I am so excited to announce the winner of the 24 Merry Days giveaway! Remember? That awesome opportunity to win a $250 gift certificate from the amazing crew over at Cloud9 Living? Well, yup. One lucky lady is walking away the prize. Congratulations, Andrea! (Please note, the winner has already been contacted via email.) Andrea …
Posts from: December 2012
Sweet ideas for holiday gift baskets from The Sweetest Occasion
I’ve never pretended to be a food blogger and there’s a pretty good reason why, my friends. That’s one heck of a tough job taking those impeccably styled and beautiful photos all the while trying to make sure your cocoa isn’t too cold and you don’t have whipped cream flying all over the place! On …
A collection of printable holiday tags designed by A Pair of Pears exclusively from The Sweetest Occasion!
I had a vision for today’s DIY projects many weeks ago. I’ve had this obsession with gold leaf for the last several months and really wanted to try my hand at playing with it for the first time. This DIY gold leaf pine cone garland is how it all went down! While largely intended to …
This post was sponsored by Luna Bazaar. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that so generously help keep The Sweetest Occasion rockin’! I’m crazy about beautiful holiday decor so I was really excited to get my hands on a few of these sparkly perfume bottles from Luna Bazaar, one of our awesome sponsors. They come in so …
Today I am really excited to tell you about a fun little project I participated in with Pottery Barn – their holiday Mystery Box Challenge! Pottery Barn tapped five party/entertaining bloggers to create festive holiday decor using a box of their beautiful ornaments. The catch? The ornaments couldn’t be used on a tree and we had …
So here’s the thing. Working on color palette posts is one of my favorite things. Truly. It’s just plain old fun for me. But every once in a while, I just fall head over heels in love for a color palette and this is one of those. The bold pairing of rich sparkling cranberry and …
Happy Friday and welcome to the weekend, friends! I am really looking forward to this weekend. Largely I’ll be spending a quiet weekend at home, working on a few upcoming projects (including those gift baskets in the making) and then Sunday it’s all about some Christmas shopping with one of my closest friends. It’s an …
My mom is famed for making the most amazing stockings. Even now that all of us are grown, she loads our stockings with the best goodies. She never fails to include a few of those things you “need” but don’t love to spend money on like my favorite mascara, and she also scavenges for those …
Tis the season when festive occasions abound! That’s probably one of my favorite things about this time of year – there’s no shortage of excuses to rock a bit of sparkle! This outfit is perfect for enjoying a few holiday cocktails, whether it be at a party, out on the town for a Tom and …
This post was sponsored by Garnish. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that so generously help keep The Sweetest Occasion rockin’! This week I am working on putting together a few holiday gift baskets for family. I know gift baskets get a bit of a bad rap for being a touch cliché as the old standby …