No Creature Was Stirring, Not Even A Mouse...

My last post before Christmas! I hope everyone has a wonderful and very blessed Holiday. Spend it with the people you love and make the most of it :)

Eric and I won the Christmas decorating contest. Whew...a lot of hard work and creativity between the two of us. We (I) were super pumped when we got the news!

Milk, cookies, and a letter for dear Santa :) The cookies were cut from cardboard and a black permanent marker was used to make the dots for "chocolate chip cookies". White paper was used for the "milk" in the glass.

candy canes I made from "scratch". I cut a cane shape out of a cardboard box, wrapped white yarn around it, then wrapped red tulle for stripes. I attached some crystals and spray painted glitter onto them. I also attached an ornament to each then hung from the ceiling with the red fabric.

These pinecones were practically free. I collected them from a field, spray painted them silver, then glued silver glitter onto the tips.

Porch during the day, minus the table

Porch at night

 I finished and started my Christmsas shopping today! Okay, that's kind of a lie. I purchased several stocking stuffers and smaller things a few months ago. I also went in knowing exactly what I was getting everyone on my list! I decided to get creative with my wrapping and chose burlap fabric to wrap gifts. At first it was hard but I decided not to let the fabric intimidate me. I eventually got the hang of it and I'm excited to "show off" my gifts!

Thankfully, I didn't have any gifts to wrap that were huge! The fabric is very tricky to work with!

Wishing all of my readers, family, and friends the merriest of Christmas wishes.

Lots of Love,

Eric, Susan, and Max :)