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Santa Baby Letter Board Love

December 24, 2017Christmas, Letter Board LoveChristmas, Christmas letter board love, Christmas song, Santa Baby hurry down the chimney tonight, Santa Baby letter boardRita

Santa Baby Letter Board Love

Merry Christmas Everyone!

I hope that you are all ready for the big night tonight!

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Orange You Glad It’s Christmas Jars

December 22, 2017Christmas, Gift ideas, PrintablesChristmas gift idea, Christmas jars, gift jar ideas, jar gift ideas, one good thing by jillee, orange Christmas gift tag, orange you glad it's Christmas, orange you glad it's Christmas gift jar, printable orange Christmas gift tagRita

Do you need one last Christmas gift idea? These Orange You Glad It’s Christmas Jars are perfect for anyone on your Christmas list! Continue reading →

Christmas Sugar Cookies

December 18, 2017Baking, Christmas, Cookies, RecipesChristmas sugar cookies, decorated sugar cookies, French Cocoa, French cocoa recipe, recipe for sugar cookies, recipe for sugar cookies with cream cheese frostingRita

Christmas Sugar Cookies

How is everyone doing? Are you all ready for Christmas? We had our big party last night and gave everyone their Christmas gifts…so I am pretty much done now!!!

All I need to do is deliver a few more gifts that are all wrapped and ready to go. What a great feeling!

For dessert we had yummy sugar cookies and hot chocolate! Continue reading →

Baby Boy Flannel Quilt

December 12, 2017Gift ideas, Quilts, Sewing5.5" quilt squares, baby boy flannel quilt, baby boy quilt, easy to make flannel quilt, flannel quilt, how to sew a quilt, pieced baby boy flannel quilt, pieced baby quilt, sewing, sewing a quilt with squaresRita

I wanted to make a quilt for a cute friend and so this is what I came up with…a Baby Boy Flannel Quilt! Continue reading →

DIY Christmas Book Angels

December 8, 2017Christmas, Crafts, DIYChristmas angel decoration, Christmas book angel, Christmas decoration, DIY book angel, DIY Christmas book angel, how to make a Christmas book angel, tutorial to make Christmas book angelRita

DIY Christmas Book Angels

How is everyone doing on their Christmas preparations? We had our big Sinterklaas Party last weekend and it was so fun!

The kids all had a great time and we had a jolly old visitor come!

After he left we gave everyone their Christmas jammies and blankets and I gave each family one of these Christmas book angels! Continue reading →

Shower Bomb Recipe

December 4, 2017DIY, Gift ideasdiy shower bombs, gift idea, how to make your own shower bombs, printable Christmas tag, printable shower bomb tag, recipe for shower bombs, shower bomb Christmas tag, shower bomb gift idea, shower bombsRita

As promised, I have the Shower Bomb Recipe for you today! Continue reading →

Dec. 2017 Visiting Teaching Handout

November 30, 2017Christmas, Church, Printables, VT HandoutsDec 2017 visiting teaching handout, Dec 2107 VT handout, Dec. 2017 printable tags, free printable Dec 2107 visiting teaching handout, free visiting teaching printable, printable VT message card, printables, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, The Mormons, visiting teaching printables, willing to bear one another's burdensRita

I’m excited to bring you my Dec. 2017 Visiting Teaching Handout for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!

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Frosted Christmas Jars

November 28, 2017Christmas, Crafts, Decorating, TutorialsChristmas, Christmas craft, Christmas decor, Christmas decoration, Christmas jars, Christmas window treatment, frosted Christmas jars, frosted jars with Epsom salt, how to make frosted Christmas jars, tutorial for making frosted Christmas jars, vintage Christmas jars.Rita

The project I have today…Frosted Christmas Jars…is an oldie, but a goodie!

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Christmas Traditions

November 23, 2017Candy, Christmas, Gift ideas, Printables, Recipes, TraditionsAnise candy, chocolate peanuts, Christmas printables, Christmas traditions, easy Christmas Oreo treats, easy fudge recipe, Easy Nativity costumes, easy no fail fudge, easy peanut clusters, easy rice krispie treats, fleece blankets, how to have a Sinterklaas party, how to make tied fleece blankets, salted caramels, Sinterklaas party, super easy nativity costumes, the white envelope, the white envelope traditionRita

This is a re-post from a couple of years ago, but I think that it is a fun way to start off the season by sharing some of our favorite Christmas Traditions!

This is a lengthy post, but you have all weekend…right? :)

One of our Christmas traditions that we do is to donate blankets and quilts to one of our local hospitals. We start this in November or even before. I try to make a few quilted quilts and then we all tie several fringed fleece blankets. (click on link for tutorial on how to make these easy fleece blankets) This year I did a few quilted quilts for our ward Humanitarian Project.

(I love this cute picture!!! My grandson was only 2 1/2 years old in this picture, he is now almost 8 years old!)
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Vintage Crochet Snowflakes

November 21, 2017Christmas, Crafts, VintageChristmas snowflakes, crochet Christmas snowflakes, crochet craft, crochet snowflakes, crochet snowflakes book, making vintage crochet snowflakes, snowflake craft, vintage, vintage crochet snowflakesRita

Vintage Crochet Snowflakes

How is everyone doing? Are you all ready for the big Thanksgiving Holiday?

I am usually on Team Thanksgiving…but this year I decided to get my Christmas up early!!! I had the help of several of my grandkids and kids!

So with all of their help, I was able to get everything all done in the decorating department in just 2 days!!! I think I will recruit them every year from here on out.

Today, I have a fun idea that some of you might want to give a try. They are Vintage Crochet Snowflakes! Continue reading →