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Image found here I wanted to spruce up my wreath this year. I found the above image on pinterest.com and used it for inspiration. I had all the ribbon & balls from previous Christmases. I bought gold sticks and leaves from Ben Franklin. And for our back door, I saw this cute wreath on Emily A .Clark's blog . I had some leftover fabric that didn't work out for Camille's Christmas pajamas. Photo credit: Emily A Clark So I used it to make this..... Not sure I am totally in love but it will do! (Excuse the door...I want to paint it or get a new door or something!) PS....I did make the pajamas for Camille just with new fleece fabric. She hasn't worn them except to pose for this picture. She claims they are itchy! I gave up on Clyde's and shipped the fabric out for them to be made. PPS...She was the pajama designer and wanted a red nightgown with a Santa on the front. We went for Santa buttons.

Image found here . I love sending and receiving Christmas cards. I saw this cute image on Pinterest.com and decided to make a version of my own. Can't wait to keep adding to it as we get more cards.

 Sign & garland are from the Dollar Tree, Santa on the left was $1 from the Dollar Tree last year, Angel was a Christmas gift from my friend Ashley, Red Christmas ball hand-me-down from my mom. Holiday treats cookie jar given to us by my mother-in-law. Our elf, Tinsel has made his way back this year.

Found this train at Diversity Thrift for $10. Clyde was with me and spotted it. There was really no way to leave without the train. Bonus....all the pieces were there and it works! Also, found the Christmas trees at Diversity Thrift for $1 a piece. There are 7 of them. These Christmas balls were my grandmother's (dad's mom) and I believe she handmade a lot of them. Christmas bells given to us by my grandmother (mom's mom). One for Michael & I's first Christmas together, and also for Camille & Clyde's first Christmases.

I ran across this picture in the Garnet Hill catalog last month, I pulled it out and decided that Camille and  I could easily make these! Piece of cake. Well it wasn't quite as easy as I thought...so we made 1 and the other two tree forms went back to the store. While making the tree, I thought this is the worst thing I have ever made but now I actually think it turned out kinds cute. I put it on Clyde's dresser and added a little felt garland to one of his pictures.

We are all ready for Halloween around here. We had a family pumpkin carving contest yesterday...Michael and Clyde vs. Alyson and Camille. We used the same stencils we used last year . I would say Michael and Clyde  are the clear winners  with their pirate pumpkin! Ours is a  kitty cat...it is hard to tell. Excuse the leaves...Guess I should get to those before the trick or treaters come! ;)

I saw this how-to in Woman's Day. Click here for complete instructions. I went to my favorite, Diversity Thrift , and purchased clear vases. Then using our 40% off coupon for Michael's , I purchased the Mod Podge. The orange tissue paper & foam brushes came from Walmart and we already had the construction paper. It was a fun project that Camille helped with.... Camille really wanted to add hair to hers and I think it turned out really cute! On the same trip to Diversity Thrift, I found this cute pumpkin for $2. I think it looks great with my candy corns!

We had a fun trip to the Ashland Berry Farm last week with my mom, sisters, nieces and nephew. Now we are all decorated for Halloween. I used some fabric and ribbon already in my "collection" to decorate the pumpkins. Oh and we used Mod Podge to attach the ribbon to the striped ones. Check back tomorrow for a post on some indoor Halloween decor.

Easter snuck up on me this year. Yesterday we got down all our eggs and decorated the dining room.