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As you know Jeanette is CTMH's founder and CEO. I hope you follow her blog b/c she has so many creative ideas and inspirations there. Her current post is her very LAST "Color me Monday." Its a gorgeous combination of buttercup, outdoor denim, grey flannel, and sky. I loved this featured 'mix n mingle.'

As I said this is her last 'color me Monday,' but she is starting a trend of all new motivation with 52 weeks of WONDER! A STAMPING TECHNIQUE every single week! Yahoo! I just cant wait!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!

CHRISTMAS EVE!!

.....is all about food around my house!!!!

..and SOOO much Christmas candy making that you cant even give it ALL away!! I still have 4 bags! LOL

Tomorrow I have an auto post set to post a pic of Will and Santa!!

2 days left to go until Christmas morning!!!

Okay so you better be ready for Christmas! I have one more thing to buy and wrap! That is TOTALLY not like me!!! I am usually COMPLETELY done at least a week before... man does having a 2 year old change things! hahah Here's a few things I wanted to share! Ever since I started with CTMH (2 years now!) I don't get around to scrapping my old traditional way.. BOTH ways are fun- including looking at the gorgeous layouts in the 'how to books' and getting great ideas and beautiful matching paper & inks! However- sometimes I miss how I used to sit down with my pictures, some memorabilia, and a BLANK white page! Well Will is into Diego (& Dora which kills Scott! lol- I just tell him he has a crush on her!) So we got him a really cool Diego game.. Right before I wrapped it I noticed how NICE the package was. This is a raised embossed picture of Diego - I PLAN on cutting this baby out! Which made me think- i need to do that will ALL his gifts!!! Its a nice sentiment when some keeps a bow or tag or a card from a gift but when you are a scrapbooker these are AWESOME embellishments! So remember before you chuck all that trash, boxes, bows, and leftover paper- cut some cool embellishments off the gifts for your pages! Here is another cute idea you can do for your gifts. My friend Teneal made these super cute tags for her children! Christmas is so much more magical when you have kids (after you stop being one yourself! lol) Hearing them say and believe in Santa Claus is so special. How can you NOT smile! She made these tags to put on their presents from Santa. She laminated them to re-use year after year! Very cool! She also shared with me a trick she found. You can buy these really cool laminating sheets at Sams now. (and probably other places) You just slide in whatever you want to laminate and it adheres perfectly- no heating required! Check them out!

Last but not least Mrs. Lindsay couldn't be at our workshop Monday night but she sent me a picture of her completed pages! Love it girl! So glad you got to work them up so fast!

3 days until Christmas.... EVENSONG LEVEL 1

It's Christmas CRUNCH time and I haven't been creating too much this week with club, last minute shopping for Christmas and all. So here is an oldie but goodie from last year! I hope you all are having a great Christmasy week! I know these pages are a little busy BUT they were so much fun to do!! :-)

I think we ended up putting liquid glass to fill in this 'c'.

4 days left to go!

WALKING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND! You will absolutely have the Christmas spirit if you walk into Helen's Restaurant in Gainesboro TN! I have a monthly club Workshop with these great ladies once a month at Helen's. Carol Pippin owns Helen's and is a scrapbooker! Every Christmas she turns her place into this AWESOME Christmas spectacular! These photos are taken with my cell phone and don't even come CLOSE to giving justice to how detailed and gorgeous these decorations are! If you live close and have NEVER been there then YOU must call or email me for directions! You will enjoy it - I PROMISE! Just one of the MANY wreaths she has hanging...

Mistletoe CLUB!

Had mistletoe Workshop with Club Scrapbook Superstars last night! I LOVE when the girls switch the paper or try something new too! I took a layout from Magic for our workshop! Here are few things they done different! Instead of journal Carol stamped in some CUTE Christmas decor! The next two are Emily's!

So pretty!

Terri decorated the top with her stickease! Cute Cute! She had her pics with her too! Picture always COMPLETE a page don't they!?!?

Stocking Stuffers!

Aren't these so ADORABLE!!! My fellow CTMH consultant sista GINA Brandstetter made these next two photo items! They are sooo cute! I got to know Gina when we roomed together at convention this past summer. She is SO sweet, creative, and talented! It has been so great getting to know her. I love that she lives in TN too! LOL Check out these awesome cocoa packets!! You check her out at http://www.gmbscrapper.blogspot.com/. She has a super cute card on there today using the snowman "All Decked Out."

Some more cards I made with this simple pattern for a lil extra gift!

5 days to go!! CHRISTMAS CARDS!

I love Christmas Cards! I LOVE going to the mailbox and getting mail anyway- I know- a lil weird! BUT just to know that I'll probably get a cute card of a family I love just makes me that much more super excited! Here is our Christmas card for 2010! These are the ones I've received so far! I got this tree holder a while back and I love it but you don't get to see ALL the cards really well.. I try to stick the photo cards up front...

Here is my sister's Christmas card for this year! Check out this gorgeous family!! Its funny because I can see my nephew's personalities exactly how they are oozing out of their photos! LOL She and I used to take our photo in front of the tree when we were kids to!

OKAY.......NOW this one! Have you ever seen a more funny card?! I LOVE it! It is SOOO this family to have a card like this... My friend Stacey keeps me sane most days. Her & her family are so special to me! (please don't kill me for posting your Christmas card!) I took it with my phone so sorry its blurry!

My Christmas Card from last year!

Our new stamp 'adornable' is similar to this one and I have already used it BUNCHES!

"Jingle" card with white daisy ink on juniper! Juniper is so versatile! Its also used in our new "wings" paper with Black, Vineyard Berry, and Sweet Leaf. It is gorgeous! Stay tuned for that layout after Christmas!

few more cards................

These are some from last year that Melinda made! ( i think right?) lol- I forgot to title it but I think they are.... Here's a few more I did! I used a lot of prisma glitter and liquid glass before we had our glitter glue! they both do great!

Don't you love Christmas trees!?!?!

Here are some with last years 'jingle' paper!

More with Jingle!!!

Did you make your cards this year?!!?! I did NOT! I used a few from our new card kit, but after last years I was wore out and I didn't start early enough this year.. :-( I just think making over 100+ cards in 2 weeks would have killed me! LOL

6 days!

A layout I made with mistletoe paper!! (this is like 1 of 5 layouts I have already made with this paper!) I love it!

7 days!

My friend Melinda had a reindeer stampede! Check out her cool cupcakes!

8 days left! HOLY MOLY!

Here's a few gift ideas for ya! Cellophane bag queen here again! I love these ideas!!! This is for Mrs Rene' and Mrs Brittany. Mrs Rene' and Mrs Brittany are our speech teachers. Will is 2.5 and does NOT want to use his words! They are in there- Ive heard them! LOL :-) Anyway - the key to these lil bag gifts are finding one cute, unique item that pertains to the receiver... For example - the ones I made for church had cards with scripture on them and the 'recipe for a christian.' I found these cute journals for speech therapy. I thought they would be perfect! Toss in some candy and some handmade cards (close up below) and a cool Christmas pen (for the journals) and there you go!

Here are some other gift ideas...

• Find some old tea towels (or new ones) arrange in a mixing bowl and toss in some brownie mixes or muffin mixes. Add a mixing spoon, maybe a recipe book, and a spatula!
• Ice cream lovers: find some cutsie sundae dishes (cheap & cute glass one at dollar store!) an ice cream scoop, some chocolate syrup, a jar of maraschino cherries, nuts, etc.. and put in a cute kitchen basket!
• Same thing for soups: Find some big thick soup bowls and some big soup spoons, jiffy cornbread mixes, crackers, and either cans of soup or soup mixes!
• Make a family's night with a bag of $5.00 games from Walmart or the dollar store, some DVDS, popcorn, and a blanket! Dont forget vintage sodas or cocoa packets!
• Cookies in a jar or soups in a jar are always fun to give! Kids love to help with this effort because of the layering! Its FUN!
• Just b/c its winter doesnt mean you cant give a gardener something they'll love! Now is a great time to buy and plant bulbs! Find a potting planter with gloves and dowels and bulbs!!! and dont forget some seed packets!
• When you give gifts like these (cookies, cheeses, and small items- be creative with the container.. use a metal pail, use a kictehn tote, use a wooden crate, a mitten, a wagon, a santa hat or stocking, a big cook pot with lid, a cast iron skillet, a cowboy hat, a teapot, cake pans, use anything they can re-use and out of the ordinary!
• Whatever the persons hobby is- you can create a perfect gift for them! If they are a scrapbooker- no brainer- some type or organizer filled with scissors, stickers, paper, glue, etc... Computer whiz....- buy a pack of paper and stick all kinds of office supplies on top- burnable CDs, ink cartridges, etc.. Let me know any UNIQUE gift ideas you are giving this year!

Ideas and Crafts

Thought Id share a few last minute gift ideas in case you are still looking.. ( YOU are almost done shopping right?!) Below is a banner Mrs Shawn made!! How cute is this!!?!?!? She is SOOO creative.. She comes up with the most unique things! She told me this was made with her cricket! Just goes to show that I DO NOT think outside the box! LOL I don't know if I could have imagined all this detail came from the cricket! But there ya go- BEAUTIFUL!

You guys know I LOVE coaster books! Here is one Mrs Kelly made with our new mistletoe papers! I LOVE ALL THE paper pieces in that pack.. I cant always say that but I love the traditional colors of Christmas. I don't know who is on the receiving end of this but I know they'll love it! Especially if it has picture of her pretty lil girl in it!

Okay - this is one I made last year. Again its using the traditional colors of Christmas (this is Evensong from two years ago!) Last years was "JINGLE." although I it wasnt the typical red and green I love that paper too. It was a fun refreshing spin on the holiday colors!

If you would like directions on how to make you own coaster book (trust me - i t is EASY!) just drop me an email and I'll send 'em your way!