Shabby Chic Wall Ruffles

I saw this cute idea over at http://www.bystephanielynn.com/ to do with crepe paper and a canvas. 

I used materials I already had around the house. 

I used a frame I bought 2nd hand, it had ugly green fabric on it. 

I got out my trusty staple gun and some left over canvas.

 

I busted out my NEW sewing machine and some left over burlap from my fabric pile. 

Use your sewing machine to ruffle the fabric strips and hot glue on!

Recycled book rosettes

These are my new Favorites! 

I simply took 3 pages out of an old book, drew a spiral circle, cut it out, wrapped them around and ended up with this!

(There are 3 glued together)

Add to any decor project or on top of a present and it looks Picture Perfect!

Left overs

We  cut down our cute little Christmas Tree and had a few left over branches after trimming it. 

I decided to make a couple of swags and a little wreath. (the wreath is from the dollar store)

Wrap with wire, add a bow and DONE!

I had a couple of extra pine cones I decided to wire into the wreath as well.

Look what a Mess my kitchen was in.  Tanner got a nice smelling surprise when he got home.

Little Shabby Chic MakeOvers

Here are a couple items I found and gave a little twist too.  I sold each at the McDondald Elementary craft fair, I would have been okay with not selling either.  (I secretly wanted to keep each one!)

Here is a 70's styled brown, plastic, clock.

A little paint

Sand the edges and done!

Sorry, neither are great pictures, but it did turn out way cute.

Here are just a few pieces of glass I had laying around. 

A couple light coats of "Looking Glass" paint, and some Windex, you get a cut Mercury glass effect.

My new thing

I was a vendor in my first craft fair!  I was crafting for a week straight. 

(items I sold will be displayed shortly.)

Now with all these ideas swimming around in my head, here is my new Etsy Shop creation. 

You can check out everything HERE.  These are a few of my favorites. 

Isn't this Bird way cute!

This reminds me of The Hunger Games.

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS...

Taya has now seen Santa TWICE! 

 She's in love with the whole holiday season.  She loves the lights, ornaments, yummy food, and of course SANTA. We went to the Christmas Parade here in Moscow.  When she saw Santa, riding in the back of a new pick-up, she yelled, "Anta, there's anta, I hab a go see him." 

I had to explain we couldn't just run into the street, but she could wave. 

The next evening was our ward Christmas party, guess who showed up...

None other than the beloved Santa!  Taya was so excited when he came through the door, she yelled "Santa"  and took off running for him..

After giving him a huge hug he gave her a bag of cookies.  Later she got the chance to sit on his lap and tell him everything she want's under the tree.

  "Draj-on, pickup and Ariel."  (The dragon, Toothless and his friend Hickup from "How to Train Your Dragon."  I'm sure her wish list will change 20 times more before Christmas gets here!

She's so in love...

Paige was a little confused.

Family Night

Once a week we try our hardest to have "Family Home Evening." 

Which is family night.  We try to plan a simple activity, one Taya can do, sing some songs, eat something yummy and read a scripture. 

Tanner had the idea to get this activity at Michael's for only $0.70 each. 

Santa- Tanner',s Penguin-Taya's, House-Mine, Snowman- Paige's

Taya LOVES them. 

Whenever anyone comes over Taya is sure to point out the "noman," "anta", "guin", and "mama's house." 

Welcome Christmas

I love the Christmas season! 

It's such a fun family time. 

The day after Thanksgiving we went and cut down our traditional family Christmas tree. 

Typically everyone gets out and we walk around until we find the "perfect" tree.  We take pictures and cut it down.  Then bring it home and have a day of decorating.  However, this year was very different.  It was FREEZING.  Seriously.  The wind chill was around -4 degrees.  We drove out, found a spot that looked hopeful, Tanner and I jumped out, ran around looking from tree to tree, I picked one and he cut it.  We (meaning just Tanner) roped it to the top of the Jeep and headed home.  It was way too cold to get the girls out.  Taya absolutely loved helping decorate. 

She loves all the lights and "oments".  Here is a little reminder of our trees in years past.

2008 Christmas in Moscow

2009 Christmas in Moscow

(trying to find the picture...)

This year's tree, 2010...