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Celebrate National Papercrafting Month

CELEBRATE PAPERCRAFTING WITH THE STUNNING FELICITY COLLECTION!
The collection features decorative die-cut paper, three gorgeous color schemes, and a D-size stamp set that include flowers, flourishes, argyle patterns, birds, and an entire alphabet! Your papercrafting possibilities are endless!

There are three ways to get the Felicity collection:
• Purchase it at full retail price for $34.95
• Place an order of $60 or more in full-retail priced stamp
sets (A, B, C, D, and E-size) and receive one collection FREE!
• Place an order of $125 or more in full-retail priced Close To
My Heart products and receive one collection FREE!

The campaign also has enticing opportunities for hostesses and
new Consultants. Hostesses get the collection FREE with a Home
Gathering sales total of $400 or more, and new Consultants
who join Close To My Heart between January 1–31 will receive the
collection FREE in their New Consultant Kit.

This collection is only available through the end of January or while supplies last.

Christmas Weekend

We spent Christmas this year in Sequim with my family. I don't know if Shane got the concept of Christmas 100%, but he did become very fond of Santa, Rudolph and Frosty. He was super excited to go to Mema and Papa's house which was pretty much good enough for him, but on top of that he got to open up surprises. What more could a 2.5 year old ask for.

Outside with Daddy sprinkling Reindeer dust. A mixture of oatmeal, sugar and sprinkles. Shane was super excited to feed Rudolph. At one point though we were concerned he thought he was actually going to get to see the little guy in person. Luckily, we got that issue cleared up with out many tears.

Watching the train under the Christmas tree. A favorite past time.

Leaving cookies for Santa. The first thing Shane asked about when he woke up was if Santa ate his cookies. He was super concerned that Santa left a little bit of milk and some crumbs of the cookies behind.

Opening his present from Santa. It was a train, just like he asked Santa for.


Having a little rest in his new sleeping bag from Mema and Papa.

Sitting in his truck that he got from Mema and Papa. He calls it Tonka.

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January's Card Making Class

Just 1 spot left!! Reserve it ASAP!

Start 2010 out right by getting those birthday cards all ready to go. And learn new crafting techniques at the same time.

Come join me on Monday, January 11th from 7pm-9pm.





Cost: 3 cards for $7 OR place a $20 order and get them for free.

Can't make it that night? No problem, just let me know and I'll send you a Birthday Card Making kit.

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Cute Little Boxes

This past week I've made a couple little crafty gifts for various gift exchanges coming up. I needed something to put the little treasures in. I had a pattern sitting around for a cute little box/card holder and decided to give it a try. I borrowed the pattern from Vicki over at Wizard's Hangout. She always has great ideas and projects.

The first one holds 10 cards I made for Kenny's Secret Santa gift exchange at work. The box measures 4 1/4 x 5 1.2. I made this out of the Close To My Heart Sweet Home paper packet. I used background and texture paper for the box, which after wards I realized I should have used cardstock to give it a little bit more strength.




I made this box using CTMH Jingle paper packet. The base is Tulip cardstock.

It's Official....

....we are House Hunters! We have recently gotten all of our ducks in a row, per say, and when we find our "dream house", we are ready to buy. It's been a long time of waiting, watching and being patience, but I'm so excited to say the time has finally arrived. No more renting (yes, I know there are upsides to that). I can finally paint walls and not have to pack or unpack boxes for what I hope to be a really really long time.

I know the process that is ahead of us may be really challenging, long and daunting. When you've waited as long as we have to buy a house you tend to possibly be a bit more picky. At this point we are willing to wait for the right house, in the right location, and for the right price.

Do wish us luck and that sooner then later we find ourselves a house that fits the bill.

Happy Half Birthday, Shane.

Our little guy is officially 2 1/2 today. I wanted to get a few quick pictures of him this afternoon and during this process he went from looking at me, to not looking at me (he told me he was eating, duh Mom!), to giving me a cheesy eyes closed smile and finally he told me to stop (guess he had enough of the camera in his face). This pretty much sums up life with Shane. One minute life is happy and wonderful and the next his life is crumbling before our very eyes. I can say he is consistent though, he has been like this his whole 2 1/2 years of life. The other day after some huge dramatic incident (I call him my Drama King), Kenny and I told him that if he was going to go into acting as a career he just needed to make it big so he could pay us back for all the years of watching him "practice" his acting skills.

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