Another busy weekend for the Anstee family. I worked on Saturday morning and then came home to work in my craft room for the rest of the day.
I had to finish a few Christmas cards since they need to be mailed out pretty soon. I also needed to catch up a little on my December daily.
It feels great using my paper collections instead of just buying to hoard.
The promise I made my husband to stop buying crafting supplies has not been working out well. I think I have broken it about 3-4 times :(
Now my favorite online store Two Peas in a Bucket is having a storewide sale - Ugh! What to do?What to do?
So this week I have another December Daily update to share with you all. I am sharing days #9 thru 16 (today).
I have been good about taking an Instax picture daily to document the day. I did screw up my days this past week when it came to documentation but will share that further down this post.
Here is Day #9 and #10: (BTW - I took my pictures using my new 50mm Canon lens)
For this page I used the new October Afternoon Make It Merry paper collection. The embellishments are October Afternoon, Studio Calico and American Crafts.
Day #9 was last Sunday and I spent most of the day cleaning the house and wrapping Christmas presents.
The wrapping paper I am using this year is gorgeous - found it 50% off at Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago and matches my Christmas theme this year.
I have the Christmas presents displayed on our living room table.
Day #10 was Monday so back to work as usual. The best part of the day was having dinner with Greg and Amie at Peli-Peli. I had the Heugenot steak which is DELICIOUS!! It has a combination of blue cheese and rasberry like sauce on top of the steak.
Well this is where I mixed up my days and thought that this was the day that I received my Ali Edwards stamps - Ugh!!
So the Instax picture I used on this page was that of my stamps.
I had taken a picture with Amie in front of the Christmas tree at the Vintage which I was going to use for Day #10.
Instead I use it for Day #12 and try to explain on my journaling card.
December Daily Day #11 and #12:
For this page I used Studio Calico's new Wonderland paper collection. All the embellishments are from Studio Calico except for the brads which are from American Crafts.
I actually found American Crafts embellishments and papers from American Crafts at my local Target - awesome!
Day #11 was the night of our CPA provider dinner at Ameria's in the Woodlands - Yummy! So I had 2 great dinners back to back :)
Had a great time with my colleagues outside of work.
Day #12 was highlighted by the arrival of my Monthly Ali Edwards stamp set. It included the November stamp as I never received - I think it had to be due to Hurricane Sandy but not sure. Technique Tuesday had great customer service and made sure I received my November stamp set.
So here is the picture that really belongs to Day #10 - The Vintage had a great big beautiful tree so had to take a picture.
December Daily Day #13 and #14:
For this page I used the Simple Stories Handmade Holiday paper collection. I used this same collection for my cover page. This is also a new holiday collection for 2012.
Day #13 was highlighted by the announcement that my sister is having a GIRL! Yes, she is preggers. Of course while shopping had to stop by the baby department :)
I found this really cute onesie that says "I love Auntie" so of course had to buy it. Only had it in newborn size so literally she will need to wear it after birth just enough time to take a picture.
She will probably outgrow it the next day :)
Day #14 was like any other Friday and busy in clinic. The big surprise of the day was really for my husband that evening. Turns out that Max destroyed his new crate pad and somehow got out of the crate - that crazy dog!
Luckily he held his urine and there was no other destruction found.
For my last page of this week, I used Basic Grey's Aspen Frost paper collection. This is also a new 2012 holiday collection. I really love this collection, especially the colors.
Day #15 was a busy day but excited to get my Scentsy products. One of our MA's sister sells this great stuff. I have been wanting to try it out. The scents I bought are so wonderful! I could not wait to get home to use them.
Day #16 started out great - my husband cooked me some breakfast. He made 2 eggs over easy as well as some Polish sausage - Yummy!
He had to eat a good meal as he went to donate platelets at our local blood bank later that morning.
As usual, Isabella has to be on the table next to his food. Our cat (Isabella) has the habit of now staying on our dining tables. If she stays on the ground all she gets is chased around by our doggies. Poor girlie. Sometimes I catch her on top of the fridge or upper cabinets.
I also want to share other pics that I took using my Canon 50mm/f1.8 lens which is my new love!!
This picture of the presents shows a perfect example of "bokeh".
Thanks for stopping by P&P Creations and I hope you enjoyed this week's post. Next week I will have not only my next December Daily update but also pictures of my Christmas Cards that I have made this year.
After the Holidays, I will be back with more projects galore here at P&P. For now will be busy with baking my Mexican cookies this week.
I hope you all have a great week and hope that you all are able to get your craft on this week!
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