Editing HTML....

Oh wee! I have changed my blog around all night, literally. I never get a chance to play around with my blog, not only because of fear, lol, but because it is time consuming. So all night is a literal term I am using here =) I went from having a black, white, and sage green theme using Kevin and Amanda's tutorial (which is great, bty) to using SJH Blog Design instructions and a completely different blog background, which are more time consuming and technical, in my opinion, but becomes easier and lets you get the feel for html. OKAY, so enough with messing with this "junque." I am tired, lol. More to come when I go replace my defective spray paint for my tiered tray =)

Changed my blog template...

This is big news, family!!! I have been scared to mess with my former blog template because it was such a process to make it. I used a different tutorial to do this one and there are still some things that I want to tweak. When I see it on my screen, I can't see the green on the sides until I maximize the window. My old blog tutorial showed me how to scale that automatically despite the window size...but like I said, that was a HUGE project that took ALL day at work, lol. I'd love to hear comments because I saved my old template just in case I feel like I miss it or start to dislike this newer, more simplistic one... Also, the template I used was from Kevin and Amanda.

Wooden Letter Initials... (Con't)

Okay, I finished Kelsea and Kylee's initials for their bedroom. I'm glad they're done with although I think I'm going to make one for my brothers lil girl, Kayleigh (there's a lot of K names in the family, lol). In addition, I played around with the photo editor GIMP, which is a lot like a poor people Photoshop, that is just as nifty =) So I played around with GIMP

and color selecting...

Me and St. Nick Lambert at the church Christmas play...

4 days left till Christmas...

Got this idea from my friend, Amy, over at Crafty ADHD, who also gave me

the scrabble tile holder =)

You're the best, Amy!

Works in Process

Making some more wooden initial letter thingmabob for Christmas =) Sorry about the quality of the photos. I took them with my camera phone...

Wooden Letter Initials...

This is one of my new creations and I LOVE how it turned out! I am planning on making a couple of more before Christmas as presents. I distinctly remembering someone making a letter G (with Grace spelled down it, I think) but, for the life of me, I cannot remember where I seen it. I hate when that happens. Sooo, if by that lil itty bitty chance that blogger sees this,

just let me know =)

Note: InspireMe Crafts was what inspired me for this project =)

(photo courtesy of InspireMe Crafts)

'Tis the Season (Con't)

My Christmas decorations have been up since Thanksgiving Eve, lol, but I finally

got them up on Blogger!This is my homemade tree topper. The star was a cheap $1.99 Fourth of July star I got from Beall's Outlet. Pretty satisfied for my first tree topper =)My favorite thing about Christmas is all the ornaments I got from my granny. It feels like I'm hanging a memory for each ornament! I love you, Gern!I made this tree when I lived with Gern, about third grade, I believe. On the back, youo can see where I wrote "I love you mom" and then changed it to "I love you grandmom." You can see I was a gern girl ;) (Side note: I love you mom! =)

Kristin's Holiday Wish List

Mama's Holiday Wish Meme

TodaysMama and Provo Craft are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter I'm sharing this meme with you.

1. What five items are on your holiday wish list this year?

That would be a Cricut Expression
An insulated storage shed that I can turn into a craft room
A wireless broadband router
A couple of gallons of paint and primer to tackle my living room walls
An embroidery machine

2. What is your favorite handmade gift you have received?

My little magnets that Amy made. There made from those little glass flat marble thingies, with scrapbook paper on the back, and a magnet, of course. They're proudly displayed on my fridge!

3. What handmade gift have you always wanted to tackle?

A quilt! I've always tried to start one but never finished...

4. What was the best Christmas gift you received as a child?

I was always excited to come up and visit my granny, papa, and my mom for Christmas. After my dad and us had our Christmas on Christmas day, my granny would come down and get us and we'd travel the four hours to visit for a week. It was the best gift and we looked forward to it each year.

5. What item are on your kid's wish list this year?

Well, no kids here, but my niece, Kelsea, fills that gap! She definitely wants the Tinkerbell movie that came out last year. I wanna get somebody one of those cool marshmallow shooters!

6. What is your favorite holiday food?

What is not my favorite, lol! I love my mom's homemade peanut butter (hold the nuts) cookie dough! No need to cook it =) I also love my Aunt Linda and Gern's peanut butter cookies (cooked) and homemade peanut butter fudge!!!! YUMMY! Can you see a pattern here, lol?

7. What will you be hand-crafting for the holidays?

I have a couple projects I want to do. One involving a Mason jar. I also want to do a few wooden letter projects for Christmas presents. I also want to make a tiered cupcake/cookie tray out of stove top covers...

8. What is your favorite holiday movie?

I love all the movies that ABC Family and Hallmark run. One of my favorites is Santa Claus with Tim Allen. It's a cute one!

9. Favorite holiday song?

"All I Want For Christmas is You"

10. Favorite holiday pastime?

Putting up the Christmas tree and decorations around the house!