to orlando we go

i hope everyone had a happy, beautiful holidays! my christmas was unbelievably amazing and definitely more than i deserved. we spent the holidays in orlando at disney world and universal! visiting disney world during christmas has been a dream of mine for awhile and of course i nearly lost my mind when i saw hogwarts and hogsmeade. the only downside to the trip was the crowds. i would never recommend visiting orlando between christmas and new years. definitely go earlier in december when the crowds aren't as rough but you can still enjoy all of the holiday fun.

clockwise from top left: magical indeed; chip and dale; hi mickey!; couldn't stop laughing over these caramel apples

clockwise from top left: can never remember what's in the golf ball; window in china; exhibit on japanese spirits and their influence in pop culture, love; chef remy stopping by our table

clockwise from top left: hogwarts!; a window display for scrivenshafts ; beauxbaton students; pumpkin juice

i can't believe it's already 2011. so much to look forward to. it's going to be a wonderful year.

holiday postcards

i've been searching for holidays cards for weeks and couldn't find one that i liked so i pieced one together using a couple of printables found through my favorite blogs.

i decided to turn this card by pauline grayson at munfinc into a postcard. for the back i used this design by amy moss at eat drink chic. brush on a ton of rubber cement (with the windows open!) to glue it onto a pearly postcard from paper source, slap a stamp on it, and into the mailbox it goes. i love the design and i save on paper and postage. sweet!

merry christmas!

i wish everyone a very merry christmas and a wonderful holiday season! wherever you are, whatever holiday you celebrate, i hope you are warm, happy, and with people that you love.