thanksgivin' tuesday.

i know its almost december and i know thanksgiving was last week...

but i still wanted to share some photos of our thanksgiving table/evening

not only was it our first thanksgiving married and only our second being together in the 4 years we've been dating, but it was our first year hosting it. we were both beyond excited.

hense the mister's anxiety about the perfect turkey and me about my tablescape creations. i used a lot of the plates i collected for the wedding as well as the plates.

it went great for the most part except for the fact that our 23 lb turkey took a bit longer than we thought ;-) duh.

here are some photos of the joyous event

tomorrow: more wedding snapshots

monday delights 6.

goodness. this last week has been nuts.

what with being sick, working, hosting thanksgiving and getting snowed upon.

we've also had guests the last three weekends which has been so fun and we were so grateful to see our beautiful friends and family, but i have to admit, it is nice to have the house to ourselves again and just be little marrieds. ;-)

today we are getting to spend the whole day together, which is a nice start to the week

but most of you out there have started your work week and so i have another edition of monday delights to help kick it off:

we started christmas a little early this weekend!

crazy for this colorful pom pom wedding

amy is making some crafty cute christmasy projects

somebody please buy me this furry snood

or this scarf. swoon.

finally, have you seen katie's adorable hand-sewn ornaments?? must.purchase.now.

hope these fun treats from around the web brighten your monday!

tomorrow: i'll be sharing our thanksgiving tablescape and tales of our first thanksgiving as married hosts!

wedding photo...thursday.

goodness, yesterday was nuts what with prepping for thanksgiving,

friends stopping by that were in town and working,

but today i shall make up for yesterday and share a wedding photo or two

plus a bonus thanksgiving post a little later!

photos taken at our wedding of just some of the people i'm so thankful for

tomorrow: thanksgiving DIY projects/arrangements/table! happy day..sorry its so late

DIY: yarn bottles.

over the weekend i worked, hung out with the mister watching anthony bourdain no reservations (he loves it) and worked on these little yarn bottles.

they are a project i'm working on for my wintery tablescape collaboration with Debbie and i am so excited to share them with you!

wrapping yarn around these clear lambrusco bottles i recently polished off was time-consuming but so worth it in the end:

i started at the top of the bottle and worked my way down. first i tied a knot around the top then wrapped the rest of the yarn around the hanging string from the knot.

for the best results pull the string semi-tightly when you wrap it. don't wrap it so tight that it bunches up (especially for thinner string) but just enough so that is stays in place.

finally when i got to the bottom of the bottle i used fabric glue to bind the end of the string to the rest of the wrapped string.

so far i've finished a cranberry one and two cream colored ones. i'm thinking about using them for my thanksgiving table as well!

i'll be working on some more projects for thanksgiving/our tablescape throughout the week and i can't wait to share them with you all ;-)

tomorrow-another wedding photo or two!

monday delights 3.

good monday morning to you all!

i hope you had a fun-filled halloween weekend

we had tons of tiny ones come by last night, a princess, a transformer, a spider man. some scary some not. we also had fully grown adults, trick-or-treating. for candy..by themselves. no children were with them. so...needless to say it was a fun weekend!

anyway...some fun things to share with you this monday! i can't believe its november already. gosh.

a photo of my harry potter costume (which cost me a total of $2)

(yes that is luna lovegood next to me)

a feature about my wedding make-up on my artist's blog! follow her, she is adorable, has great style and is about to have her first little one. such a fun read ;-)

crazy about this wedding color combo. always have been. always will be.

gorgeous colorado wedding on amountainbride! the scenery is just too much

DIY fall/awesome thanksgiving project/decoration by my beautiful friend amy.

love love lovin this trend

and finally martha's killing me with her thanksgiving ideas

i mean really, who ever thought these things i always trip over could be super cute on a thanksgiving table?

happy monday!