The Story of Us

Monday, December 14, 2009

Lots of pages for my mom's birthday album

I was able to get a couple days off last week and make it a 4 day weekend. So I worked on my mom's album to try and get it close to being finished. I was able to get 8 pages done!! I'm so happy to have gotten so much done. We just have a handful of pages left to do and we have a week before the party, so I'm feeling good about the fact that we'll get it done. Thanks for looking!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Family Layout for my Mom's 50th B-day album

This is a layout I finished last night for my mom's album. These are all pictures of our family. My Mom, Dad, Sister and I. They start when we are very young and go until just a couple of years ago, before my sister and I were married or had children. Thanks for looking!!

Cookie Cutter Ornaments

These are some ornaments I've made for our annual Christmas store at church. I also plan to make some more and give them as little Christmas gifts. I actually found the idea on the twopeasinabucket message board, but changed it up a bit to make it my own. All I did was take a strip of paper, just slightly skinnier than the width of the cookie cutter. I put the strip of paper through my xyron machine and then just attached it to the cookie cutter. I then tied ribbon and hot glued either bells or a little button onto the ribbon. I also tied a piece of ribbon to the top to make it easier to hang on the tree. I think they turned out so cute and were very easy to make.

Monday, December 7, 2009

Our 2009 Christmas Tree

This is our 2009 Noble Fir. Every year we go to Sullivan's Tree Farm, right down the street from our house, and pick a Noble Fir. We started this tradition the year we got married in 2007 and have carried it on every year since.