christmas card picture sneak peak!

I hope everyone had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving week & week-end. 

One of these days I'll get around to compiling all of my pictures & writing a re-cap post :)

In the meantime, I thought I would share some of our Christmas card pictures we took this past Sunday.

(Thanks to my Mom!)

If you're wondering why the hubs is looking a little scruffy..he's participating in 'no-shave November'.

I'm wondering if he's going to join the local bandwagon and keep it going for 'don't shave December'?

In which, my cousin totally made that up today. (ha!)

I'm using some of these on my website for my Etsy items.

I needed a few good pictures using these wooden signs.

They worked out perfect for the occasion!

attire:

dress- Charming Charlies

boots- Rack Room Shoes

-xoxoxo

....surprise!

It's a NEW me!
I just went..

Last Thursday I built up the nerve to chop an entire ELEVEN (11) inches off of my wavy, blonde hair. 

This type of stuff hits me in spurts. 

I've been in dire need of some color on my dark roots & I honestly just can't keep up with them every 8 weeks or so. So, I went ahead and hit the dark streak again. 

And I love it, really I do.

Do I not look like a totally different person?

Crazy!

Ok, so..Why 11 inches, you ask?

I've always wanted to donate my long hair to the Locks of Love foundation.

"Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 21 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis."

If you've never heard of this organization, you can read more about it here.

You literally braid or tie your hair back with a pony tail holder, measure 10-11 inches, and snip.

Sounds so simple, right?

There's documentation that you print and fill out from the Locks of Love website.

Once completed, you put your hair in a plastic bag & place it inside a mailing envelope!

And BAM, you have just helped out a needy child!

I feel so "fall-ish" now!

-xoxoxoxo

do-it-yourself pumpkin!

I love everything about fall, 

especially pumpkins!

Since our home is a tad bit bare due to the remodeling (and lack of excess funds to spare on frivolous items), I've came across a SUPER easy, quick, and cute handmade pumpkin craft to spruce up the home decor!

Materials needed:

• Fabric of choice cut in a 22inch square

or

• A sheet of tissue paper
• Raffia
• Wine cork or stick
• Toilet paper roll
• Scissors

 

 

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Here's what you do:

{1} Place the toilet paper on the center of your fabric or tissue paper (pictured)

{2} Begin by grabbing the edges and tucking them into the center of the roll and continue until tucked all the way around.You may need to press down on the top of the roll (after wrapping) in order to mold it into a more rounded shape.

{3} Insert a wine cork (pictured), a stick, or fold up a piece of tissue paper and stick into the middle for a stem. If using fabric, the wine cork and stick will secure the fabric from popping out the center of the roll.

{4} Add a bit of raffia to spice it up a bit! And ta-da, you have a pumpkin!

{this is my fabric pumpkin!}