November…

Went to Gibliano Brother’s dueling piano bar for my friend Cara’s birthday…it was so fun! If you never have been to a dueling piano bar, it's a bar with two pianos on a small stage.  You pretty much sit and listen to music all night long!  You can put in requests and tip the piano player and they can play pretty much anything and they sing too!  The night we went, a guy put in a request to sing a Louis Armstrong song and sounded just like him.  The pianists are usually a little crude, but funny!  We got made fun of for only drinking water and eating and Erica got asked to dance from a random guy…haha we were all rolling on the ground laughing while she danced with him.

Neal did his first scout out with his scouts. Of course it had to snow that week so it was FREEZING for them but they had a good time.

 

Had a girls night at Cara’s and we made these signs. We were able to make them for free and they turned out super cute!

Here was our Christmas Tree this year…

I won this little lovely from the girls over at Oh So Delicioso! I was thrilled to win something for once :)

We got to go home for Thanksgiving, we ate a delicious dinner with the Bodily’s and then went off to the Guymon’s for the annual Ping Pong Tournament where Neal is the reigning champ. My sister-in-law Mallory and her sister Caitlin and I braved the crowds Thanksgiving night and got what we were after{ a TV for our bedroom and a Blu-Ray player and some boots and clothes.}

Christmas Crafts…

This year me and a couple of my friends decided to make an advent calendar. We’re going to put Christmas activities to do with our family in the pockets each day. Here’s the finished product: I LOVE IT!

Also here’s the cards from card club from November and December:

 

We made the clear glass ornaments with colored alcohol ink at card club too!

Christmas Stockings:

 

Neighbor gift: Snowman Wrapper

Found free download for snowman here!

 

HAPPY DAY FOR FUN CRAFTS! We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

OC Walk to Remember and some craftiness…

This was the second year I was able to participate in the OC Walk to Remember. I. Love. It. It’s such a great way to remember my sweet angel Jayden and honor him and “walk the steps he will never take”

  

I had some wonderful friends that walked with me since Neal had clinic and couldn’t go.  Thank you girls! I realize it was a sacrifice to come because 1. it was really early on a Saturday morning 2. It was raining 3. it took 4 hours out of their day ….so thank you from the bottom of my heart!

 

Here’s the Halloween themed table runner I made while I was at home last month.

and here’s this months cards from card club

  

ok, this one is actually a bag, not a card…so cute right?! Lovin’ Halloween.  Oh and here’s a random Winter one thrown in :)

Bedroom Transformation…

So I saw a bed runner at a hotel we stayed at earlier this year and LOVED the idea so I decided to make one. A few months later… and I have finally finished it!

Here’s our bedroom before:

Here’s our bedroom now:

    

Had to get the approval from Neal on the decor pillow for the bed because he didn’t want something that was “TOO GIRLY”

Found the idea for this ruffle pillow here @ {tidytipsy.photography}

Thanks to my amazingly talented dad, he designed the branch/leaf  thing you see on the green part of my bed runner. LOVE, love, love it! 

I still have a couple of ideas for above our bed that I’m still working on but I’m very happy with the way it turned out! Of course it’s far from perfect, but that’s what makes it “homemade” right?!

Card club and crafts

Here’s the cards we made in card club last month. 

 

  

and here’s my first attempt at sewing clothing.. I decided to make a dress for my niece Brooklyn (isn’t she adorable ?!) I found the idea at Little Blue Boo click here for instructions.

   

2 inch squared quilt (for lack of a better name) and baby rag blanket…

My friend Shonee at Simply Created made a quilt and I loved it so I decided to make one! I just LOVE the fabric I found and I think it turned out great (of course don’t look too closely or you’re see it’s not even close to perfect ) It’s was a more time consuming project than I was used to but it was so fun and worth it!

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Close up picture of the back fabric

My friend Erin at Live 2 Craft showed me how to make a baby rag blanket, she makes one for every baby of friends, family, etc. Needless to say she’s a pro and has made hundreds!