Happy New Year!

I woke up to snow here in NJ this morning. I want to wish everyone a happy, healthy and safe new year. Since it was my 50th post yesterday I want to celebrate by having a giveaway...perhaps with a Valentine's theme...Leave a comment between now and Sunday at midnight and I'll draw a winner. I will announce the winner on Monday January 5th, 2009.

Snowball Candles

Here's a quick and cute project that Jen over at Sanctuary Arts had a tutorial on. Go check it out. Her link is in the sidebar. I absolutlely love this new product that she introduced me to called Snowtex. I'm thinking of other ways to use it..like some cute snowmen or putting it onto some pinecones.

***SCARF SALE***

I am having an after Christmas scarf sale over at my etsy shop. Check it out!

Look What Santa Brought

Look what I got from Santa. I already ripped open the pink tennis balls and they went into the garbage . I also peed on my bed. My mom wasn't too happy about that. I just wanted to mark my territory! Cali

Merry Christmas

New Christmas Decor

I went to Michaels, Joanns and the supermarket last night and I just couldn't resist buying some more holiday decorations. Michaels and Joanns had 70% off(yes I said 70!) I bought some berry picks for 29 cents each. I wanted more but all I could find were 9 of them. Don't think I'm not going to check out other Michaels stores for more of them. I also got a felt star treetopper from Joanns. It's a Debbee Mumm and was $4.80. Then from the supermarket I got the berry wreath and bark tree for $5 each. I had some extra garland,already lit and added to the bed. The fabulous pillow is from jenn of noodle and lou.

Not So Pretty...

My attempts at making a gingerbread house did not go so well. I bought the kit on sale at Michael's and thought, this will be so easy. After the wall started collapsing I lost my enthusiasm in decorating it.

Oh Christmas Tree..

Well the tree is up. Just some minor problem with half of the lights not working. I ran over to Michaels for another set and when I got home and plugged them into the rest of the lights...miracle, the lights that weren't working just turned back on. I had to elevate the tree even more this year so Cali wouldn't be too tempted. So far, she hasn't even noticed the tree.

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas...

Last night I pulled out my decorations. The tree isn't up yet...The problem is last year Cali was 4 months old when I put the tree up. I put it up on a table to discourage any curiosity that nosy girl may have had....she was just tall enough to reach the tree skirt(and pull it) and jumped up a couple of times and pulled ornaments off. This year I need to elevate the tree even more...I am thinking of a plant stand that I have...we'll see how that goes. In the meantime here are pics of the decor.