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Jingle All The Way!

Monday, December 17, 2018

Ready or not Christmas will be here in a week!
And for some of you (like me) celebrating Christmas with family and friends starts this week!

Today I am linking up with my friends at The Blended Blog to share some very merry music, movies and decor that give me all the Christmas feels!

Music
I absolutely love Christmas music!
I could, and have listened to it through the entire year :/
Here are some of my favorites..






Don't let that list fool you, I love all the classics too ;)


Movies
Again, here are some of my favorites from over the years :)

Four Christmases

A Christmas Story

Elf

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

And I can't leave out one of my all time favorites and favorite songs...

A Very Brady Christmas!


Decorations
 Growing up I was always a fan of colored lights, but then I married a white light lover.
So for the first few years we were together we would compromise and have a red and green lit tree.
But over time I have switched to all white lights since we decorate so many trees throughout the house.
But I still like colored lights for outside the best!

Here are a few things that I absolutely love from my own decor.

A Big Star on top of the tree
This picture is from a few years ago, so don't mind the fact the top isn't lit up.
I grew up with a star on top of our tree and that is one thing I wasn't going to compromise on!
Well, I did a little since the one we always had lit up.
This one is plain red, but I still love it!


 Advent House

My mom had one that was cloth and hung on the door.
It was so much fun seeing the little treasures left in each slot.
She bought this one for me years ago from Cracker Barrel and I think I like it even more than her cloth one.
When you open each door music plays!!

Santa


Many years ago I mentioned how much I loved Santas.
After receiving so many of them over the years, I now have a pretty large collection that I love displaying each year :)

Smore's Ornaments

This picture is really old, and it is only a small fraction of the ones we have.
Mic and I started collecting these ornaments a long time ago and we have so many now they get their very own tree.
In fact, we have had to switch and give them the BIG tree we have so many :)
This year we only put up a small tree in the townhouse we are in and that is all I have on the tree are the Smore's ornaments :)

Christmas Dinnerware

My MIL has these awesome Christmas dishes that have the entire Twas the night before Christmas story on them.
It is the highlight of Christmas dinner at their house each year for me :)

You can see how I decorated our home in the past here.


Now it is your turn!
Grab the image below and share your favorites on your blog :)
Don't forget to link up with us at TBB!
Or just share some images on Facebook or Instagram and use the #tbbasks :)

XOXO ~ Vanessa

Favorite Things Party

Monday, November 13, 2017

Happy Monday!
I hope you all had a fantastic weekend!

Over the weekend I hosted my annual exchange party with friends, but this year I changed it up a bit.
For the last 4 or 5 years we have done a scarf exchange, but this year we exchanged some of our favorite beauty items instead!


So here's the details...
Each person brings 5 of the same item
I set a limit of $7-10 per item
The theme this year was Favorite Beauty Item

There were 10 of us this year, but we still opted to meet out for dinner at ABC Kitchen.
Once we ordered we started the exchange.
I had printed some little questionnaires that I had each of the ladies fill out for me while we were waiting to order.
I read the favorites off and the rest of the ladies had to guess who it was.
It was fun since not everyone knows each other that well :)

Once we figured out who it was, that person drew 5 names from a bag and gave their favorite item(s) to those ladies.
We continued this until everyone had 5 new items to bring home with them :)

Now onto what everyone brought!
I picked up these super cute cosmetic bags from Etsy and had all the ladies names printed on them as favors.

And here is the what my Favorite beauty item looked like...

Nail polish on my nails always makes me feel pulled together.
And this shade is my absolute favorite, go-to polish for years!
I get so many questions about it on Instagram, Facebook, etc. that I knew I had to share with my friends!
It is Take It Outside by Essie.
Honestly, it is the perfect neutral!

There were so many bags I couldn't get them all in the picture!


Hi Lindsay! :)

And here is what each of the ladies brought home with them...










Sally Hansen nail polish


Overall I think it turned out great!
I am already thinking about the theme for the next one :)
You could easily host this party any time of the year too!

Do you participate in an exchange with your friends at the holidays or throughout the year?


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