working 9 to 5

Most of my jobsite photos look like this:

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Exciting, I know. But it’s the minute details (and photos like these) that eventually evolve into pretties.

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Leigh Ann and I stopped by this morning to check on a powder bath that was papered over the weekend.  We weren’t disappointed.

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Villa Romo’s Rowan Pearl paper in “Lipstick” and trim in Benjamin Moore “Grant Beige” working well together.  I was tempted to paint the trim pink, but the berries pop this way and I think that’s how it was meant to be.

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The grassclothed ceiling in the Dining Room worked out pretty well too.  In love with Urban Electric’s Chisholm Hall pendants.

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And before I get back to work, there’s a tiny ballerina in my house now…

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we have a winner

We have a winner of our Toast & Laurel giveaway…

One Christmas “CR” was the recipient of… “I kid you not….2 books on plastic surgery and a check to get liposuction, from my mother-in-law. I like things flavored with eggnog, but not the actual eggnog. I dare someone to top this one!!”

 

The comments were priceless, thank you for cracking us up.  I am tempted to print them and create a book.

holiday cards

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It feels like Christmas is tomorrow.  I don’t know where the time goes.  It’s holiday card time and I’m aiming to get one out this year.  If I can’t pull it off it’ll be Valentines from the Powells again.

If you can’t seem to get your act together either… maybe this will help.

Our friend Megan at Toast and Laurel has offered an awesome giveaway.  It basically takes all the stress out of of getting your act together!

One lucky winner will receive….

 

Holiday Suite from Toast & Laurel’s 2011 Holiday Collection

  • 75 holiday photo cards (with blank white european flap envelopes)
  • 24 gift tags
  • 1 return address rubber stamp

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The winner will choose the design (you can see all 12 designs HERE and HERE) and be able to personalize each item (the card with their favorite photo & text, the tags with a holiday greeting, and the stamp with their address).  The cards and tags are both printed on a premium 120 lb. bright white card stock.

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To be eligible to win leave us a comment and let us know the worst (or most random) gift you’ve ever received!  If you are afraid you might get busted you can use an alias name in our comment form, just be sure to use a legitimate email address so we can track you down.

It’s been about twenty years, but one Christmas my mother bought my 8 year old (male) cousin a pair of slippers… thankfully the camcorder was rolling when he opened the box.   He took one look at them and said, “I think I’m going to kill myself!”

And a few years ago my dad had someone at work give him a pack of these. He thought it was a joke, it wasn’t.

 

If you’ve never  been on the receiving end of a random holiday gift then you can leave a comment and let us know… do you like eggnog?