Merry Christmas

We were so blessed that Santa Claus was able to visit with us on Christmas Eve.  The entire family was  thankful that he took an hour out of his busy schedule to stop by our family celebration.  We spent the evening with at my parents with my siblings and all of my nieces and nephews.  That is what makes our Christmas special.
 

My children, Tim & Megan, Mitch & Gabriel, and Mollie are the reason that I enjoy my Christmas'.  I am proud of the people that my children have become and I adore my grandson, Gabe, more than words can say.  I am grateful that they are such loving, caring and giving people.

As Catholics, we are still celebrating Christmas until the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6.  Hopefully, you all had a most holy celebration and that the peace and joy of the season remain in your hearts throughout the year!

Joy

I stained and covered these letters with paper.  Then I embellished them with rhinestones, ribbon, bells, tinsel, chipboard and a poinsettia.  This is one of my mom's Christmas presents.

Noel

These are the letters that I made and Mollie gave to Margaret for Christmas.  I stained the letters.  Covered them with paper.  Embellished them with ribbons, bells, letters, glitter and bling.  I think that they turned out lovely.  The papers are My Mind's Eye.  Love these!

I made this subway art for my daughter's birthday.  Her dorm room is very beige and needed some more color on the walls.  She plays college softball so I thought these words and phrases were appropriate.  I used a 20 X 24 inch canvas because she cannot put big holes in the wall and the canvas can be hung with little effort.  I learned that I can cut Contact Paper with the Cricut so I used several cartridges to mix up the fonts.  I love the turquoise color. 

Halloween

I made this for Leslie.  It is a very late birthday present and a reminder of a special afternoon at Wicked.  I used a variety of papers that I already had and began embellishing.  I really love the way it turned out and I especially am happy that she loves it so much!

I made 2 of these witch's boots for my sisters, Cyndi and Gayla for their birthdays.  I painted the wood black and covered it with paper from My Minds Eye. You can't really tell but the black part of the paper is flocked.  I absolutely love glitter so I used black, green, purple and orange.  I spray painted the bells and added jute laces.  Finally, glued some tulle on the top!  Happy Halloween!

Lucky!

Friday, February 25, Gabriel and I were in a car accident.  We were traveling into town on snowy, icy roads when a car failed to stop at an intersection and hit us broadside.  My car was totaled.  My sweet grandson was so traumatized but fortunately not seriously injured.  He received some minor cuts from the shattered windows but was checked out at the hospital and released.  Thankfully, his car seat was in the rear middle.  I fell that our Guardian Angels were looking over our shoulders, protecting us. 

I will have to replace my vehicle.  As annoying as that is...at least we were remained relatively unscathed.  Fortunately, the other driver and her passengers were not injured either.