Handmade bows and glittery labels.  You know that joke about glitter being the herpes of all craft supplies?  Jason has repeated that joke a few times, because it is EVERYWHERE! And impossible to get rid of.

And for your listening enjoyment... some of my favorite christmas tunes!  Because I love love, love my christmas music.

 

Jason hand sewed this ornament.  Which now serves as our tree topper, along with a ribbon tied around a rose Jason gave me when we first moved into our apartment.

Isn't Jason such a good sport for sewing these with me!?

We took a long time to finally get our Christmas tree.  Finally Jason took me to get our tree, which I had been looking forward to doing since Thanksgiving, with a Home Depot wedding gift card.  The awesome guy helping us find a tree gave us a tag to the cheapest tree in the lot and told us he would hook us up with a nicer one, and the guy inside gave us $10 off!  Talk about Christmas spirit!  I think they could sense our poor newlywed-ness.

We came looking for a 3 foot tree and left with a 6 foot tree tied to the top of my little car.  The best part was when we had to climb thru our windows as Walmart to buy a tree stand because our doors were tied shut.  We felt pretty white-trash, but hey, it's Walmart afterall.