{Weekend Plans}

TGIF Peeps!

{Christmas Gift Tag Download}

Amy over at Eat, Drink, Chic created these lovely hand-drawn gift tags that you can download on her site for free. It's easy - download the PDF, print on colored or textured paper of your choice, cut them out, punch a hole, grab some fabric ribbon, and attach them to your packages. Viola!

Click here to download ~ Merry Merry!

{Hot! Hot! - No. 2 Hot Chocolate Recipe}

Now you know that I am a HUGE fan of Max Brenner hot chocolate - it really is the best hot chocolate in all the world. BUT, a sad sad occurrence happened on Sunday...I emptied my can...it's all gone....like - I don't have anymore....gone. So I decided to find a recipe that could hold me over until my lovely sister brings me some more from NYC. I found this one over at Sweet Paul and I will have to admit that it was very tasty, and while not as good as my fave...it's a close 2nd.

Give it a try...
Makes 1 glass

1 1/4 cup full fat milk
2 ounces good quality dark chocolate
1 teaspoon sugar, or more to taste
Whipped cream to serve

Heat the milk in a saucepan over medium heat.
Melt the chocolate in the milk.
Add the sugar and whisk until dissolved.
Serve with whipped cream.

Photo by Colin Cooke

{Every Time A Bell Rings An Angel Gets Their Wings}

Every Time A Bell Rings An Angel Gets Their Wings - one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite movies It's A Wonderful Life. I discovered these little angel wings over the weekend and immediately fell in love with them. I found them over at Love, Loans, and Linen and can't wait until they restock so that I can purchase a few pair. So purty....

Other lovely finds from their shop...

{Tacky Christmas Sweater Party}

So I didn't win the iPad, and I didn't win best sweater...boooo - but I still had a great time at the party. For all of you who read my making of my Making A Tacky Christmas Sweater post last week...here is the final product! My original plan was to make a cape out of the fabric - but after some more thought I decided to go all out and do a vest. {I'm laughing right now remembering the lady at Joann Fabrics and the look she gave me when I asked for a yard and a half of this fabric - priceless, lol!} It took me several tries and lots of pinning and re-pinning to get the full Santa driving a tractor perfectly placed - and once it was finally in place I started to construct the vest all by gluing {no sewing was involved} and finishing it off with a little {ok a lot} of tinsel. What do you think? Award winning? You would have voted for me right? LOL!!!

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As promised, I have included lots of pictures from the party below. One of my favorite things was laughing at people as they arrived to the party. After all of the talk in the office, and all of the secrets surrounding what people were going to wear - it was hilarious to see everyone's tacky garb. Enjoy the pics!

Peace out homies - hope you enjoyed the pics.