And boy do I have crafts and news to report! The first and most exciting news is that we have yet another set of grandparents back in their home. Hooray! Brannon worked so hard to get them in. We had hoped to move them by Christmas, but there was no way to get everything accomplished and an inspection the week of Christmas, but shortly after, they moved in to their practically new home. I will post pictures later. Now, just one more flooded home to go! Maybe we can get everyone back in before the one year anniversary-keep your fingers crossed!
I have had some free time...or I forced free time to complete a lot of crafts for Christmas. I won't overload you but here are some crafts of Christmas past and present:
I apologize for the sun and shadows in this picture, but this was on my door during October and November. This wreath was the start of my new obsession. I made it in November 2009 at my friend Katy's "Craft Day." I didn't think I was very crafty at the time, but this is what I felt I could handle since I had to bring some project to Craft Day. Little did I know that a year later I would be a craft-addict! Moral of this story: start with something small, even when you don't think you would be good at something, and you will never know where you will end up!
I used Martha Stewart glitter-which is just fab, Mod Podge and styrofoam cones to make my sparkly Christmas trees. I punched card stock to make the other tree, which was inspired by a tree featured in the Stampin' Up mini catalog.
Looking forward to a great 2011-what a great way to start the year-doing plenty of projects which I love, celebrating the joy of the birth of my friends' children, seeing more family members get back to better than before the flood and watching another friend build her dream home! And there is more to come in 2011 like getting Pap and Nana back in their home and seeing my sis-n-law's high school graduation and start of her first year of college!
