a Cute Chicago Chocolate Bar

How fun is this cute little cafe that serves my two favorite things: chocolate and cocktails.

Even the packaging is cute and fresh.
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Christmas Card Season

I LOVE Christmas card season.  Several have arrived already in my mailbox.  I love getting them, sending them, displaying them and keeping them.  Our family card is going out today.  YAY!  (Note for next year:  Square envelopes = the Monarch stamp, not exactly Christmasy.  Oh well : (

For the cards I receive, I'm thinking about displaying them like this on my foyer mirror:

 Or, how cute is this?  Alan might use this display idea upstairs for the cards he receives:

How do you display yours?

bordered around the door?

as a sweet collage?  Or in a bowl by the front door?   I'll post pics soon on my display!

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Aspen: Cozy for Christmas

I wish I had snow to ice cold beer!

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Christmas Shopping at Sweet Charity

I spent today at Sweet Charity in 26 Doors for cookbook week and Junior League.   All profit from this little shop helps fund healthcare for low income families right here in Central Texas at the Seton Network of Hospitals.  Sweet Charity employs only two full timers.  Volunteers run this shop.  You must check it out!

 Sweet Charity is known for their seasonal metal yard art from Round Top.  If we didn't have the giant Snoopy in the front yard, I would have brought home these cute reindeer and giant jingle bells.

Ohhh, how many sweet things I found.  I wanted so badly to gift these for moi, but I knew Max would object to (gasp!) more dishes.  The mugs come in a beautiful round box for only $44.95.

I adored these Vera Wang papers.  The letterpress thank you notes are exquisite, but what about this little pack of tiny grocery notes?  Only $8.  How sweet!

http://sweetcharitygifts.org/

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Image of the Day

by way of Cote de Texas.  More jaw dropping photos here:  http://cotedetexas.blogspot.com/

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Hello Honeysuckle. Pantone's Color of the Year 2011.

Goodbye turquoise. 

Pantone announced that honeysuckle is the colour of the year 2011 – a reddish-pink shade, calling it ‘a brave new colour, for a brave new world’.

Hmmm.   I like it. Will Max let me go for it on the walls?

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How cute is this!?

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