♪ It’s that time of year, when the world falls in love, every song you hear seems to saaaaaaaaaaay…. Merry Christmaaaaas… ♫

Our holiday Femmeplates blog templates sale is over and they’re gone for 2009. But we’ll be back with more fabulous ready-to-wear blog templates in 2010. Stay tuned!

We’ve got freebies!

We’d like to offer up our holiday wallpapers for those of you who might be into decorating your desktop for the holidays. And this year, we’re also offering some freebie Twitter backgrounds, so if you grab one of those and use it, please let us know your Twitter name in the comments so we can follow you!  If you’re not following us... well, why not? 

Holiday Wallpapers

Holiday Twitter Backgrounds

More backgrounds coming…

Need a Gift Idea?

Have you picked up your copy of The IT Girl’s Guide to Blogging with Moxie yet for this holiday season?  It makes a great gift!  Hint hint. HINT HINT.  Thus endeth our shameless plug.

Happy Happy Holidays to you and yours. Please contact us if you have any questions!

Fine Print: Illustrations in our freebie wallpapers are done by our fabulous illustrator, the incomparable Derek Yaniger. They were commissioned and created for us and/or by us and may not be reused or redistributed for profit or personal gain. Like his stuff? Get his book!

Some illustrations in the freebie Twitter backgrounds are also courtesy of Derek Yaniger, this time from his Snappy Hour Invitation Kit. It's awesome, you should totally get it!

I’m just sayin’. 

People are always asking us “How do you do it all?”.  We have a secret.  It’s called “Brainless YouTube DeStress Time”.  This video had us laughing and accurately depicts how we feel on a regular basis.  Running as fast as we can and never quite getting out of our own way.  Or out of our own wok.

Wok-a wok-a wok-a.

We were remiss this year in offering up some of our holiday wallpapers.  If your desktop has that not-so-festive feeling, try one of these on for size!

Shameless plug: Have you picked up your copy of The IT Girl’s Guide to Blogging with Moxie yet this holiday season?  It makes a great gift!  Hint hint. HINT HINT.

Happy Holidays!

I know it’s Autumn and all but I am a little slow on getting into the whole “apple pumpkin spice cinnamon” phase I typically dive headfirst into when this season comes.  Here in Georgia it’s chilly in the morning, the leaves started to change and that “school” smell is in the air all the time.  Normally I’d be giddy with excitement but this year it hasn’t been such an overwhelming urge to pumpkin-ize my house.  Either I need a tan or the election news is getting to me.

This is unacceptable!  I usually love this time of year and I refuse to let it slip by leaving me waiting until next year to enjoy cinnamon clove cider smells.  I decided to ease into it with some quasi-fall cocktails.  Are you with me?  Good.  It’s not quite Hot Toddy weather yet and anyone who knows me is aware of my adoration of champagne.  So here is a recipe for a fall-inspired champagne cocktail to get you in the mood.  (And finally something I can use with that bottle of pear vodka I bought and never opened).

You Need:
1 part Grey Goose La Poire flavored vodka
1/4 part simple syrup
1/4 part lemon juice
Splash of orange juice
4 parts sparkling champagne
Orange peel for garnish

Instructions:
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add Grey Goose La Poire, simple syrup and lemon juice. Shake vigorously until the outside of the shaker is frosty looking.  Strain into a chilled champagne flute and top with champagne. Garnish with orange peel or dash of cinnamon.

Cheers!