We're Ready!

We've decorated, we've visited with family and have plans to do it some more, we've done our shopping, we've made snack mix and buckeyes.....

....today the kids will see Santa (a Christmas Eve tradition), I'll get the presents wrapped, and we'll make some more cookies to set out for Santa by the tree! Along with a note for Santa and some carrots for the reindeer, of course. I can't believe it's finally Christmas Eve!

This is my newest project that I'm planning to work on over the Christmas break...

...a new quilt for Maggie's bed! She doesn't want flowers, no rainbows or unicorns, no pink....no, my little princess/future zoologist wants an animal-print bedspread. So I've been looking for fabrics that won't make the finished product look like something from the set of a jungle-themed porno (a difficult task, let me tell you). And after much searching, these are the fabrics I found. Thankfully, she LOVES them. Can't wait to get started....but first, we need to get this Christmas thing out of the way! Hope your holiday is happy!

Fa la la la LAAAAA!!!

Just wanted to share a few pics with you before I scoot out the door...

Maggie on "Wear a Silly Hat" Day:


Jack and his cousin Ethan (we had some friends and family over for dinner this week):


Jacob and Jack sporting their fabulous new hats at the Dollar Tree:


This is the oven mitt and cookie-in-a-jar I made for each of the kids' teachers:


And my little brother Mark stopped by to say hello yesterday! I love that crazy kid! (Notice how Jacob is still wearing his silly hat? He and Jack are nuts about those things!)

It's almost Christmas...only five more days, if you've lost count. And today, I get to do some last-minute shopping! Keep me in your thoughts, would you? Maybe say a prayer that I don't get knocked down by some crazed lady making a desperate grab for the last lion Webkins.....oh wait, that lady might be me. :) Happy Saturday!

In the Mood to SEW!!

Oh, yeah, BIG time! I've been totally addicted to my sewing machine for the past week or so. I'm still taking pictures each day for my December Daily album, and I'll post pics of my progress on that soon. But mainly I've been staying away from the computer, and....sewing! I finished the baby quilts I started last summer (!) and gave them to B & K when we babysat them last night. Don't they look so thrilled with their new blankies?!!

I already have the materials I need to make Christmas gifts for the kids' teachers, and I've been finding all kinds of cool fabrics while out thrifting for yet another exciting sewing project. I'm so freakin' stoked, I just can't wait to show off the finished products!

I haven't totally abandoned scrappin', of course. I don't think I have it in me to take a break from that! Here's the page I did for the current challenge over at Lotus Paperie:

If you haven't gone over there to check out their challenges yet....well, why on earth NOT?? First, let me know so I can smack you upside the head with a rubber hose. Then, get on over there and participate! There are PRIZES to be won, people! Prizes!! Plus, they have some really awesome kits for sale in their etsy shop....and I just happen to have a Lotus Paperie coffee mug on my Christmas wish list (located in the sidebar for your convenience, lol)!

Okay, I'll try to be less scarce now that I've temporarily kicked my winter funk. Stupid winter already giving me the blues and it's not even officially arrived yet! Stay tuned........hope you had a wonderful weekend! :)

64 Days 'Til Halloween....

....and I'm preparing my zombie army. MWAH-ha-hahahahaa!!!Okay, really, the little heads are for a Halloween swap on Rachel's site...I can't wait to show you the finished product! It's going to be sooo wonderfully scary!
I was going to include these M&Ms as my treat for the swap, but the bag was somehow accidentally opened and these sweet little candies met an untimely demise. MWAH-Ha-hahahahahaaa!! (Sorry, I'm just in the mood for evil laughter this morning!)

In other news, I've started swapping over at Swap-Bot this week! I love how you can pick your own swap and you have approximately one gazillion choices....I've recently completed an ephemera swap, a scrap swap, and a vintage children's book ATC swap. If you decide to sign up over there, just be aware that it's an international site....4 of these ATCs are leaving our country and heading to Canada and Sweden! I'd never mailed anything to Sweden before....it was kinda cool! Seeing the address made me want to talk like that chef from the Muppet Show.
And this is the felt turtle I made for Katie for her birthday last week! I still need to give it to her, but it was made on time, I swear!! Okay, I've gotten the kids off to school after they missed the bus for the second day in a row. *sigh* I'm going back to bed. Happy Wednesday!