A Pintrest Christmas

Now that Christmas is over I can share with you the projects I made for Christmas. All inspired from Pintrest.

1. Ornaments
These were made with small styrofoam balls and buttons - lots of buttons. Tie a ribbon around to hang from the tree with and start pinning. Pin buttons all over the ball and wa-laa. Homemade Christmas ornament.


2. Coasters
Way easier then I originally thought they would be. Just find cheap plain tile from Home Depot, felt for the bottom and pretty scrapbook paper for the top. A little modgepodge is all you need to make these beauties. I especially like how the vintage Christmas ones turned out. I am going to make a couple more for our Christmas collection next year.


3. Sugar Scrubs
I made a lemon sugar scrub and a brown sugar vanilla scrub. I found sunflower oil at the local health food store and mixed with a few other ingredients makes for a delightful scrub. Hobby Lobby had cute jars but next time I think I would find jars with a seal as the screw on lid still leaked a bit if the wrapped package was jostled to much.


Besides the cost of the pins for the buttons all 3 of these were fairly economical presents and fun to make. Thanks Pintrest!

Does Anyone Know what Christmas is All About?

Remembering the true meaning of Christmas. I didn't even mean to take the picture with the sign in it but it's fitting.

Merry

M - making cookies.
E - eating said cookies.
R - reading 'A Christmas Carol'.
R - running all over town for last minute gifts.
Y - yearning for more time to get stuff done.

C - concocting Christmas dinner recipes.
H - helping out a family in need.
R - resting in the hope and peace of Christmas.
I - w"i"shing we will have a white Christmas (but not to much!)
S - singing Christmas carols.
T - trimming the tree and our house.
M - making a plan for Christmas weekend.
A - addressing Christmas card.
S - spending time with great friends.

All these things have been filling my time and I have not been blogging. But I have been reading your blogs and wishing you all A Merry Christmas!

Chris' Birthday Weekend

Chris celebrated his birthday this last Sunday. The best part was that my parents & his parents were able to come to our house! Since they didn't make it for Thanksgiving they had not seen our large new dining table and now they were able to see our Christmas Tree and decor as well. Although I ran around like a chicken with my head cut off Sunday morning decorating - it all came together.



Instead of a birthday cake Chris made cake batter (his favorite Coldstone treat) ice cream in our ice cream maker. We put together a lot of fun toppings and had a homemade sundae bar. It was wonderful!







After our parents headed home for the night we decided to text a bunch of our small group friends for an impromptu dinner at PF Changs. And there ended up being 9 of us. It was a lot of fun and Chris even got a candle in his dessert. Happy Birthday Hubby!

A Request for Prayers

Today I am writing to ask you for prayer my fellow blogger friends. My aunt who lives in Portland needs your prayers. I ask you because she has been a faithful follower of my blog over the past few years and as a result she follows most of your blogs as well. :) She asks me about how you are doing and sometimes she reads your blog posts and tells me what's going on before I have a chance to - which is really sweet.

Pray for her today as she starts treatment for a condition called paraneoplastic deterioration where her body is producing anti-bodies to attack cancer tumors but is instead attacking her brain. The doctors finally discovered this after about a month of her losing her ability to walk and starting to have slurred speech. She is an ovarian cancer survivor but her body is confused and still trying to attack cancerous cells. Pray that this treatment would stop this deterioration from continuing and that through physical therapy she can walk and speak again.

Pray for her family - my two cousins both live in the Portland area so thankfully their families can be a support to one another and to my aunt. Pray for peace and comfort during the treatment and most of all that her body will respond well.

"But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed." Isaiah 53:5