It's beginning to look a lot like.....Peppermint

I was working all night making peppermint bark that will be going to Hubs employees. I had the benefit of help from Wonder Boy and his rubber mallet. No one pulverizes candy canes by the dozen better than him!! LOL

This is what the dining room table looked like....and that is only a few. We made 11 batches or 22 flat sheets. Finding enough flat surfaces was the biggest challenge!! :) 46 bags later, we are finished!! Whew!!

Here is a close-up of the candy.

Here is a close-up of the broken up ready to be packaged bark

Here is one of the finished packages.

Here is one of the tags I made using my cricut. The candy cane cut file is from my friend Penny.

Here is the recipe card I enclosed with each bag.

25 Days of Christmas - Day 21

Woo Hoo!! Day #21 is here. I am so excited to share my 25 Days of Christmas gifties with you. Each day I will share the packaging and the giftie that arrived from one of my ART friends. So, here we go..... Here is Giftie #21 from Cher.

Thanks Cher for this lovely bead filled vessel. It is exquisite. I love all things shiny and veaded so it fits me to a "T".

Stay tuned for tomorrow and another giftie!! :)

25 Days of Christmas - Day 20

Woo Hoo!! Day #20 is here. I am so excited to share my 25 Days of Christmas gifties with you. Each day I will share the packaging and the giftie that arrived from one of my ART friends. So, here we go..... Here is Giftie #20 from Diann.


Thanks Diann for this lovely vintage Santa ornament. It is just classy!!

Stay tuned for tomorrow and another giftie!! :)

25 Days of Christmas - Day 19

Woo Hoo!! Day #19 is here. I am so excited to share my 25 Days of Christmas gifties with you. Each day I will share the packaging and the giftie that arrived from one of my ART friends. So, here we go..... Here is Giftie #19 from Elaine.

Okay, this is seriously cool and totally ME!! It is the perfect little pink and black pirate pillow. I've been "pirate" LONG before being pirate was cool!! It is sooo cool!! Thanks Elaine....I simply adore this giftie!!

Stay tuned for tomorrow and another giftie!! :)

Christmas Ornie Gift Card Holders

I needed to share some of my ART in addition to my 25 days of Christmas gifties!! DH needed some gift card holders for his employees Christmas drawing. My friend Barbara gave me this link to some great SVG card holders.

Hubs liked the round ones!! So, here is my take on them!! I used striped woodsy paper and made it into an ornie. I added some punched snowflakes and "NOEL". I added a red foil "cap" to both sides and sandwiched the copper hook in between the layers. The inside I just added a bit of fun with some Versamark snowflakes. I am happy with them!!

25 Days of Christmas - Day 18

Woo Hoo!! Day #18 is here. I am so excited to share my 25 Days of Christmas gifties with you. Each day I will share the packaging and the giftie that arrived from one of my ART friends. So, here we go..... Here is Giftie #18 from Joan.

I just love this mini frame collage. It is sooo cool!! Thanks Joan!!

Stay tuned for tomorrow and another giftie!! :)

25 Days of Christmas - Day 17

Woo Hoo!! Day #17 is here. I am so excited to share my 25 Days of Christmas gifties with you. Each day I will share the packaging and the giftie that arrived from one of my ART friends. So, here we go..... Here is Giftie #17 from Julie.

I just love this snowman. Wow....there are no words that do this justice. He is AMAZING girl!! Thanks Julie!!

Stay tuned for tomorrow and another giftie!! :)

25 Days of Christmas - Day 16

Woo Hoo!! Day #16 is here. I am so excited to share my 25 Days of Christmas gifties with you. Each day I will share the packaging and the giftie that arrived from one of my ART friends. So, here we go..... Here is Giftie #16 from Kate.

I just love these buttons. It amazes me....I would so love to learn how to do this!! Thank you so much Kate!! Gorgeous!!

Stay tuned for tomorrow and another giftie!! :)

25 Days of Christmas - Day 15

Woo Hoo!! Day #15 is here. I am so excited to share my 25 Days of Christmas gifties with you. Each day I will share the packaging and the giftie that arrived from one of my ART friends. So, here we go..... Here is Giftie #15 from Kris.

I just love this birdhouse. The metal roof is perfect!! Thanks Kris!!

Stay tuned for tomorrow and another giftie!! :)

25 Days of Christmas - Day 14

Woo Hoo!! Day #14 is here. I am so excited to share my 25 Days of Christmas gifties with you. Each day I will share the packaging and the giftie that arrived from one of my ART friends. So, here we go..... Here is Giftie #14 from Regina.

I just love this ornament. The crepe paper is so cool!! Thanks Regina!!

Stay tuned for tomorrow and another giftie!! :)

25 Days of Christmas - Day 13

Woo Hoo!! Day #13 is here. I am so excited to share my 25 Days of Christmas gifties with you. Each day I will share the packaging and the giftie that arrived from one of my ART friends. So, here we go..... Here is Giftie #13 from Renee.

I think these button fairies are so totally cool. I simply HAVE to try making one soon!! :) Thanks Renee.

Stay tuned for tomorrow and another giftie!! :)

25 Days of Christmas - Day 12

Woo Hoo!! Day #12 is here. I am so excited to share my 25 Days of Christmas gifties with you. Each day I will share the packaging and the giftie that arrived from one of my ART friends. So, here we go..... Here is Giftie #12 from Amy.

How totally fun and cute is that!! Thanks Amy....and mine is PINK which is my fave color!! Nifty cool!!


Stay tuned for tomorrow and another giftie!! :)

25 Days of Christmas - Day 11

Woo Hoo!! Day #11 is here. I am so excited to share my 25 Days of Christmas gifties with you. Each day I will share the packaging and the giftie that arrived from one of my ART friends. So, here we go..... Here is Giftie #11 from Candy.

I just love this little wire wrapped tile. It is great!! Thanks Candy!!
Stay tuned for tomorrow and another giftie!! :)

25 Days of Christmas - Day 10

Woo Hoo!! Day #10 is here. I am so excited to share my 25 Days of Christmas gifties with you. Each day I will share the packaging and the giftie that arrived from one of my ART friends. So, here we go..... Here is Giftie #10 from Susan.

I just love this ornament. Thanks Susan.

Stay tuned for tomorrow and another giftie!! :)

25 Days of Christmas - Day 9 - It's MINE!!

Woo Hoo!! Day #9 is here and it features MY gifties . I am so excited to share my creations, FINALLY!! I made Vintage style paper ornaments. They feature ancestor pics from my family. They were created with many steps and in 5 shapes. I found the inspiration for them in one of my fave books Pretty Little Felts.


The ornaments were packaged in "Genie Bags" made from brown paper bags, recycled Christmas Card fronts and scrapbook papers with numbered tags cut with my Cricut.

Here are the basic steps:

1) shapes were cut out by hand, 2 per ornie on cardstock covered with vintage dictionary pages, which were then adhered together.
2) the edges of the frames were painted with cream acrylic paint.
3) frames were traced and cut out from cream colored felt.
4) pics were scanned, scaled, printed and cut out.
5) felt frames were brushed with Elmer's Glue-All and covered with Martha Stewart Glitter and Mica Flakes and allowed to dry overnight
6) Sheets of glitter shapes were made and punched.
7) pieces of plastic packaging were cut to make the "glass" for the frames.
8) pics were glued down, followed by the "glass" and topped with the glitter frames.
9) glitter shapes were adhered.
10) pieces of vintage trims and laces were added.
11) holes were punched in the top and a stain ribbon hanger was added.

Whew!! Seems like a lot when I write it all out!! :) And to think I made 35 of them!! I hope the recipients enjoy them!! They were a joy to make and share!! I shared a few here, as each one was different. Please click on the pics if you wish to appreciate the sparkly details!!

Stay tuned for tomorrow and another giftie!! :)