Posts Tagged ‘ christmas ’

Cupcake Kitchen

I have wanted to decorate my kitchen with cupcakes for some time and I’ve finally gotten around to it. The whole “reno” so far has cost me about $35! Some of the stuff I had on hand, and other items were supplied by generous loved ones. Enjoy! me in my cupcake kitchen! What, you don’t [ READ MORE ]

Homemade Christmas

Sewing has been my new hobby since taking a class with Lelia in the summer. This Christmas, I really wanted to return to simpler things and make most of my gifts. Well, that really didn’t happen as I’d hoped. I think I still need more sewing practice and more time to gather inspiration and ideas [ READ MORE ]

Zip-Up Shopping Tote Tutorial

A couple of years ago, I bought a bag like this at Target. I decided to try to make my own tonight. I made a zip-up shopping tote! It folds up and will fit nicely in my purse. I made it with my lovely gingerbread house fabric. 1. Cut: 2 rectangles 17.5″ x 16.75″; 2 rectangles 4″ x [ READ MORE ]

Carols, Cocoa, and Cookies

Brendan and I had a wonderful weekend. I baked more sugar cookies! Brendan and I went to our church’s (West Hills Presbyterian Church of America) Festival of Carols last night. Our sanctuary choir performed with the Knoxville orchestra. The music was beautiful! The program consisted of “O Come, All Ye Faithful”, selections from Handel’s Messiah, “Joy [ READ MORE ]

Winter Weekend

We had a wonderful weekend. On Saturday, we actually woke up to snow! It didn’t last the whole day, but it was very pretty. Our Christmas tree this year: There are some “rusty” jingle bells and little wooden ornaments from Hobby Lobby. They are little planes, trains, boats, and cars.A transportation theme! To make our house smell festive, [ READ MORE ]

Advent Calendar Tutorial

I love counting down the days until Christmas. Grandpa Leibbrand always had a calendar and daily gift for us. Sometimes Mom would buy the cardboard advent calendars with doors that would reveal a piece of chocolate for each day. I remember sneaking some of the chocolates early. One year we had little box [ READ MORE ]

Christmas Fabric

I am loving all of the Christmas fabric in the stores. I have purchased some from Wal-Mart, Hobby Lobby, and Jo-Ann Fabrics.I don’t really have plans for all of them, I just couldn’t pass them up. I’m not a huge fan of all the yellow, but I’m a sucker for anything gingerbread related. This [ READ MORE ]

Ornaments: fall leaves and shoes!

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Hobby Lobby has all of its fall items on clearance. I purchased some leaves and a few spools of ribbon. Viola! Ornaments that will remind me of my favorite season: I used a stick from the copse of trees near our apartment and one of my mason jars to [ READ MORE ]

CZ Canvasback shotgun

Well let me just start off by saying I have the most awesome wife ever. The two of us certainly do not have a ton of money to spare every month and for the most part we’re just glad to be pulling in steady paychecks in a time when a lot of people are barely [ READ MORE ]