Christmas Advent Calendar

I was a bit late completing this project, but I will have it to use year after year...so I guess that makes up for it! It's a Christmas advent calendar...but I went ahead and made it for the entire month...to include New Year's Eve. You can add the days as they go by counting up to the event, or start with them all on and take them off as the days go by.

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Quick Project

I saw this idea from a gal on 2peas and just thought it was cute and the perfect thing to hang on the fireplace this year. I white-washed a unfinished 16 x 20 frame from Micheal's, covered a piece of posted board with some Martha Stewart 16x16 sheet paper, and cut out Katie's hand and foot for the deer. It was fun to make and I like the change for the holiday.

Ho...Ho...Ho...

Off to school they went this morning

...for the final day before Christmas break!

Girl Day...

I'm off this morning to me weekly scrapbooking group. Today is our Holiday party and crop! We've all been looking forward to it for awhile now...I think it will be alot of fun. We're bringing snacks and a gift for an exchange, can't wait to see that people come up with. I hope to post some pictures later...for now, I'll leave you with a photo of our mini- tree. We've down-sized this year, since the kids are older & we are lazy (LOL)!

Let the countdown begin!

ONLY 2 MORE DAYS...


till the girls get a well deserved break from school!- Ivy loves any time-off from school, and Katie is just mentally exhausted from her 1st semester in high school.

As the week comes to an end, I am wrapping up my teacher gifts (literally)!
This year with the help of a friend's idea...we dissected a Starbuck's drink carrier and made a pattern from it. We then each reconstructed 12 of them from poster board for our girls teachers.

We covered each one in coordinating printed scrapbooking papers and embellished them a bit. They hold one of those nicer disposable coffee 'On-the-Go' cups with lid, 2 packages of cocoa and a bag of homemade Carmel Popcorn! (it's yummy)

Christmas Stocking Advent SWAP

I'm participating in a swap on 2peas, where we each make a mini stocking (24 of them to be exact) and we each have a number (I am always #2)...we each will end up with one of each for each day in December. I finished mine today.

Inchie Swap

I'm participating in a couple inchie swaps ( 1 inch by 1 inch pieces of art) on 2 peas. I signed up for Halloween and Christmas. I got mine done yesterday...

new project and maybe adventure...

Yesterday I went to an all day crop with friends from 10am to 10pm. It was a nice break from running kids around all day - Chris got to do some dropping off and picking up. I spent my time at the crop doing some different thing, but one was making some Christmas cards. I know, I know - it's AUGUST! It's just never too early to get going. I'm thinking about building up a good amount of pre-made stuff and maybe trying selling on Etsy or a local craft show or venue. Not real sure yet, but can't hurt to build up some "stock". They are a little non-traditional, but I think they turned out cute.

Fun, Fun, Fun!

The crop went great and I believe that everyone had a great time getting together to get some work done while visiting. We're no heading out to the farm for the day ~ and ~ they'll be lots of pictures to share tomorrow!

I only got 2 pages done because (as most of you already know) I talk way too much and get easily distracted! I'm gonna have to work on improving in those areas...and get workin! {lol}