It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas!

December 2, 2009

Baby, Banquets, Craft Fairs, MOPS, Thanksgiving, Family, Friends.... wow did December creep up on me when I wasn't looking! We've decided to keep things mellow around here but it is still looking Christmasy. We've got a couple trees up and some decorations. We decided to forgo outside lights but decided to go all out with activities this year. We are going to be baking and having parties and all that fun stuff. But I'm a sentimental fool and oh how I love that Jesus. I hope to draw near to him in anyway that I can this season and all season. I want to reach out to those in need as well. The gas and oil industry where I live has dried up and left a lot of other business out in the cold. It is very sad to see friends struggle so much. What are you doing to celebrate this season?

This is my silly little Christmas tree to make our cold basement more inviting.



Oh I still love this tree topper!

Once I was a Scrapbooker...

November 30, 2009

People always ask me what I mean when I say that I am a "papercrafter." It is just too hard to explain. In fact, I'm not even sure that it can be. All I know is that once I was a scrapbooker and now I am a papercrafter. To see the difference between the two one only has to look as far as the scrapbook of a papercrafter. The goal of a regular scrapbook is to display pictures in a memorable fashion. A papercrafter's scrapbook displays the embellishments almost as though they were the main attraction. The photos nearly come second.

Here is my most recent "scrapbook" from a nature trip that I took with my little girl.

















And here is my sweet little chunkalious boy, 4 months old (check out that second chin). He just melts my heart.

A Girly {PINK} Christmas!!

November 27, 2009

Do you love my new blog as much as I do?

I enjoy Thanksgiving but I anticipate the weekend to come because I get to decorate my house for the Christmas season. And since I am excited to be blogging again I decided to decorate here for Christmas too. I found this awesome design kit called A Girly Christmas and I fell in love. I had to have it for my blog. I spent the last few days perfecting my banner and putting it all together. It is so pretty to be here now. It puts me in a glittery holiday spirit. So here's a big *cheers* to a girly Christmas and a joyful holiday season!