LHS Winter Recital, 12/12/15

There's something special about families and music, and when they collide with the holidays, doubly so. Just before Christmas I once again stood behind the lens for a Lauren Haley Studios recital, this time with children and parents and grandparents buzzing around with extra-festive fervor.

It's not like me to be late to the party when it comes to sharing new snaps, but in this case, LHS has beaten me to the punch by about a month! See the studio's recital write up here. 

Fall Colors in Harvard Yard

From my mid-November trip to Boston.

It's a Wrap

When the holidays come around, I live on Pinterest and detach from reality. Usually I'm content to pin a thousand wrapping paper schemes and leave it at that, but this year -- in a fit of festive feeling -- it was time to try my hand at it myself.

I'm an unspeakably huge fan of plain brown paper -- it's neutral and inoffensive and can be dressed up in a million different moods just by tweaking a small detail (a bow or some twine here, a tag there).

My other weaknesses: black ribbon, gold and silver accents, and sweeping, elegant typography.

Everything was given a giant ribbon bow as a topper. Naturally.

The finished products, when arranged under the tree, look understated and a little rustic. Nothing to overwhelm your holiday decor here.