Happy Holidays!

I have a little holiday treat for you!  

This is a little holiday mix Shug and I put together for the season.  

I hope you all have a lovely holiday and get to take a little time to celebrate with those you love!

You can get the mix by clicking this link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?343h9tku8lacx7k

Have a happy, happy holiday!

xo,

Goldteef

Coming Down from the Holidays

It always takes me a few days to get myself back together after the insanity of the holidays.  I love that time of year, but I'm also so ready for the New Year to happen and be over with, so we can all try to get back to our already overbooked routine.

I don't make New Year's resolutions, but I do try to orient myself so I can start working in a direction of a goal.  I feel I need to start spending less time being surrounded by chatter, noise, and music and more time just being.  I realize one of my most favorite times of the day is when I get up earlier than Shug to write my blog post for the day.  While I truly enjoy the blogging part of my early mornings, I have discovered I love the silence, too.

When I let Ruby out into the dark morning after we've been all snuggled up in bed, the cold and the heavy quiet have the most calming and invigorating effect on me.  These opposite feelings are also coupled with a clarity I usually lose once the noise of the day gets into full swing.

Do you have a favorite time of day?  I want to try to recreate this time I enjoy so much throughout the course of my crazy days, even if it's just for a minute or two...!

New Year's Eve 2010

I hope you all have a wonderful and safe New Year!

Have fun tonight and don't forget to kiss your sweetie...!

xo.

Beach Dreamin'

 

Brrr!  It's gonna get ridiculously cold in Utah the next few days.

I'm not gonna lie, after the holidays pass, I'm o-v-e-r winter.

I'm just going to daydream about a warm, sandy beach today.

Happy Holidays

 

I hope you have a wonderful holiday and weekend.

This is a little clip of a favorite downtown street artist, Eli Potash.

He is always playing his cello outside a local independent movie theatre.

A talented and elusive local band, the Daniel Day Trio,

decided to jam with Eli and also give him a gift for Christmas.

Watch this and let your loved ones know how much you love them.

Happy, happy holidays!

Countdown!

How was your weekend?  Was it as crazy as mine was?  Even though mine was crazy, I felt like I got a lot accomplished!  I was able to:

• Host book club
• Clean the house
• Perfect my hummus recipe
• Work!
• Package all of our out-of-town gifts
• Complete our Holiday cards
• Bake a bazillion loaves of jalapeno corn bread
• Label our Green Tomato Jam
• Deliver all that cornbread and jam to our favorite peeps

I feel a little badly about dropping off all our our local holiday gifts at 6:30 on a Sunday evening, but if it wasn't getting done yesterday, it wasn't getting done at all!  I hate the "drop-by," too!  And we were the biggest offenders last night!  Shug made me stay in the car while he dropped off the gifts, because he knew I would just talktalktalk...and that's probably true;)!  How was your weekend?  Did it feel like you had one at all?

Holiday Gift Guide 2010: For the Amazing Man (or Men) in Your Life

A Holgaroid would be a perfect addition to your shutterbug's collection.

If a camera isn't in your budget, how about some schmancy film for his Polaroid?

These old-school book covers make really cool t-shirts.

I'm sure your guy always has great ideas he needs to jot down!

These awesome PostalCo notebooks would make a great stocking stuffer.

 Speaking of stockings, why not a dope pair of socks for him?

These brass Japanese bottle openers are form and function perfected!

 

Give him a spin on a classic scent, this Tabac or Palo Santo Scent is intoxicating...!

Plus the packaging is pretty cool, too.

Aren't guys the most difficult peeps to buy presents for?

What are some of your favorite ideas for presents to give your men?

Holiday Gift Guide 2010: For the Person Who Has Everything, but You'd Still Like to Include in the Holiday Fun!

This unique calendar will remind your friend of your thoughtfulness every day!

This lil pigi backpack could double as a camera bag, overnight bag, or purse!

I doubt anyone has been given a vintage Girl Scouts memory hat!

It could be used a an art piece, broken down for their own craft projects,

or just a good ol' conversation piece!

Best friend charms seem a little juvenile? Please!  These grown-up

BFF bracelets are chic and meaningful!

Your person who has everything most certainly has a pet, right?

Why not splurge on a personalized pet portrait for them?

Having a DIY Moment Over Here

Over the weekend Shug and I had the opportunity to hang out with his two little sisters, 13 and 9.  They are as bright and lovely as can be, but also very, very, very bored with everything about five minutes after we arrive/make a plan/choose an activity.

To combat this killer boredom, I bought a pom pom maker so the girls could make holiday wreaths to bring home to Shug's and their mom.  It was the BEST IDEA EVER.  We made pom poms for ten hours straight, only breaking for hot chocolate and the parts of Labyrinth where David Bowie dances in his tights.

I now have pom pom plans, people. PLANS!

Source

Holiday List Starts for, um, Me

I am in love, I tell you, LOVE with this Pendelton-inspired coat!

I also love the dipped hem in the back.

Too bad it's sold out already!

Oh well, that's a decision I don't have to make;)!

Hope you have a lovely weekend!

I'm sure my dad will, this is his last day of work before

he gets to retire!

Congrats, Pop!

You've earned it.

xo.

Utah Holiday Gift Guide 2010

Here's a cool print for your arty friends.

I always love giving an ornament as a special gift!

 This shmancy passport cover would be perfect for the globetrotter on your list!

This leather wrap bracelet would be loved by any fashion-minded friend.

This air planter is the perfect solution to the person that has everything!

For the writer in your life, this leather-bound journal is perfect (and a steal!)

 This delicate necklace would make anyone's holiday complete!

This adorable flour sack towel would be great for your baking buddies.

Also, Happiest Birthday to my mumma!
She's pretty much the nicest gal a person could meet!
She has this amazing talent where she makes anyone
feel like family: loved and cared for.
I'm hoping this was passed on to me...
Still waiting!

Happy December!

Here's some more craziness from Ireland to celebrate the official start of the holiday season!  My plans for this weekend (other than work) are to get a fresh tree and decorate, decorate, decorate!  This really is my most favorite time of year!

Whew!

Was your holiday wonderful?

Ours was!

Ruby spent the day un-stuffing her new stuffed animals.

What did you do?

Happy Holidays!

xo

Merry Holidays!

I hope you have a lovely Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!
Tell the people you love how thankful you are to have them in your lives.

I know I am.

Almost there!

Here's a little holiday table scape I did in the dining area.
Better known as "Ruby's Room."

Since we never get to eat in there, I thought I could at least decorate!!

I hope all of your shopping and preparing is winding down!

xo

Serves Me Right.

Remember how p.o.'d I was a week or so ago because Shug kept on buying himself stuff during the holidays? Well, after serving myself a big ol' slice of hypocrite pie, I decided to buy myself something before Christmas: a new camera.

This camera was supposed to make my dreams come true. It was miniature, cute, vintage-looking, digital, uber-portable, cute, came in a fancy-schmancy wooden box, weighed mere ounces, and it was cute. Did I mention how cute this camera was? I wanted, nay, I NEEDED this little beauty to be perfect. Why? Well, I didn't consult Shug about purchasing it...I just up and bought it myself...Without consulting the world's expert-on-damn-near-everything-camera about it!

Annnnd, let's just say that I have learned that cameras that are cute don't always take the best pictures....

Exhibit A
Exhibit B
It's being shipped back today...Shug's gloating has added the insult to cute camera injury.

Gift Guide: Terrariums

Aren't these globes beautiful!
They would make the perfect home for a terrarium.

I love this site, terrain, since it has such a great inventory
plus
do-it-yourself terrarium kits!

What a unique gift this would be!

Gift Guide for Him

All on Etsy.
I love the organic feel of these gifts.
Boys are so difficult to shop for!

Early Christmas

Shug and I had the best weekend in Denver!

We went to visit my parents, eat delicious food, and play Wii!

I was a little sad that I wouldn't be able to spend Christmas with them this year,
but my parents decided to have Christmas a little early and flew us out to Denver
for a long weekend!

Some highlights:

• Eating a Denver omelette IN Denver (see above)
• Seeing a Broadway musical (culture!)
• Drinking champagne and playing Wii with Mom and Dad
• Eating the BEST bison tenderloin ever
  
• Walking around downtown Denver at night
• Diamonds and pearls
  
• Serious shopping with Mom
• Beautiful holiday window displays
• Morning coffee in our jammies until noon
• My new glitter snowman globe
• I found a gift for Shug!!!!
• Just getting to spend time with my parents! They're fun!

I may be a little biased, but Denver is a pretty cool city.