Christmas-y house

Here's a little peek at the house for our first Christmas together as married folks!

(video made with the 8mm app for iphone)

New design, new guitar

Husband just bought an electric guitar. Doesn't he look like a rockstar?

 

In other news, I spent the better part of last night redesigning the header for my blog. You like? It's all thanks to my rockstar husband and his ability to read HTML. For serious, Blogger, you made that WAY too difficult to change. Sheesh.

If you like the silhouettes of the hubs and I, those are designed by my dear friend, Miss Aud. I think she should take those skills straight to Etsy. Who's with me?! Also mad props to my blogging kindred spirit, Staci, for patiently teaching me the ins and outs of photoshop. I'm looking forward to my time off for Christmas break so that I can have the time to tweak it a little more. 

Crafty time

I've been in a huge crafting mood ever since the wedding. Last year I was really in to knitting scarves. This year, it's yarn wreaths. I made them for a few family members as thank you presents for the wedding, and now they've been popping up as ideas for Christmas presents. There's a good yarn wreath tutorial here at one of my favorite blogs. Happy crafting!

(bunting has also been a crafting obsession of mine...just wait for wedding pictures!)

My weekend, in photos

Late lunch at Lil Charlies, a very Christmas outfit, best breakfast ever, huge IU win, wedding thank yous

Wedding Video

It's here! Our dear friend, Justin, was our wedding videographer back in October for the big day. He put together a wonderful video that summed up our wedding perfectly. He even used songs that were played during the ceremony. It is something that Jake and I will have forever to remind ourselves how memorable and special our wedding was. Thank you so much, Justin!

Jake and Kik's Wedding (First Draft) from Justin Ridge on Vimeo.

The Living Room Tour

We had the great pleasure of hosting Jeremy Spring of Abandon Kansas last night at our house. When he isn't touring with Abandon Kansas, Jeremy plans out an acoustic tour in fans' houses around the country. We were lucky enough to get a spot on that tour. We invited some of our music-loving friends over to Casa Brooks for a night of food and music and celebrating the Christmas season. It was just wonderful to get to know Jeremy and share such a neat experience with our friends. I highly recommend checking out Abandon Kansas. Jeremy, you are welcome back any time!

Did I mention that it was an ugly Christmas sweater party? Super festive.

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Today was Mom's birthday. We celebrated at lunch with family and spent the rest of the day hanging out at home. It was super nice just to be together for the afternoon. Happy Birthday, Mom. I hope you enjoyed your birthday as much as I did!