Christmas toilet paper

Let's have some fun with your toilet paper and some holiday tissue!

Grab some tissue and a roll of toilet paper,

set the roll in the center of the tissue and wrap the roll.

How cute are they all wrapped up on your commode for your guests!

I set mine on top of a wood plate and some greens, but you could

easily just set it on the counter or toilet. 

Here's the plaid one, doesn't matter what the tissue

print is, they turn out cute!

Annual Christmas luncheon

This is a tradition that has spanned well over 20 years now!

It looks smaller this year with a lot of our grown up young

adults not being able to join us, but we still got together!

The traditions continue, lunch, crafts, funny games, ornament exchange and yummy good food!

This was one of the crafts they made using a pillar

candle some fresh greens, ribbon and wood pieces. 

The Moms.... missing Susan sadly......

Ceri and Julie 

Debbie and Julie 

One of our favorite things to do is play games!

We try new ones every year, this year as simple as this one seemed,

it was quite the challenge.   You start with a glass of water 3/4 of the way full, then everyone gets a plastic cup with water and you take turns adding water til it overflows.  Whoever it overflows on is eliminated, you keep going til the last person is standing and the winner!  You will find how crazy it is that even though the water looks like its going to overflow you keep adding and adding! 

So fun!!! 

Acrylic Ornaments

How about a little holiday craft to end your weekend on?

This is the most easy ornament to make.

I found these vinyl transfers on Amazon

HERE - vinyl transfers.

And these acrylic ornaments that I found at Hobby Lobby.

You get 12 ornaments for $2.99.

Start with our vinyl, ornaments and some christmas

scrapbook paper.

Take the acrylic ornament and with a pencil

trace the circle and cut it out.

Make sure and remove the film on both sides of the acrylic

ornament before you adhere your vinyl or paper. 

Using some snail adhesive attach the paper to the ornament.

Next add your vinyl saying and some ribbon and there you have it!!!!

You could even use photos instead of paper to 

create a custom personalized gift.

Aren't these fun! 

Flourish Annual Christmas party

Let the holiday begin!

We started off this week with our annual Flourish

women's bible study christmas get together.

It's been an amazing season walking along side of each of these

amazing women doing life together and ministering to one another. 

As always, there was some creativity happening.

Look at all the "deers" working away!

We all shared some yummy sweet treats and savory goodness. 

all the smiles......

such an amazing community of women!

Love how we all lift each other up in the

everyday walk of life. 

Lots of laughs and great fellowship. 

Christmas Potpourri

Here's a fun gift to give to your friends and neighbors, or even co-workers.   I love this recipe for Christmas potpourri.

I get way for you to scent your home with the mixture is putting it inside of your crock pot, that way you can let it simmer all

day without the worry of the water drying out. 

I found these cone shaped cello bags on Amazon

Here- cello bags

You will also need some fresh cranberries, rosemary, mini oranges and cloves. 

I added 2 teaspoons of the cloves first, then layered the cranberries and rosemary then an orange and last but not least a few sprigs of rosemary.  Tie it off with some baker's twine. 

You can keep these in the frig til you are ready to gift them. 

Add a little tag and enjoy the free smells! 

Christmas Decor

Happy monday!

Just starting to get out the Christmas decor over here.

I feel like this season is sneaking up on us so quickly,

and I am not moving as quickly as time this season.

I found this little vintage rudolph online and had to get 

it printed.  So cute.

So far else, just some greens that I purchased and added to this vase.

I have put up my trees but have yet to decorate them.

Have you started to decorate?

Thanksgiving tablescape

Happy saturday!

Hope everyone's Thanksgiving was full of gratitude

and stomachs! 

I'm a bit late in posting this, but funny story here.

Well, funny, but not so funny.

This was my tablescape.

These are the favors I make for each place setting.

These are the little plastic domes I found on Amazon.

I filled each one with the Pumpkin Spice Jo Jo's from 

Trader Joes a few almonds, some pitstashio's and 

a small dark chocolate piece of candy. 

See all my dried plumes and grasses as the arrangement

in the middle of the table?  Notice all the little candles?

Well once we finished dinner and I started to clear the table,

I started to pick up the little plumes and one stuck to another and fell

onto the rest of the arrangement and BOOM! we had a fire! 

And I am not talking about a small flame, it rose, and it rose

and grew fast!  

I litterally screamed, fire! fire! fire! and the rest of the family

came runny over, my husband with a towel.  He proceeded

to throw it over the candles not realizing they were still lit

and they caught on fire!  We finally got it out as the fire

alarm went off and the house full of smoke.

We are so thankful it was what is was as it could

have been just horrible. 

So, you could say, my dinner went up in flames!

No seriously, it was delish, just ended pretty hot!

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!