Inspiration for the week

Have a wonderful end to your January and a fabulous start to your February!  

A New Year

Wow, did 2011 fly by or what?! It seems as though it was just a little while ago that I was reflecting on 2010.  This was a very busy year which might be a reason that it flew by.  My husband and I were talking a day or two ago about all the potential and exciting things to come in 2012. We're spending this evening with friends, grilling and enjoying the great food and company.  I'm very excited for the new year and wish everyone else a great night and a very happy new year!

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A Wonderful Time of the Year

The past few weeks were super busy with the birthday parties, work and of course the holidays.  It was all great times spent with family and friends and I am taking this week I have off work to relax, recoup and get a few other things done.  We still have our Christmas decorations up (although they will come down this weekend).  After spending time putting them up, I couldn't imagine taking them down right away!  Here's how all that pink, gold, silver and sparkle turned out.  

Wrap-It-Up!

The past few years I've become slightly obsessed with paper (wrapping and stationary), ribbons, and anything that has to do with wrapping.  I can't get enough ideas on how to beautifully wrap a present to make it personal and unique.  I also love to match the wrapping with the "theme" of the party or occasion that it's for.  Last Christmas, I had a thing for turquoise and red, along with candy stripes, so that was my theme for the holiday presents which you can see here.  This year, I'm really into pink, gold, sparkle, and stripes.  Here are some awesome ideas for wrapping beautiful presents!  I especially love the ideas with yarn and the tape.

All pictures and ideas can be found via pinterest on my board here.  Have a great weekend!

So much to be thankful for today

A busy bee

There are lots of happenings around the Griffin household.  We hosted a few get togethers the past couple of weekends, enjoyed State home games, have a few furniture projects to work on, starting to re-paint the half bath, planning the husbands and moms birthday parties for next month (it is a very special birthday year for each), and planning for all of the holidays coming up.  We started a tradition in our house to decorate the day after Thanksgiving since we are off work that day, so this Friday morning I plan to unload the attic with all of the holiday decorations.  Also on our to-do list is to get our Christmas cards mailed out. Taking our picture in front of our tree has become a tradition as well.  I've been browsing for a card to use so that I am ready to go!  These are among my favorites that I am deciding on.  All cards are from Tiny Prints who I've used the past couple of years.  I love that I can have my address book on the site, they will print the mailing and return address, and mail them for me!

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving week!

Fall Table Decor

Hope everyone is doing well!  Wow, where is the Fall going? It's flying by! Halloween has come and gone, daylights saving time is this weekend, and Thanksgiving is only 3 weeks away!  I love a great decorated table and here are some of my favorites to help enjoy the last few weeks left of the season!

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