Twenty Eleven was my first full year of writing this blog. The goal was to blog at least two or three times a week, and I’m pleased to see that I’m averaging just about three posts per week. A more important goal…
Even though I don’t have anything too exciting on my workdesk today, I didn’t want to miss out on the final WOYWW of the year! Really there’s just a lot of post-Christmas debris, you know: leftover gift labels & cards, tape, pens,…
Every year around this time I do my annual baking for the neighbors. Usually, about a week ago you’d find me saying, “Oh, no way I’ll have time to do the baking this year.” But after all the gifts are bought or…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday! I hope today finds you not too stressed out, even though it’s only four days until Christmas. (What is What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday you ask? It’s only a great time to see what’s on the workdesks…
Now that my quilting group has exchanged gifts, I can finally show you these: Aren’t they adorable? They’re simply battery operated votive candles wrapped with the little houses from the Townscape Die. If it looks familiar to you, that’s because I just…
They keep sending me videos and photos of her cooking, so I made my granddaughter this for Christmas. Isn’t it adorable? I think I want one in my size! It worked up very quickly, especially with my shortcuts, so there’s still time…
Last week I picked up a set of kraft Christmas cards at Target, 16 for $1. I mean, you can’t even get 16 envelopes for $1. They were a bit plain, but I knew all they needed was some love. 🙂 Today I’m…
I finally finished my scrapbook layout inspired by Tim Holtz’s 12 Tags of Christmas, day 5. I would have posted this sooner, I had just taken the photos, but dh insisted that last night was time to watch some of our Christmas…
I have been having a blast working Tim Holtz’s 12 of Christmas techniques (mostly) into scrapbook pages. However, I realized yesterday that I’m going to run out of photos. Not that I’m anywhere near caught up in my scrapbooking! That particular endeavor…
Yesterday I promised I would post a photo of my completed snowflakes. I’m really happy with how they came out. (Click on any of the photos to see a larger version.) I did these using the techniques Tim used on his snowman…
