Christmas Vintage and some sewing!

Here is a tour of our Christmas tree

and some other random things :)

Here is our Griswald tree :)

LOVE IT!

The next few pictures are all

ornaments from Jeremy's late

Grandmas ornament collection!

Love them, so special! 

 

 

 

The next few ornaments are some

of my all time favorite :)

 

If you can't read what that ornament says...

Baby's First Christmas...

1979,

Yep... you read it right. I will be 

turning the big 3-0 next week!

Crazy to even speak of!

These were placed oh so carefully by our

3 year old :) LOVE it!

Her placement of the nativity 

is a little different than mine.

I had to take a picture of it though, 

it cracked us up :)

All huddled around the "beautiful flower"

she said they are smelling it!

She also told me her head hurt the other

day because her brain was too big.

I'm thinking I have a super creative

one on my hands :)

She also likes to tie knots! 

LOTs and LOTs of knots! 

I bought a pattern off of Etsy 

and I am determined to make it!

Even if it makes my non-pattern 

conforming brain explode! It's on hold

at the moment, cause I miscalculated 

the amount of fabric I needed! Yikes

it's a lot of fabric, but it's gonna be

worth it!

This is a sneak peek, cause it's a gift

for a family member and I don't

want to chance it that she would read this!

Also in the line-up for my

sewing machine are:

-a Tu Tu

-scrappy scarves

-pillows

-a belt

-Christmas outfits for the girls :)

Bad lighting + wiggly kids +

shiny ornaments that you 

can't stop touching =

a hard to take picture!

Hope you enjoyed my post!

On a fun note,

my baby sister just flew

in from Africa today.

She's been there for 3 months and

we were unable to talk

to her the entire time!

Talk about sister withdraw!

She is in Chicago right now

and I can't wait to see her

face! I am going to be 

the almost old lady that

I am and pinch those cheeks:)

 

TA TA!

The Spirit of Giving...

I am in LOVE with this new bunting!

This one is going to Kate McRae for

her Birthday!

She turns 6 the day after Christmas

and I believe she will be spending it

in the hospital.

Kim from the Tomkat Studios

is organizing a birthday

surprise for little, sweet Kate! Her

theme is Red and aqua...

such happy colors!

Also,

if you haven't noticed my newest

blinkie in the upper right hand corner

of my blog a new project

started my the oh so talented Julie.

Project 320.

It's based on the scripture

Ephesians 3:20

Now glory be to God!

By his mighty power at work within us,

He is able to accomplish infinitely more

than we would ever dare to ask or hope. 

Help us build a well for people

in Africa!

Real people.

children.

women.

men.

families.

Think of how much water you used today?

It's crazy when you really think about it.

showered.

flushed the toliet.

gave kids a bath.

washed the dishes.

ran the diswasher.

drank some water.

made lunch.

laundry.

washed my hands.

I'm sure the list is longer, but

the use of water for us is so 

second nature. We don't even

realize how much water we 

actually use every day!

So join us over at Project 320

and from Dec. 14th - Dec. 18th

you will have a chance to help

build a well and win some fun packages!

I have NO title for today!?

Well,

today started off

with the husband waking 

up and letting me know...

he has pink eye!

Nice!

(he drives a school bus

for all the little kiddos. wonder

where he got it?)

So with me and my painfully sore

throat I drug my butt out of bed

put on a hat and took Alaina

to school! I'm sure I looked great.

(hope you can sense my sarcasm!)

Came home to get the husband and

off to the medical center we go!

Great times to be had!

We were the first in line so we didn't 

even have to wait which was extremely nice!

Since we both were sick the doctor just

saw us at the same time, convenient!

He came in checked over Jeremy...

Yep, he's got pink eye and Bronchitis...

So as he's telling him about how to take

care of this pink eye thing. i noticed.

He never washed his hands when he came

into the room. Is it just me or is that sick?!

Then before I could say anything he came

over my way... and started looking into my

nose, ears, mouth... and he never washed

his hands...

I swear if I get pink eye...

Getting past the grossness of this

doctor never washing his hands.

I was diagnosed with Pharyngitis.

Extremely painful...

It got worse the day after Thanksgiving

with a fever and aches all over...

more fun times!

So now we are all drugged up

on Amoxicillian and him on

some sort of eye drops,

which I asked if the family could

use if we got it... and he said sure!

That's good, cause he probably gave it to me!

Geez.

That was our morning :)

During our afternoon we accomplished what 

we couldn't last night...

the tree is up and in good condition!

I rearranged the living room,

which is probably not a great idea

when you are sick.

I'm sure I lost 5 pounds sweating!

sexy!

I'm gonna put up some pics tomorrow of the tree :)

Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree!

Hi folks!

I love me some

sappy green Christmas trees!

The smell, the freshness

that it brings to the living room!

Until today!

We went out speedy quick

after the husband got home from

work. It was overcast and dark,

but we pushed through and 

decided that if we didn't do

it today it probably wouldn't

happen until a few more days!

I like to enjoy the tree as long as 

possible! So we hiked through the woods

and found the most beautiful 

Christmas tree! The husband cut

it down and hauled it back to the 

van (about a mile) we were cold

and tired, but excited!

The Grinch was on tonight too!

We got home and placed the tree

oh so carefully into the base of the 

tree stand! Oh crap only, the tree is a bit

too tall and scraps the ceiling, leaving

a streak of sap! Nice.

The husband cuts off some of the 

topper,  REPEAT. Another streak on the ceiling.

Take it down. Cut another few inches off...

REPEAT! Yes folks that is 3 sappy

streaks on our lovely ceiling!

We finally get it in and it is not 

touching the ceiling. Of course it still has 

to be placed in the peak of our ceiling

since the tree stands 13 feet tall...

I like my trees to make a statement,

can ya tell?

(if you've watched Christmas Vacation...

you'll get a visual)

We stand back from all angles and whoa

She is crooked

like the 

Road to Hana

(if you've been to Maui you'll understand)

We decide to take a break and eat dinner!

The whole time I am looking at this tree

analyzing it!

and she is starring right back at me!

We attempt again...

We make a couple of adjustments...

exchange a few words...

and now all I see is a beautiful

evergreen taking up

1/3 of my living room...

I get out the vacuum, and I start

cleaning up the needle infested floor!

It's looking so nice and smells divine!

I fill the base up with over a gallon of water...

vacuuming some more...

noticing the base needs to be filled up

with more water,

only to find after a little more 

investigating that ALL of that water

seeped right through the bottom of that

Christmas tree stand all over my lovely carpet

(reason #89679853619007 why I HATE carpet)

Oh man I was HOT!

The husband had to pick up the tree

and take it back outside!

So after all that work our tree is now

sitting in our garage until tomorrow 

when we purchase a new Christamas

tree stand! Fun times!!!

It only took about 5 towels and my

little green machine to suck up all that

water :)

I'm tired now and don't have any proof

of all that work we did!

Oh wait yes we do,

3 sappy streaks on my ceiling!

Custom Cakes!

I love to create custom cakes!

A sweet customer asked me to

create this for her little 'cowgirl'

Loving how it turned out!

Who doesn't love a giveaway?

So I am only telling you this to get an extra entry in this fun giveaway!

So with that being said... don't sign-up so I have a better chance to win ;)

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Thanks and have a swell day!