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We’ll Have a Pink Christmas

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Our home has been lovingly bedecked for the holidays.

I’ve already shown you what the tree looks like undecorated…

And I gave you a little glimpse of it with ornaments…

Now I have the rest of our tree, and a few other holiday decorations to show you.

A white dove rests near the top.

Presents are nestled in below.

A sparkly pillow sits on the couch.

Stockings have been hung from the dining room buffet.

Our deer are out, as always.

I’ve even decorated the light in the dining room (inspired by Brooke).

Really, I can’t believe I hesitated to buy the pink Christmas tree. It fits in so perfectly here.

Holidays • 99 Comments • December 21, 2009

Cupcake Stands

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We had some people over yesterday for a little family celebration. Brandon’s sisters brought cupcakes, complete with cupcake stands! Apparently they are available at Target, though I could only find them in silver on the site. The gingerbread men are cute too – Brandon’s mom made them with pink frosting for us. :)

Covetable, Holidays, My Life • 22 Comments • December 21, 2009

Pretty Toy Storage

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Thank you for all of your cute basket suggestions! I went with plastic lace baskets for toy storage. I had completely forgotten about them, but they were all over the design blogs when they first came out as the Carrie bike baskets. Victoria uses one for file storage, Joy has one for scraps in her studio, and now I can tell you that they also make excellent little toy bins.

p.s. Have I ever mentioned how much I love my vintage side tables? They’re the best. They hold remotes in the drawers, magazines and the new toy baskets underneath, and they have ample surface space up top. And they were only $10 each.

Living Room • 56 Comments • December 19, 2009

World’s Best Design Blogs

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Making it Lovely has been included in the Times Online list of the Top 50 design blogs in the world. In the world! Thank you, and congratulations to the other amazing blogs listed as well! I am honored to be in such great company.

31. Making it Lovely Feminine favourites, independent design and home decoration.

Press • 25 Comments • December 17, 2009

Style: December ’09

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Can you believe we’re more than halfway through December already? Whew! The shop has been keeping me so busy (thank you), I hadn’t had time to put together my monthly style post until now.

I’ve been feeling so frumpy lately. I’m not walking around in sweat pants and t-shirt freebies or anything, but I’ve still been feeling a bit blah. Therefore, we have bows! Ruffles! Flowers! Pretty Shoes!* Yummy color! Unabashed femininity!

*My apologies for picking a shoe that’s almost sold out, but it also comes in a lovely mushroom color and they’re on clearance for about $30 (score).

This is going to be my guiding principle for the holidays: