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It's Card Give Away Day! *** Edited***

I'm going to leave the card give away open for one more day, i'm up to my ears shipping kits. Want and extra chance to win it? Sign up for my newsletter (over there on the right). I have some new things happening in the new year I don't want anyone to miss. Also i'm about to make my last trip to the post office before it gets crazy for the holidays so check out the Past Kits and More Kits and get them now if you want them before Christmas.

Just leave me a comment for your chance to win. Got this idea from Steph... In your comment tell me what you'd like to see more of in the coming year. I have some new things already planned that I can share with you sometime mid January but I want to hear from you too! So let me hear it...

Got a little crazy editing this photo but it's COLD here. It rained like crazy all day yesterday and I just know when the sun comes up there will be snow on the mountains outside my window.

Have a beautiful "warm" day!
  

Thinking of You

And Wondering how your weekend was? Did you do anything fun to celebrate the season?

Saturday we got down to business and got all the holiday decorations up. I'll have some photos later on in the week. Last year we really cleaned out a lot of decorations we don't use anymore and  organized the ones we had. Things to use and things to keep but there just isn't room for.  The organizing made all the difference. And I didn't even have a nervous breakdown putting the lights on the tree. They actually all worked. The girls were also alot more help this year. There were no fights over who got to hang which ornament. And Niguel could reach the top of the tree, but I missed those years when every ornament was hung on the bottom three branches. We also put out outdoor decorations (we've been slacking in this dept. the last few years), but it sure made the girls happy.

As for Sunday I'll paint you a picture... One girlie in pj's all day watching a Harry Potter marathon, one girlie playing outside all day with a friend, one hubby on the couch lounging and relaxing, and me in my craft room with the fireplace going. I got a TON accomplished.

Sure feels good to have had productive but relaxing weekend. So tell me, how was your weekend?
 

Back by Popular Demand

Card Grab bags for your gift giving pleasure. These have been sold out for a while now and this week I managed to make up a few more. They are always popular this time of the year for teachers, gift exchanges and occassions like that. There's only 6 so get yours now. And while your at it check out the kits in the Past Kits and More Kits sections, maybe you'll find a gift for a crafty someone on your shopping list. Everything is ready to go and i'll ship on Monday dec 7th.

Almost forgot... the Card Grab Bags include 10 already made handmade cards. Wrapped in tissue and includes a kraft gift bag with ribbon and tag. *note... Bags ships flat, you pop up when it arrives. $12.00each

Have a great weekend!

Winner Winner!

Congratulations to Lou Ann- Send me your address and i'll send you the card :)

"cute card as usual. how about 'your thoughtfullness makes me smile'"

Hope you all have a great day!

 

Card Give Away Day

So happy to have a card give away today, haven't done one in a while. So leave me a comment and give me an idea for a card sentiment and i'll pick a winner from the comments Wednesday night.

PS... I made this card with one piece of scrap paper (the green polka dot) and all the rest came from this mini kit. Check It Out Here There are a few more left. 

Sizzix Scallop Circle Dies

Just put up the brand new December kits, Click Here to check it out. 

I love my scallop circles. Best and most used punches and dies I own. I had a brain surge and thought of this fun thing to do with the shapes. A Christmas tree with a tree skirt... This sucker is soooooo cute in person.

 

Heres a quick how to on how you can make yours. What you need is 4 nesting sizes of scallop circles. Don't have dies or punches? How about cutting circles and then edging them with scallop decorative scissors.

Start with your scallop circles... then fold them in quarters... glue the two points opposite the fold together... pop up the top layer and glue them together by size... roll a piece of cardstock to make a trunk and glue under the bottom layer... glue two twigs to the bottom for the stand... Cut scallop circle from felt and cut a hole out of the middle, cut a slit to make a tree skirt... put tree skirt over the stand and there you have it. Now decorate your tree any way you like. 

For those of you that asked about the recipe for the pecan bars... here it is. Just please put away your calorie counters before you even look at the two pounds of butter it calls for. And unless you are preparing these to feed huge group I would at least 1/2 the recipe if not by 1/3. Otherwise you'll end up with enough pecan bars for the rest of your life like I have. Enjoy! Click Here for the recipe. Oh, one last thing... it shows the bars dipped in chocolate but doesn't call for it in the recipe. We dipped our and  it was delicious.

Coming up tomorrow is another card give away... Haven't done one in a while.

 

Happy Thanksgiving

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. Ours was really nice with family and beautiful weather.

I was so happy to get this picture with DD #1. It seems so long since i've had a picture with the girls that I like. Ky was a bit under the weather so she wasn't up for pictures.

 

We made these pecan bars together last night as her request. They only have two pounds of butter and two pounds of pecans in them so they aren't fattening or anything.

We took the easy way out and used paper plates!

Tomorrow (sat.) i'll be posting the cutest christmas tree i've ever made. I need to take some photos.

Have a wonderful day!
 
 
  

Christmas Is Coming

Oh, yes it is, like a run away train! I only have two gifts bought and wrapped and these are them.

I used some supplies from This Kit and a couple of scraps from my stash to make these projects.

First up a little square white box. I love square boxes and I had two that had a great texture so they didn't even require wrapping. Tied with some ribbon and made a little FaLaLaLaLa tag. Love the square buttons from the kit. The stories they could tell of how we found each other. That sounds like a button romance.

A Card... truth is I found that little oval polka dot paper in my brief case and I have no idea where in the world it came from, but I loved it. Now it's a card that will hold a gift card for a special friend.

While I was looking at the grocery adI spied these little green stir sticks on the Starbucks counter. (No my creative mind NEVER shuts off). I glued a Christmas tree to the front and back and then decorated with a button and glitter. They snuggled  perfectly in the box flap. All ready to give to a neighbor friend.

How are your Christmas preparations coming along?

Natures Creations

This weekend while I was cleaning up around the craft room I found the shells we got in Monterey. Kylah scored the perfect unbroken anemone shell and it was the first time the girls  found beach glass. Nothing is more beautiful than the things that nature creates.

I just posted some Christmas projects for tomorrow so check back.

Christmas Mini Kits are Here

A little something to get you started with your holiday gift giving. Perfect for your packages or baked yummies.

Mini Kit includes: 4 A2 cards and envelopes, 1 gift card holder, 6 yards of ribbon and trim, 20 gift tags, 1 yard hemp twine, 1 yard red white striped floss, jinglebell bow, holly leaf bow, tinsel glitter snowflake, rhinestone embossed snowflake, fa la la die cut, 30+ buttons, 10 matted sentiments, Christmas trees and felt hearts. All for just $13. Enjoy! See close ups below.