Christmas Lights in the Kitchen

**Note: SO glad I wrote this post when I did! We're moving soon, and the house is getting packed up faster than I'd like. Not even three days after taking these pictures they packed up all the glassware!
 

  Have your lives been as busy as mine?! Craziness. Complete and utter craziness. I feel like I haven't stopped moving all week. I didn't watch Dance Moms until Thursday, or Vampire Diaries until today! The horror! Unfortunately, I'm still pretty busy. Avoiding homework, the usual. And thanks to my chemistry homework that won't do itself, I've got little time to blog. But I don't want to look like I'm not dedicated to this thing, so I thought I'd do a quick entry for ya!

  So I'm not sure where we got this idea from, or even who's idea it was. Maybe we were just too lazy to put the lights away after Christmas? But I absolutely love it. Christmas lights in the kitchen. So simple, and so beautiful! And so versatile! Live in an apartment that you can't paint? Add a pop of color! We use them as night lights. They give off just enough light to light the room without making you feel like a vampire in the sunlight (you know the feeling). I'm totally doing it when I move out and into my own place. Which can't come soon enough!

  My mom keeps her Princess House glassware above the cabinets, which makes it look even more gorgeous. The way the lights reflect off the glass? Swoon. Have I mentioned that I love this idea?! I'm ranting, I know. This may go down in history as the most annoying post ever. My apologies.

  Soo tutorial? Might want to grab a pen and paper for this one, it's a doozy.

1. Buy a string of lights.
2. Stretch lights over tops of cabinets.
3. Plug lights in.

  Ta-da!! You did it! Now pat yourself on the back, pour yourself a glass of wine (drink it for me, I've still got nine months. Boo.), sit back, and enjoy your master handiwork. Guests will "ooh" and "ahh" over your newfound creativity and interior decorating  skills, and you won't keep bumping into the island while sneaking your midnight snack. Unless you're me, then your hip will still find the edge of that dang counter. Every. Time.

  Well, I've ran out of ways to stall getting back to work. And for once I would like to be asleep before the sun rises on a new and glorious Monday. Goodnight y'all, and have a wonderful week!

XOXO Erin