it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!.. even on my blog!

i just couldn't wait any longer! i changed my blog layout to a new holiday themed one, for free! this lovely design was made and offered by my cousin's sister-in-law, shannon. you can get one, too, at her website, eightcrazy designs. LOVE it! Thanks, Shannon!

she also happens to be the designer that created our wedding invitations earlier this year. she was fabulous to work with and the results were beautiful, more perfect than i ever imagined. here is my attempt at posting a photo of the finished results- i wanted to black out our middle and last names and i couldn't figure out how to do it on the original computer document without messing the whole thing up so i took a picture and then edited it in the paint program... needless to say, it ends up loking grainy after all of the conversions, not nearly as wonderful as the real deal, but oh well! i wanted to share it anyway. once again, it was created by shannon, of eightcrazy designs (see above link).




p.s. if you look closely, you can see the school-cafeteria flooring we have in our house! i laid the invite on the floor to take the picture. good thing we both have a pair of slippers now (see 100 days! post) cause this floor gets cold!