Reese & Waylon

We have been getting quite a bit of snow here lately (finally) and these two absolutely love playing in it. Reese, who won't go outside when it's raining, never even wants to come inside now. I love when their little faces get covered in snow like they have a snow bread.

These photo are all taken with our new 50mm lens which takes pretty awesome pictures but I am missing our old lens. This one has no zoom and you have to focus it yourself, which make it very had to take pictures of moving things, like dogs. When you do get a good shot though it is great and crystal clear, I just need a lot more practice.

How was your Christmas? Mine was very busy but very nice. Hope everyone is having a great weekend. I'm heading out to go snowboarding for the first time this season :)
Happy Sunday!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone!! 

I hope you are all having a wonderful day with your loved ones. Wishing you all the happiest holiday.

DIY Cat Urine Odour Remover

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I have the most amazing thing to share with you guys. Ok so maybe not that amazing to most of you, but to those who have cats and especially those who have cats that have ever peed on anything this is the best thing you'll ever read.

My cousin and her cat Hazel have living here for a few months now and all of a sudden Hazel has decided that every now and then she's going to pee on my couch. For those of you that have cats you know that the small of cat pee is the hardest odor to remove from anything. I tried everything to get rid of the smell, using the little green machine, spraying it with cleaner, febreze, I even washed all the covers to the cushions in the washing machine and still you could smell it. So I started looking up home remedies online and reading forums from others with the same problem and I found this. This amazing miracle working solution. I sprayed this on the couch and once it dried the smell was totally gone! Gone! and this is all it is.

16oz Hydrogen Peroxide

1 Teaspoon Dish Soap

1 Tablespoon Baking Soda

Mix together and soak area, using a spray bottle works best. 

And it's gone, just like that.

Today I'm linking up with:
What Jean Likes
Local Sugar

Happy Thursday!!
5 Days Till Christmas!

Mind Over Matter

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Today I woke up not feeling very well at all and I have a long day ahead me. I'm trying to stay positive and not let this sickly feeling get the best of me. I find the more I dwell on the fact that I'm not feeling good the worse I seem to feel. That's why this quote seemed perfect for today. Not that I can think my illness away completely but I can make it bearable but not letting it consume me. That and lots of tea.
What do you do to feeling better when you're under the weather? I would love to hear suggestions from you.

Today I'm linking up with:
The Life of a Not So Ordinary Wife
Yellow Umbrella 

Happy Tuesday!!
7 Days Till Christmas!

12 Days Till Christmas

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The count down is on! There's only 12 days left till Christmas. That's less then two weeks people!!! Where did all the time go? I just started my Christmas shopping yesterday :s I am almost done though :) I like Christmas shopping and I didn't get to really enjoy it this year. I've been so busy and have also been working like crazy. I'm starting to slow down to enjoy the season now before it's gone. We have a Christmas dinner/party with friends this Saturday and I'm really looking forward to it.
Are you done all you're shopping? Have you been to any Christmas parties this year?

Today I'm linking up with:
What Jean Likes

Happy Thursday!!
12 days till Christmas!

My Top 10 Christmas Movie Favourites

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Christmas I one of my most favourite times of year and every Christmas I look for new Christmas movies to watch. I'll google Christmas movies and obviously a whole bunch of sites come up but I like looking through other peoples favourites and top Christmas movie choices. So this year I have my very own blog I can post my favourites on. So here they are, in no particular order, my favourite 10 Christmas movies that I watch every single year.

 1.Christmas With The Cranks       2.A Garfield Christmas Special          

                             

3.Mickey's Christmas Carol           4.The Polar Express                     

5.The Santa Clause                        6.A Chipmunks Christmas   

 7.Frosty The Snowman                 8.How The Grinch Stole Christmas            

9.Home Alone                               10.National Lampoons Christmas Vacation

There you have it, my Christmas watch list. My absolute favourites on this list are Home Alone ( I love the first and second one) and A Chipmunks Christmas (Golden echo harmonica) 

What are your favourite Christmas movies? I'd love to know what your top 2 are :)

Happy Wednesday!

13 Days Till Christmas!

Update on Life Lately

I can't believe it's been a whole week already since my last post. It's been pretty crazy around here this past week. Here's a little updated on my life lately.

My bridesmaids through me a surprise shower on Sunday. It was my very first surprise party and boy was it a surprise. It's strange walking into a party you had no clue about. It was so much fun, they did an amazing job. I have the best friends :)

On Thursday my fiance and I got "legally" married. It was just very small because our actually wedding will be in the Dominican in January. We chose to get married here first so that we don't have to change everything over when we get back, it's a lot easier this way.
Sorry this picture isn't that great but it was the best one I had :$

So that's what has been happening around here. I think most of our wedding prep is now done and I can finally start Christmas shopping!! Yay!!!

What have you been up to lately?

Today I'm linking up with:
The Life of a Not So Ordinary Wife
The Things We Find Inside
Create Craft Love
Yellow Umbrella

Happy Tuesday!!

Christmas Wish List

This week is extremely hectic for me. I'm going to take a few days off from blogging so I can get some things done on top of working everyday. My fiance and I are doing the legal part of our marriage on Thursday evening. I excited and nervous, I'll let you all know how it goes.
Now for my Christmas wish list this year.

Wish List by mavymaydesigns featuring a skull bangle

I really need a Christmas sweater, can you believe I don't have one!? What's on your wish list this year?

Today I'm linking up with:
The Life of a Not So Ordinary Wife

Happy Tuesday!!
Hope you all have an awesome week!

Ornament Swap

Early in November I signed up for an ornament swap. I LOVE christmas ornament and I thought, how fun would it be to get one that's a total surprise in the mail. Well today is the day we show off all of the lovely ornaments we receive from each other. Here is mine!

Is this not the cutest!? My swap partner was Christina . Well I guess I shouldn't say partner as we didn't swap with each other, we all had different people. She did a great job picking something that was "me" I really love this little guy.

Happy Saturday!!

Sponsor Call

Interested in sponsoring Mavy May designs for the month of December? I have two sizes available, large and small. I have changed over to Passion Fruit so it's so much easier to grab a spot, just go to my sponsor page pick a size and fill out your information. If you are interested in swapping I would love to swap. All spots are free of charge, I do ask that all sponsors be followers of Mavy May. Head over to my sponsor page and use the code provided.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Friday!!

Sponsor Spotlight Part Two

Today we have a couple more lovely ladies that have been hanging out here this month. Swing over and say hey.

 Blog / Twitter

Blog / Twitter

If you are interested in swapping or sponsoring Mavy May for the month of December head over to my sponsor page. All spot are free of charge, I just ask that all sponsors are followers of Mavy May.

Happy Thursday!!

Sponsor Spotlight Part One

It is that time again!! Time to meet some of the lovely ladies that have been hanging out on my sidebar this month. 

Bloglovin / Facebook / Twitter / Pinterest 

Hey! I'm Katie, and I blog over at Loverly She.  It started a few months ago as a style/DIY blog, but is quickly evolving into something a bit more diverse. I guess you could call it a life & style blog, and it features lots of outfits, thrifty tips, makeup reviews, and the odd song, poem, or random bit of personal rambling that I have written.  I have a bunch of absolutely lovely (and stylish) friends who make regular appearances on there as well.  My friends and family are such a huge part of who I am, so I figured it made sense to incorporate them into my blog as much as possible, especially as some of them are very talented artists who I love to prodigiously show off  :)

 Blog / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram

Hi I am Ashley from Life As I Know It! I enjoy blogging about my crazy Canadian life with 2 Golden Retrievers and 3 cats, as well as trying various DIY projects!! Feel free to follow along this crazy journey of mine called LIFE!!! I love finding new blogs and followers!!

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Hi friends! My name is Emily and I’m a lifestyle blogger at Newlywed Moments. You guessed it, this year I got married! So I write about everything from romance to recipes to real life. Other random facts about me: (1) I love Jesus. (2) I hate coffee but I’m still addicted to Starbucks. (3) I’m from the northeast but secretly wish I lived in the south. I’d love to get to know ya’ll better – thank you so much to Christine for having me on your blog this month!

Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

 Hi all!  This is Betsy from Musings of a Museum Fanatic. Christine has been awesome enough to let me hang out this month!  As you can tell from my name I love museums ... I'm hoping to find a job at one but that's another story for a longer post : )  This Museum Fanatic is not just a one note gal though I enjoy so many different things and love to talk to you guys about them!  In addition to loving museums I'm also addicted to Pampered Chef, so much so I became a consultant.  Please check out my Facebook business page as well.  I'm working on putting up the current specials (which are amazing!!!) and posting recipes a few times a week for you.

DIY Christmas

This time of year I love finding new Christmas crafts to do. I think each year I find better and better ones. These are a few I want to try this year.

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Do you try a new craft every year or maybe do the same one every year? 

Today I'm linking up with:

Glossy Blonde

The Life of a Not So Ordinary wife

Happy Tuesday!!!

Black Friday 30% Off

Today I'm offering 30% off of everything in my shop in honour of Black Friday. Use the code BLACK30 at checkout to receive your discount.

Mavy May Designs

 I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving and have lots of leftovers. Have a great weekend!

Happy shopping friends!!