Ice Day!

So my parents came up last weekend and we since Minnesota has been especially cold we decided to make saturday "Ice Day", so we had many ice adventures! Here are some shots!

Minnehaha Falls

A very pretty waterfall frozen over. Much more breath taking in person.

Modern Times

A sandwich & coffee break to warm up!

Annual Art Sled Race

A really cool tradition at Powderhorn Park! So many different sleds, sliding down a hill of just ice! Very cool.

Ice Castles

All of this glorious ice is in the Mall of America's parking lot! Kinda hard to believe. We were a little too early for the lights in the ice to go on, but we found the colors beautiful anyway!

We ended the night with a great warm dinner and some snuggles with our animals. 

Have a great day everyone!

-Robin

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from here at Something Nice Designs! We had a fantastic celebration yesterday and will continue through the week. Here are a couple of shots of our lovely day!

I hope everyone is having a lovely holiday!

-Robin

Life recently...

Life has been crazy the past two months! We have been selling our stuff all over the place! Fairs, boutiques, and our own pop up shop! We also have being getting many custom orders and we couldn't be more grateful. I just thought I would just show little snap shots of our adventures and the snowy midwest. :)

We were invited by the very nice and adorable Elisa to join her Finch's Holiday Boutique this year! It's a wonderful two day boutique that sells local artists work and raises money for the American Cancer Society. It was fantastic and I got a lot of my christmas shopping done there! Below are two pictures I got from the boutiques blog and were taken by the talented Erin Smith Photography.

{our "Amanda's Garden" mug on display with other great work!}

{me! christmas shopping!}

And then, snowy midwest full of coffee, snow, and little details.

{urban bean's snowy front}

{my snowy street!}

{cozy coffee time}

{minneapolis skyline @ sunset}

{personal purchase from finch's boutique}

{cozy coffee time continues}

{fresh clementines}

{christmas shopping @ minnesota center for book arts}

Have a relaxing Sunday everyone!

-Robin

My Scarf Collection

Happy Wednesday everyone! I thought I would do a quick and cute post about my ever growing scarf collection! These are just a couple shots of most of them (the ones I wear the most). I LOVE how big scarves are right now! Plus the winter season makes them practical as well. Enjoy!

Oh yeah, I have to share them with my cat Knives sometimes too. ;)

Have a wonderful day everyone!

-Robin

My Holiday Decor

 I LOVE the holidays. I just love the "cheeriness" of it all (even though I work in retail) and just the decorations is enough for me. So I decided to show you guys a little collection of my holiday decor this year! Besides my light pink christmas tree I seem to have mainly white, silver, and red things.

I end this series with a shot of each decoration to tell you a little more about them. 

-The red beaded snowmen were given to me from my mother my freshman year at college. 

-Silver things, tinsel, stars, and beaded snowflakes all are this year buys from dollar sections of stores! -And candy canes are essential in my house! 

-The rocking horse ornament is from my fiance's mom, it's actually on display all year round. Sadly the cute girl one she got me broke during our last move. 

-Paper snowflakes is something I love doing every year. I like having tons of them hanging from the ceiling. 

-The ceramic squirrels are getting reused from thanksgiving, which were part of our table setting. They are currently available at target and are described as "beyond christmas" and I agree!

-The cute house lights are from Ikea! One of my favorites yet!

Thanks guys! Hope your holidays are going smoothly and lovely! 

-Robin

Life at Home... Knives the Lamp

So our little darling cat Knives recently got spayed! This is great for her but the whole having a cone on her head for a week is not amusing to her. But it really is for the rest of us!

Here she is nestled in our friend Max's cowboy hat on halloween. 

Here she is passed out after the surgery.

While recovering she enjoyed Korean Romantic Comedies

I think this is where she realized her true purpose in life...

And now she is back to enjoying her windows. ( I had to help her up there)

She is adorable and we are glad to see her feeling better. 

Happy Monday!

-Robin