New Years Preparations

Dec 29, 2011

Thanks to Pin­ter­est and my mom… it’s pretty easy prepar­ing for New Year’s Eve this year. I love sit­ting at home...

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Ready for the New Year

Dec 28, 2011

I hope you all had a won­der­ful time with fam­ily and friends this hol­i­day sea­son. My mom and dad arrived at our house...

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Memories made

Dec 27, 2011

The day I became an aunt was such an amaz­ing day. My sweet niece Amanda was the first to come along and make me an aunt. She would...

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Merry Christmas

Dec 25, 2011

Wish­ing you and yours a won­der­ful hol­i­day season. Richard and Me Christ­mas Morn­ing ~ 1968 Christ­mas waves a magic...

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Favorite Toy EVER

Dec 23, 2011

I remem­ber when I was lit­tle being so excited Christ­mas eve, that falling asleep was near impos­si­ble. My brother, Richard...

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Not a creature is safe in our house

Dec 22, 2011

I thought I would share with you some pho­tos of  the sweet dogs we have had through the years. I vol­un­teered for a golden...

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Snow for Christmas

Dec 21, 2011

I LOVE snow and hope we get some this win­ter… so far all we’ve had is rain… which we need ter­ri­bly BUT snow sure would be...

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Keeping it simple

Dec 20, 2011

Yes­ter­day, I received a gift from a friend that had the cutest stamped tag attached. Her tag was so adorable, sim­ple and sweet...

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Growing up with Santa

Dec 19, 2011

No mat­ter how old Santa’s grand­kids are they’re never too old to have a photo taken with Santa. This year, Laren (SIL) and...

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Stamped Muslin

Dec 16, 2011

Here is a won­der­ful way to cre­ate cus­tom rib­bon for any project or gift. All you need to do is tear strips of nat­ural or...

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UTEE Love

Dec 15, 2011

One thing I love to do is look in the $1 sec­tion at Tar­get, in Thrift Stores or in the clear­ance aisle for sil­i­cone bak­ing...

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Miniature Charms

Dec 14, 2011

I’ve been hav­ing fun cre­at­ing these minia­ture charms in between work­ing on CHA projects and other design com­mit­ments....

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The Crafter’s Workshop/Balzer Designs Blog Hop

Dec 13, 2011

YAY it’s time for a Crafter’s Workshop/Balzer Designs Blog Hop. I was thrilled when Julie asked if I would be inter­ested in...

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I believe…

Dec 12, 2011

Just recently my 8 year old niece was ask­ing if Santa was real. My mom asked Made­lyn what she thought to which she replied, I...

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Always adding more…

Dec 9, 2011

So the more I looked at the domino art piece I posted yes­ter­day, the more I felt it needed more… it just lacked that lit­tle...

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Domino Art

Dec 8, 2011

Each time I use a domino it brings me back to how I acquired them… One day as I was tak­ing Ans­ley some­place after school...

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Seasons Greetings

Dec 7, 2011

I thought I would give you a heads up and let you know, you might want to head over to Pink Per­sim­mon and sign up for their...

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Christmas Baking

Dec 6, 2011

One of the things Ans­ley always looks for­ward to every hol­i­day sea­son is bak­ing Christ­mas cook­ies… wait, let me...

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Simple Stories and Maya Road

Dec 5, 2011

I hope you are ready for a fun blog hop this week. Sim­ple Sto­ries and Maya Road will be fea­tur­ing lots of awe­some projects...

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Such a DELIGHTFUL Day

Dec 2, 2011

Yes­ter­day, was such a DELIGHTFUL day. The advance copy of my lat­est book Delight In The Sea­sons arrived… yes, I sat and...

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Gentlemen’s Ornament or Gift Tag

Dec 1, 2011

I love the detail you get from the Gentlemen’s Puff stamp in the Anti­quated Col­lec­tion ~ Fine and Dandy Stamp Set. Each fine...

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