Crafting

Oh to spend my days crafting (and pinteresting)! Finished these ornaments the other night and working on another project....

I love Christmas break!

NYE Dreams

New Years Eve for the past couple of years have been not-so-exciting. Basically, we have sat around, played games, and tried to make it to midnight. Might be fun any other night of the week, but not a memory maker.

This year, this is how I dream of spending my NYE...

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source: poems and novels

Forts, hot chocolate, reviewing 2011, dreaming about 2012, and watching the ball drop. Maybe even a New Year's kiss.

J is going to be so excited when he hears this. ;)

Christmas

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Story

A Little Love

Here are some things, I am really loving right now...

http://handmaderyangosling.tumblr.com/  Hilarious!

Bela Fleck went caroling in my neighborhood Saturday night. Yeah, that just happened. Sadly, he did not stop by my house, but I know it was just a slight oversight on his part. ;)

Michael Buble had permission to come swing by my house anytime to serenade me. You need to check out his Christmas album.

The tv show New Girl... Where have I have been?!!?!

I love the fact that I ran into my friend Amanda at Fidos and McKays on the same day and totally unplanned. (Then another planned Fidos trip that night.) That pretty much sums up why we are friends.

My super sweet love J who is currently getting me soup because I feel like poop.

Until next time...

Literacy Trees :)

Last week, my grandmother and I took some time to go the Governor's mansion to see the house decorated for Christmas. This year, Mrs. Haslam asked some of the schools to make ornaments for her Read 20 trees. Our school was not one of the ones chosen, but some of my teaching buddies at other schools were. It was so neat to see Mrs. Bozeman's and Ms. Ridings' classes work. :)

How cute are these?!?!

The Garden of Eve? ;)

Max from Where The Wild Things Are

"We'll eat you up- we love you so!"

Rainbow Fish

Skippyjon Jones! My favorite children's character

A take on Where's Waldo?... student's name instead

I am thinking I might need to have a literacy tree next year!

Christmas Made With Love

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

 

There are not a lot of things in life I enjoy more than a home decorated for Christmas. The tree, white lights, stockings hanging, all just make a home feel more cozy. I have already enjoyed laying on the couch, snuggling puppies in the glow of the tree lights.

This year I took on a little art project...

I had a large frame with a giraffe picture that I have been trying to get rid of so I just decided to add to my Christmas decor. First, I covered a piece of cardboard with burlap. Then, I took a large piece of green flannel and folded it in half. I free-handed cut a half of a tree so that when it was unfolded it made a complete tree. (You could use a stencil instead.) I cut out a little heart tree topper and plaid circle ornaments out of fabric I had.

The names were way more tedious. First, I typed our names using Microsoft Word. (I used the French Script font.) After printing the names. I used an Exacto knife to cut each letter out. Next, I traced each letter onto fabric using a thin Sharpie. (I used the plaid fabric that I used for the ornaments.) Then, I got to cut out each letter again. I lined it up under the tree and then glued everything onto the burlap. Pop picture into frame and voila!

To complete the overall mantle look, I added

• green, red, and gold ornaments and candles
• garland wrapped with a berry garland
• my cute folksy stockings (from World Market circa 2009)

 Now how long can I leave this all up again?!?!?!

I linked up...