All I Want for Christmas

merry.christmas

p.s. if that doesn't work I guess we'll settle for a pony.

Living in a Material World with a Material Wall

It just so happens that we have a wall in our house that we have no idea how to decorate.

Until, awhile back when a lady in my ward showed me this cute idea for wall decorations.

And yes, it's taken me a long time to follow through with it, but I think I'm really going to like it.

It's a three-step process, really.

STEP ONE - - - WOODEN FRAMES (may require handy man to assemble, regular picture frames would probably work too, if you wanted different sizes. Mine are about 18 inches x 18 inches and we did four even though three are pictured.)

STEP TWO - - - FABRIC ONTO FRAMES (this was my favorite step because I got to use the wood stapler, hammer and fabric, great combination/stress reliever. I worked my way from opposite sides while applying fabric.)

STEP THREE - - - APPLY THE ABOVE TO THE WALL (This definitely requires a handy man with a leveler, who can do step three all by himself without even being asked while you run errands for Christmas. I don't know but this step might be tricky!)

In the END it's worth it and the wall looks good**.

**problems i found:

• some fabrics are kind of see through but don't look as see through on the wall
• don't do a striped fabric it was a pain and I might end up changing it

****sorry for weirdness in pictures my camera is acting funny

Oh, The Weather Outside is Frightful...

Bergen had her first encounter with snow last night...

She kept trying to grab the snowflakes.

Finally she leaned away from Don, and looked up to the sky to see where this new thing was coming from.

It has been snowing like crazy lately and I've become a grouch about the weather.

You know the feeling, you come right home from work and hunker down for the night, not wanting to go anywhere?

But I will tell you what...walking with those two through the snowy night, it was enough to make my heart melt!

[p.s. it's still snowing today, did someone write to Santa and ask for all of this snow?]

We're Ready For You, Santa

Don finished our mantle project a week or so ago.

I don't know if you remember how handy he is...but we both found a picture of a mantle online that we liked and he went to work.

Here's the before + the in betweens...

(This isn't the REAL before picture because the cover used to be gold, wish I had a picture of that!)

And then the finished product! We are still looking for a fireplace cover of sorts, but it turned out really well!

For The Love of Aggies

This is what happens when you leave your Aggie-lovin' daughter with a bunch of Cougar fans...

They try and bring her to the DARK SIDE!

(but failed!)

Holiday Cheer Pillow Cover Edition

Today was a good day, my birthday present finally showed up.

I won't even go into all the trouble I had to go through to get it here, but I'm pumped.

I am not even sure where to start...

For those of you who have Sergers, what's your favorite thing about them?

Got any tips for a new user like myself?

With my normal sewing machine more recently, I decided to whip out some cute Christmas pillow covers.

We are really cramped on storage space which makes having pillows specifically for Christmas (or any holiday) hard.

So with these covers I'll just slip them on for a month...

And when I'm done they'll fold up and go in totes with the Christmas stuff.

Neat, huh?

A Friendly Letter

The other day my niece Brookie wrote me a friendly letter for school.

She even turned it in without showing it to my sister Tifani.

I love it, love her!

Dear Brookie,

I wanted to thank you for your friendly letter to me. You are very sweet and that makes it so easy to love you and spend time with you. You are so good with Bergen and love to help feed her and even change stinky diapers. I like that we can always bake goodies and make flowers together. I love you Brookie.

Love,

Aunt Tori

P.S. I will always be here to protect your from your MEAN cousins!