this is one of my favorite things at christmas time … cards from friends and family filling up my mantle!   i love going to the mailbox … and coming back with envelopes addressed in familiar handwriting. and opening each one up and seeing what they designed as their christmas card this year. and love the…

thought i'd share a few projects that have been up on the making memories blog this past week. you can find instructions and more info over on their blog.  first up is my cocoa tin. i have done something simliar to this years ago … put all the fixings for cocoa in a fun tin.…

we're back with our challenge … decided to give ourselves an extra week on this since we were all a little busy. this week mary and i invited wendy sue anderson to join us in our challenge. and what do we have going this time? 1. basic grey paper – something mary and i both…

warning to grammie again: do not look if you want this to be a total surprise. even though you did walk in my kitchen yesterday … and saw this entire thing spread all over the island. lol! it's always amazing how long some things can take me. these next two steps took me 3 days…

had a few things i wanted to pass along while i'm thinking about them.   project 365 – a preview on becky higgins blog. this is the january KOTM that deneen and i got a sneek peek at on our trip to CK. as soon as i saw this, i knew it was something i wanted to do.…

warning to grammie … do not read this if you want your christmas gift to be a total surprise. lol! i know the other grandma's don't read here … so i don't have to worry about them. this year i decided on my annual mini album idea at the last minute … less than a week…

today has been crazy busy. actually, the entire last week has been crazy busy. i have not slowed down since getting back from utah … and it's starting to wear on me a bit. but there is a ton of christmas stuff to be done (along with all the everyday non-christmas stuff) … one of which was…

from what i hear … christmas is in 2 weeks. lol! not sure how that can be true … but everyone says it's true. so i figured i better get going on a christmas card. i have some cards that i was going to put together to send out … now i'm not sure if…

this is totally random. and i'm not even sure how i stumbled across this photo. but seriously … how cute are they?!?!   this was taken at a valentines party at alyssa's school … back in 2003. so that was 5 and a half years ago. and yes … i totally just counted that on…

day four of our utah trip … was actually 2 days ago. got a little sidetracked with coming home and settleing back in. anyways … day four was pretty relaxed. we slept in just a little … took our time getting ready … finished packing … and loaded up all our bags in this car.…