Happy New Year

Happy New Year! There has been no stamping at all happening here. Since the end of October, I've been working around 2 broken fingers. Two wks ago, I thought they were going to re-break one of them which didn't seem to be healing properly. In the end, they did NOT re-break and I'm going to physical therapy to regain mobility.
So I'll leave you with what is happening in my stamp room - wedding supplies are taking over. Here are a few pics of things I'm manuvering around. VERY CAREFULLY I might add. ;)

Peppermint Twist

Today I'm showing you my kitchen tree. Peppermint and gingerbread are such great scents aren't they? I hoard the Bath & Body Works peppermint candle - seriously! Right now there are 6 in my cabinet and when the clearance sales hit - probably 6 more will be grabbed. They still leave a scent hrs. after being put out.
So many people have been doing the "explosion" look at the top & last year I gave it a whirl. It is fun!

Christmas mantel

Today no cards - I thought it would be fun to show you my mantel. Every year I make subtle changes to it & this year I pulled a few of my Santas out & put a large picture up. He was a free print from Ben Franklin ages and ages ago. Do they even still have Ben Franklin stores? The one here closed. Love the faces & spotted a new one at Target that will hopefully end up in my shopping cart. Also added this year are 2 reindeer from Target that I bought years ago on clearance. I always hit the after Christmas clearance sales. .

Blog I Love

How are you doing with your Christmas shopping? I have a few more things to pick up and waiting for 2 items. Not too bad!
Today I want to do a post about a blog that I LOVE LOVE LOVE!!
A few yrs. ago while checking out HGTV's Rate My Space, I stumbled upon Kristen's pics & a link to her blog. Kristen also has a shop in Etsy and I have purchased several things from her. A beautiful fall flower arrangement, photo album and picture frame. She loves many of the same things I do. Gingerbread/peppermint kitchen decor at Christmas, cream cabinetry, plaid draperies, etc. Sometimes I think it would be super easy to just walk right into her home & make myself comfy cozy. ha ha
Please visit her blog - but be WARNED you will be there a bit. So grab some coffee or tea. She has a beautiful post of her kitchen decorated for Christmas. She is having a giveaway on the above items.

Jingle all the way

Let's forget about the iPhone pic shall we and just concentrate on my first attempt using vinyl. After spending way toooo much time on Pinterest, there were so many cute projects with vinyl that I had to take the plunge. Pick Your Plum is a great website for crafters and have daily deals but once it's gone it's gone and they had 4 Christmas color vinyls for $4. The sheets are a good size too. This way if I totally messed up, little $$$ was invested.
After spending quite a while in HL today, this was the closest thing I could find with what my original intent was. The bottom of the frame holds several sizes of jingle bells and then I simply cut a 5 x 5 piece of holiday paper for the back. This will go to my sister so she can put a pic of her granddaughter in it.
Frame and Jingle Bells - Hobby Lobby
Vinyl - from Pick Your Plum
Paper - Making Memories

TOMIC Edwin & Sketch

Finally my sweet Edwin is getting put to use! The challenge at TOMIC this week is a sketch and you need to use an Edwin.
Sorry for the bad pic - I've got to get a camera soon!
Stamps - Edwin with present and presents
Paper - PTI and pp ?
Ink - Memento and Copics
Misc. - MS border punch, pearl bling, PTI twine, We R Memory Keepers floss

You take the cake

Only card for October - wow! I need to get back in the swing of things in order to get Christmas cards done.
This was one of those get out some of my favorite things. Love this adorable image from LotV and Kaisercraft paper. My Copic colors do match my paper but without a camera, the iPhone makes it look much more "orangy".
Stamps - LotV image & Printworks sentiment (I think)
Paper - SU cs and Kaisercraft pp
Ink - Memento and Copics
Misc. - Kaiser bling, stickles