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We’re enjoying a White Christmas here in the frigid lands of Colorado visiting family and dear friends. The boys are happy as can be playing with their new treasures and enjoying precious time with cousins. Being with extended family, although at times happily hectic, is one of the most prized gifts for me this time …
I thought it would be fun to personalize our gift tags this year. I knew the boys would be thrilled to run to their presents to see their own faces on the packages. I was just going to go with good old fashioned photos when I thought, “hey, why not spice things up a bit?”. …
It seems like every year December gets just a bit more busy than the previous year and every year I recommit myself to trying to simplify during this month. Yeah…I’m still working on it. Right now, while little A is at school, I’ve been busy filling etsy orders, drawing and painting portraits and working on …
We like to do handmade Christmas cards for the teachers, etc. during the season and apparently we’ve hit on a tree theme that we just can’t shake. This year we had a lot of fun “finger painting”…but not in typical sense of the craft. I made a simple tree graphic and printed it out on …
In addition to our Random Acts of Advent calendar, I wanted to introduce a new advent idea for this Christmas season. I love and adore children’s picture books and, being an illustrator myself, have quite a collection of them. As of last year, I decided that I wanted to collect enough children’s Christmas picture books …
How was your Thanksgiving?! Are you stuffed to the gills and sick of the Black Friday crowds? I love how on Monday we can all sit in our jammies, recuperate, and…shop some more online!!! And…In celebration of Cyber Monday I’m offering a buy one get one deal in my Tuesday Mourning shop! Just purchase the …
If you haven’t yet been over to Creature Comforts to check out EZ’s fabulous online holiday guide, Gifted, you should do so now. It’s a fantastically curated guide chock-full of unique and of-the-moment gift items. EZ was so sweet to ask me to create some free downloadable gift tags for the guide and I couldn’t …
When Jon and I were dating he made me a bouquet of paper tiger lily’s for Valentine’s that I absolutely fell in love with (a great way to score some serious points with a budding art student, don’t you think?!). And it so happens that I fell in love with him as well…and things only …
Happy 2011! I hope all of you are rested and rejuvenated after spending time with friends and family and ready to take a on a new year. I love this time of year…it’s a great time for change, for renewal and for reflection. And don’t you just love to look back and reflect on the …
Here are a few other origami box ideas along with a simple tree ornament I gave out as a gift this year.Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas Eve while you are putting in It’s a Wonderful Life and sipping peppermint hot chocolate as you wrap up all your last minute gifts for your loved …