My favorite things? Snowmen!

My sis loves snowmen so it's an easy theme every year for Christmas gifts. And I finally got to use this paper line that I've been hoarding for a couple of years. yay! :o)

...accordian style made with craft envelopes... Pictures of Presley and Stone made it a fun project!

I made monogram ornaments last year for everyone in my family. This year Presley noticed right away that "brother" didn't have one, so Aunt Deb came to the rescue. Here's Stone's ornament:

Janet's Date Book

My sister-in-law (SIL) Janet has wanted me to make a date book for her for a while now. I drew her name for Christmas this year so deciding on a gift was easy! I'll give her this along with a list of family birthdays and special dates.

I purchased candles for my SIL's this year and here are the bags I did for gifting. I'll let them figure out which one belongs to each of them. :o)

Grandma's gift card holder. ♥

This is the Starbucks card holder I made for my grandma for Christmas. ~sigh~ Started as a small-make-this-quick-only-gonna-have a couple pages...turned into a project that lasted a few days. :o\ Oh well. I like how it turned out. I think she will too. ♥

I used Starbucks cardboard sleeves as some of my pages, with a pocket to hold the card:

...and a picture of me and my grandparents when I was a baby:

Merry Christmas!

Leave it to Carrie to find this crazy website - http://www.faceinhole.com/. We had fun last night plugging our faces into the different pictures. LOL! Here's one she made with me and Douglas Claus. <:o)

I wanted to post this and wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! I'm off and running this morning...so much to do, so little time left, and having fun doing it. ♥

We ♥ buttons!

Yay! We found this cute idea for making wreaths with buttons and made a few last weekend while my mom was in town. Here's my niece Savannah with the one she made. :o) The picture below is of all three -- Mom's in the middle. Cute, huh?

Stone's first Christmas hat

Sweet baby Stone and his first Christmas season! Knowing my sister, this is the first of many crazy hats he will wear in his lifetime. We love this little guy and are so thankful he is ours!

~ Stone -- 3 months old ~ Y