Our Christmas High Light Reel

I know it's February now, but I made a promise to myself this year that I would put those editing skills to good use and make more family videos for our family. So, in that spirit here's our Christmas high light reel.

 

Do you make family videos for your family? 

Heart Gifts to Make Yours Flutter

Happy Feb. 1st! Do you love Valentine's Day too? 

I love any sort of holiday really, but Valentine's Day is a special fun extra day to tell the ones you love how much you love them. 

Today I've rounded up some of my very fave heart related items that I've seen in stores and online. Any of these would make great gifts for your friends, co-workers, that party hostess too!

Red cookie jar / Melamine serving tray / World Market heart measuring spoon / Sur La Table steel cutter / Green accent pillow / Three quarter length sleeve top / Jeffrey Campbell cut out flat / Valentine's Day Felt Garland Banner "Love You So Much" 5' / Embellished Valentine T

What's your favorite gift to give on Valentine's Day? 

Coffee Date: Friday Musings

Coffee Date Jan 31 2014 from Andrea Worley on Vimeo.

Happy Friday Friends, Let's Have coffee!

Tell me one awesome thing that happened in your week. 

Linking up with Alissa today from Rags to Stitches.

Functional Ways to Display Your Vintage Glassware

If a collection is defined by owning more than one of something, than I for sure have a collection of vintage dish ware and glassware in my home. I love finding pieces that are unique and special. Most of mine have come from my Grandmother, and a few I've found on my own at antique stores and thrift stores. 

If you have pretty glassware like this I think it's best to display it and actually use it. Here's a few functional ways that I like to display and use mine.

My Grandmother gave me a bunch of milk glass plates, one of the ways I like to use them is to corral my hand soap and lotion next to my kitchen sink. 

Glasses and cups are great for storing stuff, I use these in my office/craft room to hold all sorts of things. They are fun because you can see what's inside since they are clear and they are pretty too!

I use a trio of these milk glass stands and plates to house all my bracelets next to my jewelry box. They are pretty yet very functional because I can see what I have right there in the mornings when getting dressed. 

I have these saucers in my night stand drawer to keep together my hair ties, bobbi pins and lip stuff for night time. Ps- this night lip balm from C.O. Bigelow from Bath and Body Works is the best for nigh time. 

And lastly, I have another plate near my sink in my bath room for my rings and other things. Especially handy at night when I wash my face. 

Do you love vintage dishes too? How do you display yours?

Monday Morning, Sick babies, Give Me Jesus + Coffee.

Sunday my kids woke up with running noses and coughs. Today the baby was awake before the sun was up. 

Crying and not feeling his best. Today calls for lots of Jesus and coffee. I already feel like I've been up for a million hours and it's only 10 am. It sure feels like it should be 4pm. 

I don't know about you but I don't like when my kids are sick, it takes a tole on the whole house. But it's a good reminder to slow down and take care of what matters most. 

Did you watch The Bachelor Wedding last night? I did, it was so awesome to see a Christ centered wedding on t.v. and it was beautiful. 

This morning I read this post and it challenged me even more about this community, I hope it encourages you as well. 

Happy Monday friends, how was your weekend?

How Will I Thrive This Year?

Well we're 23 days into the new year. How are you doing with your goals and resolutions you made this year?

My word of the year has been ever present on my mind, it's a good daily reminder and measure for me this year. 

It got me thinking a few weeks ago; How will I Thrive this year?

It's one thing to say I want to Thrive, but it's another to really figure out what that means for my life. So I sat down and thought about some goals, things I wanted to do better, ways that I wanted to grow this year and how I was going to accomplish that. 

• More time with Jesus. 
• More dates with my Husband. We're getting a baby sitter and making it more of a priority.
• More pursuing friendships that matter. Last year I got really hurt in some of my relationships and put way to much energy into ones that didn't matter, this year I want to pursue friendships that will draw me closer to Christ through our friendship.
• Less comparison, more JOY.
• Taking a break from social media on the weekends and enjoying more UN distracted time with people. 
• More time feeding my creative side. I want to spend time creating in new ways and try things I have always wanted to like painting. 
• More journaling for myself. I have a journal I write in every year and for the last couple years I've been writing less and less for myself personally. This year I want to renew that passion.
• Travel more.
• Take my kids to Disneyland. 
• Laugh a lot more! 
• Finish decorating our home. I've been so indecisive about decisions, but this year I want to make our house a home for our family. 
• More entertaining in our home. I want our home to welcome the people we do life with. I love connecting like this, and want to do it more this next year.
• Continuing to focus on my health and fitness.

How are you taking steps towards meeting your goals this year?

Fun Ways to Dress Up Your Party Invitations

I love sending out paper invitations for parties and gatherings. I think invitations set the tone for your events and I love picking out pretty ones to compliment the design and feel that I'm going for. I've had so much fun the last three years designing and picking out some of the prettiest invites for my daughter's birthday parties! If the invitation sets the tone of your party, then the envelope is also an extension of that. 

Today I want to share with you some fun ways you can dress up your envelopes before you put the stamp on them and hand them to the post man! 

1. Envelope Wraps
These adorable address wraps are a fun way to put the to and from on your envelopes! With fun designs on both the front and back and tons of options to choose from you're sure to find one that suits your personality. 


Do you love washi tape? I do. Over Christmas I was telling my sister about the wonderful world of washi, she'd never heard of it before. I had to do my sisterly duty and show her all the fun things you can do with washi tape! 

If you're like me you have a few rolls of washi around your house. Mines been sitting in tin buckets in my craft closet for sometime now. Then I discovered this cute little washi tape dispenser, you can hold tons of washi and big plus is that it's a dispenser so you can tear it off and use it when you need it. 

Also, these can be stacked on top of each other with the center pole. So if you're collection is ever growing you can just stack other dispenser on top and call it a day! Pretty clever huh?

2. Seal the back with washi tape. 

I love using washi tape to seal the back. No nasty glue taste, and it's much prettier. WeR has tons to choose from, see them here.

3. Use stamps to embellish.
I love using fun and clever stamps to embellish my envelopes. You can get ones with fun sayings or phrases or pictures too. I like these Doodle Stampers that you can use to run along the edges. I used the XOXO one below.

Did you fall in love with the washi tape dispenser? Or the envelope wraps?

Good news, use code WORLEYHOUSE for 20% off your purchase on any of these items and more at the WeR Memory Keepers website!

Do you like to send out party invitations? What's your favorite way to embellish your envelopes?