I am dreaming of yellow today...and Spring. It's been a bit dreary around the Northeast this past week lots of rain, no snow, and all of the pink LOVE from our Valentine celebration has been packed away until next year. I love winter and am truly inspired by a good snuggly snow storm, but rain and 50 degrees in February?...that's just no fun!

So I decided to bring some sunshine into my life today with a fresh bouquet of daffodils from the store...
Hopefully they will bring some sunshine to your world, too!
-xx

Saturday, February 16, 2013

One Cup at A Time

Take Life One Cup at A Time

 It's good advice, don't you think?
What are are we racing for? The End? 
Yikes, I want to be here in the End, not so run down that I can't even make it....to the end. 

So, anyway, to tell you the truth, I have been on full power speed ahead for the past couple of weeks.....I really need to SLOW down and take it easy...Maybe just one cup at a time!
 Maybe even sleep in this weekend. I'll let you know how it goes!
How about you? Do you race from place to place or have you learned to just S L O W down.....


Thursday, February 14, 2013

For you....




Happy Valentine's Day to YOU, my friend! 
xox

Thank you for being my friend

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Choose Joy


Today is a beautiful blue sky kind of day. 
Do you know the kind of day that appears after a storm....?

The clouds are gone, the sun smiles and 
 everything looks just plain magical.
Yes, that's the kind of day we have here!
It's too nice to be inside....So today I am going to delight in the JOY of 
 playing in the 9 inches of Snow we got  from Winter Storm Nemo. 
See you soon!

Sharing this with Sunday Sketches, too!




Friday, February 8, 2013

Snow Dance

We are awaiting Winter Storm Nemo...
so we are doing the 
SNOW dance here at my house.
I have to admit, I still get excited and feel like a little kid with the thought of having a snow day!
I love staying inside baking cookies and sitting by the fire telling stories with my family!
How about you?
Any Snow Storm traditions?

This print is available for sale here

Thursday, February 7, 2013

To Our Toes


That's right, it's YOUR time to shine.....Shine like the Sun on someone who needs a little bit of light....
Be the SHINE on someone's cloudy day... 
When we SHINE bright it shows from our head to our toes!

I am shining bright today....can you see me?


Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Power of the Mind

I saw this quote yesterday and couldn't stop thinking about it. 
The Mind Attracts the Things it Dwells Upon...

So in other words, 
What we think...we become....or as Buddha says we are what we think.....
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought...." Buddha

I am off to dwell on positive amazing things today, care to join me?
....let's think AWESOME, so we can Become AWESOME together!



Saturday, February 2, 2013

Follow Your Heart

 Happy February
Well, today we are finally taking down our Christmas tree - I know, right? I just couldn't! It was too beautiful! BUT,  I did take off all of the ornaments on New Years day. I decided to leave the tree up with only the white lights. It was really magical, just with the tiny twinkling white lights, AND believe it or not, it still smelled delicious.

So today it comes down, but then....the Valentine decorations go up! I will be sure to share it with you all when we are done decorating!

Enjoy your weekend! And remember, FoLLoW your HeArT