ROMANTIC WINTER WEDDING

If you're sulking because you have a little snow on the ground, your feelings will immediately change when you see this beautiful, romantic winter wedding. A lot of people shy away from hosting a special occasion during the winter, but it can result in beautiful photographs, such as these, taken and submitted by Beth Photography LLC.  This wedding took place not very far from me, in Boulder, Colorado at the Flagstaff House Restaurant. I love how the couple injected their love for biking and the outdoors into their wedding.  It's personal and so indicative of the area! Please make sure to check out the list of other participating vendors after the photos.

Additional Participating Vendors:
Floral Designer: Boulder Blooms
Music: Chris Webb Music

SNOWBALL FIGHT CUPCAKES

Not only can I not believe Christmas is a week from Wednesday, but this is the kids' last week of school before break! (My stress barometer just went up!) If you're in the midst of planning how you're going to occupy your kids over break, consider a fun, light-hearted snowball fight party or playdate. Even if you live in a warmer climate there are lots of fun ideas on how to make fake snowballs, or snowball playdough on Pinterest and around the Internet. These adorable cupcakes from Hungry Happenings are the perfect treat for such an occasion.  Find the how-to here. She even provides you with a free download of the cupcake wrapper!

OUR ADVENT CALENDAR

I put up our Advent Calendar today. We just do the 12 days leading up to Christmas.  It's less to think about and come up with!  Normally I have our Advent Calendar sitting or hanging on our mantel, but when I saw these cute little stockings in Walmart, I thought they'd be a fun way to dress up our wine rack a little bit this year.  I got the printable numbers from here.

The girls were excited to see the stockings go up, but it stressed me a bit to know that–yes–there are only 12 days until Christmas!  I am so far behind this year.  I've got lots to do this weekend! Hope you're in better shape than I am.

Have a great weekend!

OUTDOOR HOLIDAY DIY IDEAS FROM SPOONFUL

Do you get the Disney Spoonful emails?  They've got a lot of cute holiday ideas.  I love these ideas to add some holiday cheer to your front porch. Those ornaments at the top left are made by wrapping tablecovers around bouncey balls, and the candy cane is made from a pool noodle!  You can find these and other ideas here.

DIY CANDY CANE TREE

Did you know you can bake candy canes to make them pliable?  I figured it could be done but never thought to really test it out. Thankfully Sugar and Charm did the homework and provides the directions for this festive candy cane tree.  With about 55 candy canes you can make one! Find out how she did it here.