A New Year!

What a blessing a New Year is! A great time to remember all the wonderful things God did last year and a time to make changes for the better as a wife and parent!

This May, Lord willing, I will reach a milestone birthday ...the big 4-0! It's a wonder how OLD I used to think 40 was :) hee!

So anyways, Christmas has come and gone, and I wanted to share some photos of Christmas treats I made for my 3 kids school parties, Church decorations and THE wedding! Let me tell you how much fun that was .... and a ton of work LOL :0) I think I finally have gotten caught up on my sleep!

The round balls are candy cane Oreo truffles. My 5th grader brought those in. The pretzel rods went to my 1st graders class and the candy coated oreos went in with my 7th grader! A lot of work ,but my kids were very appreciative!

The next set of pics are what I was busily working on for our Christmas cantata! The man who designed the program graciously let me come up with the idea for the decor and execute it!

The hanging banners were inspired by Christmas decorations at Somerset Collection ( a beautiful mall 4 miles from my house) It's hard to judge the scale. They are about 5 ft wide and over 6 ft long. My great husband helped engineer these and hung them in the garage so I could decorate. I wish I had taken a close up photo so you could see all the gilded fruit piled high at the top. Miles of ribbon ,velvet roses, twinkle lights!

The white banners were a backdrop for Nativity images that matched the flyer for our Christmas cantata.
Here is a scope of the auditorium . I need to spruce up the wreaths for next year! I made them about 16 years ago. The center arrangement I made at least 5 yrs ago. I fixed it up a bit this year with gorgeous red berries and frosty boxwood greens! It's very sparkly in person. I try to get a close up shot later.

I need to go run an errand, but when I get back I'll show you pics of the wedding!

Twinery printables

The twinery has super cute FREE printables for Thanksgiving! I needed to bring in some goodies for my son's 1st grade Thanksgiving party today.

I put a couple candy bars in a cello bag, added a top note shape folded over the top, then just adhered the printable and sentiment. Simple & cute!

These printables were a huge lifesaver, and the kids really loved them!

Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Caroline

It's been way too long.....

Yes , I'm long over due for a post.......it's quite embarrassing frankly!

I have a very busy and hectic life but I like it that way! Besides taking care of my family, I have many other things I'm working on. To start with, this Wed. I'm doing a craft with my son's 1st grade class. I need to bring in some goodies too. These turkey cakes pops were last years

treat!

I also host a craft club at my kids high school, once a week. We are working on Christmas goodies for them to give friends and family. One of my other projects is putting together an elaborate della-robbia style garland to decorate our church for the Christmas program.

Another big project I have is for a friends wedding Dec. 31st. It's a Winter wonderland theme. One of the things I'm doing is eco friendly snowflakes. They are made from paper towel rolls.

Then in January, we put on an annual Wild Game banquet at our church. 3 years ago, my husband and other men built a life size model of a log cabin, last year we had a pier with canoes
and a pond with live trout! We served hors d'oeuvres in a dingy and put the cheese and crackers in tackle boxes! This January, we are going to do a reverse cabin, and make it look like the inside. I'll try to get pics on those in the near future!

Another thing I very excited about....I have been chosen to be on the Twinery Design Team!

http://thetwinery.com/ Go check out the wonderful colors!

Here are a couple things I have made with it!

That's all for today!

Have a Super weekend every one!

Caroline

My Birthday Sale!

Don't miss out on my birthday sale going on now!~
My birthday is May 18th, so I have a $1.80 or less section here http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5611274&section_id=6104024

Sale ends May 18th at 10pm EST

Birthday Dinner

We took our birthday girl out for a special dinner last night...The Rainforest Cafe!

It was our first time eating there and Annika was delighted with the sparkling Volcano dessert!

I was featured!

The Gals @ paper*cakes finds featured my cupcake tags today & my icecream cups yesterday!

CINCO DE MAYO SALE

Extended Weekend Special: May 1st-May 5th (ends midnight EST)My daughter's birthday is on Cinco de Mayo (May 5th)... this sale is in her honor! Happy 9th Birthday Annika!!

Prices already discounted!♥ 40% OFF Mother's Day Cards ♥ BOGO Ice Cream Cups♥ Peek in the 40% off section
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