Archive for 2008

Suzie Says: Life was so much easier when I was shallow!

My amazing mama coined this little family favorite quite a few years back… when it seemed like everyone was going through a rough time. You know that point (or many points) in your life when the weight of the world just seems so heavy? How much easier it would be if you were shallow… not a care in the world… no one caring for you!
Easier… YES!
Better… NO!
There is no guarantee of an easy life only the hope that life can be better with faith, family and friends (friends=family in our little world).
This has become a bit of a mantra for our family because it reminds us that there is so much more than us… the world is so much broader than our decorating or thank you notes or play dates. And though the world is a gigantic place, we are loved… we are children of a King!

Check out my Baby Food post on Blessed Nest.

You know how you get so many adorable cards for Christmas and then you have to throw them out? Don’t do it… Make a Christmas ornament instead! It’s EASY and you can use the ornament as a gift for next year.
(I had to save this craft till after Christmas because it was a giftie for my mom and I didn’t want to ruin the surprise!)

This is what you need:
hole punch
glue stick
embellishments
and…
~Cut the picture and the cardstock into ovals (cardstock a bit bigger) and glue them together.
~Cut two circles out of the Christmas card (I used a can of peaches as a guide), and glue them together
~Add metal embellishments (hot glue gun)
~Punch holes to lace the ribbon through for the Christmas tree hanger and to connect the oval and circle together.
~Tie a loop of ribbon on the top to hang on the tree and a loop between the circle and oval to connect.
~DONE… you can do about a bazillion different things with this… so have fun.
You can also use the cards as gift tags on your gifties.
Here are two of the ones my mom did this year. My favorite is the vintage card below.

Christmas Craft Gone Wrong…So do you remember my grandiose plans to keep my pumpkins all the way to Christmas? If you don’t, go here.

Well, I did attempt it.

I thought this was going to be the funnest craft for Eli and I to do together. I mean, we had paint (lots), pumpkins and room to get messy! I was sick with Kleenex up my nose and Eli was sick and cranky and could care less about paint or pumpkins.

Then I thought, this will be great for Cora and I to do together. She didn’t like it either… but I did get the awesome picture below. So the pumpkins and paint were on the table for about a week before I tossed them… I do still have two of my comic pumpkins… I mean New Years pumpkins!

Needless to say this craft never made the cut!!!

Christmas morning was wonderful! Seeing this magical holiday through our little one’s eyes is like seeing it for ourselves all over again!!
This video sums it up… priceless!!!!

Thank you Cuma and G-pa for the best giftie ever!!! I will me sewing Cora and dollie matching dresses shortly!!

After Cora Jane went into nap-time dreamland (clutching her new baby doll) we played in the rain and blew bubbles…

Then Eli went to sleep and we got to snuggle…

Coming Soon:

~Christmas Evening Review…

~One final Christmas Craft…

~A Christmas craft that didn’t make the cut…

and New Years Resolutions for the Eli’s Lids Blog!!