Odds & Ends

Just a quick update tonight.  Tag #25 will be posted hopefully on Friday.  It has been a crazy week as I am sure it has for so many of you.  Both of my kids were up to their necks with projects due before Christmas as their first semester is over the end of January and after the holidays they are into exams, a good friend of my parents passed away from Cancer this week and today I took them to the funeral, I was madly finishing up my Christmas baking and to top it off my MS has been giving me grief this week.  I am looking forward to the down down after Christmas.  :)

I wanted to share the Christmas treats my daughter made herself and is taking to school for a few of her close friends using my 'too' overflowing bin of Chrstimas papers.  I think she did a really good job.   She followed the instructions from this Jillibean post and this weeks MIM Challenge.

Ingredients:

Paper:  Assorted My Mind Eye Christmas Papers

Stamps: Tag Its #8  (PTI)

Ink:  Pure Poppy (PTI), Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Dies:  Limitless Layers 1 3/4" (PTI)

Other: Acore Tape, paper crimper (Fiskars)

Another thing I have been sitting on are the pictures I took a few weeks ago of my Christmas decorating this year. 

Merry Christmas!!

Halloween Mantle

I just finished decorating my mantle for Halloween.   I created this display a couple of years ago, I very carefully put it away to store for the next years.  I wanted to do tell you that because you may not be able to find these same products anymore.  I hope it inspires you to create something special of your own.



Now for the details. The faux pumpkins, black floral garland, flowers in the vase and small Halloween coloured balls are from Michael's, the ghosts and hanted house were from Pier 1.  The orange and black pumpkin garland from the dollar store.  The Spooky tags were made with my Silhouette, black cardstock and Basic Grey's Ambrosia.  All the tags and ornament are hung with small Christmas ornament hangers.

Happy Decorating Haunting!