perfect

sweater at spool no 72 and a great blog from blissful b's great list today
and the most perfect start of winter photo - makes me kinda like winter a little... (also from blissfulb)

love

this kitchen of laviva home on via designsponge

winter wonderland

easy, fun snowland in a bowl - used a combination of sugar, sea salt, powdered sugar a few things from outside and a vintage broken skier ornament - the perfect daddy skier. we made the gingerbread house too - kindof fun making it but as it was settling the roof slipped off and crashed from the counter to the floor - big mess and a very disappointed little girl...still christmas is so fun this year!

great gift

tastebook - they have gift certificates too
found on black eiffels foodie gift guide

favorite

calendar always love lottas stuff

activity advent calendar

done! its so fun - Im going to do countdown calendars for all seasons - its great to get excited about whats to come and have a little thing to do each day. I zig zag stitched white cardstock to make envelopes and stuffed each date with an activity card and stickers in some too. I borrowed some ideas from here and here for the activity cards -and used my art line in the playroom (art line idea from amanda blake soule's book creative family) to hang our advent calendar.

our activities for the next 25:
try a candycane
make paper snowflakes
have a christmas music dance party
put wreaths up
get a christmas tree and decorate
have a christmas book-a-thon (at least 5 books!)
have a picnic under the christmas tree
make peanut butter & pinecone birdfeeders for the birdies
play with and talk about the nativity set
go see "a day in the life of an elf" (at macys)
read our family christmas history book by the tree
put coins in the salvation army bucket
go caroling...to baby's crib, the animal cabinet, and play tent
address, color, and mail christmas cards
knit together
make christmas ornaments
make a gingerbread house
donate to toys for tots
watch a christmas movie with popcorn
make an ice wreath
make sugar cookies and decorate
look at christmas lights (tonight)
have hot chocolate with marchmallows and candycanes
play in the snow! I hope
sing silent night on the way home from grandma and grandpas
merry christmas give everyone in our family a big hug and kiss!

best

poster
found on ohjoy

time for christmas

make advent calendar little cards of activities - so many great ideas from the kidscraftweekly newsletter
make ice wreath
make birdfeeders with pinecones, peanut butter and birdseed
though these birdfeeder letters are pretty cute too
both found on ohdeeoh
more books snow

make

tree skirt - love this one from hable construction but maybe white with white or cream snowballs

so cute

felt alphabets

great felt rugs

from michelle mason
found on ohdeeoh

vintage/modern

kitchen found on poppytalks remodel blog

love these prints!

at chalk chalk

so nice

this invitation from studio on fire
found on riflemade - great illustrations and invitations from anna bond
I love her diy ideas too for once wed

perfect

and purchased - now winter can begin
it looks kinda stiff in this picture but really its fantastic - sherpa fuzz lined and poofy but not too poofy

we heart goblins

at the moment ... or tomtens (from astrid lindgrens childrens book the tomten.) new dancing happy goblins here!

wrapping paper

we all made the other night. I had a bunch of old newsprint all folded up that I was able to iron smooth and then we stamped! and used dot paint