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HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDES

The Emerald City of decor

May 20, 2010 By Elaine

~BEAUTIFUL THINGS~

Mantles, Mirrors and Frames…oh my!

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🎁 GIFT GUIDE TEEN GIRL 🎁

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Be sure to save so you can reference! I have them here, on my blog and be sure to follow me on LTK for more great gifting ideas!

🎁 GIFT GUIDE HOSTESS 🎁

This time of year there are so many get-togethers, here are some great hostess gift ideas. These would also make great gifts in general.

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I will have many more headed your way soon! Be sure to save so you can reference! I have them here, on my blog and be sure to follow me on LTK for more great gifting ideas!

🎁 GIFT GUIDE for HIM 🎁

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🎁 GIFT GUIDE FOR HER 🎁...part 2

I have searched high and low to find amazing gifts the women in your life will love! Many different price points...something for everyone!

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I will have many more headed your way soon! Be sure to save so you can reference! I have them here, on my blog and be sure to follow me on LTK for more great gifting ideas!

🎁 GIFT GUIDE FOR HER 🎁

I have searched high and low to find amazing gifts the women in your life will love! Many different price points...something for everyone!

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I will have many more headed your way soon! Be sure to save so you can reference! I have them here, on my blog and be sure to follow me on LTK for more great gifting ideas!

We host Thanksgiving so we still have pumpkins up over here! Love decorating for Christmas, but going to have to wait a little longer!

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Builder & Architect @josephpaulhomes

Best road trip advice...just pull over!

We had a lot of time in the car on our trip to New England with lots of famous outlook sites and stops planned. Don't get me wrong...they were all amazing, but some of the prettiest areas we saw were just random parts off the road. We would see something from the window and just pull over to soak it in.
The trees are gorgeous everywhere, there is so much water, beautiful churches, cute little country stores, old cemeteries, barns, bridges...you name it!
This particular spot was somewhere in New Hampshire that we just saw and pulled over and it turned out to be one of our favorite photos! There was no one else there. It looks like a postcard and there are spots like this everywhere. Some of my favorite times on the trip were just driving in the car and soaking it all in! 🧡💛❤️🍂🍁

My favorite time of year in the most beautiful place with my favorite people.

📍Woodstock, VT

💌 2024 Christmas card reveal 💌

Sending Christmas cards is one of my favorite holiday traditions. I look forward to sending & receiving them every year.

I absolutely love our card this year! The pattern, the bows, the scallops...some of my favorite things!

We always order our cards from @minted

They have the most beautiful customizable designs, incredible quality, user friendly website and they offer FREE ADDRESSING on coordinating envelopes!

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🎁FAVORITE THINGS PARTY🎁

This week we had our annual favorite things party! We look forward to it every year! It’s the most fun party!!

I shared a sneak in Instagram stories and got so many questions. I wrote a blog post sharing all the details + all the great gift ideas!

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Quick highlights:
(Many different ways to do it, but this is how we do it)
•everyone brings 3 of their favorite thing (same item) valued around $25
•then we have 3 rounds and draw numbers to see the order of who gets to pick their gift
•by the end of the night you have 3 of your friends favorite things to bring home & you learn lots of great gift ideas going into the holiday season.

It’s an easy party to throw & so much fun!! You need to host this with your group of friends!

🎉Many more details on the blog!!

Woodstock, Vermont was on of my favorite stops! It was the cutest little town full of charm! Straight out of a Hallmark movie.
The Main Street is lined with cute shops, restaurants, gorgeous homes, cute fences and just off to the side a river and beautiful covered bridge.
I could definitely live in this town.

📷 this video is at the gorgeous Woodstock Inn.

Halloween...one of our favorite nights of the year! 🖤🎃🧡

These are the days....

I'm so grateful for this time we had. Something about getting out of town just allows you to really focus on each other. Lots of memories made. ❤️

🧡🖤 HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVE 🖤🧡

🎃☠️🕸️👻🧹🐈‍⬛🧙‍♀️💀🦹🏼‍♀️🧟🍬🍫🍭

Builder & Architect @josephpaulhomes

If you're looking for some last minute Halloween fun you have to check out this insane house!! It was so much to soak in....ALL.THE.HALLOWEEN fun 🎃

📍3325 Singletree Trail, Plano TX 75023

It's completely free, just drive by, park and enjoy this incredible display!!

🧡👻🎃🕸️☠️🖤

🐈‍⬛ 🎃HOCUS POCUS FILM LOCATIONS 🎃🐈‍⬛

Our family loves Hocus Pocus! We watch it every year & we're so excited to go see the film locations while visiting Salem.

Salem is super popular this time of year, but we went on a weekday and it wasn't too crowded. I heard the weekends are insane!!!

I will be doing a separate Salem guide soon, but this one is specific to Hocus Pocus movie locations!

📍Ropes Mansion | Allison's house
318 Essex St.
This home is gorgeous and just at the end of the Main Street in Salem. They also have gorgeous gardens in the back that you don't see in the movie

📍Old Town Hall
161 Essex Steet
This is in the heart of Salem downtown. This is the scene where Bet Middler sings "I Put a Spell on You" at the adult Halloween Party

📍Max & Dani's house
4 Ocean Ave
This is a short drive but close to Pioneer Village. It's a private residence. It's absolutely gorgeous and right on the water! We parked at Pioneer Village and walked over.

📍Pioneer Village | Thackery Binx's village
98 West Ave : Forest River Park

📍 Salem Common
N. Washington square
Many outdoor scenes were filmed here including when Max gives Allison his #. Beautiful park with gorgeous homes around including the next filming location...the school

📍 Phillips Elementary School | Max & Allison's school
86 Essex St.
Right next to Salem Common

There are several Hocus Pocus tours you can pay to go on, but it was very easy to do our own self guided tour.

We all had a blast doing this! And of course it was fun to see some Sanderson Sisters exploring Salem while we were there! Never know what you'll find!

🐈‍⬛🧙‍♀️🧹🌙🕸️🕯️🔮🍿🎥

#salem #salemma #salemmass #hocuspocus #hocuspocusmovie #halloweenfun #halloweenforever #movielocations #filmlocation #thackerybinx

Less than a week til Halloween 🙌🏻

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🎃 want to add quick, easy & inexpensive Halloween decor to your home...change your TV screensaver. There are so many options out there and you don't need a frame TV. I'm sharing my old reel in stories today on how you can add a screensaver without a Frame TV.

Builder & Architect @josephpaulhomes

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📍Stowe, Vermont

We visited Stowe in Mid October. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and the leaves didn't disappoint. We were there during the week so it wasn't overly crowded.
It had a small town, relaxed feel, but was bigger than some of the other places we visited. In the winter it's a big ski town & it definitely had that vibe.

We went with kids and it was a great family spot. We focused on kid friendly activities and restaurants.

EXPLORE DOWNTOWN:
⛪️ See the beautiful Stowe Community Church
🛍️ Explore the cute shops (Country Store on Main & Farm Home Marketplace were some of my favorites)
🥞 Breakfast at The Butlers Pantry...pro tip...it's a very popular quaint restaurant in the heart of downtown with long waits BUT you can join the Yelp waitlist online before you go. We were able to walk right in
📸 Picture in front of the Stowe mural on the side of Laughing Moon Chocolates

VIEWS:
•Smugglers Notch Drive
•Gondola Sky Ride
•Drive on mountain road (just outside of downtown) for lots of great picture spots. This video is taken from a lookout about 2 min out of downtown.

ACTIVITIES:
🌽 Percy Farm corn maze was a hit with the kids
•Brookdale Bridge is close by and beautiful
🎶 Von Trapp Lodge & Brewery are worth seeing. Beautiful views & you can get a day pass to enjoy the incredible property

OTHER POPULAR ATTRACTIONS:
🍦 Ben & Jerry's factory tour
🍎 Cold Hollow Cider Mill
•Gold Brook Covered Bridge

#stowe #stowevermont #leafpeeping #fallvibes #ilovefall #travelnewengland #fallroadtrip #autumnvibes #falltravel #autumninnewengland #stowevt #falltravel

🎃We love Halloween around here! Soaking in this spooky time of year!
If only we had gorgeous fall leaves hanging off that tree! The East Coast spoiled me. Just for fun I added some in the last photo. Haven't figured out how to do AI yet so a quick photoshop did the trick 😉

Builder & architect @josephpaulhomes

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