Based on your comments, here are your top 8 moments of insanity for 2008! Honorable Mentions (Other posts with lots of comments…or posts that I think should have had lots of comments. :-)): Batiful Invitations Holiday Butter Cookies The Great Pumpkin Cake Homemade Gift Ideas for kids Trenton’s Truck Birthday Nancy Drew Birthday Insanity Did […]
Archives for December 2008
Party like it’s 2009???
December 30, 2008 by 4 Comments
Are you still needing a little inspiration for New Years Eve? I outlined some of my ideas for a ball-themed party, here. And wanted to add a few more ideas, in case you are still stumped. First off, I found the instructions for Martha’s little ball ornaments I had mentioned, here, via the Hostess blog. […]
Christmas Cookies – 2008
December 30, 2008 by 5 Comments
So much of Christmas still to share…now that it is over and everyone has moved on. But if you are like me, you like to do a debriefing of Christmas and get ideas for next year. So here are the cookies I painted this year. (I had to take full advantage of my mother doing […]
A New Years Ball
December 26, 2008 by 4 Comments
We had a wonderful Christmas, and have lots to report, but I have to go travel, right now, so I have to make this quick. New Years is less than a week away! I was asked for party ideas on my facebook page. This is what I would like to do for New Years, if […]
We love Tip Junkie–Tree competition
December 23, 2008 by 1 Comment
My train Christmas tree is a finalist over at Tip Junkie’s Christmas Tree competition. There are some beautiful trees over there, so I won’t be offended (too much :-)), if you vote for one of them, instead, but if you like my train tree, I’d love a vote, because, it would be really fun to […]
Because I’m sure you are all done with Shopping and Making Presents…
December 22, 2008 by 3 Comments
I have to share these fun gift wrap ideas I found. We are visiting my parents, and I found out my mom used to instruct a course on creative gift wrapping, long before I was born. She pulled out a file of favorite ideas she had been saving all of these years, and I knew […]
Holiday Open House 2008
December 18, 2008 by 16 Comments
Oh. Visitors! Hi! I wasn’t really expecting anyone today. Oh, you’re here for one of those holiday open houses (like Kimba’s, Tip Junkie’s, Southern Hospitality’s, Hooked on Houses, etc.). Is that today? Oh, it was supposed to be Monday. Yeah, I’m having a little bit of a hard time keeping track of time. Things have […]
Holiday Butter Cookies
December 16, 2008 by 14 Comments
I’m attending a lot of virtual parties around blogland, and I think for at least some of them, we we’re supposed to bring virtual treats. That reminded me that way back in October when I was making these… and these… for the Nie Cookie Auction, and my 100th post giveaway, I promised to share the […]
About my Tree Train…
December 16, 2008 by 2 Comments
I blogged about my Christmas tree here, and so far, everyone’s favorite thing, is our train that goes around the middle. I did a quick blog search and it looks like Lowes used to carry it, but they don’t anymore. I did find it for sale on ebay, here. If anyone finds it elsewhere, please […]
O Christmas Tree!
December 15, 2008 by 10 Comments
So far my blogging marathon is off to a slow start, but I am determined to join in these parties (Tip Junkie’s Christmas Tree contest and Thrify Decor Chick’s Christmas Party)before it is too late!Perhaps the first thing you might notice about our tree is that it has a train going through the middle of […]
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