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Happy Birthday Amalie.

Wow, I can't believe that my baby is THREE today. Time flies so fast, it seems just like yesterday my dear sweet baby was born. I get so emotional with this one, I don't know why, maybe because she is my first born, but she has me wrapped around her perfect little finger.
Here are a few pics through the last three years.

I hope you all have a wonderful day, mine will be filled with hugs, kisses and tons of love. Muah!

Christmas Morning.

I just want to pop in to wish you all a very merry Christmas. I hope that you get all you wished for this season. I am blessed to know you all!!!!

I also want to give you this small gift. Have a wonderful & magical day!

The link is from sendspace. Just click the link below.
Christmas Morning Paper Pack

I have been tagged!

Awhile ago actually. I know I am a dork. I totally just saw that my sweet friend Andrea tagged me. So here I go....

 So, now you all get to read 20 Christmas things about me.

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot Chocolate, I really just don't like the taste of nog.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just set them under the tree? Wrapped!! Of course. Although, there is always the one prezzie under the tree from santa that just can't be wrapped. The bike, or the rocking horse, YKWIM

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? I have all white.

4. Do you hang mistletoe? No

5. When do you put your decorations up? The day after Thanksgiving, although, thanks to Amy, we did it before thanksgiving this year.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? Honey Baked Ham. Yumm!

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child. When my brother and I started to doubt Santa as kids, we set a video camera under the tree one year. We expected to catch our parents in the act. Instead we got two hours of nothing, then a big black glove with fuzzy cuffs pointed it's finger into the camera as to say "naughty naughty" and the camera went black. Needless to say, we believed long after that. Heck, I still believe. HA~!

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? See question 7 

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes, we always opened our jammies.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? It's a cluster of everything. I have all the ornaments from my mom being pregnant on, and they are on the tree with the ones I buy for my kids every year. Also we have ornaments made by my DH and my granmothers and great grandmothers. It's a little of everything.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love it. I say that because I live in the desert. In snow I would probably freeze to death.

12. Can you ice skate? Yes, I love it. I think the last time I skated was in 2000 in Sacramento.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? Yes! One year we went to my granparents out here in Blythe and I was so afraid that Santa wouldn't know how to find us. I woke up Christmas morning to the flute I had asked for, and that will always be my favorite gift. In fact, I still have it.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Seeing the joy on my children's faces.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Apple Pie! (Is that considered a holiday desert?)

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?  Ours is an after holiday tradition. On the night of the 28th, we take al the ornaments down and redecorate the tree in all pink for my daughters birthday (dec 29th)  

17. What tops your tree? An angel.

18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? Giving. I really don't ask for much. This year I asked for a dishwasher. HAHA!!! Hand washing got old fast!!!

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? Mary did you know, and Milk and Cookies. (I guess that is two huh?)

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum? Eh, I could take them or leave them. HA!

Okay....now to tag a few others. Better make it snappy. Today is Xmas eve!!!
I am going to tag Julie, Jacque and Amy. Have at it girls & thanks again Andrea, that was fun!

SALE!!!

That's right, it's Christmas time and we are celebrating by putting the whole store on sale!

From now to Dec. 26th, you can get 50% off at www.purescrapability.com

If you haven't been to the shop before, take this opportunity to fall in love with the designs.

 

I hope you have a very merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.

Speaking of New Years....be sure to check out Another Fabulous Year. Also on sale!

You can see a preview of this kit just below the sale ad.





Another Fabulous Year is 50% off also!!

Oh I LOVE it!

I just got my new Paper Princess purse yesteday! Thank you so much Andrea for turning me on to this gorgeous purse. I only had it in my paws for 30 seconds before I started creating the inserts. It's so cool because you can change the look of the purse with your mood! The purses are currently sold out but here is a link. Keep checking back! Paper Princess Purse

The kit I used is Another Fabulous Year, and it's available in my Store
The word art is by Jen Wilson

As you can see from the photos, we also had a mini-photo shoot yesterday. Here are a few of the highlights.

Pajamas 4 Love.

Today's post is going to be all about promoting a charity kit that I participated in at Elemental Scraps.

Pajamas 4 Love is a series created by over 75 of the industries top designers to help bring some hope and love to sick kids during this especially difficult time of year. You will find this kit PACKED to the gills with 200 papers, 360 elements, 10 quick pages, 10 templates, a border template set, 2 mini albums and a custom font. The designers on this collabrative have really outdone themselves with gorgeous papers and fabulous unique stylish elements in this non traditional Holiday color pallette. Everything is YUMMYYYY from the first paper to the last staple. You wont regret sinking your teeth into any of the four kits that make up the Pajamas 4 love project. All for just 15 Dollars.

Not only will you be getting a product that you will absolutely LOVE but you will be heloing to bring smiles to the faces of children with your purchase. Every dollar of the proceeds if this kit go towards directly affecting the lives of little one who battle cancer.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO PAJAMAS 4 LOVE

Check this kit out up close...

Give the gift of love, offer a little hope, strengthen a childs faith and help them to have courage in the face of horrible things. Show them that people in this world care about them, even people they dont know, have never met, may never ever see. That they matter enough for us to take time this holiday season to think of them and give them a little something to bring light into their lives. These children could be our children, they are the same ages as many of our own kids. What would you do, how much would you give in moments like these to know you are not alone and that there are people out there praying for your children. Thats what this project is all about. Courage, Faith, Hope and Love.... show them how much they mean to us and how much we really care.

You can get this kit for just $15 dollars.

With all these amazing designers participating and creating such a beautiful kit, for such a WORTHY cause, $15 is a steal!

Click here to go to PAJAMAS 4 LOVE

I hope that you take a chance to get this kit, and help make these kid's Christmas a special one.

Hugs!

Silver Bells!!!

My laptop is on the fritz again! Bad news is, the newsletter recipient list is in that computer, good news is, I will put a link to it here on my blog. I am looking into a newsletter subscriber program to eliminate the need to have two computers. Here is a link for you all. DECEMBER NEWSLETTER

I have been such a little altering chick lately. I can't get myself to design because as my dear friend Amy would say, I am "too busy eating paste". HAA!!

Here are a couple things I have made.

(Thanks Holly for this great idea)

These are regular stocking, that I printed and ironed digital paper names on.

I needed an address book so bad, so I decided to make one. It was so fun, I made another for my SIL.

This weekend was so fun for our kids. We went to Chuck E Cheese, to see Santa and to go get Sushi. My kids LOVE sushi!!!!

Santa was a blast. My sweet hubby took a ton of blurry pictures, here are two of the best.

Well, that is all I have for today. Have a great weekend! We are going to be spending a quiet weekend at home.

Hugs!!

A Quickie.

Hey girls, I feel like a chicken with my head cut off, so this is going to be a really quick post to say Hi, and that I am still here. Although, I feel like falling off the side of the earth is not that bad of an idea right now. KIDDING!!!

I noticed my winkflash coupon had today's date on it, so I scrambled to put together my Christmas card today. The photo turned out better then I ever expected. My kids are so good. (*cough-YeaRight-cough* you should see the out-takes) ROFL

Oh speaking of my Xmas card. Did you see the designs I used to make it. DUDE! Mary Fran and Kay Miller are my new heros. I have said it before and I will say it again, Nit Wit Collections ROCKS!
If you stop by their store by tomorrow night, they are having a sale.

Here is what I bought.

I am telling you when I opened High Elf-Esteem, I was like a kid in a candy store. It's sooo stinkin' cute. Now if Mary Fran would just have a creative team call, I would be in heaven!!

Alright chickies, I am off to bed, tomorrow is a big day. The kids are going to meet Santa Clause and hit the Chuck E Cheese.

Hugs!