This Is The Year

Happy New Years Eve my crafting friends! Sorry this post is a little late...I've pretty much just lost my mind by this point! I wanted to take today to review some of my favorite things I've done with Mod Podge this past year. I hope you'll link up with some of your favorite projects from the past...or something new if you're Superwoman...and still managed to Mod Podge this month! Just click on the title beneath the picture if you'd like to go read the post or tutorial for a particular project! First up... Forever Blocks Mod Podge Eggs Faux leather table top Faux leather trunk Smile chair Mod podge books Napkin coasters Boo! blocks Glowing Jar jack-o-lanterns Fall clothespin magnets Fall Harvest blocks Noel blocks Baby Jesus plaque Whew! What a great year! I can't wait to see what you've all come up with...or check back on projects you've already done. I hope you all have a fabulous and safe New Year!

As the holidays started approaching I heard all this buzz in blogland about christmas tours, and linky parties, and all sorts of holiday festivities amongst our community of online friends. I was stoked...I couldn't wait to join in all the fun. Alas, I became the worst blogger in history as my life overwhelmed me and I just did NOT get things done when I wanted to. Nor did I get nearly as MUCH done as I wanted to. But I did get some simple decorating done, and also I think my tree this year is probably my favorite one I've done (I like to switch it up, so I have several different color schemes/themes). Since I didn't get everything done and photographed in time to party with y'all - you get to see it now, before I take it down! This hangs on the wall above my cd/movie rack where I normally have our name plaque and Family Proclamation hung. For a before pic click here . If you look closer, you can see these are "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil" snowmen...

We honestly couldn't be more different: He has blue eyes - I have brown. He's a little quiet - I, on the other hand, never shut up! He listens to Talk Radio, I prefer Rock 'n' Roll. He hates cheese (who hates cheese?), I would have a nacho wedding cake if I could. He watches comedies - I prefer crime dramas. He goes to bed (when he gets the chance!), I am a night owl. He hates shopping - I would shop for a living if I could! He's a mechanical whiz - I could MAYBE change a tire if I had to. He's quick to forgive - I hold a grudge. His fashion sense - back in the 90's! Me - I'm much more with the times. He cheers for the Utes (his worst character flaw) - I'm a Cougar girl (go blue!). Despite all this - where it really counts, we're on the same page. I feel so blessed to have found an eternal companion who loves the Lord, loves his family, and works harder than anyone I know to serve them both. Thank you for 14 wonderful years. I know I'm not e...

The sides of the path were covered with rugs of white snow. But in the winter, its whiteness was crushed and churned into a foaming brown by the tramp, tramp of hundreds of hurrying feet. It was the day before C hristmas . People rushed up and down the path carrying armloads of bundles. They laughed and called to each other as they pushed their way through the crowds. Along the path, the long arms of an ancient tree reached upward to the sky. It swayed and moaned as a strong wind grasped its branches, and bent them toward the earth. Down below a haughty laugh sounded, and a lovely fir tree stretched and preened its thick green branches , sending a fine spray of snow shimmering downward to the ground. "I should think," said the fir in a high, smug voice, "that you'd try a little harder to stand still. Goodness knows you're ugly enough. Look at the leaves you've already lost. If you move around any more, you'll soon be quite bare." "I know,...

It's been over a week since my last post. I really admire, and am jealous of you ladies who manage to get all your holiday tasks accomplished, and find the time to blog about it! You show off your decor, you share your recipes, all your preparations are shared on your blog. I am panicking this year and am further behind than I have ever been at this point in December! ARGH! And I had such great ambitions for preparing early, and really enjoying my December. So much for that. Here's a little bit of randomness, just so ya know I'm still here. It is FREAKIN' COLD here! Our driveway faces north, and is on a slant. So yesterday when Hubby and I got home from running errands, I'm getting out of the car, and nearly get run over when our car starts sliding backwards down the driveway! Yeah, really! My favorit pair of jeans is TOO BIG! YAY! I have to get a smaller size. Merry Christmas to me! I let my poor dog outside yesterday when I came home in between running errands, th...

Hello friends! Well, whatever friends I have left! I haven't been very good at getting around to visit. And my comments from visitors keep getting fewer and fewer! I know I have been such a boring blogger lately. My apologies. Today I actually have something cool to blog about. I've been kinda excited to share something with you. I hope you think it's cool too. If not, well - I'm still excited to talk about it! I recently became Facebook friends with this boy: Pretty cute, huh? Okay, okay I know...the hair! But it was the 90's and he was a cowboy. ANYWAY. Tim and I went to high school together, he's a year older than me. One of my first memories of Tim is a performance he did for an assembly. He performed The Thunder Rolls by Garth Brooks. If you know that song, well then you know it's an awesome song. I remember sitting there in awe thinking "Wow, this kid does it better than Garth". Really. He was that good. And he was like 17, maybe even 16. Tim...

Hello my DAHLINGS! I am here! Welcome to Mod Podge Mania ! I have a project (actually 2 since I didn't have one last month!) to share! I know that the way I used the punctuation in that last sentence was completely improper. I don't even care. I am so sorry we're late but I hope you all have some Mod Podge goodies to share! I'm also linking up to Heidi's Craft Challenge , so make sure to check that out as well! Warning...if you know me in real life, you may want to skip this one - I may be showing your gift in this post, and you wouldn't want to ruin the surprise! I want more Christmas decor, but I don't want to spend the money. So I decided to put something together with stuff I already had. I started with this beautiful calendar of artwork of the Savior by Simon Dewy. His stuff is gorgeous. I took the picture from the month of December. Isn't it a beautiful rendering of the baby Jesus? I trimmed the border from the picture, then took a piece of MDF b...

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Dear Shortmama, Sorry I'm so late linking up. Also...so sorry you're sick. Hope you're better soon! Your Friend, Xazmin Dear Fatty Food, I love you so much. I wish I wasn't so attracted to you, but I just can't stay away. You have me under your spell, and I just can't seem to get you out of my mind. I tell you I'm through with you, yet you just keep drawing me back in. I know you're no good for me yet I keep taking you back. I guess I'm just one of those weak girls after all who is a fool for love. Ashamed of my lack of willpower, Addicted to love (of food!) Dear Exercise, I'm sorry for all the times I've stood you up recently. I never meant to hurt you, but my heart belongs to someone else. Someone who is no good for me. Not like you. No you, you are the one I should remain faithful to. I know you are the one who will be good to my heart. I'm sorry I can't love you like I should. But I will keep trying. Let's start ov...

I was driving home from an errand with Cowgirl yesterday evening, and while stopped at a stop light, we were able to enjoy this view. I love living in the shadows of the Wasatch Mountains. There is seriously not a day that goes by without me pausing for just a moment to soak in their beauty. I could never live anywhere else! After snapping a shot of the moon, I wanted to get a picture of the mountain...but a giant roof Santa and some traffic lights snuck into the shot! They're like those obnoxious people that try to jump into your pictures and think it's funny! Hope everyone is enjoying their week so far!

Man I'm such a slacker! If you haven't already heard the news over at Tanielle 's, the winner of our Ribbon Blossoms Christmas Giveaway is Braley Mama ! Congratulations! Thank you to everyone who entered, and be sure to keep checking our website for new girlie products being added regularly!