Nuts- an etsy treasury!

My Nuts for Love hat has been featured in this Etsy Treasury "The Squirrels think you're Nuts!"

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A Bountiful Centerpiece

I whipped up a little center piece for Thanksgiving yesterday... I used what I had around the apartment and thought I would share the result! First forgive the wrinkled vintage table cloth- a girl with a one month old can only do so much! At the center of it all is my  ISIS Ceramics Desk Brick- a wedding present from my family and I filled it with flowers from my mother in law. 

Then I took the three remaining pumpkins that survived October and nestled them in among two deer antlers and a chewing gum chain my mother made when she was 12. (click on images to view them larger)

Then I took apart my Russian nesting dolls and placed them amongst the scene. The colors- red, purple, green, and yellow just came together with the flowers, the paper chain, and the dolls!

We decided to eat in our living room- a little more festive than the kitchen, not to mention not as HOT!

Thankfully the baby timed her long nap so I could eat my turkey dinner!

I also used paper luggage tags for the place cards (see bottom right hand corner of photo)

And my grandfather holding his great granddaughter! 

I hope you all had a lovely holiday!

Rethink Thanksgiving

We are celebrating Thanksgiving this year at our apartment in Portland, Maine. Since Our baby is one month old, my parents decided to come to us this year! They brought with them my grandfather and sister and we are already deep in the throws of stuffing and cran relish! There is a lot to be grateful for this year. And this week I read a great article about Thanksgiving on NPR and flipped through a slide show of how to green your Thanksgiving thanks to Huffingtonpost! I thought I would share these links with my blog readers.  

America Excessive Thanksgiving- the Pilgrims would be horrified, article via NPR. VERY GOOD, do read!

Green Thanksgiving via the Huffingtonpost green section...

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

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she's 1 month old

Our Little Miss is already 1 month old, hard to believe! 

(I'm counting Wednesdays at the moment- not the 27th to the 27th...)

So far motherhood actually feels like glorified full time baby sitting and breast feeding- only it's not someone else's kid you can roll your eyes at, it's yours.  ; )  (which honestly, is the best part of the gig!) And I don't officially feel  like a "mom" yet in its full sense of the word... I think more of those "mom moments" will start to feel full time once she is a little older and more interaction and dependence - other than food, come into play. And that's fine by me! I've enjoyed the nice subtle transition into this new role and I love the cuddle moments, how she looks to me to be comforted and rocked to sleep.  Overall she's a very easy baby and we love her so much. It's still so crazy that she is finally here and she is ours! This is it- this is my child, the one I have talked about one day having, and now she's here! Looking forward to future milestones!

Discoveries: DIY & Shopping links

Above: AMAZING shoes by Chie Mihara

Beautiful Calendars for 2011, by the wild unknown

Stunning ornaments, by Paloma's Nest

Luscious Leather goods, by A.B.K

Art, Home Decor- you name it! all at Z gallerie

Clothing, for her, him wedding and more, by Emersonmade

DIY- the rollie pollie bean bag PDF pattern, from MADE

10 Free tote bag Tutorials, by skip to my lou

Contemporary Sewing Patterns for Children, by Oliver+S

My New Favorite Picture

Daughter, Husband, and Dog