The New Year has begun....

....but I'm still relaxing and bringing it in slowly  :)  Christmas was wonderful and the decorations are still up.  The families have all gone home, as of today.   So, I'm going to use this week to get back to normal and start wearing off some of the goodies!

I have picked a word for this year.  Something that rates right up there with resolutions with me--not something I normally do, although I admire people who do.
A word suits me better maybe.  My word is ACCOMPLISH, a very positive word--almost gives one the feeling they've already done something, lol.  I'll let you know how it works for me as time passes.

Anyway, this was the beautiful sunrise this morning as it wrapped itself almost all the way around me  :)



Kim asked to see my magazine card holder when it had cards, so here it is.  I decided to put the cards in it, all facing the same way.  It wasn't the easiest thing to keep tidy because people had to take them out to look at them  :)  but everyone loved it.
 

I hope Christmas was everything you hoped it would be and you're ready for a wonderful New Year!

Thanks for coming by  :)

Coffee Can Make-Over

Just wanted to share a make-over for my coffee can.  This is a handy dandy little helper to have around!  You can dress it up or down.  If this was done for kids to use, I would probably stamp images and not add too many 3-d items. 

This is a small tin so I had to use the single roll tissue.  Remove the cardboard center, place the roll in the coffee tin and start pulling the tissue from the center of the roll.  Cut a star or X in the lid and pull the tissue out--I had to play a bit to get the right tension, so the tissue comes out smoothly--not too snug or loose.

I used Bo Bunny paper, Stampin Up cardsock, Fiskars punch, focked rub-ons from Prima, flowers and ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by  :)



Kaisercraft Calendar

Finished the calendar!

Done in a western theme, this is the front.

The letters took on a bit of a leather look with the ink.

I had to take letters from two different sets, but when on the calendar, it won't matter.

On the back is this years calendar and it can be turned over for next year. 

I found this bookmark calendar on SplitCoast Stampers.

For Aug. and Nov. I used the smaller set of letters.

A fairly time consuming project  :)  but done!

Whilst having my moring coffee...

And that's the important cup---the first one! Anyway it is about 8 am.

Here is My morning VIEW. I'm not a talk show host, it is just the beauty of nature :)

Here Comes The Sun....in the window, lighting my day :)

And speaking of light, yesterday I finished a light block--another project done! Well, almost, I just have to get another light strand to stuff inside the block. The one I had, got hot in one hour!

This block has a napkin, a clear sheet of adhesive, sprinked with fine glitter ritz and the flowers and leaves were touched up with a Stampin Up marker--just to bring out some of the colour.

I added a rub-on of holly down the side and the words, Winter Greetings. Then I wrapped a beautiful green satin ribbon around it and added the gorgeous gold ribbon for a topper.

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