Christmas Came and Went

I cannot believe that it is almost February and I haven't updated this!!  First, let's take a look at some of the ornaments I made in 2013:

Now, let's see how the house was decorated:

I just love  Christmas decorating.  When everything comes down and gets put away, I kind of go into a funk - the house looks so plain.  However, I've been busy at Paper Arts - see the next update.

Weddings, weddings, weddings

Seems like we've been to a lot of weddings lately.  A couple of weekends ago, my niece got married.  I finished an 8x8 album last night, using personal photos from the ceremony and reception.  Here's the pages (wish I could figure out how to put the pictures side-by-side:)

Invitation

Ceremony Program and Participants

Happy couple

C is for the youngest flower girl and only
great grandchild, Charlotte.

Charlotte will not walk, so she
rode in the wagon (I decorated it)

D is for Daley, the groom's family

Q is for the Quinlans

E is for  Eric, the bride's brother

Bridesmaids

The men

E is for Eisleben, the bride's father and family

The entire bridal party

VG is for von Gontard, the bride's mother and step-father

The bride and groom with my husband and me

E is for Edmonds, the bride's grandparents and my parents

Menu

Flowers and cake

Bride and her mother and step-father

Fall Ideas

It's been a few weeks since I posted, but that doesn't mean I've been doing nothing.  No, I've been to a high school reunion, Archie had a knee replaced, I went to scrap club last week and I went to Crop for the Cure in Enid this past Saturday.  It seems like I'm always going someplace.

Last week I began my fall decorating, ect.  After making these Tootsie roll covers, I'm now ready for trick-or-treaters and friends that need a special treat, like a thank-you for bringing meals after Archie's surgery.  My mother will use these as favors for a dinner she will host at her home.  (Tootsie roll wrap is a stamp/die set from My Favorite Things.) 

 

 

While participating in a scrapbook shop-hop, I saw a really beautiful banner to hang on a mantel.  After making it my own, this is what I came up with.  The photos are all of my family and Archie as a baby.

 

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One of these pics showed a pumpkin sitting on the mantel.  It's a child's plastic pumpkin used to collect the treats on Halloween night.  I removed the handle, turned it over and covered it with torn strips from an old book.  It's another idea I found on Pinterest.

Since Archie couldn't find my fall wreath for the front door, I made a new one.  Than the front porch area looked bare, so I ordered two wrought iron plant stands and added some plants, pumpkins and pine cones.



Here's the vignette I set up in the dining room.  The autumn sign was in the dollar hot spot at Target.

A couple of weeks ago, I took a class at My Heart's
Fancy (wonderful place for the mixed media artist.) 
I'm not really into Halloween, but this was really cute.





At stamp club, we exchange and make cards.  The first card I made following a map.  The second card fulfilled the theme "clean and simple."

 





This card we made at Jamie's house (club location) and it uses about 3 layers of extra thick embossing powder over the leaf stamp.  The texture is fabulous, but doesn't show up on the picture.

After spending 2 weeks training my latest replacement as Music/Missions Assistant at FBC Enid, I am home and crafting again.  (The two previous replacements have other jobs.) This weekend I made Christmas angel paper doll tags - 4 different girls.  Maybe I'll send them out as Christmas cards this year.