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December Recap & Christmas Break

January 3, 2014 by Brynne 5 Comments

December came and went. New Year’s came and went. I laid on the couch and ate Christmas cookies and watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

I had a fantabulous Christmas break.

I am considering turning into a professional couch potato and campaigning to change the world’s opinion on the appropriateness of baggy pajamas as work attire. So as I begin work on the relevant posters and rally speeches, I thought it might be fun to share a lot of slightly-grainy phone photos & Instagrams of what I’ve been up to since I cut communications on Christmas Eve Eve.

I made approximately one million cookies for Christmas Eve…

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Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies via Annie’s Eats

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Ninjabread Men! Gingerbread Recipe via Annie’s Eats, cookie cutters available here.
I used my leftover sticks from my lazy fall decorating to make an adorable pompom centerpiece that Bryan calls my “truffula trees”…

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Both sides of the family came over on Christmas Eve for a Christmas cookie, hot cocoa, faux fireplace extravaganza…

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You can see the true extent of my cookie overload:
C
ream cheese spritz. Raspberry thumb prints. “Christmas Crack”.

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I got new glasses!

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Christmas day was a wonderful day spent with family!

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My best friend Holly gave me this lovely brass peacock!
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My sister Maris created this amazing piece of Fight Club art for us!


We celebrated Bryan’s birthday at The Meddlesome Moth (our favorite Dallas place!)…

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Fabulous birthday card, again from my sister (gosh, I love her art!).


We spent a quiet New Year’s Eve at home with the world’s most adorable bottle of champagne…

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As for December blog stuff, it was totally Christmas-centric, but feel free to catch up!

I Did It For You, Bing!
The Boy Behind The Blog Christmas Gift Guide
A Red, White & Gold Vintage Christmas: The Tree
A Red, White & Gold Vintage Christmas: The Decorations
Make A Holiday Typography Banner The Old-Fashioned Way
The Gathered Christmas: A Wish-list
Drink This: Cranberry Orange Gin Fizz
Merry Christmas From The Gathered Home

How was your Christmas? New Year’s? Have you been binge-watching any awesome tv shows lately?

Brynne
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Comments

  1. Cassie @ Primitive & Proper says

    January 3, 2014 at 7:15 pm

    you guys are too cute! and i LOVE the pom pom branches and adore your sis' art! SO fun!

    Reply
  2. Julia Konya says

    January 6, 2014 at 12:17 pm

    So sorry that I haven't been on your blog since. Bloglovin didn't show a new post…grrrrr!
    I'm with you on the baggy PJs. Love that peacock and your sister's artwork!
    And those ninja bread men are so fun!
    Sorry again :/

    Reply
    • brynne@thegatheredhome.com says

      January 6, 2014 at 3:48 pm

      I'm having problems with Bloglovin too – I hope they fix it soon!
      I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Katy Byrne says

    January 6, 2014 at 4:26 pm

    Dying over your gingerbread ninjas! Those are adorable!

    http://www.designsbykaty.com

    Reply
    • brynne@thegatheredhome.com says

      January 6, 2014 at 4:31 pm

      Thanks Katy! There were so fun to make and went over really well 🙂

      Reply

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