First Aid

So the inevitable cut/scrape is always a hassle when it comes to fashion.  No one ever wants to be showing off an ugly band-aid.

Cynthia Rowley to the rescue.

                                                              

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How adorable are these band-aids?  I almost want to just wear some for fun.

You can get yours here.

Don't forget, tomorrow is the last day to enter the Shabby Apple Giveaway!

Hello Bookcases

If you recall a while back I had blogged about my ideas for our built in bookcases, if you  missed it you can catch up here.  Well a few months after that post the plans were all finalized and the installation began.  I'll go through the before/after photos as well as some during in a different post. For now I want to share with you how I used them to display some of our Christmas decor.  Now introducing, our built-in bookcases!

This was the first year we really had a place to display lots of Christmas decor and I loved it.  

 We set the bottoms shelf near the entrance up as a bar.  A few bottles of liquor, some pretty glasses decked out with some brass deer and surrounded by faux trees made it festive.

 Here is a close up of another shelf.  The gold sequin bird was from west elm last year and those bowls are of course anthropologie.

 Here is a better look of the left side.

 And the right side.

 These dogs are a favorite of mine!  I picked them up at a little store in Andersonville for $28 - score.

 We brought our boxwoods indoors for the winter.  To dress them up for Christmas I wrapped their planters in burlap and tied them with and aqua satin bow.  These clearly have nothing to do with our bookcases but I really loved how these turned out.

Hope you enjoyed a little pick into our Christmas decor.  I'll be posting photos of our tree this week and then will finally be putting all of our Holiday items to rest for the year.  How about you all - how long do you keep your Christmas decor up?  What is your favorite part of the house to decorate for the Holidays?

Don't forget to enter the Shabby Apple giveaway - it ends this Wednesday at midnight!

Hello Pippin Hill Farm

So I'm a little off on Wedding Wednesdays this week as I'm doing a wedding post on Friday.  But what I'm about to share with you is so beautiful that I don't think you'll mind.  I came across this amazing wedding venue on both The Bride's Cafe & Grey Like's Weddings and it is nothing short of stunning. 

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The venue is Pippin Hill Farm (in case you couldn't tell by the title of the post!).  It is located in North Garden, Virginia (near Charlottesvile, VA).  It is a boutique winery & vineyard with a focus on entertaining - hence the beautiful venue.  It's a newly built space and it's construction was just finished this past June.  Here is a little tour of the interior of the space.

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Reception Space

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Amazing Bridal Suite

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3 full length mirrors for the bride to admire herself on her big day

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Beautiful upholstered chaise as well as an area for your bridesmaids to get ready & freshen up.

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The images below are for all of you interior design junkies like me.

The front of the built in bar area - mirrored shelf backs and all!

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Amazing barstools

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Another bar - I'm obsessed with the blue wainscotting & that ridiculously awesome countertop

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Now onto the outdoors and the breathtaking scenery

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Do these views not just take your breathe away?

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And I will end with my favorite of all. Pippin Hill Farm elegantly dressed up for the Holidays.

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I think I could literally stare at those oversized barn doors for days and never tire of them.  So if you live in the area or are looking for a destination spot, I don't think it gets much more beautiful than this!  I hope you all enjoyed this Friday's edition of Wedding Wednesdays.

Don't forget to enter the Shabby Apple giveaway, you have until next Wednesday at midnight!

Shabby Apple Giveaway

I have decided to start this blog year off right with a Shabby Apple giveaway!  If you are not familiar with their store you need to head on over to their site to check it out.  They pretty much run the gamut from women's clothing to girl's dresses to unique home decor.  Here are some of my favorite Women's dresses from their site.

Gondola

Block Party

Fifth Ave

Sierra Nevada

Cleopatra

Rodeo Drive

And now on to the fun part.  One lucky reader will have their choice of 1 of the 3 skirts below, courtesy of Shabby Apple.

The Adelaide Skirt ( I absolutely adore that bow!)

The Andes Skirt

The Teacher's Pet Skirt

To enter to win one of these amazing skirts the only thing you must do is "Like" Shabby Apple on Facebook and be sure to leave a comment on this post letting me know you did, as well as an email where I can contact you if you are the winner!

For extra entries:

1. Become a Follower of Hello Lover of Beautiful Things - click the join this site link in the upper right of the blog.

2. Post a link on Facebook to the giveaway and leave a comment that you have done so!

The Giveaway will end next Wednesday, January 11th at midnight.  Shabby Apple is also offering readers 10% off their purchases for the next 30 days.  Just use the code "HELLOLOVER10OFF".  

Please note the winner must have a US shipping address.

Hello 2012

Well, another year has gone and a new one is here!  I know it's January 3rd and I'm just putting up my new year post but with the way the Holidays worked out this year I was using my off Sunday & Monday to continue celebrating and relaxing with good friends and my husband.  I wanted to set all of my readers up with some great inspiration to start of the new year, so here you have it.

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Happy New Year to you all. May it be filled with all the health, happiness, inspiration & whimsy that one could hope for.

Please check back tomorrow for my 1st giveaway!

Christmas Gift Wrap

I absolutely love pretty gift wrap.  There is something about giving or receiving a gift that is packaged beautifully that just makes me giddy.  Each year I try to coordinate my wrapping paper and ribbons with my homes Holiday decor.  So this year of course was aqua and green and I mixed in metallics of gold & silver.  Here is a look at the wrapped packages I gifted this year.

How about you, does the wrapping process bring you joy?  Any great sources for gift wrap, embellishments, and ribbon that you'd like to share?  I can never get enough! 

Green, Aqua & Gold

So the color scheme for our Christmas table this year ended up being green, aqua & gold (if you couldn't tell from the title of this post).  This is probably my favorite table I've done for any of our Holidays/celebrations held in our home.  Here is a peek into our Christmas table.

I had so much fun putting this table together.  The paper confetti was cut using hole punches from card stock and gold glitter wrapping paper.  I loved the way the gold, green & aqua stood out against the white.  Did any of you do color schemes for your Christmas decor?  Any Holiday tables you'd like to share?  Hope you all had/having a Happy Holiday Season!