Blue Bird Bride Jewelry {GIVEAWAY}

Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? I sure have! This year my goal is to finish all my shopping well before Christmas so I can enjoy all the pretty packages under our tree for awhile.

Just in time for your Christmas shopping, I am excited to announce a fabulous {and generous} giveaway from Blue Bird Bride, a handmade jewelry and accessories {Etsy} shop! Here are just a few of my favorite pieces I think I may need to complete my Christmas party outfits…

Enameled Turquoise & Crystal Necklace

 Tear Drop Faceted Statement Necklace

 Bubble Bib Necklace

Crystal Drop Necklace

Geometric Bib Necklace

Amazing, right?

One of my lucky readers will win a $20 giftcard to Blue Bird Bride!

GIVEAWAY

To enter:

Like Blue Bird Bride on Facebook

Favorite Blue Bird Bride on Etsy

{leave a separate comment for each - two entries possible}

A special thanks to Blue Bird Bride for this awesome giveaway!  The contest will end Tuesday, December 4^th at 5 pm ET and the winner will be announced on Wednesday, December 5^th.

And the good news doesn’t stop there! Right now Blue Bird Bride is offering all of my readers 15% off their order! Just enter coupon code FALL2012 at checkout. 
Oh, and did you see all of the amazing holiday specials offered right now? Buy 3 Get 1 Free {that's 4 Christmas presents for the price of 3}!   Good Luck!

Thanksgiving Weekend

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! I cannot believe how quickly the holiday flew by. Here is a recap of our holiday in photos!

Thursday

We spent turkey day in Winston this year with Matt's family. He has a large family so it is always so great to see everyone in one place! After a delicious meal we headed to his grandparents house down the road to decorate their home for Christmas!

 {most of the cousins - missing a few!}

Black Friday

 Let me just say that Black Friday turned out completely opposite as I had planned. For the past week, I have had a very detailed shopping plan of attack consisting of World Market, Crate & Barrel, Restoration Hardware, Pottery Barn and more. Well that all changed when Matt and I decided to scratch our shopping plans and start a new project - building {this} farmhouse dining table for our new home. So we spent a majority of our Black Friday shopping at Home Depot.

While Matt was hard at work, I decided to cook a little {16 lb} turkey for ourselves. This was the first time I ever cooked a turkey so I was a little nervous. With the help an incredible brine recipe {here} our turkey turned out delicious!
Saturday

 Saturday we spent most of the day watching football, specifically Ohio State vs. Michigan and Florida vs. Florida State. Both Matt and I were pretty happy with both of our teams. Later we had 3 other couples over for a game night. We played my favorite game in the world, "things..." If you don't already own this, I highly suggest asking Santa for it.     Sunday

 Sunday we went Christmas tree shopping at a small lot at the end of our street. For the past 3 years we have ended up with a "Charlie Brown" style Christmas tree since our living room was so tiny. But now that we are in our new house with much taller ceilings, we sprung for an 8 foot tree! More details and pictures to come in a separate post on our tree and Christmas decorations around the house.   Stay tuned for a fabulous giveaway tomorrow...

Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes

One of the best parts about Thanksgiving is leftovers! I could eat turkey for breakfast, lunch and dinner for days after Thanksgiving. So to mix up our next few meals, I have picked out a few recipes to try...

 

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 The Ultimate Thanksgiving Sandwich {layers include 3 slices bread, light mayonnaise, leftover turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, green leaf lettuce, tomato slices and gravy} 

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Turkey Quesadilla {tortilla with Gouda cheese, leftover turkey, spinach or Brussels sprouts, and dried cranberries or cranberry sauce}

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Turkey and Cranberry Salad {spinach topped with carrots, cashews, dried cranberries and leftover turkey}

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Turkey Cranchiladas {tortillas with leftover turkey, cranberry sauce, black beans, salsa, Pepperjack cheese, sour cream, etc.}

 

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Turkey Cranberry Monte Cristo {sliced potato bread with fontina cheese, leftover turkey,  cranberry sauce, baby arugula leaves, etc.}

How do you eat your leftovers?