12 Days of Christmas Giveaways!!

Hey everyone!!  A few of my friends are giving away some of their favorite things.  Don't you want to win some stuff?? 

I'm going to giveaway a few things, too!!  So - here are some things you need to do:

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And don't forget to check out some of my favorite friends 12 Days of Giveaways!! There's so much more!
Gretchen McElveen
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Brittney Smith
Shelley Burkett

Lucy Farmer

I'll be back later today with a giveaway!! 

Lisa

My December Album - catch up

I know all of you aren't totally interested in my day to day details for December, but posting it here will help me keep it straight!!

Now, all of my pictures are uploaded to the computer.  I've made a few collages, so I can have more than one picture on a page.  Sadly, though - there are no pictures of me and Jason yet in the album - but hopefully that'll happen soon!!  Anyway - here's the first week or so of my album - in photos only since I haven't managed to work on the album itself at all!!

December 1st is our pile of books under one of our trees - Cole gets to pick one each night to unwrap and read!

December 2nd - photographed two of our new ornaments (the top two), one of my faves (the 'Hope' St. Jude Ornament) and then my reflection in the purple light bulb ornament just for fun.

December 3rd, Cole's elf, Jingle, went a little nuts and rolled the kitchen!! Cole freaked out a bit!

And another for December 3rd.   It was too cold to go outside to take this one - so there's a bit of a glare since I snapped it through the door.  These snowflakes hang from our deck and you can see them from the main road behind our house - love the skyline in the background.

December 4th - Just snapped a few of Cole hanging out by the tree.  This is the Bama tree and where Cole finds all his books to open each night, on our countdown to Christmas.

December 5th we made a run through Krispy Kreme for yummy treats.

And I started the stack of things that need to be wrapped:

December 6th - Cole loves all the Christmas stuffed animals we have.  He loves playing with them each year.  So I asked him to sit on the couch and then I piled up all the animals all around him.  He loved posing!! 

But, even more - he loved kicking out of them when I was finished.

December 7th - Cole was chosen as Good Citizen for November.  He was honored at a little ceremony at school and received a certificate and a ribbon.  He was excited to be picked, but bummed he had to miss PE to get his award!! Crazy kid!

December 8th - didn't take a single picture.  Didn't have a chance at all to think about my album.  So, I'll cheat a little and use this one:

And December 9th - I'm glad I thought about taking this morning - Jingle, just chillin'

So there you have it.  I can't wait to get my album together and make it look presentable!!  Maybe I'll get to it this weekend???

lisa

The Front Door!

Finally finished up our front porch for Christmas.  Last Christmas, my mom and I saw really cool giant presents at Disney.  They were just plywood boxes decorated as presents.  So, this year, my dad had some boxes made for us.  They got painted and then 'bowed' and stacked and here you have it:

 

I would really like a big bow on that bottom box, but it was so so so so sooooooooooooooo cold today, I gave up on it!!  Too cold to be outside for very long!  I think I got brain freeze from just being outside a short time!

I'm linking up to CSI Project!!

Baby you're a STAR Volumn 2

Hi out there in cyber world.  Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.  We're just here.  We've been really busy lately, it seems.  I'm actually feeling pretty bad today - I was okay to begin with, but after noon I started to feel really tired and had a headache.  Now, I'm just sort of blah with a low grade fever.  Hopefully, it's just that I'm tired and not coming down with the flu.  That would be terrible.

My uncle is in the hospital and very sick.  He's been undergoing treatment for lung cancer, but now has kidney failure.  Dialysis is too hard on him, so there isn't really anything else they can do for him.    We're just hanging out at the hospital a lot and praying.  Well, I'm not hanging out now since I feel blah.  No need to take extra germs there. 

I haven't had much time on the computer this week to just browse around and look at pretty stuff, but I did manage to STAR a few things.

This first item came from UCreate and the original link can be found HERE.  This is really a cute idea, but the real reason I gave it a star was for the directions on how to make the little bow - super cute and easy!!

Have you seen these powdered donut snowmen?  They are so cute!!  I would love to make some but am not sure I'll get around to them. 

And then my favorite star of the week came from UCreate.  I feel as though must of my stars come from UCreate or Tatertots and Jello.  Anyway, this one came from a feature on UCreate showing Shanty 2 Chic's fun little gift idea:

I absolutely love this.  I've already purchased the wood and Jason's cut it into 11 inch pieces for me.  I'm hoping to get the other pieces Monday so I can get to work.  This will take care of a few people on my Christmas list!!

This star is super cute and I would love to make some!  This comes from a feature of Today's Creative Blog and it's a cupcake in a jar.  A CUPCAKE - IN A JAR!!!  Love this idea almost more than the pie in a jar, which is pretty cute, too!

If you are a paper crafter, you've probably been to this blog, too - Heidi Swapp.  Well, I saw these and wish I had the time to make them, too:

 Okay - I think that's enough STARS for today, especially since I feel rather crappy right now.

Off to rest a bit!
lisa

My December Album

I made this album last year and never managed to take the first picture specifically for this album.  So, this year - I'm on it.  I will have an album by the end of the month that documents our 25 days leading up to the big finale on Christmas Day!!

Here's the cover:

I'll come back and show each page when it's complete but here's a rundown of what I've photographed so far:

December 1st - the wrapped books under the Bama Tree.  We're unwrapping a book every night and reading it before bed.  They are all Christmas or winter themed.  It's been a fun way to countdown so far.  Cole enjoys it, but knows that he's bound to get to a few books he 'isn't a fan of'!! We'll see how that goes.

December 2nd I took several pictures of our new ornaments (from our Disney trip in October) and a few of my very favorite ornaments, too.

December 3rd, I plan to take a picture when it's dark of our snowflakes that are hanging on the deck.  You can see them from the main road behind our house and some of our friends have commented on how great they look from the road - I love seeing them as I turn on the road - twinkling through the trees!!

I haven't taken any pictures of US yet for our album, but we'll have time - I really want to include how we decorate so I'm thinking about many little collages for a few days - just to highlight our favorite things around the house!!

Thanks for looking.  How do you document your December?

lisa