Our Shutterfly holiday cards!

What are our holiday cards going to look like this year? Well... just almost like this! Thanks to an oh-so generous offer from Shutterfly (Bloggers get 50 free holiday cards from Shutterfly, just follow the arrow à http://bit.ly/sfly2010), we'll be sending out personalized photo cards to all of our friends and family members this holiday season!

While the attire for our holiday photos still hasn't been finalized, we at least have a great wardrobe ensemble picked out for every family member. And yes... we are totally sticking to a color theme for ease and unity in the pictures. I guess it actually really closely resembles our engagement photo outfits... and since those turned out so nice, I guess we aren't really taking a risk this year with the first "3 member" family portraits.

If you're looking for the perfect holiday card this season, look no further than these fabulous photo cards from Shutterfly! In fact, they have photo cards for pretty much every occassion, even birthday invitations!!!

This is a sponsored post and I will be receiving 50 Shutterfly cards for my time. This has not influenced my post or opinion in any way.

writing just like martha

so now that Martha Stewart Living's monopoly on the lovely typeface Archer has expired, I've found myself wanting to "literally" transform my world into the pages of a magazine. Suddenly my chore lists and calendars and groceries have such an elite appeal... it's pathetic really.

flickr fun

pure flickr genius (courtesy of OrangeBeautiful)

yet another monkey

I'm not in a baby-kick quite yet... but this wall art might get me there:


Mr. Lemon's nickname is Monkey (his Ultimate nickname that is... it started as "Money" until people thought that was too suave a name for him, so they added a K and it fit perfectly... but I digress)



I'm also in love with the rest of the series from Spot On Square (cow/bunny/mouse/pig) but I'd wonder how to incorporate them into decor. But at $45/tile, maybe they don't have to work... maybe I can just hang them up when no one else is around and take them down for company! :P I mean, the pig would look great hanging in the kitchen!

lazy weekend

So we've just had ourselves one heck of a lazy rainy weekend. We escaped the apartment yesterday to run some errands, and I indulged myself in a silly domestic treat. I'm seriously the last person in the world to go ga-ga over cleaning supplies, but I've realized just how much I missed using my favorite scented product:


I'm not sure if anyone else in this world bought Victoria Secret's special luxury laudry care, as it went in and out of stores within months it seemed, but I did. It had this amazing scent as well as the power to make all of your softest clothes rival your cuddly blankets. I obviously didn't buy a lifetime supply of the stuff, so when it was gone, I cried and went back to my normal not so fun Snuggle stuff or whatever.

Fast forward to 2007 and I get a sample of Downey in the mail, I use it, and the memories of those VS days come flooding back. Mr. Lemon starts complimenting me on my perfume (um... it's not me.. it's my shirt?) and I get hooked on a closet smelling of Vanilla and Lavender. Awesome. I gave up the indulgence upon our nuptuals, but a trip back to Target yesterday convinced me that I needed a pick-me-up... and suddenly laundry folding day was much more pleasant. Thanks purple bottle. I <3 you.

"Are you Kim?"

I heard a knock at the door around 4:40pm, and opened it to find a woman holding flowers.

"Are you Kim?" she inquired.

"Why yes I am! Thank you so much!" I replied, and closed the door. I must admit that I skipped back into the apartment, so much so that Memphis got excited and jumped around my feet. My elation quickly dropped though, as I looked down on the card addressed to "Maxine." Uh oh. I opened it up to a "Happy Valentine's Day Nana! Love Sarah" message and realized that the flowers most definitely weren't mine. And they were not only NOT mine, but I was now depriving some grandma of her VERY EARLY Valentine's day gift. Boo.

I mentioned the flowers to two friends over the night, and everyone told me to enjoy them as if they were mine, and I'd call the florist in the morning. I mean, even if they are red, there is a gorgeous protea in there!

I thought the story would end there, but it went on along while I had dinner with the lovely Cathy tonight. I had turned my phone to silent while I was at dinner, yet when I checked the phone at 8:30pm, I had 10 missed calls and 5 messages.

Oh dear.

I listened to the messages, all from my mom, and I was a bit scared to call back. Her tone of voice was worrisome and I honestly expected to hear bad news. Instead, she asked if I had talked to Mr. Lemon and if I had received flowers today.

I guess while I was enjoying dinner, poor Mr. Lemon was scared to death that I had gotten a crazy "It's time for us to break up" flower arrangement (or something like that) instead of the Calla Lillies that he had sent. Poor guy. He had gotten the call from the florist, since Maxine had received the flowers and called them on their error. When he couldn't get me on the phone, he called my parents to ask if I had mentioned the flowers at all. He let his imagination run a bit wild on this rainy day... when all he had to worry about was a note to Grandma. Silly boy.

But I want my lillies. Now. Blegh.

decorating everything

I love changing my computer wallpaper... especially on my desktop computer due to its wraparound monitors that are almost always showcasing my latest fun pattern. In college I loved to show off the latest photos of friends and such, but lately I've been drawn back into using fun wallpaper patterns.
Currently, my favorite grab spot for wallpaper is PBTeen.com. They change the patterns seasonly, and they've always got fun girly prints to brighten up your computer.

football food

I'm home alone (with Memphis) all bundled up and settled in for a day of football. In preparations for the glutenous holiday known as SuperBowl Sunday, I splurged and made myself some cheese fondue and artisan bread for the occasion. Of course I have a couple beers in the fridge too, but I that may cause a testosterone overload for us gals in our little apartment.

I'm going to miss football weekends... perhaps we'll replace them with more ski trips up the mountain.

art from odd places

As I start to envision the decor of our eventual "house" I find myself finding art in the oddest of places. We've already got a bit of art and photographs to start with, but I seem to keep leaning towards work that masks the real subjects in an artsy way.
For instance, I found this amazing program cover on eBay for my favorite team (and it's Mr. Lemon's favorite color orange!):



Or how about this for a kid's room? (Hidden DL icon)



Mr. Lemon would adore this:

At this rate my craft room is sure going to be full of "stuff" on the walls! Now if we only had a real room to put this stuff up in!

Daily Cotton Candy

Could you even imagine having a little bit of cotton candy to enjoy everyday?

This machine melts your favorite hard candies and turns them into cotton candy! If it wasn't $159, I might have one in my ordering queue already... but maybe if I'm lucky it will become the chocolate fountain of the 2008 or 2009 holiday season. Can you imagine how popular this would be at dinner parties?