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~Our Shutterfly Holiday Card!~

Oh yes, we know that it is officially the holiday season, and everyone is preparing by shopping, decorating, party planning, card sending out . . .

Yup it is that time, to think about holiday cards!

And ladies . . . I am officially jumping on this fabulous
Shutterfly Holiday Card bandwagon!

I have seen this blogger's promo on several of my favorite blogs already, and what a sweet deal!
(any of you already jump on this wagon?!)

Shutterfly's designs are super cute and chic, and there are too many to choose from!
I picked out like 6 and emailed them to my hubby to see what he thought.  His fave was:
Simple. How cute is that little birdy? :-)

A few of my other favorite cards are:
(Loved the colors on this one)


(Cute tree!)

(I think this is my 2nd fave)


What is a girl to do?  I want all of the above! Lol
I'm leaning towards cute and simple this year.
Which one is your fave?
I need to order asap, me being crazy and trying to be organized I was going to have them out by December 1st (2 days away!) So obviously that won't happen, but we still have plenty of time:-)

So help a girl out and vote!

Want to earn 50 free holiday cards?

To see some more super cute card and gift ideas:
Usually for Christmas I hand make all of my Christmas cards, write a year-in-review family letter (this will be our 3rd family Christmas letter!), throw in a photo booth style print of 3 pictures, and buy photo stamps.
Although super cute and personable, it can be super expensive and time consuming. 
And well this year I have many other things going on.
(more on this later)

I will still add a Christmas letter in the mix, but this is saving me so much time. Sometimes I kill myself and stress myself out doing things that are not necessary.  So this year I'm taking a cute easy out:-) And proud of my decision!

So what about you this year?

What is your Christmas Card tradition?
Do you write a letter?
How many do you send out?

Do share, and make sure to let me know which is your favorite so I can order asap!

~Monday Mosaic~

Happy Happy Monday to you all!
(Also Cyber Monday!)

I hope all my American fellow bloggers enjoyed their long Thanksgiving weekend!


Silly bakers:

Our new dog is fitting in well:


What we did:

*Thanksgiving at our place- thanks to the in-laws*
*Lots of movie watching*
*Got all of Christmas shopping done!*
*Lunch date at Coho's with the hubby*
*Photographed 80 new items for my shop, listed another 34 new online so far!*
*Still breaking Lu Lu into her new home, she's adapting well!*
(for those who don't know who Lu Lu is chk here.  Our new rescued dog!)
*Healing my back- taking it easy!*
*Found some killer deals on boots! 2 pairs!!! Will post pics soon*
*Finished "Picture Perfect" by Jodi Picoult*

What a fun yet relaxing weekend we had!

Sometimes it's just nice to sleep in, relax, and just do nothing.
I feel like that's what we've been doing all weekend, and it's GREAT!

To express how I feel after all of our relaxing time:
Simplicity

How was your weekend?
Were you able to relax and enjoy life?

Pssst also made a new button for my blog!

I'm all about button love and exchanges, so if you take mine (on sidebar) i'll take yours:-)

Sexy Wallpaper
















~Let's Decorate . . . and we have ourselves a Winner~


First off, a huge
congrats to Sarah From 5k's and Chardonnay!!!
You are the lucky winner of $20 at the simply adorable shop A Little Lollipop Tree!

Go ahead and email me your email, and start thinking about what you want to spend your moolah on! (memorybeandesigns@yahoo.com)

Thanks Julie for hosting this giveaway, your shop is stinkin cute!
So if anyone plans on making fun cupcakes for holiday parties, etc. she has some amazing ones for a great price:-)

So how was everyone's Thanksgiving and Black Friday??
I hope everyone had a blast!

Now I'm full force on to Holiday Decor.

I am hosting my annual Girl's Christmas Party next Saturday.
Wooooo hoooo!
I always have a theme, potluck yummy food, we play a gift exchange game, eat, drink, and be merry!

This year's theme: Snow bunny!
Attire inspiration:

hee hee!

So I will be working like crazy here to decorate, prepare the menu, and get things all holiday cheery around here:-)

I'm thinking the classic Red and lots and lots of silver and sparkles!

Some inspirational eye candy:











and I want to make something like this:

Have you starting decorating for Christmas?

Making any fun decor pieces?

Hosting any parties?



Pssst new shop banner!

Keira Knightley