While I've been away...

We have had a lot of activities lately, and the holiday season is just beginning. I still have pictures to upload, but here's a run down and a fun contest you can enter too:

• Family pictures - THREE times! We took pictures in August (NOT good!), again in October (better) and last weekend (BEST!)...thanks to my new family photographer - Missy!!!
• Football, football & football - We're still in the playoffs, so that's been fun and busy. Especially combined with 8th grade basketball too. Lamar is gone most days from 6 am - 8 pm! At least it's all for a good reason.
• ICE! @ The Gaylord Texan - We were able to go to the first week of the ICE show at the Gaylord. This year's theme is Charlie Brown. The girls really loved it. We also visited Santa while we were there. I'll post pictures and share a few funny stories on that in a separate post.

And now, for the contest/giveaway:

My favorite crafters are giving away a Silhouette Machine. It is the latest and greatest in crafting and I would LOVE to have one...HINT, HINT Santa!

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends! I know we will! And hopefully we'll cap it off with a WIN Friday night!

More Inspiration

I cheated and added this stool to the top of my craft list. I bought it Saturday at the Warehouse ArtChix monthly sale. These girls are SO talented...I love going to see their ideas and taking inspiration from them. Sandra saved this cute little stool for someone else to craft and it was perfect for my favorite little helpers!





I lightly sanded the top of the stool since I knew that I wanted to Mod Podge the top. I then painted the edges of the top with my FREE Glidden paint in Onyx Black Eggshell.


I painted to coats around all of the visable areas and then used Mod Podge to add the leopard paper on top. I then used some paper towel to "sponge" black around the edges to make it blend together.

2 coats of Poly-cryllic and here you go!!!

I think it turned out so cute! The girls are so excited to use it to help me in the kitchen. It would also make a handy time out stool IF my girls ever needed a time out! Haha!

I've added this to Twice Remembered - Make Your Monday's blog party. Check it out for other great projects and transformations!

Blogging live

from our new laptop! Thank you Gigi and Grandpa!!! Having this laptop will help Lamar with his masters and will be more reliable than our older computer. We are thrilled to have it!

Thanks for supporting us all the time - especially as Lamar goes back to school!