Stitch In Time

Hello 14

A quick layout about my daughter... turning 14, starting high school, and growing up.  I used Crate Paper's Fourteen and Maggie Holmes collections and Freckled Fawn Bubble Word Chips.

Baby Shower

I posted today over on the Crate Paper Blog about a baby shower I had for my cousin this past weekend and I thought I'd post a few extra pictures here on my blog.

First up is the lemonade.  We actually found these spice jars at World Market, but they were big enough to use for individual lemonade glasses.

I added little vellum umbrellas I made using paper from Crate's Party Day collection with my Cameo.

It helped to keep things simple and only serve one kind of drink vs. setting up a whole bunch of different drinks.

We only played one game which was matching the names of the party guests to their meanings.

Of course there were prizes for the winners:

I also set up a frame which everyone could sign for the baby:

We had a fruit tray, tea sandwiches and cupcakes.

The cupcakes were a big hit.  At first I was going to just get one kind, but in the end I decided it would be more fun to get different flavors and let everyone choose their own.

We had everything from Whiskey Maple Bacon to Lavender.

I used Crate Paper's new washi tape paper to make little flags to mark the different flavors.

Lots and lots of flags..

People liked picking out their cupcakes..

And I ordered doubles so I could send everyone home with another flavor...

And finally a small photo holder for the guest of honor made using more of Crate Paper's Party Day goodies...

It's been such a long time since I planned a baby shower, but it was a lot of fun and now I can't wait for the baby to get here.  He's due next month!

January

Spent the day organizing...

rearranging the furniture...

working on Project Life...

and feeling very productive.

Crate Paper Design Team 2013

I am so excited to share that for the next year I will be a part of the Crate Paper Design Team.  It's really a dream come true for me.  Please check out the rest of the design team that is being announced on the Crate Paper Blog.  I hope to get links up to everyone's blogs in the next day or two.  Such an exciting year ahead!

I made this page using Crate Paper's New Fourteen collection.  I love the bright colors of their papers.

Fly Boy

Indoor Skydiving for his 10th birthday at I-Fly. He had a blast.

Baby, it's cold outside

Everything is frozen outside. 

I feel bad for my poor hummingbirds... their feeder is frozen solid.

Took a walk yesterday and took pictures of the ice...

Now I'm at my computer planning a birthday, a baby shower, and some scrapbook layouts.  Time for more coffee.

Project Life - New Year's Eve

Kicking off 2013...

and speaking of celebrating, my husband turned the top of the champagne bottle into a little chair. I thought this was the cutest idea...

 

New Year's Eve

Hope everyone is having a wonderful last day to 2012.  We are getting ready for a delicious dinner followed by some fireworks and party favors.  Bring on the New Year!

December Daily - Finished!

Another year done...ready to put this away and get serious about doing a Project Life in 2013.

Christmas Eve was at my parents' house.  We always have friends and family over for a big dinner.

and for Day 25 I made a recap of the holidays...

We always have to drive over the mountain passes to get to my parents..

by the time we got there we knew we were in for a white Christmas..

which meant snowman building..

and snowball throwing..

and pretty drives through town...

I even turned my car into a reindeer..

My dad taught my son how to build a fire...

while my best friends from high school came over for drinks and to catch up..

We had many friends, family and neighbors over.  A big group went out to the movies on Christmas day.  We ate and drank a lot.  My dad did his annual football pool.  My husband did all of the cooking.  We played cards, we went for walks and we laughed.  It was a wonderful holiday.

Home

We just got home from celebrating Christmas with family.  600 miles, a white Christmas, and lots and lots of great memories.  Hope to post the final pages of my December Daily in the next day or two.