Molly and I decided to start our own Christmas tradition this year and give each other an ornament each year. Molly got us this adorable "Our 1st Christmas Together" ornament for our tree:
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
"First Christmas" Ornaments
Besides having an amazing first Christmas with my husband and being married, it was extra fun getting some really sweet ornaments from our friends this year.
Molly and I decided to start our own Christmas tradition this year and give each other an ornament each year. Molly got us this adorable "Our 1st Christmas Together" ornament for our tree:
Chris's cousin got us this wedding cake "First Christmas Together" ornament. It's actually a bell, and there are two rings hanging inside to ring it, very cute!
This ornament we got from Mike and Kerry. Not only is it personalized with our names and our initial, but it has three lines from our first dance song Steady As We Go, and includes our wedding date. Such a sweet surprise!
Then there's Zoey's First Christmas ornament which we made on Christmas Eve, with an imprint of her paw! Yes...we're "those" people:
Did you get any great ornaments for your first Christmas together?
Molly and I decided to start our own Christmas tradition this year and give each other an ornament each year. Molly got us this adorable "Our 1st Christmas Together" ornament for our tree:
Friday, December 23, 2011
Merry Christmas!
And lots of good cheer
Look! I found a use for our leftover Pilsner centerpieces from the wedding!
ELF
Buddy: I thought maybe we could make ginger bread houses, and eat cookie dough, and go ice skating, and maybe even hold hands.
Buddy: First we'll make snow angels for a two hours, then we'll go ice skating, then we'll eat a whole roll of Tollhouse Cookiedough as fast as we can, and then we'll snuggle.A Christmas Story
Ralphie as Adult: Immediately, my feet began to sweat as those two fluffy little bunnies with a blue button eye stared supply up at me.
Mother: Come down so I can see you better.
Ralphie as Adult: I just hope Flick would never spot them as a word of this humiliation could make easier in life at G. Harding School a variatable Hell.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Splitting up the Holidays
I have a confession: Chris and I have been together 7 years and we have never spent a holiday together, until this past Thanksgiving.
Both of us are deeply entrenched in our family's traditions and neither of us were willing to sacrifice that time with them. So every year I went home to Pennsylvania to spend the Holidays with my family and Chris celebrated with his family in New York. We told each other year after year "We're not dealing with it..until we have to", and now that we're married: well, we have to.
Though it may seem strange to some, I'm really happy we waited to celebrate together until now. For one, it gave me some great alone time with my family around the holidays that I wouldn't normally get, and made those holiday's all the more special to me as I knew we only had a handful of them left as just"us". I'm also glad it was a mutual understanding between us. Neither of us were "sacrificing" or "giving in" to make the other happy - we were doing what was right for both of us, and never held it over the other person's head. But the best reason for waiting to spend the holiday's together is that I am SO very excited for the upcoming holidays because I'll finally spend them with Chris. It's a new thing to look forward to and the start of our holidays together as we know them, as a family.
So this year, we both spent Thanksgiving in Pennsylvania and we will now celebrate Christmas in New York. We will probably alternate those holidays each year, depending on where Christmas falls in the week. Being 2 1/2 hours apart, it's not worth trying to split up the one day between the two families. That would make for an exhausting and stressful holiday.
Last year's Christmas was very bittersweet for me, as I knew it would be the last one as just me, my parents and sister getting up on Christmas morning to open gifts. And though it's still bittersweet for me this year...I have to say that I am extremely excited to wake up Christmas morning next to my husband and for us to celebrate Christmas morning with our puppy, Zoey.
How do you split up the holidays? Will this be your first holiday away from your family?
Though it may seem strange to some, I'm really happy we waited to celebrate together until now. For one, it gave me some great alone time with my family around the holidays that I wouldn't normally get, and made those holiday's all the more special to me as I knew we only had a handful of them left as just"us". I'm also glad it was a mutual understanding between us. Neither of us were "sacrificing" or "giving in" to make the other happy - we were doing what was right for both of us, and never held it over the other person's head. But the best reason for waiting to spend the holiday's together is that I am SO very excited for the upcoming holidays because I'll finally spend them with Chris. It's a new thing to look forward to and the start of our holidays together as we know them, as a family.
How do you split up the holidays? Will this be your first holiday away from your family?
Saturday, December 25, 2010
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Merry Christmas from Laura and Chris!
Wishing you and your family the very merriest of Holidays!
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
NYC Flower District
My trip to the NYC Flower district this past Saturday was extremely educational. I did know that most of the places there were wholesale florists, but I also knew there were a small handful that were wholesale/retail: it was just a matter of finding them. Pretty much all the stores we went into for the first hour were only wholesale and could not sell to anyone without a tax id number. They told us they could even be fined if they were caught telling us prices!! However, we still looked around each place because there were some amazing selection of flowers available, and it was great to get a sense of what Kerry and I liked.
Of course, my two FAVORITE flowers are seasonal right now, and will therefore be challenging (and more expensive) to get in May. I'm getting married in the wrong month!
The Anemone: which is perfect for my color scheme
Believe it or not, this is kale, and I loooove it:
However, not all the flowers I liked were out of my Spring Season. Look at this gorgeous purple and green hydrangea!
I couldn't tell what these were called, but they were really cool!
After a while, Chris's mom started asking each store if they could direct us to someone who does arrangements for weddings. This led us to a small flower shop right off of 28th street. The owner, Maria, was a cute older lady and she allowed me to briefly discuss with her what I was looking for and what I needed for the wedding. There are two reasons, she will not work out. 1) She doesn't usually take wedding orders until a month before the actual wedding, because she won't know what flowers she'll have in her store until then. Ummmm no, that would make me have a panic attack! and 2) she also did not give me an estimate much different than what I had been given at the flower shop on Long Island we visited.
So we headed on down the other side of 28th Street going in and out of each shop because there was just so many cool things to look at! The owner of one place told us three names of companies on their block that rent studios above the florists and do arrangements for events. He introduced us to the owner of Celadon and Celery Events, Bess, who was awesome!! She gave me her card and told me to call and set up an appointment to discuss my wedding. I have no idea what to expect price wise, but I'll certainly check it out. We were also recommended to check out Ovando Floral and Event (which looks kind of pricey to me, but I'm merely speculating) and a place called Cherokee, which I cannot find the website for.
There were also just some amazing shops that were already filled with Christmas items that we couldn't help but go into!
Christmas is right upstairs?? We couldn't resist!! How cute is this little gumdrop wreath?? I want to try and make something like this for the holiday!
Of course, by the end of the morning...we got a little goofy:
Lastly, we visited a place called Starbright Floral Design which I knew did arrangements because I had called them last week. The owner was kind enough to sit down with us, but his prices were OUTRAGEOUS and honestly, I was DONE-ZO by the time we got there. We had been up since 6:30, I hadn't eaten anything, and was getting quite cranky-pants. So we asked him for a card and told him we'd be in touch (not).
We grabbed some lunch at a sandwich place called Toasties, and headed back home. All in all, it was a really fun, and very educational day. My Saturday felt soooo long because we were in and out of the city by noon, and that's usually when I just get my butt in gear on Saturdays! I kind of loved it, I wish I could wake up early every weekend! It was also great spending time with Kerry and our future mother-in-laws. I'm so upset I didn't get any pictures of the four of us ladies together on Saturday; Major Fail!
BUT, you SHOULD DEF. check out Mike and Kerry's engagement session teaser on their photographer, Betsi Ewing's, blog! They got them done in Central Park last week and I can't wait to see the rest of them! Click below!
Of course, my two FAVORITE flowers are seasonal right now, and will therefore be challenging (and more expensive) to get in May. I'm getting married in the wrong month!
The Anemone: which is perfect for my color scheme
Believe it or not, this is kale, and I loooove it:
However, not all the flowers I liked were out of my Spring Season. Look at this gorgeous purple and green hydrangea!
I couldn't tell what these were called, but they were really cool!
After a while, Chris's mom started asking each store if they could direct us to someone who does arrangements for weddings. This led us to a small flower shop right off of 28th street. The owner, Maria, was a cute older lady and she allowed me to briefly discuss with her what I was looking for and what I needed for the wedding. There are two reasons, she will not work out. 1) She doesn't usually take wedding orders until a month before the actual wedding, because she won't know what flowers she'll have in her store until then. Ummmm no, that would make me have a panic attack! and 2) she also did not give me an estimate much different than what I had been given at the flower shop on Long Island we visited.
So we headed on down the other side of 28th Street going in and out of each shop because there was just so many cool things to look at! The owner of one place told us three names of companies on their block that rent studios above the florists and do arrangements for events. He introduced us to the owner of Celadon and Celery Events, Bess, who was awesome!! She gave me her card and told me to call and set up an appointment to discuss my wedding. I have no idea what to expect price wise, but I'll certainly check it out. We were also recommended to check out Ovando Floral and Event (which looks kind of pricey to me, but I'm merely speculating) and a place called Cherokee, which I cannot find the website for.
There were also just some amazing shops that were already filled with Christmas items that we couldn't help but go into!
Christmas is right upstairs?? We couldn't resist!! How cute is this little gumdrop wreath?? I want to try and make something like this for the holiday!
Of course, by the end of the morning...we got a little goofy:
Lastly, we visited a place called Starbright Floral Design which I knew did arrangements because I had called them last week. The owner was kind enough to sit down with us, but his prices were OUTRAGEOUS and honestly, I was DONE-ZO by the time we got there. We had been up since 6:30, I hadn't eaten anything, and was getting quite cranky-pants. So we asked him for a card and told him we'd be in touch (not).
We grabbed some lunch at a sandwich place called Toasties, and headed back home. All in all, it was a really fun, and very educational day. My Saturday felt soooo long because we were in and out of the city by noon, and that's usually when I just get my butt in gear on Saturdays! I kind of loved it, I wish I could wake up early every weekend! It was also great spending time with Kerry and our future mother-in-laws. I'm so upset I didn't get any pictures of the four of us ladies together on Saturday; Major Fail!
BUT, you SHOULD DEF. check out Mike and Kerry's engagement session teaser on their photographer, Betsi Ewing's, blog! They got them done in Central Park last week and I can't wait to see the rest of them! Click below!
Monday, September 20, 2010
Wedding gifts
As usual, I need a day or two to put together the recap from Ashley and Jeff's wedding. We had a fantastic time and I can't wait to write about it. But now that both Ashley and Christina's weddings are over, I can finally post pictures of the ornaments I included with their wedding gift!
Even though Christmas is a few months away, and even though I'm sure they'll get something like this from their parents or other friends this holiday season, I thought it would be cute for them to have something right away when they decorate for Christmas. I ordered these through Calliope Designs. She can personalize any of her many ornaments. My mom got Chris and me one of these last Christmas for our engagement, and she got one for my sister for her "first Christmas in her new home". I think they're so adorable, and couldn't wait to order these for the couples.
Tonight I'm going to the Long Island Bridal Extravaganza with Kerry! I'm hoping it will be very helpful in giving me some more ideas. Recap on that and the wedding this weekend coming soon!
Even though Christmas is a few months away, and even though I'm sure they'll get something like this from their parents or other friends this holiday season, I thought it would be cute for them to have something right away when they decorate for Christmas. I ordered these through Calliope Designs. She can personalize any of her many ornaments. My mom got Chris and me one of these last Christmas for our engagement, and she got one for my sister for her "first Christmas in her new home". I think they're so adorable, and couldn't wait to order these for the couples.
Tonight I'm going to the Long Island Bridal Extravaganza with Kerry! I'm hoping it will be very helpful in giving me some more ideas. Recap on that and the wedding this weekend coming soon!
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