🎄Dreamscapes: The Colorful Holiday Moodboard Your December Deserves
A mood board of colorful sticker-book Christmas energy.
Hello, fabulous!
Welcome to this December Dreamscapes: a whimsical love letter to a different, colorpop kind of holiday. This one is basically a moodboard of everything making me feel festive and bringing me joy - bright, playful, and unapologetically extra. I’m leaning hard into the fun stuff this year: sweet surprises, kitschmas decor, jolly bops, pretty cocktails, and a few romances to disappear into when the to-do list starts acting entitled. No rules, no “shoulds,” just tiny sparks of happiness you can borrow if you need them. Grab your coffee (or a pretty cocktail) and come wander through it with me. ⭐️
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#SurpriseGift
We were so sneaky for this. I saved “my” present for last while Max recorded, and then - surprise! - his console comes out of the box. I would give anything to bottle that reaction forever. 💖
#Kitschmas
If Christmas in Palm Beach had a sticker book, it would look like this. Sweet, bright, and slightly over-the-top in the best way. Consider this my official permission slip to color pop the season.
#KitchmasInAction
This tour is a reminder: holiday decor is allowed to be FUN. It’s playful, bright, and full of little details that genuinely inspire me. I’m saving this for the next time I need a hit of Christmas joy (and decorating courage). What’s your kitchmas style this year?
#JollyJams
This is what I’m playing while wrapping gifts, baking something sweet, and getting personally victimized by ribbon. It’s all upbeat Christmas songs because in Sandrapop world, there’s a rule: no sad holidays songs allowed. Just click the graphic and enjoy in Spotify!
#PrettyCocktails
December makes me want pretty cocktails - sparkly glasses, sugared rims, and something pink or minty that tastes like a celebration. I’m not trying to be fancy (ok, maybe I am), I just want my drink to match the tree lights. If you need an excuse to use the good glassware, this is it. What’s your go-to holiday cocktail?
#HolidayRomance
I don’t know what it is about December, but it always make me want to snuggle into the couch, crack open a sweet romance, and disappear for a few hours. Here are the sweet holiday romances on my list this month. Have you read any of these?
A Merry Little Meet Cute // The Holiday Swap // In a Holidaze // The Holiday Trap // Royal Holiday // The Christmas Fix
#GiftGivingGuide
If you’re still in the “what do I even buy?” phase, I wrote a Gift Giving Guide with zero product links - just ideas to help you narrow it down. I’m using it too because I get distracted approximately every eight seconds. Don’t forget to download the “Gift Giver” checklist…it’s the little “keep me focused” helper I wish I had every year. Let me know if it helps!
#GiftToYou
Because I can’t give you an actual gift through the screen, I made you these little technicolor gift tags instead. Print them, cut them out, and let your presents look like a tiny holiday sticker book. If you use them, I want to see. PDF version is here.
#GiftToMe
This December, I’m giving myself the gift of a beautiful, inspiring space to write and create and dream. The yummy, pretty coffee is just a bonus. What are you gifting yourself this month?
#DearSanta
#ICYM
Once a month I send Dreamscapes, my personal mood board of what’s inspiring me lately. If that sounds like your kind of inbox, come join me.
If this made you smile, send it to a friend who loves a little holiday sparkle. And if you tap the ❤️, Substack does its little algorithm happy dance and shows it to more fun people.
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LET’S DISCUSS: What’s inspiring you this December?
OBSESSED with the Palm Beach Christmas images! Yes to kitsch and color and fun for what can be an overwhelming and even depressing season sometimes!