Happy 2015!

Merry Christmas!

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from our family to yours.

DIY Christmas Gift Ideas

Short on cash? 

Wait until the last minute to figure

out Christmas presents?

Like to have a personal touch

when giving gifts?

Here are some easy DIY gift ideas

that I found floating around the Internet

to help you out.

 

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I thought this gift was a cute twist on

giving money/gift cards.

How can you go wrong with candy surrounding either?

 

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For those of you who like to personalize gifts,

this is a perfect idea.  Not only is adorable,

but it is extremely low cost.

 

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These coasters would make a great gift for

the neat freak who doesn't like water rings

on their furniture.  I like the fact that

you can find a pattern to match a person's house

and really customize them.

 

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What a great idea for children or adults.

It's a Night Before Christmas Box.

You include items that people can

use before the big day.

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Lastly, here is a gift idea for the drinker.

It's totally adorable and very affordable.

 

I hope you got some ideas here.

I know how difficult gift giving can be,

and hopefully this will help.

 

 

Random Photo Dump

I was going through all my pictures

and I realized I had several that I didn't share

on the blog, so I decided to show them all at once.

Creepers!

Happy me - birthday present from Todd.

Yummy birthday cake my mom made.

Drive home from work.

Loving life.

A little crabby! Hehehe

Speaking of creeper.

Goats

Like mother, like daughter.

My loves!

So is that random enough for you?

Which one is your favorite?

13 Days and Counting

Here's a little Christmas music to

help get you in the holiday spirit.

Getting Our Craft On

My brother-in-law and his fiance are getting

married in 6 short months.

Robb and Amber invited us over to help

with some of the wedding crafting,

and they made the deal sweeter by 

bribing us with food, so of course we

couldn't say no.  Besides that,

it's always fun to get together,

drink and do crafts!

I didn't get many pictures, but you'll 

get the basic idea of what was going on.

Amber & Robb's theme is something like Rustic Chic

(I think),

so we painted mason jars a peach color and blue color.

And although we didn't finish the mason jars,

Amber posted a pic on her Facebook that I stole

so you can see what the mason jars are 

going to look like.

I can't remember if she is going to put 

flowers in them, or candles, but either

way it will be adorable.

Amber's sister Crystal worked on her machine

trying to make labels the entire time we were

crafting, but because they updated the software,

she never did get it to work like she wanted.

Poor thing - I would have thrown the 

computer out the window because I have

NO PATIENCE!

Cathy and Amber worked on various projects,

but most importantly, they made fondue.

It was delicious!

Since Amber's sisters were visiting,

and they had never been to where the wedding is 

going to be held, we made a breakfast date at

Dennis' house, and Anne cooked breakfast

for everyone.

Sausage biscuits - if you've never

 tried them you have to!

Todd, Dennis and Robb surveyed the area.

Amber, Crystal and Cathy talked about wedding stuff.

Before everybody left,

Anne gave everyone parting gifts.

We each got our cookie package to take home.

Deliciousness!

It was such a fun weekend.

I can't wait to get together again and

do more wedding stuff.

I live for stuff like this!