Curious what my most visited posts were for the past year? This should be no surprise if you ever glance at the right sidebar, as they regularly make an appearance there…
Skin care and a recipe… maybe I should do more posts like those in the new year? Any topics you’d particularly like to see covered?
Instead of jumping right into resolutions and all the usual early January stuff, let’s just listen to a fun song.
Laisse Tomber Les Filles – Written by Serge Gainsbourg and performed by France Gall.
A bright blank blue sky, because the world is your oyster, baby.
It’s judgement day. In mid-January I gave myself a list of 14 things to do before the year was over. Did I or didn’t I?
Well. I did some. I thought about them a lot. Writing down goals and not finishing all of them does wonders for showing where your priorities lie. Here’s my update:
Obviously I didn’t do so well. Next year, right?
Right!
I’ll be taking the rest of the week off from Estate to truly slow down and enjoy the season, but I wanted to wish a very merry Christmas/Solstice/Hanukkah/etc to all my readers. I hope this holiday season has treated you well.
See you next week with end of the year wrap-ups!
Before I dash off to celebrate with family for the next few days, I wanted to share two quick ideas to add a little extra something to your Christmas 🙂
The street I lived on growing up did something called Santa’s Runway, where everyone in the neighborhood would make lanterns to line the entire street so Santa could see as he arrived. Even though I was old enough to know better when we moved there, I always loved seeing the whole street lit up. It’s so pretty and simple to do. Even if you don’t want to take on an entire street, a lined driveway is a really nice effect.
Mimosas! Another easy tradition that I think is perfect for after all the gifts have been opened. We’ve never set out an actual mimosa bar, but I think the juices and fruit above are so pretty laid out together.
Now that our intended recipients should have received their cards, I can finally share what we sent out this year! We are definitely of the handmade type, and this year we thought it’d be fun to make a list of our favorite Christmas things. We ended up sort of ordering them by how Christmas day actually pans out, so it seems a little gift-centric in the beginning, but hopefully you can overlook that 😉
I wrote out this lists (nothing special, just my handwriting which got more hurried as my wrist started to protest), and Konrad painted a little something for each item.
Even though we followed the same format for everything, each card definitely has its own details.
Our cats even make a mini feature in two of the cards! Be still my heart!
I’m curious, do you send out Christmas cards? Handmade, or are you a Christmas photo type? (both are good!)
For anyone who’s a Chrome user, I have the best suggestion for you to download right now. The Momentum extension replaces the standard Chrome home/empty tab page and replaces it with a beautiful living breathing homepage. The image changes everyday, along with a quote, and updated weather info. You also get a little to do list and the “What is your focus today?” prompt which I honestly appreciate seeing every morning. It’s a small change that makes your world a little brighter.
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