We had told Aggie that, if she smiled pretty and took a nice picture with Santa, he might give her a candy cane. Of course, it turned out that this Santa was giving out stickers instead of candy canes. But Aggie specifically asked Santa for a candy cane, and one of his elves was able to come up with one for her.Sunday, December 21, 2008
Santa Claus is Coming to Town! or Third Time's A Charm
The kids have seen a lot of Santa Claus already this year. And after three Santa visits, we finally got a good picture. The kids saw him several weeks ago at Bass Pro shop. Aggie was screaming and crying in that picture because she was scared of Santa. Last week, Santa visited the daycare. That time, Aggie would stand beside Santa with a skeptical look on her face. At least no crying that time. And today, we went to Memorial City Mall to see Santa and get our "official" Santa picture for Christmas 2008. Both kids did a pretty good job and below is what we got. 
We had told Aggie that, if she smiled pretty and took a nice picture with Santa, he might give her a candy cane. Of course, it turned out that this Santa was giving out stickers instead of candy canes. But Aggie specifically asked Santa for a candy cane, and one of his elves was able to come up with one for her.
We had told Aggie that, if she smiled pretty and took a nice picture with Santa, he might give her a candy cane. Of course, it turned out that this Santa was giving out stickers instead of candy canes. But Aggie specifically asked Santa for a candy cane, and one of his elves was able to come up with one for her.
Teacher Gifts
The Christmas rush is in full effect. We're trying to finish getting ready for Christmas and prepare for our trip to Indiana at the end of the week. Since the kids only have two days left at school before Christmas, I needed to hurry up and get the teacher gifts ready. Between the kids, there are five teachers plus a couple of former teachers that the kids are quite fond of. 
The idea for the two items above comes from Sandi MacIver's blog and her Splitcoast Stampers posting. They are eight Hershey Nuggets wrapped in Designer Series Paper. They truly are a great way to use those small pieces of DSP that are left over from other projects. They are inexpensive gifts, but it's the thought that counts, right?!
The items above are an adaptation from Andrea Walford's blog. She made them to hold a gift card and some hot cocoa mix, but it has multiple applications. For one of my Secret Santa gifts, I had placed a big, flat chocolate bar in the pocket. I scaled Andrea's dimensions up for my purposes here. In this photo, these have a Target gift card and a small paperback book in the pocket. Shelli Gardner had mentioned on her blog that Richard Paul Evans was giving away copies of "The Christmas Box" (you paid postage). He's promoting a new book, I believe. Anyway, I took it as a great gift option for the kids' teachers. I think the presentation adds a lot, don't you?
The idea for the two items above comes from Sandi MacIver's blog and her Splitcoast Stampers posting. They are eight Hershey Nuggets wrapped in Designer Series Paper. They truly are a great way to use those small pieces of DSP that are left over from other projects. They are inexpensive gifts, but it's the thought that counts, right?!
The items above are an adaptation from Andrea Walford's blog. She made them to hold a gift card and some hot cocoa mix, but it has multiple applications. For one of my Secret Santa gifts, I had placed a big, flat chocolate bar in the pocket. I scaled Andrea's dimensions up for my purposes here. In this photo, these have a Target gift card and a small paperback book in the pocket. Shelli Gardner had mentioned on her blog that Richard Paul Evans was giving away copies of "The Christmas Box" (you paid postage). He's promoting a new book, I believe. Anyway, I took it as a great gift option for the kids' teachers. I think the presentation adds a lot, don't you?Wednesday, December 03, 2008
A couple more creations
Here are a couple more items I made in my burst of creativity. The red box is a tall, skinny box. The general template is something I got from Convention this summer, but I had to adjust it a bit to hold what I needed it to hold. It has a box of gummi lifesavers inside for my Secret Santa person. The designer series paper is from the Bella Rose package. I used rubons from Season of Cheer. The "flurry" is held on by a build-a-brad with a white snowflake rubon.
This next box is the packaging I made to hold my ornament for the TOPICS Christmas party in a couple of weeks. The ornament had to be store bought or else someone would have gotten one like the one in my previous post!
This next box is the packaging I made to hold my ornament for the TOPICS Christmas party in a couple of weeks. The ornament had to be store bought or else someone would have gotten one like the one in my previous post!
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