Marriage Retreat Bible Verse Project...

I was asked to help make these Bible verses for our church marriage reteat this week.{John and I are going!! I can't wait!! Thursday-Saturday just me and him!!} I think they turned out great!! The hardest part was putting the words on straight. John and I stayed up till almost 3am doing them. He was such a big help!!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Countdown Til Valentine's Day for my Hubby...

I decided to make a "Countdown Til Valentine's Day" for my husband this year. I started by making 28 hearts using my Cricut.

I printed out the numbers 1-14 from my printer onto pink cardstock. Then punched each number out with a heart shaped punch.

I printed out sayings for each heart. Like "Bake Cookies Together". I sewed each set of brown hearts together with my sewing machine enclosing the pink message inside. {kind of like a fortune cookie}

Then I added the numbers and used mini clothespins to attach it to the long strip of paper.

So, John gets to open up 1 heart everyday through Valentine's Day.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Jennifer's Piano Solo "Silent Night" 12.24.2011.

Merry Christmas to all my scrapbooker friends!!

It's Party Time!!!

I had 2 Christmas Parties at my house yesterday, So for the last week, I've had a huge list of things I wanted to get done!!

Project 3 billion four hundred thirty seven: (jk)
I saw this candy cane arrangement on Pinterest, so I decided to make my own. I used an old candle jar, ribbon, a glue gun, and 36 candy canes. I glued the candy canes to the jar, then tied a ribbon around it. I got some roses at Old Time Pottery to put in it!!

I also wanted to make a snowman cake for my party, so I tried fondant for the first time. My sister helped me. We had so much fun!! As you can see, it was really messy there for a while...but after needing the fondant for like an hour (jk) it finally came together

I'm a mess in this picture!! I was cleaning all day!!!

I found these old pictures of us, and decided to do a page of the two of us in grade school!! I loved how it turned out and I put it up in the frame in my craft space.

I found these letters to Santa, so John and I filled them out. Then I smashed them!! We had so much fun!! I felt like a little kid again!! We decided to make our Santa letters a yearly thing!!

Another project:
I put this together for my mom.

Another Project: We have a kitchen towel gift exchange for our WMS Christmas party, so I decided to make my own...Let's just say I don't like cutting fabric on my Cricut!! Next time I think I'd use a thicker fabric for the words. I chose a cotton for this project, and I had a terrible time cutting the words out. The fabric kept moving on the mat. It was a mess!!
Yummy Treats: Rice Crispy Snowmen!!

So, now my house is super clean, and I have lots of yummy treats leftover to eat!!

Thanks for looking & Have a great day!!

XO,

A recap of my week...

Today I am finally feeling somewhat better. Last Saturday night, I came home from church with a really bad headache/fever/chills. Then I spent all day Sunday on the couch! Then I did too much Monday {I made kitchen towels} Pictures will come soon!
Tuesday {I made this candy cane wreath from Whipperberry thanks to Pinterest}
Wednesday {I had friends over to make Christmas tags}

{Some of my tags}

By Wednesday afternoon I really started to feel it all over again...Thursday I spent most of the day on the couch...again!! I'm so tired of being sick!!
So I'm taking it easy.
Today's my mom's birthday, so the kids and I went over to her house for breakfast. That was fun:)       I am kinda sad that it's the first Friday of the month and I'm not going to Cafe Crop tonight. But I am going to try to scrap some pages tonight after the kids go to bed.
Also, John and I are planning on finally decorating the Christmas tree tonight too. We put it up on Monday night, but we couldn't find any of our lights from last year. {And you really can't decorate until the lights go on...} So, John brought more light home Wednesday night, but I didn't feel like even moving. So decorating the tree out of the question!!

I decided to finish our Christmas Smash book.  I used white vinyl for the title. I already have several Christmas cards to put in it!!

 Pocket...

 Another Pocket...

Thanks for looking & Happy 23 days left till Christmas!!
xo

Happy Thanksgiving & A Card!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!! I made this card for my Husband for Thanksgiving!! I thought it turned out really cute~

I embossed the "Give Thanks" with black embossing powder and my heat tool. I love the embossed look!! It's so easy to do too~

John went hunting this morning, so when I woke up, I found this by my bed~My FaVoRiTe magazine & a very sweet card~ The laundry was folded, and he bought us breakfast {in the freezer}

So, the kids and I made John Thanksgiving cards~
Kaitie loved putting her hands in the paint;
Travis did not! He cried! But afterwards, he had fun coloring on the card~

Thanks for looking!
Happy Eating day!!
xo,

The Most Adorable Card Ever!!!

Yesterday, One of my pinao students came over to make cards. So we decided to make these. We made 11 cards. Ten for her and one for me:)
I fount this Gingerbread Man Large Punch & I absolutely LoVe it!! I stamped and embossed their cute little faces with the Everyday Character Face from Peachy Keen Stamps.

Thanks for looking!

xo

My New Smash Book for Piano...

I decided to make a smash book for all my piano things. I put my book together last week at Cafe Crop. This is my 3rd book I've made in the last 3 weeks!! I think I'm addicted!! LOL!!
Pictures of my recitals, notes from students, my recital pictures from long ago, etc...
I thought it would be nice to keep track of everyone I've taught through the years. Plus I wanted a place for my students to see me as I've played the piano throughout the years.
I started my first page with a recital program from the first recital I had for my students. I found it in an old Christmas book today. I had forgotten about some of those students form 5 years ago!!

Thanks for looking!!

xo

Thanksgiving Cards...

I was asked on Saturday to make 30 cards for the Thanksgiving baskets we are giving out from South Point Baptist Church. So, after the service Saturday night, I went home and started thinking of ideas. I love these little pilgram people. I have the Everyday Character Face Assortment from Peachy Keen Stamps. I used my Fiskars Scalloped Border Punch for my 3 level embossed boarder. My Sweet Hubby helped me punch out the brown paper!! I had to cut out 90 different boarders. The bottom layer is 2.5 inches tall by 4.25 inches wide, the second layer is 1.5 inches and the top layer is .75 inches tall. Then I used 3 different embossing folders to add the extra pop I wanted. Then I cut out 60 little pilgram people(30 men & 30 women) John helped me print out the "From South Point Baptist Church." Then we punched them with my tag punch. LOVE how they turned out!!

Thanks for looking!!
xo

I stopped at Michaels today and these were on sale for an amazing price:)

I've wanted this notebook punch for a while now. And this cupcake one has stamps with it. It looks really cool!! :)

xo,

~Smash Book Update~

I love this smashing!!! It's so easy and fun!! My Fall book is turning out amazing!! :)

Thanks for Looking!!
xo,