One little word & Happy New Year

I finally decided on my word for 2010...

it is "do".

Such a simple word, but it has a huge impact to me.

• I need to "do" more creative stuff. 


• I need to "do" some things to get myself healthier.


• I need to "do" more to make my blended family jive.


• I need to "do" more photography practice.


• I need to "do" more to enjoy (or at least accept) my job choice.


• I need to "do" more to show my children patience & virtue & other good qualities.

Lots of things that I always think about "do"-ing but never seem to get to them...hoping to make 2010 the year.

To all of my blog readers, thank you so much for spending your time here, reading the stuff that I ramble about! I appreciate it so much, more than I am capable of expressing in words! I hope you will continue to come back in 2010, I promise to continue on my ramblings.

Have a safe and fun New Years Eve and a happy and healthy 2010!

*Love*

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Love 5PK Gift Tags LV102S5 by sweetharvey on Etsy

Rockin' COOL Christmas Cookies!

via erinlincoln.blogspot.com

Have you seen this?

{Procrastination Station: Sugar Cookie How-To}

What a totally cool idea.

Kind of a doh! Why didn't I think of that idea.

What a great way to make perfectly decorated cookies!

Lookout Saturday...here we come!

* Swoon *

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I love these.

I don't know why.

They {truly} won't serve any purpose.

It might be the colors.

It might be the size.

It might be the simplicity of the photo.

Whatever it is, I love them & I want to make them!

12 * 12 * 12 Holiday Blog Hop Part 2

Welcome back for the last post of today's Holiday Blog Hop!

This time I am going to show you a quick, easy & inexpensive way to make Peppermint Bark.

If you would like to try this out yourself, you can click here to download the full size pdf.

Hope you enjoy this recipe and have a very Merry Christmas!

12 * 12 * 12 Holiday Blog Hop

Welcome everyone to my first post for the 12 * 12 * 12 Holiday Blog Hop.

Today I am going to make magic Reindeer Food. My kiddos love to sprinkle this on the lawn on Christmas Eve, right before they head off to bed!

If you would like to try this for yourself you can click here to download the full size pdf.

Also, you can click here to download a page of the tags I used on my packages.

Hope you and your children enjoy!

Your next stop on the 12 * 12 * 12 Holiday Blog Hop is to check back in with Laura right here.

Merry Christmas!

12 * 12 * 12 Holiday Blog Hop Starts Now!

Welcome to the start of our Holiday Blog Hop!

Over the next 12 hours you will find links to myself and 5 other creative bloggers who will be sharing some amazing holiday crafts and recipes with you!

We are thrilled that you are joining us and hope that you are inspired by what you see!

Enjoy and have a wonderful holiday!

Here is the schedule for today...

9am: Laura http://cameroncrazymom.com/

10am: Mel http://sunlight-simplicity.blogspot.com/

11am: Sharyn http://sharyncarlson.typepad.com/

12pm: Carrie http://throughthecameralens.typepad.com/

1pm: Maya http://mayadahan.blogspot.com/

2pm: Julie http://juliejohnson2007.typepad.com/just_our_story/

3pm: Laura http://cameroncrazymom.com/

4pm: Mel http://sunlight-simplicity.blogspot.com/

5pm: Sharyn http://sharyncarlson.typepad.com/

pm: Carrie http://throughthecameralens.typepad.com/ 

7pm: Maya http://mayadahan.blogspot.com/

8pm: Julie http://juliejohnson2007.typepad.com/just_our_story/

Check this out...

12 hours on December 12th we will bring you 12 different holiday inspired posts.

Please join us starting at 8am CST for a day of holiday fun - see you here!

Too beautiful to eat!

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Brrrrfrosty snowflake sugar cookies by sugarcookiecouture on Etsy.

I cannot fathom the time and effort that much have gone into making these cookies! I want them because they are so amazing to look at but I would hate myself if I ate them!

Look at that beautiful blue color **swoon**

...really loving her style...

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molly irwin: December daily :: day 7+8

This made me cry.

J. was/is really sick, he will be going to the doctor today...hoping it is not H1N1.

Saturday afternoon I was snuggling on the couch with J.

T. was up doing something in the family room / kitchen area.

I asked him (T.) if he would mind filling up J.'s glass with more O.J. 

He said sure and filled it up. I said "thanks, dude".

J. looked up and said "Thanks, T." and T. said "Sure, J."

Then...J. said "I love you T." to which T. replied "I love you, too, J."

Then T. came over and gave J. a hug. 

They hugged each other!

They told each other they loved each other!

I haven't seen behavior like this since they were under 5 years old!

It made me happy.

It made me cry.

They were confused, but I told them I was crying because they made me happy.

It was a good day.

* Catching up on my December Daily / Journal Your Christmas *

page credits: template by Ali Edwards, background papers by Mindy Teresawa, kraft paper words by Katie Pertiet, stitching by Libby Weifenbach, tree dates were downloaded from karenika.com, photo from stockxchng.

 

page credits: template by Ali Edwards, background papers by Mindy Teresawa, kraft paper by Katie Pertiet, tree dates were downloaded from karenika.com, photo from stockxchng.

December Daily & Journal Your Christmas

I committed to myself several months ago that I was going to record/journal/scrapbook this Holiday season for my family. So, I signed up for Shimelle's Journal Your Christmas and planned out my Ali Edwards December Daily album. 

Fast forward to December 1st and guess what? I am ALREADY behind. 

Whatever. That is just how I roll, I guess. I am not going to let it stress me out or cancel my plans. I will just go with the flow.

I did manage to {finally} decide that I am going to do this project digitally. That just works better for me right now even though I bought tons of paper supplies, sshhhh, don't tell hubby.

Yesterday I managed to create my cover page for the album. I am going with SIMPLE in theme and style this year.

Here is my cover page.

 

page credits:
template by Ali Edwards, background papers by Mindy Teresawa & Danielle Engebretson, stitching by Libby Weifenbach, sparkly alpha my own design.

While I was working on the page I knew I wanted a sparkly, glittery alpha for the text but couldn't find what I wanted online. Then I remembered a glittery holiday alpha I made several years ago {when I was still designing digital product}. I still think it looks awesome after all these years!

So, in the spirit of giving, I have posted a graphic and link for you {my darling blog readers} to download and enjoy.

Download SparklyRedAlpha

All I ask is that you use this for personal use only :) I would love to see how/where you use it, so please send me a link in the comments.