Until next year

Unfortunately the holidays are over. January has started and we will head back to the office Monday and the girls back to school.

So today the tree has to come down. All the ornaments have to be neatly wrapped and stored waiting for next year to dazzle us again.

I will add new antique ornaments found along the way throughout the year eagerly waiting to put them on a new fresh cut tree next year. Until then my sweets rest well, thank you for a dazzling and beautiful display.

Wishing you the best

Had way too much fun last night. Hope you did too.

Happy new year!

Give

As we are still house bound while Estelle is getting better, house cleaning has been in order. I feel so proud, some of the closets are looking better but not all.
So far 5 bags went to neighbors whose girls were delighted to see so many hand me downs and I dropped off 3 huge bags at St. Michael's. There is a lot more to clean up in the future I am ashamed to say but, it feels good to share, good to give to someone in need.

Approaching 10 degrees

The weather today is brutal. We started at 33 and went down to 10 in a matter of hours. What makes it worst? The howling winds.

Our 15 year old started getting sick last night and by mid day water was starting to make its way to her lungs. So following a visit to the doctor's ans some strong medicine she now is in bed.

To make her feel better? A warm cup of tea

A warm cashmere throw ( I love these from William Sonoma Home available at http://www.wshome.com/)And two great books that I love:

And when she finally decides to get up her faithful Ugg Sleepers will be waiting.

Good thing we are all on vacation this week.

Taking the time

Taking the time to do nothing on a Monday afternoon. Taking the whole week off. Sleep, eat, spend time with my girls , watch the snow fall, cuddle with the cats, having fun conversations with hubby.

Pure luxury for the mind and the soul.

Need to get organized

Christmas is already over and the house is quite a mess. We all received so much we need to get organize and purge sad to say.
But before we even get to the bedrooms and their respective closets my current craft space (the office for now) is crawling under glass glitter, glue and ribbons of sorts. I need to get organized and return this room to its original use. Pencils, card stock, glitter , ribbons and more have to go into hiding just for a little while . So here are so storage ideas that would make any space look organized and yet practically pretty.

Joyeux Noel

Joyeux Noel!

Time to rejoice and feast. Take the time to celebrate and enjoy what you have.







Foie Gras sur toasts blancs

Gingerbread cookies

French Macarons au Chocolat