I’ve been meandering through my photo storage and looking back at somethings that I took photos of….and meant to post…but never did. So this is a 2009 Photo Skip, and includes a giant hodge podge of things that we did this year and never told you about:
Have a Happy New Year!

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;

(They wouldn’t DARE!)

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;

(HEY! There’s still time people, Old Saint Nick ain’t due for another 24 hours)

The children were nestled all snug [...]

I’m sooooo over all the Cheese balls at the grocery store.
O V E R
I totally get tricked every year into thinking,
THIS cheese ball will be the one.
If I see the words: Bacon, Peper-jack, Motzerella, Wine or Olive…..
I’m a gonner. it’s going in the cart, and I’m [...]

Last week I stumbled upon this site: Shanty 2 Chic
As if I didn’t have enough excuses to go to the craft store.
Sheeseh, I’ve got a list the size of my oldest child, filled with all sorts of things I want to pick up from Home Depot, Goodwill, Michael’s, Joanns….ect.
I think [...]

Today is the big Christmas Party at Awana’s, the Cubbies will have a “Happy Birthday Jesus” party, and the Sparks will decorate their leaders up like a Christmas Tree.
Sounds like fun right! (glad I’m not a sparks leader this year….*snicker)
Anyway, I found this amazingly simple hair tutorial, linked up via Frugal Family Fun Blog (Which [...]

So I totally missed Wreath Week at DollarStoreCrafts. I thought the cut off was today, but alas it was yesterday…..and I have no one to blame but myself.
SIGH.
Not that I would have won….
There are some AMAZING wreaths that were entered…..
it just would have be nice to show off a little.
LOL
Anyway, what’s cool about this [...]

Just in case anyone is following along with our American Landmark and American Icon craft theme, I wanted to post here to let you know that we’ve just added a National Landmark File Folder Game on our Sister Site, www.FileFolderFun.com.
It’s really coming in handy to teach both my kiddos the names of the Landmarks, and [...]

SPOILER ALERT:
IF YOU ARE RELATED TO ME, STOP RIGHT THERE
SERIOUS.
YOU’LL RUIN THE SURPRISED AND FANTASTICALLY HUGE GRIN I WORKED SO HARD TO ELICIT…..AND IF FOR ONE SECOND I EVEN THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS, I’M GOING TO SWITCH YOUR PRESENTS TO LAST YEARS LEFT OVER CANDY CANES….(I have them)……WHICH AS YOU’LL SEE, DON’T EVEN COMPARE [...]

Sorry, I know that’s not the most creative title for a blog post, but it pretty much sums up what this post is all about:
I finished Sissy’s Hat:

And I got some Pretty Fabric:

I’m pretty happy with all of it :)
Actually, I wish I had more of the fabric, but there were only 2 Fat Quarters [...]

Isn’t it pretty?
Now, I must say that this is not my own idea.
I stole it was inspired by Sachiko’s beautiful corduroy necklace and that is where the main idea came from.

(Her version is much better then mine, and it’s up for sale in her Etsy shop, so if you want to [...]