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Yearly Archives: 2011

Black and Yellow Wreath Making

A little tardy to the party, we have the Vargo Christmas wreath. You might remember that this was on my to-do last year, but a shipping mishap put it on the back burner until, oh, this week. We were behind my imaginary, mental time lime for the tree, so at least we’re running on a…

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A Twist On Kisses

As we get closer (and closer, omg!) to the Christmas weekend ahead, we’ve been going over our to-dos, checking them twice, and realizing we hadn’t made one, small attempt at cookie cheer. While I’m fine drinking my nights away to a cup of hot buttered rum (a recipe passed down from my mom-in-law; hi, Ann!),…

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For the Gifts

After Young House Love’s last Pinterest challenge, I took full advantage of everyone’s creativity and got to pinning myself. Although I didn’t partake in the challenge, you know I had fun reaping the benefits. And while the last few months have been crazytown around this house, Scott and I took a few moments to slow…

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Do You Want a Painting, Joan Cusack?

While last week’s sick laptop had us taking a detour from this very post, we’re glad to report she’s a healthy clam again. Good thing, because we have important things to show you – our Renegade loot. We were so, so lucky to be busy bees the entire weekend (high traffic, hello!), so as you can…

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Lucky Winners: Row Boat Press

Last week’s giveaway from Row Boat Press confirmed two things: we love food, and we love our booze. Yes, this is obvious, but our kitchen-themed freebie also argued that while we all end up around the cookies, drinks, and bacon-wrapped anythings, this could also be due to you, you hot hostess. You also say that…

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Our Tree is a Prius

We’ve got a hybrid. Using the garland leftover from the Renegade Fair (seen on the display behind our booth), we stuffed the bare spots on our fake and kicked up the real evergreen status around here a few notches. Small, 1-2 foot sections (about 12 feet in total) were all we needed to plump up…

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