Thankful

Eeks...I just looked at when my last post was. I cannot believe it has been that long. I do have to say that I had been a busy lady especially over that last few weeks. Of course a "good" busy! I have to Thank all of my lovely Etsy customers this year. New and returning ones. I certainly have had the pleasure of corresponding with some of the best customers ever! And thank you for the great feedback. I really appreciate all the kind words.

I thought I give you a small peek of just a few cards that were designed for this past holiday season.

I am now enjoying a bit of my down time but, also playing catch up on some last minute holiday shopping, baking and other preperations. Other then that we've had a blast with the kids so far and gearing up for the holidays. Going to concerts, volunteering for school activities, making gingerbread houses, and enjoying the wintery outdoors. They are at that age where everything is so magical and real. I wish I could bottle it up and hold on to this forever with them.

I won't be posting until after Chirstmas so I can take this time to spend with my family and enjoy every minute of it. I am truely blessed! Also, let us not forget the true meaning of Christmas. Our Lord and Savior is truely the most precious gift ever!

Have a Merry Christmas from my family to yours!

Winner of the Holiday Photo Card Giveaway

Ugh...so sorry this post is one day late. I've been crazy busy getting freelance projects done and photo card orders completed. I needed a few hours of down time with my family yesterday.

Thank you to all who participated in my little giveaway. I love doing these!

The winner is

Hi! My name is Ryoko from cocostitch. I too am a busy mom: semi-self taught sewer,

part time Entrepreneur, beginner gardner of mini plants, and 6 days a week

head-of-household homemaker. I love your "Speckle Holiday photo card"

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=35067786All of your designs

are wonderful, I love the color patterns you use. It just fit my sense.I have been

checked your etsy site a lot and recently I just found out about the sale.

But I missed it. So it would be wonderful if I could win this giveaway.:)

Congratulations Ryoko!

Monday

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We did! The 4 day weekend was much needed for everyone here.

Saturday I spent the day with a few good friends in downtown Chicago. It was a perfect day! I just love that city especially at this time of year. All the twinkling little lights on the trees and the beautiful store window displays really put a person in the Holiday mood. It was quite crowded but, the weather made up for that. It was in the mid 50's and for the end of November that is pretty crazy. It was very neat to see people sitting and eating outside of restaurants that offered outdoor seating. We ate at a restaurant on Pearson St. called Bistro 110. Delish! I highly recommend it for anyone that wants to eat in a relaxed atmosphere with great food and wine. We started off with drinks and tried a featured appetizer - Artichoke Stuffed with Brie. YUM!

The rest of the day was spent shopping, browsing, and site seeing. I didn't get too much shopping done but, the day was fun just spending it with friends.

Off to get some shopping done - Cyber shopping! Oh, and make sure you submit here for a chance to win a Holiday digital file from my Etsy shop. I'll announce the winner tomorrow!

Photo Card Giveaway

That's right...Christmas is just over a month away! Can you believe it??? To take a little stress off of your shoulders I'm having a Holiday Photo Giveaway. Visit my Esty shop Winks and Daisies and browse my holiday designs. Leave a comment after this post(make sure I can contact you) and tell me what your favorite holiday design is. One of you will win a digital file card giveaway. What does this mean? Basically, you pick out a design you love, mail me the photos and info you'd like included on the card and in return I will send you a high resolution JPG for you to download at any photo lab. Print as many as you need and your ready to send off your holiday cards.

Contest will end next Monday, November 30th. Good luck!

Sale to end soon!

I know...I know...2 posts in one day! This one is just to let you know that my store Holiday card sale will be ending Saturday night - November 21. So, if you have your photos ready scoop them up now.

BUT...check back Monday for a chance to win a free digital file holiday photo card from my store.

Happy Friday!

Free 2010 Mini Photo Calendar

I spotted these on one of my favorite daily read blogs, iDiY. The calendars are by the Shutter Sisters and we can all dowload them here. They can be customized with any photos and what's super cool is that they are sized to fit inside a CD case. Check out the photo for how you can display them that way. Perfect for any desk space!

Pom Pom Wreath

Oh...I can't tell you how happy the discovery of this DIY Pom Pom wreath made me. When I saw it I immediately remembered how my friends and I in grade school would spend hours making a bunch of pom poms. For what? Anything really. We'd make some for pinning on our coats or you know...the small friendship ones that you'd attach to your shoe laces on your favorite high tops. Okay so I just dated myself with that!

Head over to bleubird to get the low down on making this fun wreath. I think I'm going to break out yarn colors of my daughters room colors and make one to hang up in there. I'm so giddy over this project!!!