PeaceLove+Cupcakes

Merry Christmas + Happy Holidays!!!

To All!!!

xoxo + lots of love, Linz
 

 

Merry Christmas Eve!

Day 22 was Make a Paper Chain Garland.  I printed out this free pattern:

Day 23 was Go Get Ice Cream.  Which I did after dinner :]  Candy Cane Ice Cream = LOVE!!! 

I also got Vera this cute coat last night + finished up some last minute Christmas shopping:

  
 
 

Elves...

Make the best company :]

We had so much fun @ our friend's Tacky Christmas Sweater Party.  Zac almost won the tacky sweater contest by one vote!!!  I got only one vote :(  haha.  We also played dirty santa with couples board games + individual gift cards.  Zac + I got the worst game (Phase 10?!?!) + gave the best: Quelf.  Haha.  Zac won a gift card to a sports store + I won one from Bath & Body works.

We played Battle of the Sexes + Quelf:

I had to tie a tie (which I know how - because my dad taught me; i killed it :]) + zac had to write a poem:

Sunday Z + I had dinner w/ my Dad @ Paulette's.  It was really good!!!  We exchanged gifts.  I got my new camera lens which I am totally stoked about: the Canon 50mm 1.4!!!  Yay!  Here's Zac + I playing around + testing it out:

♥Love♥

 
 
 

 

Guess What?!?

I won a giveaway [for the first time]!!!

How to Sew a Button :]

 
[rachel's post]

Christmastime (in i-phone photos)

(New- more purple hair + earrings [red + purple are my fav color combo right now]) 

(antique radios in antique mall outside Jackson,TN) 

(Egg nog in "uncle eddie" cup) 

(zac showing how large tree was!) 

(the day Zac + I picked out our tree) 

(our tree on the roof of my hybrid highlander- we came back later that night to pick up our original selection) 

 
  (Christmas Spectacular featuring the Rockettes)

 
(Gingerbread man from Panera Bread) 

(Kiss)

(Lucille standing by tree we put up at work...yes, I did climb to the top of that ladder) 

(Advent calendar...getting closer)

 
(cowl I knitted- pattern) 

 
   (Vera + great dane pup playing at work)
 

Wish

List:

 
for my growing yarn collection. 

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+ indie vinyl to go with it (source.)

 

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(from dad [i think])

 

(from mom [i think].) 

 

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Just for fun.  Mainly some pretties to look at.
  

Date Night

This year I wanted to make an Advent Calendar, but of course it was kinda late thinking...I found this free download + added something fun to do each day.  Day 1 was "One Pass to see New Moon":

Day 2 was "Make handmade ornaments":

At first Zac said "I mean, how long do you think this will take?" like he wasn't into it, but when he got into the studio he was hardcore working on the perfect snowman ornament.  Haha.  Melt my heart.  We listened to my Christmas music which consists of mostly Mariah Carey, which he gave me a hard time about.  Haha.

Here are our finished products:

Friday night (Dec. 4th) Zac + I had our date night :]  He's so sweet.  Date night consisted of dressing up in cute new clothes, having my door opened for me, holding hands, kisses, dinner @ Erling Jensen!!!, bundling up in coats-hats-gloves, cappuccinos-dainty cookies + New Moon.

 

Welcome

Winter.

 

Goodbye Fall.

Adorable

The cold weather gets me in the mood to knit + I have been knitting up a storm.  I made two scarflets.  Here's the first (chunkier):

 And the second (same pattern, less chunky yarn):

 

My new Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash I found antiquing in Jackson, TN.  It was born August '53:

 
Vera turned 3 on the 20th :]  I took her to work with me that day + at lunch I took her to Hollywood Feed.  She got this pretty little fox + other treats: 

 After work Mimi brought Kacey over + some 3 Dog Bakery treats:

 

Vera is such an adorable dog.  She hates being left alone, loves hogging the bed + snuggling, buries her bones in bedding, takes forever to go to the bathroom, loves sticks + doesn't know how to retrieve balls, is afraid of her own shadow, likes to hold my hand + give silly looks, has stinky puss breath + tracks leaves all over the house AND I love her so much!!!

Head Spining Crazy Love ♥

Friday, the 6th, I put together this bookshelf (with a little help from Michael).  I have been in the mood to do some MAJOR cleaning up/organizing!!!  I found this cheapo shelf at Target and couldn't pass it up (it was on sale too).  It ended up being too ugly to put in my living space, but it looks super cute holding all my sewing/crafting stuff in the studio (I'll post a pic soon).

Sat., the  7th, Zac woke up early to go hunting with the boys in Guys, TN.  The girls met the boys there around lunch, then we spent the night camping:

Then Monday night, the 9th, we went to the Memphis vs. CBU game.  Go Tigers!!!:

 

Tues., the 10th, we drove to Nashville to see Edward Sharpe + The Magnetic Zeros.  We shopped at Urban Outfitters that night!!! My Fav♥!!! + ate dinner @ Cantina Laredo which was really good.   Here's a peak at my CUTE outfits I got:

 
  

I loved Family of the Year.  They are so sweet, they melt my heart.  Download their album + donate $$$:

then Local Natives (really good too):

And last but not least Edward Sharpe + The Magnetic Zeros:
 
 
Edward Sharpe + The Magnetic Zeros
Originally uploaded by DailyDoily

I was so mad Jade was sick + her voice was shot :(

but we saw Chris Lowell, Dell from Private Practice!!! He asked to borrow a chair from us!!! Ahh!!!  He was into the show big time!!!  Taking pictures + dancing crazy :)  He's a really good photographer.  Melt my heart.

Before we went home we stopped by Pancake Pantry per usual + then did some shopping at Pangea + an antique store.  How did I get this sweet man outta that place without this???:

 

Have I ever told u how much I love him?  haha :)