on the tuesday before christmas...

my true love gave to me...star cookies covered in sugar sparkly!
mags LOVES decorating cookies...well...maybe she just loves eating cookies...either way...we have some in the house...now if I can just stay away from them!

on the monday before christmas

my true love gave to me...a gingerbread house covered in candy! after a rough start...we finished our gingerbread house...I almost gave up and threw it in the trash...but mags says it is the best one ever...



and she decided she wanted to hang the advent tags on the fire place screen...so I added some little magnets to the back and she hung them up...

HOLIDAY....CELEBRATE!!

I am officially on holiday...no more work for the next two weeks!! woot!! So what did I do to start off my holiday...I stayed in my pjs all day and finished up these...



I didn't use one single full size piece of paper...these were all scraps...and I'm glad to have done something with them...

here are some up close...









I think 25 is my favorite!

it's wednesday

Nothing like a random mid week post...but I just had to share this adorable christmas craft!

Over the thanksgiving holiday, I need to keep 4 girls ages 7-13 busy...not an easy task I might add...but this did it and it was really a lot of fun!

I pre-cut shapes from American Crafts foil paper using my much neglected quickuts and spellbinder dies...then the sparkle girls attached them to transparent string that I picked up in the jewelry section of my local Hobby Lobby. We used Aleene's tacky glue and it worked like a charm! We added jingle bells and beads and then I tied them to twigs covered in sparkly glass!

Now it sits on my entry table with all of my christmas cards...I love it!



and some up close shots







Thanks to my sparkle girls for making some of the ornaments for the sparkle tree!

Sunday again...

Seems like I can only get around to updating on Sundays...I have been working on my gratitude journal using my Label Tulip October kit...here are pages 2, 3 and 4...the second page of my gratitude journal has a quote from Johannes A. Gaertner...To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. The 3rd page is a library pocket with little inserts to write my gratitudes on. And the 3rd page is a hambly transparency with a little envelope for secret gratitudes.







Have a great week!

ahhhh...sunday

I have been such a bad blogger...I know...but I haven't really been all that creative lately and didn't have anything to share...I guess I need some new scrappy supplies to put me in the mood!

I have had a busy weekend filled with family and friends...I love that! My sister and her husband threw a huge party at Gumbos to celebrate their 20th year anniversary...and it was fabulous...the food, the band, the people...it was all perfect!

I did manage to finish up my cards for a little thanksgiving card swap going on at Scrap-Diner...I used some super old cosmo cricket that I have had for forever...love when I can use up some of my stash...and I think they turned out pretty cute!

hope you have a fabulous week!

My computer has finally returned from the hospital...it has been very sick, but all seems well now...and I finally have access to my pics!!

I made these cute halloween tussy mussys to BOO! mag's friends...used up some of my old.old halloween paper so I could make room for some of the new stuff that I just HAVE to have!

Happy November!