our Half-aversary

today is December 22nd.  its the halfway mark on another year of marriage for chris and i.  we like to celebrate it.  we call it our Half-aversary.  i know it might seem silly to some, but we don't have many things we get to celebrate, so we cherish the ones we have.
this year chris surprised me with a gift.  i have been eying the knot necklace design for awhile now and he bought me one!!  i am smitten with it.

sometimes when i stop to think that we've been married for 3 1/2 years it blows me away.  it went by sooo fast, and we have been through soooo much as a couple.  i will be forever grateful that chris came into my life.  he is the man i am supposed to share my days and my life with. 

thank you Husband for the 3 1/2 years we have shared.  i can't wait to see what the future brings by your side. 
i love you to life.

im wondering

there are many side and many facets to this word: WONDER.  many meanings and intentions.  for the next layout i'd like to share with you i focused on WONDER as a question.... this layout is about the questions i feel are filling my life right now.

do you have questions without answers in your life right now??  why not join us and scrapbook about them?  feel free to share what you create with us over at our gallery. 
isn't this a gorgeous kit from Scrapbooking from the Inside Out??  i sure think so. :) 

things i love thursday

today i feel like sharing and it just so happens to be a thursday... so here is another one of my favorite types of posts for you.

to begin with, i have some yummyness from Flickr.  when i clicked on my favorites the first three that popped up were black and white, so i went with that as a theme today.  there is something about the tones that touch my heart.... in all my months of doing these mosaics i've never done an all black and white one.  i really love how it turned out.

1. People grow up too fast these days., 2. Untitled, 3. IMG_1449, 4. Untitled, 5. ~waiting, 6. Her morning elegance.

a favorite feature that i've discovered since switching to google reader is the ability to "star" posts and come back to them later.  i've got some gems that i've starred and i think you'll like them.

• this super cute story about a first date at 16 years old.  one of those "awe!!" moments. 
• this photoshoot which makes me miss fall soooo bad and wish i had taken more pictures in the leaves.
• i have developed a recent love of design blogs and interiors photography.  this post and photographer are a favorite of mine.
• these amazing photo lampshades.  a must-try when we finally do have a house to decorate.
• a terrific layers scrapbooking tutorial.  i wish i was better at this...

i am also super interested in this class Ali Edwards is doing next year all about One Little Word.  i've always been intrigued by the concept of focusing on one work for a year and seeing how it can mold, inspire and motivate you.  i have yet to ever pick one little word of my own.  maybe this is the year....  this class looks amazing!!

and if i was super rich i would buy one of these for myself and all my friends.  the oh-so-classy kate spade book clutch.  how amazing is this idea?? and there are other titles too, so go take a peek!! 

and something else so pretty to peek at??  these amazing underwater sculptures.  i wasted a good chunk of time looking at all of these. 

please enjoy your thursday friends.
we're going out tonight to sing karaoke, and i've got new songs to try!!  :D

seeing red

so once again im getting the urge to change my hair.  i think its a bit of an addiction perhaps.  but this time im thinking RED!!  i was red for a short time in 2009 for our friend's wedding.  it didn't last long in my hair, but i totally loved it. 

ok, how cute is chris in a tux?? :D

and then the other day i saw this image via le wedding party via ban.do and thought... "oh yes, i think this color is in my future!!"

so any thoughts??  any suggestions for hair products that will help me keep my red vibrant??  i'd love some tips. :) 

gotta love a good quote

in searching for themes for my WONDER pages for this month, i came across this thought-provoking quote from e.e.cummings and i just knew it was going to be a page.  i had fun playing with the Liquid Pearls on this page too.  they come with the kit. 

we'd love to have you join us this month and explore the things that make you WONDER.  we've got challenges up early this month too.  hope to see you THERE!!