Cookie time

Ever year me and my aunt Leshia have a tradition of making sugar cookies. No matter how busy we are, what the weather is like, what we have going on we make time to do cookies. This year we had wonderful weather so yesterday I was off and Leshia took a half day and we spent all afternoon rolling, cutting, and baking.

We made 25 dozen cookies!! That is 2 batches. WOW that is a lot of cookies!!!  This is just a few of the cookies. After we got done baking all those cookies we had to clean up :( That part was not so fun but had to be done.

This is me and m favorite Aunt and I after baking all the cookies and cleaning up. When we finished up we when in town and did a little shopping. We went to a thrift shop and found a cute lamp for her granddaughter and I found a few supplies to make some crafts with. I also found a great sweater with a big Christmas kitty on it for a gag gift to my little sister. She is going to hate it!!! I love it!!

So that was a busy day off but I had so much fun!! Now for the next family tradition Frosting all the cookies with my nephews and niece. Can not wait for that. The babies are going to be big enough to help this year!!

Giveaway winner!

The winner of the JOY block set is Laura Beth!!! I will get your block set out right away.

 Thank you all for entering.

 

Block Giveaway!

Here is the "Block Party" like a promised. I have had many many orders. Here is a few pictures of the first set of orders.

(Please excuse the mess)

 

I am now going to start working on the second set of orders.

 

 

 

Now for the exciting news:

I am going to do a giveaway!!! This is my first giveaway so here are the rules. You will get one entry for every comment and one entry for following my blog. I will close the giveaway on December 5th and pick the winner after 7pm on 12/5/12. I will notify the winner and get your address and mail our your blocks the next day.

 

The blocks you will win is a Block set that says JOY and it will be in Christmas theme.

Best of Luck to you all!

Block party

I will be posting tomorrow about all the blocks I have been making! I am excited to show you all my blocks.

Mom's Birthday Gift!

Today is my mommas 49th birthday!!! I called her bright and early....ok more like 9:00 when I rolled out of bed to wish her a Happy Birthday!! She was happy to hear from me. I told her that we were all coming over and bringing supper and cake. After I got off the phone I thought shoot I don't have a gift for her yet :S

I got up and went to the craft room and started searching for what I could make for her. Then I remembered a pin from pinterest that I had seen on how to make a fun painting. So I got all the stuff and started.

You need a canvas (Any size will work) Paint in as many colors as you want, a paper plate, round sponge brushes, Black or brown paint pen that is used to draw branches, and spray paint in any color for your background color.

Once you got all your supplies ready then get started. I chose not to paint my background because it is going in a white room. I just drew random branches on the page. (I can not believe how great of an artist I am)

Then after you draw in your branches start adding the color dots! You can add as many or as few as you like just keep going until it looks just right. I am very happy how it turned out!!

So after supper we opened gifts and my mom was very happy to see the painting. She is planning on painting the living room in the upcoming weeks so she was excited to have some new artwork to hang on the wall.

I am so glad Mom had a great birthday. Thanks for taking the time to stop by and check out my blog!!