Getting into the Holiday Spirit

We got into the holiday spirit by checking out a few festive spots. 

The first one was this darling store chock full of holiday decor and ambience.

There was a real wood burning stove in the corner of the store that was so toasty.

The grounds and other buildings were pretty too!

Another way I add some holiday fun to my life is by ordering my first festive warm drink. Peppermint mocha is my choice if I'm going for a sweet treat, but I enjoy plain old black coffee in a festive cup. The cold cups are cute as well.

We went to a Christmas Experience at a local restaurant that we had heard good things about.

I enjoyed my gingerbread martini.

The Christmas vibes were on point...

...and the food was delish!

I was feeling nostalgic and requested some Martha Stewart Christmas books from the library.

We got a new holiday comforter set from ALDI (yes, ALDI!) that we've been loving (and so has Willow!). I added our flannel sheets for peak coziness.

We tried out a new to us breakfast spot in town before heading out to do some holiday shopping.

Have you done any festive activities to get into the holiday spirit?

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Painting the Fireplace

 I wanted to get a few painting projects (like the front door) done before the holidays and this one had been on list for awhile.

The brick on the fireplace was a bumpy, greyish white and I never liked it.  I wanted to paint it black and even did this mock up on ChatGPT.

 I knew it would be an improvement.

We already had the paint so I just needed to prep and get going on the project. There was no going back at this point!

It wasn't the easiest surface to paint because of the texture og the bricks. It needed 3 coats but I completed the job in an afternoon.  Again, what took me so long to do this!?

It's not perfect but it's such an improvement to me and I love it against the wooden mantel and our floors.

Here's how it looked when I put the room back together.

Since that was over a month ago I snapped a shot of what it looks like decorated for Christmas right now.

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{The Abode} Decorating The Pool House For Christmas

 Ever since we bought this house, I wanted to decorate our cute little pool house for Christmas.

It got a glow up this summer with this lovely paint job and I added a flower box for summer blooms (no longer blooming here!)

I wanted to use as many things as we had onhand and try and thrift some of the decor too. I started by pulling these planters from the back porch over to flank the doorway. I added a flameless candle lantern from the back porch too.  I cut some greens for the flower box.

We did purchase some new garland, some picks and got new lights.  I already had the sled and skates and the doormat was from last year.

I added more greens to the containers and there's my little red lantern from the thrift store, I also added the flameless candle that I found on the same thrift trip (for some reason it's not pictured here).
Here it is all lit up at night.  I also added battery operated lights on the little trees and a battery operated candle in the window.

We switched our fence's solar lights to red and green to give the backyard a festive glow.

I got a shot of the super moon rising over the pool house. How cool!

It's our little secret (until now) backyard cozy cabin. Maybe next year we'll have the inside done too!  Hot cocoa bar, anyone?

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{Photography} Engagement Photo Shoot

Back in October I got to do a very special photo shoot.

My niece and her fiancé asked me to photograph them for their save the dates and wedding website.

We started out on the boardwalk.

I loved this colorful mural as a backdrop.

We then headed down to the beach. A dog came by to see what we were doing.

It was a beautiful night.

She had a lot of poses in mind and I also added a few that I wanted to take.

I'm obsessed with this one of her ring!

I enhanced the sky in this one...

...but you can see how gorgeous it was as the sun was setting.  I'm so happy we got one of the four of us!

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