I Love My Silhouette!

After a wonderful Thanksgiving (‘ful’ like, I’m so full from Thanksgiving I had to find a project I could do sitting down), it was fun to start thinking about Christmas and tackle the first project of the season! Yeah, so maybe we ate ourselves into oblivion for 3 days but it was SO worth it! I hope all of you had awesome weekends with friends and family, food and laughter and all that really matters! We sure did.

Today was my Silhouette’s maiden voyage and it was such fun! Love her! Tons of projects are lining up in my head and I can’t WAIT to use this clever little tool again. After seeing Thrifty Décor Chick’s “Give Thanks” letters and also My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia’s, I really wanted a lovely Christmas message to create with the Silhouette. Did I mention I love this thing? Thank you my dear in-laws for making my dorky craft dreams come true!

A quick trip to Michael's today and $7 later, an array of cute paper choices lined up our dining room table. I picked a great black & white damask pattern,

red and white stripes and a linen steel blue.

 

Made my design in the software and then started cutting!

I organized my piles of cut paper, then laid out my design

 I used a hole punch at the top of each letter and used some string we had to string up all the letters together. I hung them in one of the dining room windows (p.s. I love blue).

Now I just need a little garland and some more Christmas decorations to complete the window. All in all, the Silhouette proved to be a rock star in the paper cutting arena. 

Katie

If you have children, you HAVE to get this ....

Elf on the Shelf ...

This little Elf is a great daily tradition for your children and family.  These are sold everywhere for around $25!

The story is this ~ you receive this Elf from someone and open the box.  Give him/her a name and once the Elf is named it becomes magic.  It sits on the shelf, watches and listens.  Each night the Elf flys back to the North Pole and reports to Santa about behavior and special requests for presents.  Your Elf can listen but cannot talk to you.  You cannot touch the Elf or his/her magic will go away.  In the morning, the Elf is somewhere different in your house.  It becomes a game each morning to find the Elf!  On Christmas Eve, your Elf goes back with Santa and returns next year on Thanksgiving night.  The Elf comes with a book with a wonderful story explaining all of this. 

It has brought such joy and happiness to my 4 boys ... they can't wait to wake up each morning and look for "Fred!"  It is a unique tradition that your children will enjoy. 

Happy Holidays!
Amy

Fitness Friday - Post Turkey Day!

OH my .... how many of you overindulged yesterday?  I did!  How many of you had to take a nap after eating?! Uh ... food coma. 

Did you know that the average Thanksgiving meal eaten by one person is 4500 calories?!  WOW - that is 2 days worth.  So, let's detox and move today.

Post Turkey Day workout:

WALK WALK WALK WALK or JOG JOG JOG JOG 45 minutes or more!!! 

Take your kids to the park, run around your yard with the kids, walk through the neighborhood, ride your bike ... anything to move and burn some of those calories!

Planks and crunches (see last Friday's workout for directions) - as many as you can do for 4 minutes each

Get your Christmas decorations out of the attic!  Have a wonderful rest of the Holiday weekend.

Amy

Turkey Pumpkin

Happy Turkey Day week!   This is a GREAT craft and decoration item for your Thanksgiving table.  It is not only cute, but easy for your little ones to make. 
(Props to our 5 yr old's Sunday School teacher for this one:)

 Simple construction paper .... cut a head and feathers ... write down what they are "thankful" for.

 I think he had some help on this one ... what happened to Dad?  He is more thankful for Santa this year than Dad!  LOL

Toothpick inserts into pumpkin.  Feather is scotch taped on to toothpick.

Simple and cute.  Now, go get crafty with your little Turkeys!
Amy

Moms Crafty Mondays Linky Party!

Yay! It's Thanksgiving week and we cannot wait to cook and eat some delish southern food, spend time with family and enjoy this beautiful fall weather we’re having in Atlanta! Not to mention the extra walks needed to burn off Thursday's feast!

We are officially launching our Moms Crafty Mondays  so you can link up your favorite renovation, re-do, craft, great recipe or any other Crafty-ish post! 
To post, just become a follower of Moms Crafty, post your link with the linky tool and then be sure and visit other links. We love comments and so do the other fellow bloggers so feel free to leave them here! Linky closes in a week.

Can't wait to see your projects and share them with others! Hope your holiday week is wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving!

Katie & Amy