On the 2nd Day of Christmas My True Love Gave to Me...

...a painting of three snowmen...singing!

Andrew's school publishes their artwork on Artsonia...a public site for schools to showcase young artists and their artwork.  He has had several items showcased on this site...this is the 1st piece for this year.  So cute!  When this one comes home I'm taking it over to Michael's to have framed.

Today I am thankful for a sleeping puppy under the tree.  December Daily...Day 2.

On the 1st Day of Christmas My True Love Gave to Me...

...a decorated Christmas tree.  Yip...my two honeys decorated our tree last night while I was working downstairs in the studio.

It was so wonderful this morning to wake up to the tree already done on the 1st day of December.  Some of you may be follwing Ali Edwards this month while completing your own "December Daily."  I have decided to do my own version and take a picture each day that brings joy to my heart about this wonderful holiday season.  Here is my 1st one:

Each ornament on our tree is a snowman.  This is one of my favorites.  He chunky-grubby with a carrot nose...can he be any cuter?

This week I started getting the itch to make something "Christmasy."  I took the chipboard Christmas keychain from Maya Road and decorated them.  Take a look:

Candy cane with red Stickles.  I used the Fiskars holly punch and added a red button.

I covered the tree with green swirl paper from Reminisce and added red bling jewels.

I covered the ornament with red Bazzill, used an EK Success circle punch to punch out a center from Imaginise paper, added a title, star and button to complete.  These sure got me into the Christmas spirit!

New Format

I was getting bored with the how my blog was looking.  Thought I would "jazz it up" with a template from Butterflygirlms Blog Design.  I picked this one out from her many designs...and thought it fit.  I like the "stretch" feature that she offers...it fills up the page so that all the little "buttons" are evenly spaced throughout.  Let me know what you think!  :)

"Touchtones..."

...so the printer is broken. And Vanessa is trying to help me fix it. And the radio is playing....and I hear the "touchtones." So I say...to Vanessa..."touchtones". And she continues to work on the printer. And then a few seconds go by...still the printer. Then she picks up the phone. She calls 96.5 fm. And the D.J. answers..."what are you doin?" And she says..."what are YOU doin??" And she wins! WINS! Freakin' Vanessa!

And the printer is still broken.

(But she is giving me the tix...cuz she doesn't like Daughtry.)

So hubby is taking our son to see Daughtry.

Thanks Vanessa! :P