grateful: week 35

inspired by my reading of the happiness project by gretchen rubin, i am instituting monday "gratitude" posts (read here for more detail), where i will list "3 things i'm grateful for" from the previous week.

the 3 things i'm grateful for this week are:

1) got the bf's knee surgery over and done with and he's on the mend!

2) finally got around to some holiday baking (annnnd eating!).

3) i went home to michigan just for the weekend (have to work this week before i'm really home for the holidays) for our annual christmas party with family friends.  i was put in charge of drinks - see below for a super easy and very yummy christmas cocktail!

 {the dessert spread + wassail}

 {bella!}

 {new favorite christmas drink}

 santa baby 

5-6 pomegranate seeds

1/2 oz chambord

fill rest of glass with champagne

this week's blog love:

• bri of design love fest had me wishing for summer so badly!
• anyone else remember w magazine's 2005 photo shoot with angelina and brad entitled domestic bliss?  at the time it was pretty controversial, not sure the divorce from jen was even final yet (ps - team jen!), but i loved that alaina of live creating yourself dug it up now, 5 years and however many kids of their own later.  some good commentary on celebrity packed into one editorial!
• the fabulous ree of the pioneer woman featured some great tips and explanations on uploading photographs to blogs and facebook.
• i love this diy-fabric-covered binder project from the creative place.

here's to another grateful week.

xo. di.

*all images from my personal collection