I'm in love...

With my new camera!

FH gave me my Christmas present early so I could use it during the pre-Christmas festivities... I am so excited! It's a Nikon and it's my new BFF!

Just to show you how different the quality is from the camera we had and the new one...

A picture I had previously posted of our Christmas Tree (with the old camera)



A picture I took today with the new camera! Hallelujah!



Enjoy!

Christmas Cards

I am off work today... blissfully I slept till way past 10am, got my crock pot going for dinner, and started addressing our Christmas Cards. They are by far my favorite we have ever sent out. I took Cole's picture myself...



and uploaded it to shutterfly.com.

The cards turned out super cute... and are going out tomorrow! Check!



Enjoy!

Cookie Party!

I had a cookie party last year. It rocked. So I am doing it again. It is tonight! :)
I have seen many different ways to host a cookie party but for us this is....

How it works:

1. Send out cute invitations like these...

(front)

(back)

2. Each guest brings 6 packs of cookies (6 cookies in each pack) and 12 cookies to share the night of the party. (I'll do the math for you. Make 4 dozen cookies)

3. Each guest also prints their recipe on a 1/2 sheet of paper. (8 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches). and prints one for each guest at the party ( I said bring 20).

4. The host has cookie plates ready to receive the sampling cookies (cut into pieces, eating that many cookies might make you sick) and as the host I also prepared binding covers to create their take home cookbooks.

5. At the end of the night, each guest will have aprox 20 recipes in their cookbook and 6 different packs of cookies to take home! :) Fun!

I'll post pics of how much fun we had later. I've been a lazy poster lately. Busy with Christmas goodness!

Beverage Dispenser

Inspiration:



My inspiration image can be found all over the Internet on different blogs... however, I have not been able to find where I can purchase these exact jars. So I found a few that might do. (and... gasp... I'll link to them!)

Costsaving2u.com

They say this 3-gallon jar is unbreakable. Nice.



Outblush

This one is $10 cheaper than the one above...and is made from 100% recycled glass.



Pottery Barn

Wait! I think these are the jars from the inspiration photo! Yea Pottery Barn! Boo $79.00 each.



Enjoy!

Our Trip to Callaway!

We spent this past weekend at Callaway Gardens (west Georgia). Had so much fun! Our main responsibility was to raise money for the March of Dimes (and we did, almost $200) by walking 7 miles thru the Fantasy in Lights. We also hit some balls at the driving range, visited the Butterfly center and ate the best beef stew and cornbread ever! Yum! Can't wait till next year!

Here are a few pics... enjoy!