Holidays

Snowflake Art | Tutorial

3 · Dec 14, 2011 · 2 Comments

Earlier this month I created a guest post for the lovely ladies from The Letter 4 while they were having a ball meeting Martha on the Martha Stewart show. Just in case you missed it here is the Snowflake Art that I shared over there.

I am one of those displaced snow bunnies! I grew up in Colorado skiing and loving everything that winter brought with it. For the past eight years I've been living in Las Vegas and I can count the amount of times I've seen snow on one hand. So… When the girls invited me over I knew I wanted to create a project to add a little snow to my life!

I took my inspiration from a fabulous project that I found on Pinterest from the Ballard Bunch. It was a simple snowflake made from craft sticks and it was stunning!! I decided to take the humble craft stick and create a fun wall or door display using some chargers from the dollar store, some ribbon, paint and sprinkle of SNOW!

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Gingerbread House 2011

32 · Dec 10, 2011 · 17 Comments

Last weekend Christene hosted her annual Gingerbread House party and we had a ball!! Christene is the Gingerbread House QUEEN. This woman has it down to a fine science and she really knows how to throw a great party. Here is her Gingerbread House 101 post from last year. It comes with recipes for the gingerbread and the royal Icing (the glue), a printable template to help you to create your structure plus a tutorial. It's your Gingerbread one stop shop!!

Here is my creation for this year…

What are some of your traditions for this time of year?

Giveaway | GiftGloss

6 · Dec 6, 2011 · 82 Comments

Are you tired of boring old wrapping paper and gift bags? Are you looking for a fun new alternative for wrapping your treats and gifts this year? Well, look no further… GiftGloss is here!

The lovely FoofQueens the makers of GiftGloss, contacted me a few weeks ago and asked if I would be willing to try out their fun product. As someone who is always looking for fun and innovative packaging products, you know I was game.

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Holiday Card 101 | Three Great Options for your Holiday Photo Cards

0 · Dec 1, 2011 · 3 Comments

It's that time of the year to start getting your Holiday cards ready! Yesterday we talked about getting the right family photograph to adorn your seasonal greeting. Today, I have a few ideas of what to do once you have those perfect family photos… a Holiday Card 101, if you will!

From this point the world is your oyster. You can put as much time, effort & money into your cards as you want, or keep them super simple. Here's a list of some great options…

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For those of you out there that are comfortable with basic digital scrapbook design, it's super simple to design your own card and then either print them on some fabulous paper on your home printer or from any number of places that do any type of color printing. Here is a card design that I tinkered with for my cards this year…

Here is the front with my four kiddos. I just took them out a few weeks ago and played around with a fun Merry Christmas sign and managed to get some fun shots.

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Holidays

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