Thursday, November 26, 2009

12 Days of Christmas

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. As I sit here and type as our day is slowly winding down...I just can't believe how lucky I am for having such an amazing family. I know I joke about "brain" a lot but he really is the best. I am so thankful for everything we have. We work hard and it has paid off. Today as I washed dishes, I was even thankful for water. I stood there and wondered {with the water off, of course ;} what it must be like to not have water...to have to walk miles for it and we can wake up and turn on our faucets and it is just there. I just think it is all the small things added up that makes life so wonderful.

In the celebration of the holidays, Websters Pages had a crop and it was a BLAST! If you know me, use every itty bitty piece of my Websters! I participated and got almost every challenge done! I have one on my desk that I just couldn't get done and I am definitely making Karola's house...it is gorgeous....

but here are a few things I created:

This is one of my favorites...I altered a Coffee Cozy! I used Core'dinations Whitewash and my Cuttlebug.

And this is a wall hanging I did with some more Core'dinations from the Chocolate Box collection.


Here is a close-up of this cute little gingerbread house. LOVE this pp!





And then for one of the challenges for making a gift bag, I used the Crayon Box from Creative Cuts& More. I ran the Websters Papers and the tag through my Cuttlebug and finished it off with a myStampBOX stamp from the Hohoho set.






15 comments:

Andrea Amu said...

Happy Thanksgiving! You are right... we certainly have alot to be thankful for here in the U.S.A! Soo many luxaries and convieniences that I'm sure we all often take for granted!

Love your projects ;)

Michelle H. said...

Glad to hear you had a blessed Thanksgiving with your family!!
Love your wallhanging with the gingerbread house so adorable!! What a fun way to alter a drink holder! Love the crayon box so amazing!!
Hope you enjoy your weekend with your family!!

mustangkayla said...

I love your projects! fabulous work!

laterg8r said...

that gingerbread house is to die for - so gorgeous, love the roof :D

Anonymous said...

Ellen these are seriuosly `gorgeous` right up my street!!!
Happy Thanksgiving:)x

Lydia said...

Hey Ellen you already know that I love your cozy, so I hope you don't mind but I linked this post to my most recent blog post!

BabyBokChoy said...

Wow, I'm loving the Christmas goodies on your blog already, these are fantastic projects, oh to be as creative as you!

Pearl said...

Happy Thanksgiving , Ellen !!!

Wonderful Christmas creations you've got here especially with the Webster's goodies !

Melanie H said...

Happy Thanksgivings to you and yours Ellen.

I often just sit and look aorund and think of all the things we have that we take for granted yet seen such luxuried to other countries.

Your projects are beautiful. I love the coffee cosy.

Staci Taylor said...

these projects are all so fabulous, ellen! you never cease to amaze me with your creative mind!

DiVaS iN ReCycLinG said...

Hi! I love the little house! do you have a template?
Thanks for stop by my blog!

Gabrielle Pollacco said...

Ohhh!! Beautiful work!! Love what you've done with the WP collection!! I got to work with them this month too (both winter collections)....so much fun!

Thanks for stopping by my blog!

~Gabrielle xxx

scrappermimi said...

Your projects are totally blowing me away! WOW!!!!!!! You so rocked the Websters!

Heather said...

I love what you did with the gingerbread house! That is very creative!

Steph Zerbe said...

Question... is that chimney a stamp? I must have that stamp... if it's a stamp. LOL. Amazing work once again. I am sorry I haven't been by in some time.