Time to recycle my Mary Engelbreit calendar from 2009

These are the envelopes I made from my 2009 calendar. Now I just have to remember to use them!!! :)

Time to make some thank you cards

I saw a card just like this at Sams for $3.59! I thought "hey I can make that!" so I came home and did! This is it. Isn't it cute? I used the retired Stampin Up snowman punch (he is my all-time favorite) and voila, total cuteness if I do say so myself! HA

A birthday card for Gaerria ....

Stamp by: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps at www.kraftinkimmiestamps.com

Verse by: Taylored Expressions

Cupcake by: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

Happy Christmas Eve!!!

Each year on Christmas Eve, the kids and I bake Christmas cookies. This year I decided to try to make homemade Snickerdoodles and wow, are they delicious!!! I will share my recipe with you that I got out of the Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook:

Snickerdoodles

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

In mixing bowl, beat butter for 30 seconds. Add 1 cup sugar, baking soda, and cream of tartar. Beat until combined. Beat in egg and vanilla until combined. Beat in flour and chill for an hour, covered.

Combine the 2 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon. Shape dough into 1" balls. Roll balls in sugar-cinnamon mixture to coat. Place 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in a 375 oven for 10-11 minutes or until edges are golden. Transfer to wire rack and let cool.

We had Linda, Steve, CJ and Mindy over today for our annual Christmas lunch

Here are a few photos of the kids ....

Emily and CJ are both 17. Nicholas is 14 and Mindy is 11. (Notice Mindy is taller than Emily and she's just 11) LOL

Mindy made me this cute Frosty the Snowman at Build-A-Bear. It even has sound and lights up. Thank you Mindy, he will sit next to my snowman tree.

I'm back from FL and had a "free" Just Cards magazine in my mailbox upon my return ...

Had a great time seeing my mom, dad, sister, Mike, Nathan and Cosmo in Seminole. Then got to see Jan, Betsey, Gerry, Sherri and Caryn in Hobe Sound. Weather was a "little" too hot for my liking. Our a/c had went on the blink and I was without air and it was 87 degrees one day (yes I was complaining!). Came back to 22 degree weather. LOL

Here are some photos from the trip. Debbie (my sister) is just "a little obsessed" with the color purple so here are her 2 purple Christmas trees. (I gave her the little one for Christmas this year and let her open it early. Then we got to go shopping for little purple Christmas ornaments.) Notice the little purple tree skirt, isn't it cute? Twix is her Jack Russell who kept me up each night because he likes to snuggle along your back and get under your covers and then I worried he couldn't breathe but he did just fine. Oreo is her black and white cat and I am allergic to him but managed ok with my watery eyes. The last photo is the new Dunkin Donuts out for December (it was a chocolate donut with chocolate icing and broken up pieces of candy cane) and they were delish, as you probably already know by looking at the pics. HA

I got back to find the latest issue of Just Cards and I have 2 cards in that, on pages 43 and 87. I submitted those A LONG TIME ago so don't give up if you have submitted some cards and they haven't been published yet.

Happy Birthday Joanie, a week early!!!

I made this popup birthday card for Joanie. It was real easy to make. I found it on the Hero Arts website and you can see the you tube video here. Isn't it cute???

Stamps by: Impression Obsession, Magnolia, Cornish Heritage Farms, Savvystamps