Merry Christmas!

We are off to Spokane to visit my family for a week. We're looking forward to seeing everyone, and to some hopeful rest and relaxation! Hope you all have a blessed Christmas!

Here's our little table top tree!

Here's the old gate and picket fence Pete put up for me (he had originally just did the gate with our wedding photos...as an anniversary gift for me)...but I decided it would be a great place to display all our Christmas cards and photos this year! 

Some Femininity...

Here are some "feminine" birthday cards I made recently to sell at my parent's store (ok, not overly feminine by any means...that's just not how I roll, but meaning for gals, not guys:o))

Cupcake from My Mind's Eye

Blue patterned paper from My Mind's Eye

"Celebrate" die cut from My Mind's Eye

Stars are fussy cut from Echo Park's "Little Boy" paper

Fiskars border punch

Red baker's twine from Paper Trey Ink

"Happy Birthday" stamp from Paper Trey Ink

Photo corner punch from Stampin' Up!

Happy Day die cut from My MInd's Eye

"It's your day" sticker from Jillibean Soup

Birds fussy cut from Hobby Lobby patterned paper

Clouds fussy cut from Echo Park paper

Blue ribbon from Doodlebug

Cream rick rack from Close to My Heart

Blue polka dot scalloped die cut from Jillibean Soup

Yellow bird circle fussy cut from patterned paper (Cosmo Cricket)

Blue flower sticker from K & Co. 

Striped and Orange Dot  paper from Echo Park

"Happy Bird-Day Stamp" from A Muse Stamps

Multi colored polka dot paper from American Crafts

Pink polka dot paper from My Mind's Eye

Blue Star paper from Jillibean Soup

"Dream" die cut from Jillibean Soup

Cupcake sticker from Doodlebug

Two flower stickers and "happy birthday" stickers from Doodlebug

Multi polka dot paper from American Crafts

Blue polka dot from Authentique

Yellow paper from American Crafts (Amy Tangerine line)

Green paper from Authentique

Blue with green dot paper from K & Co.

Orange dot paper from Echo Park

Small butterfly sticker from K & Co.

Eggs...Finally!

As I shared in the spring HERE, we are backyard chicken owners...and our 3 chickens have started laying eggs. It took 6 months of waiting (actually not that long), but aren't they pretty? (and yummy too!)

All 3 girls are laying...(we get at least 2 eggs everyday). The green eggs are from the speckled Ameraucana and the brown ones are from the Rhode Island Red and the Black Sex Link.

Some Starry Thanks!

Here are a couple new thank you cards I recently made...

Yellow and Blue Patterned Paper-American Crafts (Amy Tangerine line)

Stars fussy cut from Echo Park "Little Boy" paper

"Thanks" stamp from Studio G/Hampton Art

Twine from PaperTrey Ink

Border Punch-Fiskars

Stars fussy cut from Echo Park "Little Boy" paper

Yellow patterned paper from American Crafts

All other patterned paper from Bella Blvd "Finally Fall" line

"Thanks" stamp from Studio G/Hampton Art

Twine from PaperTrey Ink