grateful: week 36

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) my family.

2) my friends.

3) christmas!

 {my first knitting project, a baby blanket, complete!}

 {wrapped presents}

 {christmas eve dinner}

this week's blog love:

• florals and stripes' christmas cottage image is perfection.
• i loved SHE's look at the burberry prorsum pre-fall 2011 collection.
• home's collection of images of the snowfall in london was stunning. 
• more tips for better photographs!  this time from centsational girl.
• pretty christmas wishes from a glimpse of glamour.
• the new york times had a darling story made of cookie dough and sprinkles.  too cute.

here's to another grateful week.

xo. di.

*all images from my personal collection