{thank you 2010...

... for all the wonderful memories...

{dear 2011 & one more TSM sneak...

Another page for my art journal {thank you paperlife}. When I need a scrapping "boost", I work in my art journal. I love just grabbing pieces from my stash and creating whatever happens. I keep alot of my packaging, and for this page I used Prima...





And I've got one more sneak for you of the January kit over at The Story Matters!


{Don't forget that reveal day is Jan 5th!}

{our little bathing beauty...

I have the week off, and am finally getting to dig into my Studio Calico kits a bit more. They were beginning to pile up and I feel like I needed to play before the January kit arrives!

{a good day for a toaster waffle...

{for Stephanie Howell's challenge over at SC}

{under the weather...

Christmas is over and the clean up begins...
but first some scrappin time!

I used more of the {Metropolitan} kit, and lots from my Studio Calico stash.

{merry christmas from the klauer's...

{merry christmas eve...

We laughed so hard takin these silly pics of the boys' reflections in the glass ornaments...







Enjoy this magical evening!

{checkin things off the list...

Gingerbread houses made...







Ella's first time in the snow...


{and she didn't like all the clothes she had to wear}

Chase did the holdin...


while Coe did the pullin...




Ella wasn't too sure of this furry thing on her lap...


The presents are wrapped {well almost}...


And the cookies are baked and decorated for Santa...








Almost there!

{tag time...

Okay, so I'll admit it! I'm completely in LOVE with my new snowflake punch! I can't get enough of it right now, but then {hello!} I probaly won't use it much come summer right? So why not get my $$$ out of it now. Hee! Hee!

I was so inspired by the tags that Mandy shared last week that I decided I needed to make a few quick tags for the kids' teacher gifts. Something simple using some scraps from the Story Matters - December kit:


{From my stash: American Crafts pink thicker}

{congrats x2...

Girl Friday....oh how I have missed you! This was one of my FAV lines by Cosmo Cricket. The colors...oh I just can't get enough!

I whipped up a super simple baby card for a friend from high school. She has 2 new little teenie twinkies and I can't wait to take their pics next summer!



{tag by Shabby Chic Crafts - valentine-labels }

{meeting SC...

Today, ol' SC made his annual stop at our family christmas...









To all of "Santa's helpers" who take time to do this for the kids...THANK YOU!

{food...gifts...and lots of laughs...

This is one of my favorite Christmas traditions. My sisters, mom, and now my oldest niece, & I enjoyed our annual "girls" brunch. It's just a fun morning of food, gifts, and spending time together for the holidays without all the mass craziness of having 13 kids running around.

Chase helped me make a star banner last night. Love how it turned out!



The food...it's all about that...








It's all about the gifts...



It's all about the laughs and laughing about our "laugh"...

{easy peasy christmas decor...

I've seen these around the web & have wanted so badly to make one. So, I decided I needed one for my kitchen window for my brunch that I'm hosting tomorrow.

They are super easy:
Start with a bunch of circles punched from your fav papers or scraps. {I used some fun gcd papers}...


Run them through your sewing machine...


Just keep sewing and adding circles until you've got the length you want!






Wouldn't a star one be cool? Hmmmm...it may be a late night of setting up. Hopin to take lots of pics with my sistas, mom, & my oldest niece tomorrow.

{she loves her bathtime...