2009 Gingerbread Wonderland and Christmas at the Mall

It is a yearly tradition in our house to go to the Gingerbread Wonderland held at the arboretum in our town.  The display is a candy-lovers delight for young and old.  The displays run the gamut from grade-school kids to artists that create the most wonderful edible pieces of art.  Isabel loves to look at the creations and it was Bailey's first time, but she was a snoozer this year in her carrier throughout the visit.

Oh well..there is always next year...

 

Then..we headed to the mall to see Santa and check out the crazy "dancing lights" Christmas Tree. Isabel had a great time watching the light show set to music..She didn't want to leave..

 

But I got her to wait for Santa:

And do a little shopping (and posing) in front of Mommy's favorite store..

Then back home to finish out Holiday cards..I used my Hero Arts stamps and some DCWV cards..Simple and easy..



Thanks for stopping by...Have a wonderful Thursday!

Thanksgiving pics. and a couple of layouts..

Sorry it has been a few weeks since I last posted, but this house was full of sickies with colds and flu's...We are finally starting to recover..Thanksgiving was good.  We made a good turkey:

And this little Turkey starting eating baby food...

The Big Turkey had a good time too!

 

All in all it was a nice quiet, weekend.

I have been working on my holiday cards and made a few layouts, but I am starting to get a little behind..I did do some layouts recently though using my November Studio Calico kit:

Hopefully, I will get to do some more projects soon! Thanks for stopping by!

Shabby Chic Fun!

Sleeping and..

playing...Babies have it sooo good!!!



We had a great time this year for Halloween.
Isabel was Pocahontas:

And Bailey was a Ladybug:

The two of them were too cute together!

I have been working on some layouts from my Oct. Studio Calico kit:

And a couple from my Nov. AMM kit:



I so love all the Prima and the soft, shabby chic girlyness of this kit!
It is definitely my Favorite style..
Thank goodness I have girls!!
That's it for today..Have a lovely day!

I love watching Big Sister lover her little Baldy!!

I have been busy as usual working on a bunch of projects like this "HOME" decoration I made using my Oct. AMM Kit.


I used the Maya Road house chipboard album as my base and added lots of pom-pom trim and Fall touches.


I am going to set it out as soon as Halloween's over.

Speaking of pom-pom's..I created this picture frame using my Studio Calico Oct. kit and a $1 frame from Michael's. My new glue gun is making it so much easier to glue items onto objects..I don't know how I functioned so long without one!


Our house has been getting ready for Halloween as Isabel's parade at school is tomorrow and the "BIG" day is on Saturday.
Isabel went to a birthday/costume party last week as Cinderella:



And this little one is just being happy 5 month old self!!


That is it for now..I will leave you with a couple of recent layouts..
Have a great Halloween!!

Decorations and some projects..

It's getting chilly..

I have been doing some Halloween decorating around the house. It is such a fun holiday when you have kids because they love to see the change in seasons and all the pumpkins and ghosts and the anticipation of trick-or-treating.




I have also been trying to catch up with some of my kits. These layouts are from my AMM September kit:




I just love that Sassafrass!
Have a great day! Off to work on some more projects..

Apple Picking

We went apple picking last weekend and I took some photos:
gotta love the apple hat!
cute little pumpkin!



Here are a couple of layouts I have been working on..
Some Summer ones:



And one of the little one using some Anna Griffin paper I got for real cheap at the NJ Scrapbook Expo:


I have also been trying to get rid of some scraps, like all this Sassafrass that I have:


I am working on Isabel's school scrapbook that I have been planning on doing for a while.. It seems like there is always something that I have to finish..
Have a great Thursday!