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Silver Bella kits + shimelle winner

**whew**

I have felt like a whirling dervish for the past week. We had a housefull of guests for Thanksgiving {as i told you on Friday} and then on saturday we celebrated the little man's 6th birthday. I've been wrapped up in the land of cleaning, prepping  and cooking for a week but have been planning at the same time putting together some additional Silver Bella class kits for those of you who have requested them.

They're live now in my Kenner Road shop and I'll be adding and updating as they sell. I also have plans to put up some pdf only instructions for these so look for those tomorrow if you'd rather build them with your own supplies.

Gilded Cage : version one

note : you receive three different fairies in your glided cage kit so you have the option to use whichever you prefer, or use a favorite photo instead ;)

Gilded Cage : version two

Oh, Tannenbaum : version one

note : the tannenbaum pdf includes instructions on building the tree, versions of ornamanets {i created two completely different trees using the same supplies} as well as instructions for the topper and the sweet bunting garland you see above.

Oh, Tannanbaum : version two

feels good to finally have these available for all of you. thanks for asking for them! ;)

In other news, congratualtions teresa!

You won the Journal your Christmas giveaway from Shimelle.
send me your contact info with email you'd like your class sent to and i'll get shimelle to hook you up asap.

Happy Tuesday!

journal your christmas : shimelle giveaway

11.30.10 | comments now closed & winner to be announced soon

My friend Shimelle has been sharing her amazing class Journal your Christmas since 2004 and i'm honored to be able to give away a pass to one of YOU to join the fun and document your Christmas. I've been doing JYC since i purchased the class in 2007 and it's one of my favorite traditions of the Christmas season.

JYC is one of my most favorite classes of the year {I've already created my journal as you can see above} and if you've ever taken another of Shimelle's online classes you know how incredible they are, she puts her heart and soul into each and everyone. details. she gets the details ;)

So... leave a comment below telling me what your most favorite gift you've ever given is and i'll pick a winner monday evening, November 29th at 11pm pst. This way I can get your info and get it to Shimelle before class begins on Dec 1st.

Happy Holidays!!
xo

a little more information about JYC from shimelle :

Every year, Journal your Christmas includes daily prompts from the 1st of December to the 6th of January, the twelfth day of Christmas. The 37 illustrated PDF files are delivered straight to your inbox so you can read them over your first cup of coffee and mull over each topic for a full day. There’s also an archive of the class materials online in case you can’t get to your email or in case something dreadful happens to your computer. And like every year, you can go it alone or be as social as you like, with a private discussion forum where you’ll find other Christmas journallers who will cheer you on and share your excitement, but if you prefer to stick to the prompts only, that’s completely fine too. And like every year, if you’re participated once, you can join us every Christmas for as long as you like at no extra cost.

six

happy birthday little man.

six years ago, at 11:58 am you entered our world filling it with a second round of unconditional love. you are the apple of my eye and make every single day of the year extra special; full of love & laughter. your personality is as big as the universe and you have this amazing ability to surround yourself with friends & family who love you because of your beautiful and caring heart.

there is nowhere i would rather be than here with you, celebrating six incredible years of your life.

bring on the chocolate cake and hours of papa putting together your star wars legos.

happy birthday.
xoxo
mama

even without the stuffing ...

... yesterday was a blissfully perfect day. Our home was full with most of our family, locals {my mom and mil} as well as the little's two girly cousins and their parents from chicago, and my wonderful fil from texas.  I missed those who weren't here with us, especially my beautiful mil who passed away a few months ago, but I was so grateful to be surrounded with love by everyone else.

I spent the entire day it seems in the kitchen, while i relished this year. I started around 8am when i began preparing mrs. turkey. She had a rustic chopped veggies & rosemary inside and a butter & chardonnay soaked cheesecloth to keep her warm & moist while roasting. It's truly my most favorite way of cooking a bird, with the cheesecloth, they always turn out so beautiful.

Then once she was in I organized the serving-ware, began making the appetizers and by noon was enjoying some yummy chardonnay and goat cheese & caramelized onion pastry puffs.

mmm. love me a good stomach stretching holiday. ;)

These pictures are the only ones I took yesterday. The man and his father took the little out for a long walk in the morning so the littles could work off some energy and i could have a good hour of quiet before the craziness really began. Thankfully my sil took lots of pictures of the carving and the family, especially some good ones of the grandparents with the grandchildren.

I can't wait to get some copies of those!

All in all it was a beautiful day. calm, easy and just wonderful.
I hope yours was filled with much the same.

Happy Friday!
xo

happy thanksgiving!

sending love & wishes for a glorious day for you all. xo