Jolly Old St. Nick

I found the funnest blog  (House of Smiths) a while back and started stalking... I mean following it.  I love reading her posts and I absolutely love here style and vinyl.   She sells her vinyl here and had great ideas for Christmas decorations and gifts.  I saw these Santa Silhouettes and knew I had to get them to use for Christmas gifts.  In the true spirit of giving, I made sure to make me one too.  

I smile at how simple this craft was, and how great it looks in my family room.

Getting Crafty

I was so lucky to have my mom come up a couple of weeks ago while Jeff was gone to the Phillipines.  While she was here we made Christmas table runners to give away as neighbor and friend gifts.  They were so easy and fun to make!  Measure and cut the strips of fabric, hem the sides, fold the fabric together length wise with the outside patterns touching, and sew the top to make the point.  When you are done you have a cute, inexpensive gift you can give any of your friends.  Pair it with a set of cooking utensils from Ikea, some white chocolate popcorn, and you have yourself a great gift!

Snow much Fun!

Saturday was a snow day here for us. The girl's were so excited to have some snow to play in. I don't know if I am quite ready for winter...but I guess I have no choice in the matter.  We spent most of the day switching the girl's rooms.  Danica wanted a more "grown up room."  Since Amity's room was a little more grown up than hers, it worked well to just switch them instead of repainting everything. I am almost done, and can't wait to post some pictures of the changes. The girl's love their "new" rooms, so everyone is happy.

Since it was snowing outside, it put me in a Christmas mood! I thought I would post a fun and WAY easy craft I did last year.  I needed a few more ornaments for my tree, and found these glass balls at Hobby Lobby. I opened the top and filled some with shredded paper.  For the others I cut strips of scrapbook paper and rolled them tight. I stuffed them inside the balls and let them unwind naturally.  Then I found some rub on decals at the scrapbook store.  So fun, easy, and inexpensive.

Pre- Winter Fun

We had a great weekend this past weekend.  We started a little early and went Christmas shopping on Friday. I am well on my way. Yea! On Saturday we spent the day working on the yard. The girl's had so much fun playing in the leaves.  (Gotta love Danica's hair). We got everything cleaned up and put away, and even made a trip to the dump. Now we are ready for snow.....ummmm...almost.
I couldn't resist starting my Christmas crafts.  I made a Christmas advent calendar for the kids to use this year.  I took a metal cookie sheet and sprayed it cream.  Then I had some vynil lettering I stuck on it.  I need to make the magnets now for it.  I hope my kids have fun with it this year.  It was the perfect, easy, fast kind of craft I love.  Only two more weeks til I can break out the Christmas decorations.  Can't hardly wait!