Happy Holidays!

can you spot me? hah!

I am headed to my hometown to spend time with our families for the holidays, and couldn't be more excited! Minus this rainy weather, I am so in the Christmas spirit. I have Christmas cookie recipes to try out, friends to catch up with and Christmas music to listen to. How about you? On a separate note, I know its been a little quiet this past month or two in this space. I have been planning a change which will start taking place in 2016 that I am excited about, with lots of new and different posts, so stay tuned if you like and thank you so much for being here with me during 2015! Its been a fabulous and life-changing year. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all!

Happy Monday : Favorite Links

A few of my favorite links lately to start out your week.

1. Adorable mitten shaped cookies.

2. Simple Danish Christmas decorations.

3. What to watch on Netflix this winter. I already went through the entire season of Master of None, so good!

4. My favorite series on Oh Dear Drea.

5. I think I need to get some black leather leggings. 

Thanksgiving Part Two

And very late, here are the second round of Thanksgiving photos, from our time with the Perks' side of the family in Plymouth. Fair warning, if you don't like adorable pictures of adorable babies, you may want to skip this post. We are a little camera happy with our niece Hannah : ) Lots of games, good food and a night listening to guitar music and singing by the fireplace. Cozy!

Weekend Recap : Thanksgiving Part One

Part one of our Thanksgiving weekend pictures : ) We spent Thanksgiving day with my side of the family this year, and it was such a fun time. We played croquet, watched the parade, drank cranberry margaritas, and cooked up a storm. All in all a fun holiday spent at home. Hope yours was the same! Part two coming tomorrow ; )

Black Friday / Cyber Monday Sale!

In case you missed it, our Black Friday Sale is going on in both the vintage clothing and vintage home shops! Head on over to www.oldschoolswank.etsy.com or www.oldschoolswankhome.etsy.com to check them out! You can also enter to win a $75 gift certificate to OldSchoolSwank by signing up for our newsletter HERE or at www.oldschoolswank.com. Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday weekend!

Around Here Lately

Scenes from around here this week. Lots of raking, organizing and shooting new vintage, burning Christmas scented candles, a couple gorgeous sunsets, puppy sitting and enjoying settling into a new schedule where our work days end at 5 (for the most part) and we feel like real adults. Oh yah and I got bangs (!!). We are still having fun messing around with our new photo setup so the photo above is a fake-guitar-playing-me with new said bangs and pretending to be cool. Happy Monday everyone!

Thanksgiving-ish Recipes

I have been on a recipe hunt for fun things I can make on and around Thanksgiving this year that are fun and a little different. I love the holiday season and all the baking and cooking that goes along with it. Although I'm a major sucker for all the traditional items, I think its fun to spice it up a little bit and try one or two new things as well. This is a roundup of some fun items I have found in case you are in the holiday spirit as well ; )

1. Cranberry and Vanilla Bean Pie Bars via A Beautiful Mess

2. Cherry Kale Panzanella via Jelly Toast (originally found on BleuBird)

3. Elsie's Orange Cranberry Margarita via A Beautiful Mess

4. Charred Corn Salad with Creamy Tomatillo Dressing via Cooking Channel TV

5. Spinach and Feta Quiche via Cupcakes and Cashmere

6. Everything Tea via OhDearDrea (to keep you healthy all season!)

7. Herb Roasted Turkey via What's Gaby Cooking

8. Spiced Apple Muffins with Streusel Topping via Call Me Cupcake