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Christmas is on the way

Christmas is on the way

This is prime shopping season for Christmas gifts. I decided to make a few crafty things for my booth that are specifically Christmas theme to add to what’s already there.

Christmas 2013

Christmas 2013

This was a hard Christmas for me, but still an awesome one.  Tough times like these just makes me appreciate my amazing family even more.  I have always known that I have the best family in the world, but the way they have rallied around […]

Rainbow Christmas Tree

Rainbow Christmas Tree

I decided to do something new with my tree this year for several reasons.  Mostly I just wanted something completely different.  Enter Pinterest…….after hours of staring at some of the most beautiful Christmas trees this side of the equator I decided on a Rainbow Tree.  Have you ever searched for Christmas trees on Pinterest.  Oh my word, there are a lot.  And some of them are spectacular!  These trees are magazine worthy and can leave you staring at your assortment of odds and ends ornaments you’ve gathered over the years with a little resentment.  Now, don’t get me wrong – I ADORE the blue balls with my darlings handprint snowmen and the construction paper tree with the glitter ornaments that is mostly worn off and all the other myriad of ornaments my kids have made over the years.  But, have you ever seen those kinds of trees in a magazine?  No siree, you have not!  I did find a space for a lot of those handmade and much loved ornaments on my tree this year, but I’m thinking one of these years when my living room magically expands to twice it’s size I can have two trees – one kid friendly and sentimental and one that will grace the cover of House Beautiful!

Anyway, when I sorted out the ornaments I wanted to use on my Rainbow Tree into color groups, I noticed that I was sorely lacking in pink, purple, yellow and blue ornaments.  Methinks a trip to Target is in order.  My favorite Big Box store did not disappoint!  Color must be in this year, hooray!!  I found ornaments in every color of the rainbow and then some!

I also needed a new tree topper and decided I wanted a humongous bow on top with trailing ribbons down the tree.  WalMart actually came through for me on the ribbon, big surprise!  Again, color was everywhere!  I picked up a roll of red, blue, gold and purple ribbon and went to work making a bow topper.  I also grabbed a couple of other rolls of pink and silver to add to the trailing ribbon.  WalMart also had some pretty awesome colorful picks that I used with the topper to add height and pizazz.

I love the way it turned out!

Christmas Morning 2012

Christmas Morning 2012

Is there anything better than Christmas?

Christmas at Mimi’s

Christmas at Mimi’s

Christmas at Mimi’s is always a fun time.  There is always an abundance of toys, clothes, other great gifts and plenty of wrapping paper bits.  It is mostly a free for all.  The kids normally sort out the gifts into piles for each person, but […]

Chester the Elf is upset!

Chester the Elf is upset!

Seems like our house has not been in the Christmas mood this year.  {What that actually means is that Lisa has not been in the mood}  It also means that we don’t have a tree up, there are still tons of Christmas presents to buy and you can forget about outdoor lights!  Where does Chester fit into this?  Hmmmmm, he seems to be on strike!  Or maybe he is just sending a message.

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Christmas Decor

Christmas Decor

I had so much fun decorating for Christmas this year. Todd said that I was like a little girl, so excited. It’s true – it was fun. Most of our things had been in storage for so long, that with each new box that I […]

Gift Card Tree

Gift Card Tree

As Room Mom for Caeden’s class, I am in charge of a gift for Mrs. Johnson. I thought a Gift Card Tree would be nice. So, I asked the parents to send in gift cards to stores or restaurants, and then I made this tree. You can’t see them very well, but there are beaded pins stuck here and there that will hold the gift cards. Mrs. Johnson loves frogs, so I personalized the tree a bit for her by adding some foam frogs. Lael helped with this project a lot too, and Todd as well. He was the official paper roller, and Lael was the official Glue dot giver. Nice to have help!!

Advent Tree

Advent Tree

In years past I have seen Advent Calendars made using cookie sheets, wooden frames, old windows or just in calendar format.  I’ve wanted to make one each year.  Last year I got lucky and got a wooden tree with 24 little wooden boxes in it […]

Christmas Cards

Christmas Cards

I always say I am going to start these in like October, but it never works that way.  It usually happens the first or second week of December, so I am actually ahead this year.  Of course I still need about 75 more, but at […]