Christmas Tree 2014

I was really excited with the way my Christmas tree turned out this year. I made the green bulbs with mop n glow and green glitter.

Green homemade bulbs with silver and black accents

All silver Christmas tree. I added tulle to the strand of lights to add a little more pizzaz!

Black and gold Christmas tree

Christmas Decorations

I hosted a Christmas Eve Eve party for family and a couple close friends. What I forgot was I would be coming back from Vegas the night before and working the following day.  I was extremely tired and luckily my mom pretty much took care of all the appetizers.

One thing she made (which is absolutely amazing) is her chicken salad.  We then cut the sandwiches into Christmas Trees.

 Created a bow and long ribbon and hung all my Christmas cards onto it with cute mini Christmas themed clothes pins.

This is before all the food was set up

Got the idea to tie tulle around a strand of lights from pinterest.com

 Wrapped a couple of my pictures frames with wrapping paper and ribbon...the pink ones never were completed with bows :(

Christmas Tree 2011

Every year I love my tree more and more.  This year I found a lot more pink and black bulbs and accessories to keep adding.  Lucky for us they just put in a Hobby Lobby only 30 mins away...my new favorite store.

Tried wrapping in 2 different papers...loved the idea I found on pinterest.com

Custom label initials using my Cricut...Mini Monograms and Plantin SchoolBook all different sizes.

No kids for us yet but still had to buy the Elf on the Shelf...everyday either my husband or I moved it as a joke.  One day it was on the moose...some how the moose even become accessorized.

Simple & Quick Scrapbook Layouts

Since I am so behind on scrapbooking, just finished 2007, I have made very simple and quick layouts.

Christmas 2010

Merry Christmas!!!  Can't believe I have not posted anything or crafted. I was sick for about two weeks, and the other time was spent Christmas shopping. Usually I have all my shopping done weeks in advance, so that I can wrap the presents and enjoy looking at them under the tree.  This year I was still wrapping on Christmas Eve, and making Christmas tags with my Cricut. 

 I used Very Merry Tags and cut every shape at 3".  I must have a coordinating tree from the ornaments, wrapping paper and tags.

I was so pleased that my husband did not mind me having a pink, black and silver tree this year.

Handmade Glitter Ornaments

Want to make a mess free sparkly glitter ornaments for Christmas? Then buy clear ornaments and gently remove the hanging part. Then I added some Mop & Glo and swirl it all around and empty into a glass. Leave ornament upside down until all the dripping has stopped.

Add any color of glitter inside. I prefer Martha Stewart fine glitter. She has so many pretty colors, and you can mix them together to create a new shade as well. Shake out excess glitter, and place top back on. The glitter looks clean and sparkly in the inside. I even added a some tulle bows to give it a little something extra. You can decorate with buttons, ribbons, rhinestones and so much more.

PS- Last year I glued glitter on the outside and it was messy and hard to hang the bulbs to dry.



Finally...Christmas Card

It's been hard to find time to post or even make anything with the new puppies, and not having a clue on how to work my camera makes it even more difficult. But I am finally posting a picture of my Christmas Card. I was really sad that they required additional postage due to being 3D, and some even were ripped in the mail. ;(

Lesson learned for next year ;)

This is somewhat of my closeup, I wanted to show that the trees were lighter than it appeared above

Materials Used:  Martha Stewart punch, flock and glitter.

Embossed paper with Cuttlebug, and embossed tree and the word "Joy" with poweder and gun.

Christmas has come and gone...

I can't believe how quickly Christmas has come and gone, I feel like I was still scrambling around shopping, and decorating my tree. I don't know what happened this year, but for the first time, I was still decorating my tree the night before Christmas. I tend to decorate with red and silver every year, and this year I wanted a change, so I looked for black bulbs. I had a hard time finding what I liked so I decided to glitter my own black. I really wish I was able to enjoy my tree decorated with wrapped package longer than just Christmas morning, but I do have the pictures to enjoy.

I had a wonderful Christmas with our family and am so joyful to celebrate each and every year with them.

I am also very happy to announce I received a new Nikon D5000.  I can't wait to begin taking better quality pictures for my blog.  I hope I can learn very quickly how to operate this "over my head" camera.  This is my very first SLR.  It was funny that I received only the camera on Christmas, and had to wait to receive the lens the following day on my birthday.

My wonderful friends and family at my 30th Surprise Birthday

Scrapbook Layouts

I am only 2 1/2 years behind on scrapbooking, I have finally finished 2006!!!  I am currently on a role, so hopefully I can get caught up in the next couple months.

Last Year Christmas Card

I know I should be starting on my Christmas cards for this year, but I seem to never have time.  I will post the one I made last year.  We seem to have a lot to send out, so I can't make them to intricate.