Christmas

So Christmas came and went very quickly.  Like I mentioned before, we headed to AL for the funeral then onto FL for Christmas with MR.P's family.  13 hours in the car that day!  We had a great time with everyone but are glad to be back home.  MR.P traveled most weeks in November and December so he is VERY happy to be home. 

I have a few "projects" up my sleeve for the next few months.  I am planning on painting our bedroom a color similar to this one from Behr Paint.

Cumberland Fog - which has a good amount of gray and Blue. 

Our bedroom is a dark khaki right now with Green bedding.  The accent pillows are cream, blue and cream striped (trust me, it goes).  Our bed is dark wood as are the accent pieces of furniture.  So picking out the right paint color is project #1.  Project #2 is actually painting our room.  We are contemplating painting the master bathroom as well in a lighter color of whatever we pick.  We discussed doing stripes, but I think it would make things a little more difficult. 

Project # 3 will be mounting the microwave above the stove.  The previous owners of our house left their microwave for us.  It was so sweet of them.  The only problem with it was the size (SOOO BIG that it took up too much counter space) and that it broke about a month ago ;)  No biggie.  We were planning this project anyway.  We chose the perfect microwave.  The fake stainless steal so that no finger prints show up.

Before we can do this though, we have to get a new electrical outlet installed.  Wish I could do that myself!  We'll definitely be having someone else do that work for us.  Then we'll probably have Home Depot put the microwave in for us as well.  Neither of us are pro's at this kind of stuff.  And even though I am a fan of saving money wherever you can, this is one area I think spending more in the beginning SAVES MORE in the end!

Ok, so these are the projects going on at the Peele house hold.  This will keep us busy for a while.  Just ready to have our microwave back so we can make popcorn!!

All Done!!

I can't believe it but I am ALL done with my Christmas stuff!  I can't tell you how many lists I have made in the past few weeks of buying one last gift, wrapping this present, or getting one last finishing touch for a gift.  Yeah, I made a lot.  You see, I LOVE lists.  They really help me to focus on the next task at hand before jumping to the next thing.  Plus, lists make me feel less like a mad, crazy lady who can't sort out life.  So yeah, I am thankful to be done. 

So tomorrow MR.P and I will meet up with my sisters around 6:30 am and head to AL for my great Grandmother's funeral.  From there we are headed to FL to be with MR.P's family.  The funeral time is definitely a blessing because it allows us to be with his family 1 extra day!  Definitely thankful for that extra time with them. 

Ok, so on to a little funny for the day.  Last night MR.P asked me if I wanted to play hot or cold with my Christmas gift.  So OF COURSE I SAID YES!!!!  We aren't very good at keeping secrets from each other let alone keeping gifts from each other.  I have always struggled with this, so I have rubbed off on him a little ;)  I very quickly found it, but only with his help.  He made me go sit on the couch and close my eyes.  When i opened my eyes there was this!!!!

I am not one for labels, but I was quite excited about this purse!!!  MR.P found it at Belks for 30% off!!  What a treat. 

Once he surprised me with the purse (to which he was quite proud of) I decided to surprise him as well.  You see he was with me when we bought his gifts.  He had wanted a pair of Toms

and a rain jacket.  We found both at GREAT prices.  So he was happy.  Well he also wanted one other thing, but we said we'd wait on it.  Well he was SOOOO surprised when I surprised him with this!

I found it on sale at Target...but only bc they were out of stock online.  Oh well, I'll take it!!

We are terrible!  We can't even wait 4 more days!  You know, we are the only adults in our house so I guess we are allowed to break the rules here and there :)  We had fun!

Christmas isn't just about gifts, but you know what?  It's really fun to give them and see the face of the person receiving.  I really enjoy giving and hope to learn to be more thoughtful during the year.  I will be MIA for a few days, but will try to post a few updates here and there.  Hope everyone has a wonderful and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Christmas is very quickly approaching!

I have never had Christmas approach sooo quickly!  Have you?  I still have a few things left to buy and a few things left to throw together.  MR.P and I are headed to FL again to celebrate Christmas with his family.  I think this will be his 4th time to FL this month.  WOW!  I am thankful he is home with me now though.  It makes our time together so much sweeter :) 

I haven't done many projects this Christmas.  MR.P and I decided to keep the decorations simple.  We didn't buy anything extra for the house this year.  We just used what we had.  Now don't get me wrong, I wanted to buy a few little things from Pottery Barn or make a few more projects, but we were trying to keep it simple.  Especially since MR.P has been out of town so much AND we won't be in town for Christmas. 

I am working on these Christmas Cards though.  This is our card...

My sweet sister gave me this over Thanksgiving as an early Christmas present!  I can't tell you how much I LOVE it!!

(Perfect, not too dressy, not too casual...just our style!)

This is the design she gave me.  It's just perfect.  I have to admit, this gave me a little boost of energy to get going on our Christmas cards!  This stamp makes them 10 times cuter!  These can be found by searching PSA Essentials - Peel and Stick.  They range in prices and can be a great gift.  You can buy different stamps to add to your collection later on!  I plan on buying 1 more for myself with our monogram! 

Sorry for my absence!

Hey sweet blog friends!

  I am so sorry that I haven't been able to post each day.  Life has gotten a little busy which makes it hard to blog.  Here is a little update of our life.  We decorated our Christmas tree :)  It took us a whole 3 days to actually have the time once December hit to get it put together and decorated.  Life just kept getting in the way.

Before we started decorating we went to starbucks to get our Christmas in a cup.  I like to make everything an experience so this MADE our decorating experience.  It was so fun! 

(MR.P putting the tree together while I just document)

Yes you did read Put Together.  We are actual fans of fake trees because of the money that we save each year!  Ours is pretty tall and full, so we like that.  One day we'll buy real ones, but for now the fake works just fine.  We get the Christmas tree scent from candles...which we also LOVE!!! 

I hung the stockings.  We bought them our first year of marriage from Pottery Barn.  Surprise, surprise, they are ticking stripe :)  Mine has my name monogrammed on and so does MR.P.  I haven't bought any stocking hangers yet, but I think putting nails underneath the mantle works out great for us.  I think it would look a little cluttered if we had anything else. 

This is how tall MR.P is :)

Actually we've lived in apartment every year until now.  We are just excited that our tree can stand tall without touching the ceiling!! 

MR.P and I think this is all our tree needs.  jk...GO DAWGS!!  This ribbon I got from Hobby Lobby our first Christmas.  We'll retire it one year, but until then, I get A LOT of use out of it.  I'll post a few pictures of the entire house decorated later.  Until then,  I am going to try and catch up on everyone's beautiful projects and such!

Merry Christmas!

If you are interested in a Christmas card like this please leave a message on here or email me @ designapeele@gmail.com.  I'd love to help out!

Clothes pins + Christmas!

I am not trying to skip right over Thanksgiving...really, I'm not.  I'm just so excited about this cheap little project I did the other day.  I saw a picture in the Pottery Barn magazine of a wreath with pictures attached and decided I could do something similar with some things I already had.  I had clothes pins already, so I just bought glitter glue to make a smaller mess.  It worked perfectly.  Here's the finished product.

(I'm a sucker for polka dots)

I plan on using these to attach Christmas cards and pics to this piece on our wall over the fire place.

(don't have any christmas pics yet, so I just used ones I had)

with Christmas lights on the tree I think these will sparkle and stand out a lot. 

Sadly I have to take them down because it's not Christmas yet.  Oh well.  Excited about Thanksgiving!  Our family is going to the beach!