December Days- Day 11

Was in a creative mood again today, so decided to make some homemade tags for the Christmas gifts this year. I made some earlier when I sent out mom's gifts, and I used my smaller blank tags, but this time I made them out of the larger ones, so had more room to stamp and play with them. I love inking edges and making things look distressed. I used three of my Stampin Up inks and love how well they work for Christmas.

December Days- Day 3

Still running with the creative vibe today....something is in the air I think, really, I haven't been crafty in ages, and all of a sudden, wham! Today's project was something I have seen over and over again on Pinterest, and although mine isn't a legit snowglobe, because it's waterless, it still has a wonderful vintage feel of traditional snowglobe in my opinion.

I have had this old looking jar for a few years now, and decided it would be the
best container for trying out my skill at making a snow globe. This project was
actually made completely out of on hand objects, so I didn't invest any extra
money into the making of this. I started by simply using my glue gun to start
adhering different elements to the inside part of the jar's lid, so that I could
flip the closed jar over and nothing would shift or fall. Once I had all the items
glued onto the lid, I added snow ( epsom salts actually) into the bottom of the
empty jar, then turning the lid upside down, I screwed it into place, and then
tipped the jar right side up, allowing the snow to fall around the scene I made.
Afterwards, I decided that it was missing something, so added a bit of detail to
the top of the upside down jar...I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

My newest addition to my kitchen counter for the Christmas season. Love the
 festive feel to it, and how all the glowing glass jars fill my space with happiness.

Getting some creative mojo flowing today

I have had this 7gypsies painter's tray  for a while now, 

and I love their sticker sheets, so I knew that I wanted

to use it for our latest vacation photos from California.

After deciding which photos I wanted to use, then

figuring out the right sizing, and printing them out, I

managed to put it together in a few hours, and am quite

happy with how it turned out.

This is a close up look of it standing up on the

table, and the lighting was a bit too harsh, but 

I wanted to show how I placed some of the stickers

so that they are hanging over the sides of the tray.

A few years ago, when Tim and I took the girls

to Long Beach, California for our first real

holiday, I came home and did a painter's tray

as well, so I placed this current one beside

it on the wall in our dining room. I love

how my ladder hanging on the wall, offers

a great display space for things that make

my heart happy.