the hicks girls: December 2011

Sunday, December 25, 2011

merry christmas from the hicks girls.

Posted by kelby at 8:25 PM .

Christmas is the Hicks Girls most favorite time of the year. We've had a great time with our family and we hope you have a very merry Christmas with yours. Thanks for a great 2011 and we look forward to 2012 with you!

Little Sister Kelby and her pup Yankee!

Big Sister Burgess and her adorable family!

Love you!

Kelby & Burgess

The Hicks Girls

stashing thru the snow!

Posted by kelby at 8:18 PM .

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Labels: cards, christmas, Christmas Cards, Kelby, mustache

Soooo unless you've been hiding under a rock lately (how cozy can that be actually???) you know that mustaches are EVERYWHERE!! They are quite the rage, and while I don't understand what made them oh-so-popular....I lovelovelove them!

So I thought I'd incorporate this awesome trend into my annual Christmas cards.

Side note--I make my Christmas cards every year. I actually look forward to making them every December and love coming up with new and funny ideas. I always include a cute picture of me and Yankee (until I have kids...people are getting a picture of me and my dog. Deal with it.)

So here are my amaze-balls Mustache cards! I freaking LOVE the way the turned out and have gotten so many compliments on them.

And wouldn't you know it? Thanks to my Silouette machine, these bad boys were super easy to make!

the inside of the card!

Hope you and your family have stashed thru the snow this year!! We haven't gotten much of the white stuff (if any) here in Indy......yet.

Merry Christmas!

pinot noirleans.

Posted by kelby at 7:54 PM .

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Labels: gifts, Kelby, paint, Random

If you know me but at all, you know that I seriously love New Orleans. It, next to New York, is one of my most favorite cities in the country. (Third next to Beijing.) When I was down there in November for my friend Ashley's wedding (oh wait....have I even blogged about that yet?? oops!!), I saw a painting that I knew my sister had to have for Christmas.

Unfortunately, I didn't like the colors...didn't want to pay the money for something I knew I could do myself...didn't want to shove it in my already small carry-on luggage to bring it back to Indy...etc.

But, thankfully I do have a tiny bit of creativity in my bones and thought I'd make it myself!

And make it I did!!

Yes, I know the colors are a bit loud/bright/don't match/etc. But you know what? It's New Orleans inspired and everything down there is colorful and bright and loud and doesn't match and that's part of the reason I love it down there so much!

Pinot Noirleans!

I actually included this painting in a big New Orleans themed basket for my sister! Two bottles of Pinot Noir wine (my favorite), a fleur de lis wine glass and wine cork, a fleur de lis scarf and cookie cutter and some Cafe Du Monde coffee. She loved it!!

Now...I think I need to make myself one...

wine and canvas.

Posted by kelby at 6:55 PM .

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I lovelovelove trying new things. And I especially love trying new things with some of my most favorite people. On December 7, my sweet and amazing friend Co Bartel (also in charge of the Princess Program) and her daughter Blythe invited me to join them at a Wine and Canvas event.

It was so fun! We painted Monet's "Lily Pond" and had a freaking blast! It was so easy and I love how the instructors at W&C really helped you paint the best picture you could paint. We had a great time drinking wine, painting and singing along to all the awesome jams they had playing. I'll definitely be making this a reoccuring appointment!