Christmas Card

Now that our Christmas cards are sent out, I want to wish all of my blog friends a very Merry Christmas!

 (the coloring is a little weird because I had to scan it)

12 Days of Christmas: Day 8-11

Day 8: Least favorite thing about the Holidays

When my cat decides that the tree is a play house and decides to climb up into the middle of it, which causes all of the ornaments to fall off and the branches to bend, which leaves big gaps in the tree. It's frustrating but also hilarious because you can't see him in there and the tree is shaking. It reminds us of the scene where the Grinch is stealing Cindy Lou Who's tree. 

Pep also loves playing with the balls at the bottom of the tree, so he smacks them off and chases them all over the apartment. I still can't find a few.

This was last Christmas at my parents' house.

Day 9: Favorite Holiday recipe

 Cheeseball! My family looooves this appetizer/heavenly treat.

Ingredients:

• 1 12oz Philadelphia cream cheese
• 1 small jar of dried beef
• 1 onion

Cut off the edges of the dried beef, then chop the beef into small pieces.

Chop the onion to taste (usually about 1/8th of the onion)

Mix all three ingredients together and press into a ball!

Serve on Ritz crackers

Day 10: Favorite Christmas Songs/Caroles

My favorite Christmas song is Oh Holy Night. The best versions I've heard are: Celine Dion, Martina McBride, Josh Groban, and Lea Michelle's on the new Glee Christmas CD.
These are a few of my favorite Christmas CDs!








(Don't judge....'Merry Christmas Baby' is awesome)

CDs that I am really wanting:

Day 11: New Year Resolutions

1. Get a job

2. Mix more healthy foods into my diet (I am a firm believer that you can eat whatever you want...just in moderation! Sometimes I ignore forget the moderation part...)

3. Join a small group at our (hopefully) new church

Day 7: Holiday Crafts

Day 7: Holiday Craft/DIY

I have 2 easy crafts for you!

1. This craft is super easy. If you can wrap a gift, you can do this.

So I wanted a few Christmas things for our walls in the living room, but I didn't want to spend a lot of money. This one cost me about $3!

Materials:

Wrapping paper

A wall picture/frame

Scissors

Tape

Ribbon and bow

1. Wrap each picture like a gift

2. Wrap it with ribbon and finish with a bow!

Voila! Festive wall art for just about nothing!

2. So I bought these adorable stocking hangers last year at the after Christmas sales.

They are really cute, but they just don't match the rest of our Christmas decor. Doug is over me buying Christmas stuff (I call him Scrooge) so I found a way to satisfy my need for everything to coordinate while keeping Doug happy (hopefully...he doesn't know yet :)

I looked online to find simple, inexpensive but pretty stocking holders, and I couldn't find much for under $20 a piece! Crazy! (I love the word stocking holders from Target, but once we have an addition to our family, we would have to get new ones again!) So I wanted something that I could easily add to in the future.

So I created these little beauties!

I found beautiful ornaments at Hobby Lobby for $2 a piece, and the bases were $3 each at Walmart. Just add a drop of hot glue!

Pep graciously provided a nice backdrop for me.

He's such a little model!

Is my glitter obsession obvious yet? Just wait til you see the rest of the decorations! Pep has been covered in glitter all week...oops!