In The Holiday Mood...

Sing with me now.... "Dashing through the snow.... in a one horse open sleigh... o'er the fields we go.... laughing all the way... HA HA HA.... bells on bobtails ring... making spirits bright.... what fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight.... OH --- Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way...."

Ok, ok, ok... I'm stopping now! LOL! Couldn't help myself. My kids have been throwing 'Christmas parties' (just for each other) and have been playing holiday music extremely LOUD the whole time. I've resisted singing along for the first 100 times they played 'Here Comes Santa Clause' and 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer'... but I just couldn't help joining in after that! hee hee hee...

Anyway... this past weekend my girls had the fun experience of performing in the dance production of 'The Nutcracker!' They have been putting in lots of hours on Saturdays practicing for their performances.... and they did such a great job! They had four shows, and I was very impressed by the quality of all the dancing, the costumes, the acting.... etc etc etc.... it really put me in the Christmas mood! Here are a couple of pictures of my girls waiting backstage:

My older daughter is a Soldier... she got to dance with a rifle (wooden... not real... lol) and fight with an army of mice! And my younger daughter is a snow angel. Her scene was a lot of fun.... they had snow falling for the entire scene, a snow queen and king, a sleigh... and GORGEOUS dancing with everyone dressed in white! I'm so proud of my little dancers!

I also wanted to let you guys know that Kim B has extended the time to buy her FANTASTIC new CU grab bag....


It's FULL FULL FULL of great gear! And since I've been brimming over with 'Christmas on the brain', I put together a small Christmas themed freebie for ya. I used LOTS of ribbons from Kim's new grab bag (and a few from past ones), some buttons from her new bag, some overlays from her new bag (and a couple from past ones) and stitched the 'ribbon tree' all together. Hope you can find a use for it... it was fun to put together.


Here is the download link:
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Hope you're havin' a great day.... now go sing some Christmas carols! Ha ha ha!

**update**
Let me know if you're having problems with the link above.... 4shared is being weird for me today... and it's not recording the number of downloads either. (never had THAT happen before...) So I hope you're able to get the file! Sorry if you're having trouble!

Black Friday

Are you all enjoying Black Friday???? Getting lots of fantastic deals on your shopping trips? I'm about to pop over to watch my girls dance in a production of 'The Nutcracker.' I'm so excited to see them!!! They have been practicing for so long and have been working so hard.... and the show will get us all into the Christmas spirit. (Thanksgiving is over.... so it's Christmas season now right??? LOL!)

Anyway... I wanted to let you know about one of the MANY great Black Friday deals that are going on today.... Kim Broedelet has a FANTASTIC Black Friday grab bag --- a STEAL of a deal. (as always)


AND AND AND..... FOR TODAY ONLY HER ENTIRE STORE IS HAVING A MAJOR SALE!!!! Here is your chance to scoop up all of those Kim B kits that you have been wanting to get... but haven't gotten around to it yet....


And don't forget that she has a CUTE CUTE CUTE new Christmas kit for sale right now too called "From Santa With Love." Here are a couple of brag book pages I made for you from her fun new kit:


Here is the dowload link:
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Have fun shopping today!

Gobble, Gobble, Gobble...

Hi there! And Happy Thanksgiving! (Although.... from the number of gifts/freebies on Kim B's blog today, you'd think it was Christmas!) Hope you're all planning an enjoyable day... I'm preparing myself for a massive 'stuff my stomach past capacity' meal... Thanksgiving is all about 'go big, or go home' right??? LOL!

Anyway.... I wanted to pop on here today and let you know about a FANTASTIC and FUN new Christmas kit Kim Broedelet has up for sale. It's called: 'From Santa With Love' and it's full of hand drawn doodles, realistic greenery, and gorgeous papers/elements!!! SO SO SO cute!!!


Here is one of the layouts I put together using this kit:


And I started another layout with the same kit.... and it kind of 'evolved' into a layout using bits and pieces of lots of Kim's kits! hee hee hee.... It's still Christmas-y though.... so I thought I would show ya.


I used: Papers and elements from Kim's 'From Santa With Love', the 'From Santa With Love' alpha freebie from Kim's blog the other day, swirls and bow from Kim's 'Heartfelt' kit, a few sparkles from Kim's 'Sparkles' pack, TONS of snowflakes from Kim's awesome 'Flakeys' kit, some sparkles from her 'I Believe' set, and a frame from the 'Weathered Frames' pack. Phew.... hope I remembered it all! But.... all you have to know is that it's ALL Kim's great stuff.... so go check out her store. Ha ha ha....

And.... if you're interested in a couple of Christmas quick pages, here ya go! I turned one of my pages into a freebie for you guys. The zip file has two pages in it... one with the word art and one without the wort art. (Which is from Kim's 'Words For You' set. LOVE that set!)


Here is the download link:
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Have a fantastic day! (And hopefully stuff yourselves with some yummy food!!!)