My 12 days of Christmas blessings

As promised here are all the wonderful things Sharon made/bought for me.(with the exception of Day one I lost the picture) I love them all. I know she put a LOT of effort and time into these and I so appreciate that. It makes me smile! Without further ado here you go!

Day 2: altered stick pin holder in Christmas colors

Day 3: HOME altered in black/white/silver They already have a home on my bookshelf!

Day four: lots of fun embellishments and ribbons!

Day 5: My favorite! I love rosettes but I HATE making them! I have already hung this beauty up in my living room for Christmas! Gorgeous! I know how long this took and I love it!

Day 6: Lots of fun Christmas buttons, brads and bottle caps!

Day 7: The paper pad she used on Day one, an altered box. I love kraft so this was PERFECT!

Day 8: adorable candy jar with vinyl. I already put mini candy canes and set it up on our counter.

Day 9: An adorable mini that we will explore in a few days when I get good shots of the amazing work inside! This is all about the letter C: C is for Christmas, cookies, carols, crafting, cuddles, and CAITLYN! I love it!

Day ten: a Cart I have wanted forever! Thank you!

Day 11: A cute little mini for journaling this Christmas memories!

Day 12: YAY! An alphabet strip, I am into making my own letters/thickers since I got my big shot so this was super fun!

I always have a lot of fun with this swap! I love to see how everyone interprets and/or gets inspired by the words. It is always so much fun!

Day 11-Christmas past, present, future

Day ten and twelve I bought-Some embossing folders and her big surprise! I hope she likes it since I got a GREAT deal on it otherwise it would not have fit into the budget for this swap!

Day eleven is an altered dollar frame from Michaels for her to put a picture of the whole clan during Christmas. She is so excited about this Christmas since all her family will be around for the first and probably last time. I hope she gets a great picture to place in this frame so she always remember it!

The little altered wooden spools were just something extra I did and tried for the first time. I think I like them but I wish I would have used different colored wire, but it was all I had at the time and with my spending slowdown/freeze I am determined to use what I have and NOT buy anything!

I will be back soon with pictures of everything SHE made ME!

Now start thinking about those crafting goals for 2012 ladies! I will be back with those and 2011 top 12 projects of the year!

Day 9-Step it up

Yes ***I*** made the words of inspiration and I substituted them! Yes I did so there! LOL! I altered a huge wooden S I picked up on clearance while in Kentucky. I stuck with blue/white with hints of brown. I tried to "vintage" it up a bit as that is the style she prefers. I hope I was successful!

Day 8-Sweetness of the season

Today was rather simple. I took some clear tubes I had in my stash, altered a little bit, made a tag and filled with candy. I sure hope she enjoys them and she can reuse the containers by replacing/removing the decorations.

Day 7-Colors of the Season

Day 6 I bought, it was a bunch of vintage/shabby chic bling, baubles, etc.

Day 7 I really stepped out of my comfort zone. I have seen these salt/pepper shaker button/paper flowers everywhere lately and decided to try my hand at them. I am not sure I like them. I used Bo Bunny Snowfall paper, clear and blue buttons. I hope she liked them as I am not sure.

Days of Christmas swap-Day 2,3,4

I hosted my annual 12 days of Christmas swap on the Cricut Messageboard. Here are the first three days that I made for my partner. Day one is not pictured but it was a little bit altered address book. Day two is the To Do frame from an Ikea picture frame. One side says to do and the other is for her to keep track of swaps. Day three was a mini for her Christmas this year. Her family is going to be together for the first and last time for a while so I did a page for each person to write down their favorite memory and a snapshot of them. Day four were old SU! wood blocks that I altered to spell out HOME. I sure hope she likes the things so far.

I have not felt like crafting or anything in the past few weeks. I just want to sleep and I spend a lot of time in the bathroom (first trimester and all) but I am here I promise! Don't forget about me!lol

Day five-Circle of Love/Trust

Today the words of inspiration were "Circle of Love/Trust". Well I had all intentions of doing a circle banner but instead this wooden sign evolved. I tied the words together with the circle bling, like how I stretched that? LOL! This little sign was a wooden one I picked up while in Kentucky for .50. I painted it, layered several white/silver/blue papers, made faux chipboard using the Cricut. Add some cuttlebug, ribbon, bling and glittery snowflakes and there you go. I almost did not send this one as I loved it so much!

Ribbons, buttons and bling OH MY!

Today I am sharing a past project for Counterfeit kit blog. Enjoy!

The trees are from M's they are the cardboard ones since I was too cheap to buy the foam (four bucks a tree vs 1.19 for the big one here.) NOW the ribbon tree and I fought, A LOT but I love how it came out just do NOT put your hand inside as the ribbon is held on there with pearl stick pins since the glittered ribbon I was using would NOT stick! I think I used six or eight whole rolls of ribbon on it, but I did not pay more than a buck for each roll. I LOVE how it came out! I will be packing it up nicely and using it over and over.

Now with the button tree which I must admit I love the best, I painted the chipboard (I think that is what it is) tree with green acrylic paint, then got all my red and green and a few clear buttons out and randomly placed them on there with glue dots. Some are held with pearl pens and then some Sticko Shimmering silver dots (LOVE THESE THINGS NEED TO FIND MORE!) for some added bling. Super simple and easy and I love it! I did use all but two of my red buttons though LOL!

Both of the trees have toppers from the mini tree area at Hobby Lobby ( I think they were a buck a piece).(Put the topper on the button one after pictures!) Not too bad for two very unique pieces huh? I have one more and had intentions of doing it with scrap paper, curled up but it will be a project for next year.

What do you think? They are so much more vibrant in person and blingy!

I made these last year and they are still just as pretty and in tack this year as they are sitting on our kitchen table as the centerpieces!

Dec Daily Dec 6-10

Dec 6

Today we celebrated C's actual birthday with cupcakes, cookies, cinnamon rolls and friends over for play. It was loud. It was chaotic, it was a bit stressful but she loved it! She did not freak out when we all sang her happy birthday although she was a bit shy! She loved eating her TWO cupcakes at her special Princess place at the table. She also was very blessed with money from family/friends and she immediately told us that Mr. Piggy bank was hungry and needed his belly full. So all her money went straight into the piggy bank!

This is the baby doll that Nanee and Papaw got her. She cries, whimpers, giggles, coos and sucks. Caitlyn carries her everywhere making sure to hold her head and put her in the carrier that Cassie gave us. She is going to be a fantastic big sister.
NAUGHTY SULLEY and crew, they had a snowball fight while we were sleeping! SANTA DOWN! OH NO!!!!!

Dec 7

Sulley got stuck upside down trying to get a candy cane out! Silly guy!

Trying out her new Wii game with the 3 D glasses!

Dec 8
Santa sent C a message! A video! Look at that smile! She was amazed that he had pictures of her and knew that she was trying really hard to pick up her toys! I LOVE the look on her face, THIS is what Christmas joy is all about!

Here she is trying out her new skates from Mawmaw and Pawpaw. She knows she is NOT to wear them without the helmet. She is trying to walk in them but she will get it, she is super smart!

Dec 9

Caitlyns birthday present from Mommy and Daddy is this swing/seat combo from Ikea. Sulley was found this morning sitting and reading it all wrapped up in his blanket! Adorable! Good idea J!

DEC 10
Still holding that baby and eating a banana before bed!
Silly Sulley this is how she found him on the morning of Dec 11. All curled up and hiding in the countdown calendar numbers!

15 thank you cards made by Mommy. We need two more! So glad they are done!

Our Christmas news!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and what a great birthday for the two Grandmas in our family, don't ya think?