With family arriving tonight for our first ever Christmas in Richmond, we wanted to be sure we shared our holiday card with you guys first (you know we love ya like family). We couldn’t do this little blog-thang (look at me getting all twangy) without you. And we sincerely appreciate you for dropping in on us.
We shot this earlier in the month with the help of a bunch of ribbon snagged on clearance from Michael’s last Christmas (some of which later ended up on our tree). It’s actually two pictures photoshopped together, since getting Clara and Burger to sit still that close to one another without doing something weird (like synchronized diaper sniffing/tail grabbing) is beyond unrealistic. You can actually see a bunch of outtakes over on Young House Life today. Like this one we like to call “The Peeper.”
We hope everyone has a fun/joy/family/food/relaxation-filled holiday weekend! And although we figure many of you will be busy with miscellaneous chaos over the upcoming week between Christmas and New Year’s, we’ll still be dropping in with a quick post every day from Monday through Friday for ya (and yes – we hope to have some cabinet priming/painting peeks for you guys with a big reveal sometime around the first week of January if all goes well).
We just found out that we have a big book deadline of January 4th too (the entire final manuscript is due- yikes!!!) so at any point if you’re wondering what we’re up to, you can probably count on us to be holding a paint brush, a laptop, a toddler, a chihuahua, or a cookie covered in sprinkles. And maybe a few of those things at once (let’s find out if I can eat a cookie while priming, shall we?). Happy holidays to every last one of ya!
Update: You can check out all of our favorite holiday decor finds here – many of which are under $15!
Amanda @ Our Humble A{Bowe}d says
Merry Christmas, Petersiks! Have a happy and relaxing weekend filled with painting. ;)
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks! You too!
xo,
s
jana says
Happy Holidays to you as well. Thanks for all of your sharing and inspiration.
annabelvita says
Merry Christmas from London Petersiks! You deserve a brilliant one.
cristina s says
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to your family :)
Thank you so much for much needed encouragement (& distraction) while we remodeled our first home that we purchased last January! Keep doing all you do in your own way… we truly enjoy keeping up with your blog
Check out our holiday card :
http://casacris.blogspot.com/
(Yes, I got a blog spot just for your pinterest challenge lol)
YoungHouseLove says
SO cute! And I love that you made a blog for the Pinterest Challenge! Amazing.
xo,
s
Robin says
Adorable! Happy Holidays from our family to yours!
julie g. says
Love it! Merry Christmas!!!
Megan says
Too cute! Merry Christmas!
Kathi says
Merry Christmas to all y’all! Thanks for being a great inspiration for so many of my home reno projects! Hope y’all have a productive Christmas “break”!
Amy says
That is a super adorable card. Very creative!
Merry Christmas & happy painting.
Can’t wait to see more updates.
Linda says
The picture where Clara is throwing the ribbon is my favorite. She is so “in the moment”. haha :D
Happy holidays to all of you guys – and stop thanking US so much when we should all be thanking you for tirelessly keeping up with this blog, giving us all inspiration, and keeping us motivated.
Thanks, youngsters. :) Here’s to an awesome 2012!
xoxo Linda
YoungHouseLove says
Aw shucks, thanks Linda! It’s a holiday lovefest.
xo,
s
JMB says
Merry Christmas, Petersik family!! Enjoy your holiday! Thank you for all that you have shared with us in 2011…looking forward to 2012!!
Cair says
I hope you have a very, very merry Christmas! It doesn’t get much better than toddlers and family at Christmas. Joy.
Katie says
Love this! Merry Christmas!
Kitty says
Merry Christmas to you all! I hope it is a wonderful one.
I’m not sure if you’ll know the answer to this, but will your book be distributed in the UK? I’ve been following your blog for what years and I’d love to have the book!
YoungHouseLove says
It’ll definitely be sold on amazon.com, which we believe will make it available internationally! Thanks for the interest!
xo,
s
Sarah says
Merry Christmas to you guys! Thanks for living the lifestyle you do and taking the effort to share it.
Kelly @ Corner of Main says
I love that Burger is sticking his tongue out; awesome! Merry Christmas =)
Reenie says
What an adorable Christmas card ~ so cute =)
Merry Christmas ~ John, Sherry, Clara & Burger. I hope you have a great Christmas with your family.
Raina@ Mamacita Spins The Globe says
I hope that you have a delightful Christmas! Also, I look forward to seeing cabinet doors with little red sugar sprinkles mixed in ;)
YoungHouseLove says
Haha- maybe that’ll be a trend for 2012…
xo,
s
Raina@ Mamacita Spins The Globe says
One can only hope ;)
MandyP says
Merry Christmas! I had THE weirdest dream last night that you guys starting throwing up plexiglass walls everywhere in your house and making it like a business office. The things you dream about…
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahaha- we love weird dreams about us!
xo,
s
Kelly C. says
LOL poor Burger! It’s a good thing you guys let him sleep in the bed and have the run of things or he may not forgive you for the ribbon… Love the card and thank goodness for Photoshop!
Merry Christmas!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, it’s true! If he weren’t the king of this house he might have a reason to cop a bit of attitude about the ribbon. I think he humors us every once in a while in exchange for treats and taking over our bed!
xo,
s
Anna says
Have a very merry and bright Christmas, Petersiks! Thanks for making my day a little brighter!
Jessica says
That’s absolutely adorable! Our cat would do the exact same thing as Burger, too. :-) Hope you guys have a wonderful Christmas, filled with food, family, friends, and a whole lot of pictures that you’ll share with your internet family!
Wendy says
GREAT card this year. The kids are adorable of course, but I especially love your unexpected color choices. Happy holidays!
Çi?dem says
What a beautiful girl :)) .. and growing fast. I kiss both her cheeks. A very Merry christmas to you from Turkey:)
Meri says
Adorable! I’ve mostly been a lurker over the years (since I know poor Sheri has to/gets to manually approve hundreds/thousands of comments a day), but I just wanted to say how lovely it is seeing you turn your kitchen into the heart of your home. Well done. And, if anyone deserves a christmas break it is you guys! Take a couple days or even the whole dang week. We’ll be here when you get back! I know, if your readers all knew each other I’m sure I would get lynched right now. :-) Merry Christmas!
Tram says
Love your Xmas cards…so creative! Burger’s facial expression is just priceless :)!!!
Monika says
Merry Christmas from our family to yours! You have been an inspiration to me and hence indirectly made my home more beautiful for the holidays, so thank you for that! Hopefully 2012 will bring you even more unimaginable successes that you so greatly deserve. Cheers!
Lisa W. says
Oh-my-gosh! I didn’t realize that was Burger’s tongue until I read your post on the outtakes! Am I the only one who thought you put a Rudolph nose on him???!!!! LOVE IT! Merry Christmas to you all!
YoungHouseLove says
Ha! Well, I think that’s kind of a fun, accidental interpretation. We did put a Rudolph nose on him a few years ago.
-John
katie b. says
I totally smile every time I see her in one of the two headbands I sent her forever ago ;) They are the best because they stretch and last so long! Beautiful card. Merry Christmas, guys!
YoungHouseLove says
They are the best! Thanks again for helping us make our little girl look like a little girl! :)
-John
Katie says
Merry Christmas! Looking forward to the kitchen pics after the new year!
Chrissie says
Aww, thanks for the card! Merry Christmas to all of you too. It was great to see the creative process over on Young House Life – I tried to comment there but my iPhone refused to play nicely.
Christmas eve is also my first blogiversary, so I’m looking forward to posting a little reminiscence-type blog then!
Have a great Chrissy and New Year!
YoungHouseLove says
Happy early blogiversary! Congrats on one year!
-John
Chrissie says
Thank you :-) so far it’s been great! I’m still working on a story for your little miss, I’m hoping to finish that early in the new year!
Sandy says
Happy Holidays to you guys from New Jersey! Your blog rocks!! Love you guys … BUT … Burger is the bomb!!! LOVE BURGER!
Ashley@AttempstAtDomestication says
Such a cute Christmas card! Merry Christmas Petersiks! Hope you enjoy the holiday weekend with family!!
melanie @ mailbox journey says
happy holidays yhl!
love the Christmas card.
Rosalyn says
Merry Christmas to my favorite bloggers. Wishing you a happy and healthy 2012! Cheers… (clinking my coffee mug)
Jenn M. says
made me smile…one of the cutest and most unique/creative christmas cards ive seen.
thank you for the inspiration :)
happy christmas!
jenn
domestiCate says
The kids are adorbs, as usual! Thanks for sharing your lives with us. You were the first blog I ever read (a few years ago), and I’ve been hooked ever since!
Carla says
Feliz navidad!
Love the card, absolutely adorable. Have a blessed weekend :)
Jessica @ The Desert Abode says
The card is SO cute!
Happy holidays, Petersiks!
(And good luck with your book deadline.) :)
Caity says
Merry Christmas to you all! Thanks so much for spreading cheer all year long through your awesome blog!
Alisa says
Happy holidays to you all, too! Adorable cards!
Sofie says
Merry Christmas. I hope you have a good one! :)
Sayard says
This post isn’t showing up on younghouselove.com, only when I click on the link from young house life in today’s post “if you haven’t seen it see it here”. Not sure if it’s just me or not!
YoungHouseLove says
Sounds like a cacheing issue. I would try emptying your browser’s cache or cookies or history/data and it should pop right up when you refresh. Hope it helps!
xo,
s
Heidi S. says
Merry Christmas Petersiks! May your painting go quickly! We will be using a pry bar and possibly the sledge hammer in the basement over the holiday. Here is our family holiday card:
http://www.statelykitsch.com/category/family/holiday-cards/
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahaha, I love it!
xo,
s
Cathy says
adorable! question: is there a reason you guys use Photoshop instead a free knockoff version? I’m looking for photo editing software and would love to hear your opinion! and Merry Christmas…hope you get a chance to kick back and enjoy this weekend! and that you don’t mistake primer for frosting while making cookies… :)
YoungHouseLove says
We both used it a lot professionally (when we were in advertising) so we already owned it and were used to it. But if you’re just starting out the free programs could be all you need so I’d definitely start there!
xo,
s
Wrenaria says
I’m an Adobe software user myself (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)… But if you want some freebie software with similar capabilities you could try Gimp (a Photoshop alternative) and Inkscape for vector graphics (an Illustrator alternative). Though I suppose if it’s just photo editing you’re looking for, Gimp is the one you’d want.
Gimp: http://www.gimp.org/
Inkscape: http://inkscape.org/
Allyn says
Love it! What did we do before Photoshop?!
Merry Christmas!
YoungHouseLove says
And digital cameras?! I think we used to take ten million photos and hope that one of them came out ok! Haha.
xo,
s
Allyn says
Oh yes. A million pictures on disposable cameras, no less. Ah, the good old days. I seriously used to buy like 4 cameras before every trip in high school.
Ashley W says
Merry Christmas!
I saw these awesome mugs in Real Simple and immediately thought of Sherry! They’re white and they’re animal mugs! http://korin.com/Mugtail-Squirrel?sc=30&category=281745
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, I love those!
xo,
s
Rebecca says
Saw them in the Real Simple magazine and had the SAME thought!
Sarah says
Hope you have a relaxing weekend despite your chaotic schedule. Take time for your family and friends…we’ll always be here when you come back!
Karen L. says
Merry Christmas from Williamsburg, Petersiks! Have a super holiday time and make sure to find some relaxing time not painting,prepping,or pillaging the cookies—ha! Love your blog and wish y’all a wonderful time with fam. We get to have our son, daughter-in-law and their five kiddoes, ages 9,7,5,3 and almost 2, here for Christmas this year. :)
debbie c says
Love the card! Someone has mad Photoshop skillz!