Merry Christmas

Wishing all of you a warm and wonderful Christmas season.

We at honey my heart HQ are prepping a lot behind the scenes and planning our 2013. Hope that you are all enjoying the holidays.

Festive Scenes Around the City

It is always a treat to see festive scenes and holiday decor when running errands around the city. Here are a few of my favorite scenes.

Lights at The Grove.

Santa! It also "snowed" at The Grove.

Tree decked in lanterns and neon lights in Chinatown.

 

Sister and one of the trees at our favorite restaurant.

Red bow and flowers decorate building window in the Old Bank District in DTLA.

What are you favorite holiday scenes?

A Merry Christmas!!

Wishing you and yours a wonderfully Merry Christmas and Happy 2012!

Christmas Cards 2011

The Christmas season is one of my favorites. The cheer, the joy, the giving, the tradition, and the love always makes my heart full. One tradition I use to spread cheer, joy, and love is sending out handmade Christmas cards. It's something personal and a way to share a piece of my heart with friends and family.

Each card is topped with holiday words like "miracle" "hope" and "grace" and accented with doilies and holiday themed decal. Here are a few of the ones I'm sending out this year.




Wonder.






One of my favorites. Open heart and joy.




What is a holiday with out laughter?


My dad with the holiday cards. He's pointing a celebrate :)

Do you send out Christmas cards?

Hope you are all having a great week!

A Merry Christmas to You!

Wishing everyone a wonderfully blessed holiday season full of amazing times, laughter, and yummy food shared with loved ones.

Merry Christmas!!

Almost Acoustic Christmas, Night 2

Last weekend was kroq's Almost Acoustic Christmas. I had spent my high school years dreaming of attending this annual concert of multiple bands and amazing music, listening to the live broadcast on the radio, and this year was fortunate enough to attend night 2. Held at the Gibson Amphitheatre, the place was large yet the setting was intimate with a crowd ready to rock.


The night began with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes. Upbeat and so much fun, their music was a great start to the night.


Broken Bells was great rock.


I was most surprised to hear Temper Trap. They have a single that gets radio play, which is the only song I know them by, and after watching them tonight I know they should have plenty more. The show they put on was beyond. Just beyond. Hope to see them again real soon!


Neon Trees was so high energy. Their front man had a good vibe and intensity, giving them one of the best crowd interactions of the night.


Florence and the Machine was mesmerizing. I couldn't take my eyes off of Florence.


Black Keys was more good rock.


Brandon Flowers played original music and a few covers (Bette Davis Eyes and 2 Killers songs).


The crowd was quite into him.


Vampire Weekend!! So excited to see these guys and loved them. They opened with, "Holiday" and played crowd favorites like "Cousins" and "Giving up the Gun."




Can't wait to see them again.


And the night closed with Phoenix. They were the reason I wanted to attend night 2. I loved them in SB this summer and loved them more today.


Loved hearing "Rally" and "Long Distance Call" and, of course, "Love Like a Sunset." Thomas Mars is charismatic, boyish, and one of my favorite front men.



Best part about the show was that nine bands fit into one night of glorious music :)

Have you attended an Almost Acoustic Christmas?

Christmas Cards 2010

Tis the season for spreading that holiday cheer! I'm old school and will forever love the practice of writing and sending greeting cards, especially during the Christmas season. There's just something about paper products, the time spent writing notes, and sending and receiving them that gives me happiness. Handmade is still my choice, and below are a few of those I'll be sending out this year.

A mix of traditional colors (green and red) and my favorite colors (pink and purple), these cards carry the same doily theme with layers, textures, and decals.

Hope to send these out before within a week :)


Season's greetings and bits of holly.


Peace dove . The dove is one of my favorite images in the paper I purchased, and appears in a lot of my cards.


Layers of doilies and textured red paper with two dove decals.




Gold dove on textured red circle and doily layers.


Gold wreath over green and white printed paper and doily layers.


And two statement cards:

Wishing you JOY!


FELIZ Navidad :)


Do you send out holiday cards?

Oh Christmas Tree

To add more festivity to our holiday decorated household, I recently purchased this multi-colored tinsel mini Christmas tree. Sized perfectly to display on the mantel, it also doubles as a jewelry display! The tree is my new favorite holiday decoration.


In place of a star, stacked flower rings to top the tree.


Flower wreath charms hang through out the tree.












Necklaces are strewn around it.




And a sparkly rhinestone flower charm reflects the light :)


It makes me smile.

How many trees do you have around your house? What is your favorite holiday item? What are your favorite ornaments?