25 Days of December - Days 24 and 25

and it's done!

25 Days of December - Days 22 and 23

25 Days of December - Day 21

25 Days of December - Days 19 and 20

25 Days of December - Days 17 and 18

More inspired by Pinterest

One of my favorite things about the holidays is all the crafty and bakey goodness that happens - both things I love to do. Here are another series of things I've made that were either copied from or inspired by things I found on Pinterest. Although I am usually a fanatic about credits, I have cookies in the oven and I'm going to be lazy - you can find the original pins if you follow me on Pinterest here.

Melted snowman cookies (a three day process and really a PITA - and don't even taste that good. Not worth it again).

Laundry sign. Super easy. I used digi elements from Backyard Crawlies and Backyard Cuties by Iliella Designs.

My version of important dates (framed this time).

Handprint snowman ornaments. Much harder than I expected. Even Alexa (a coordinated 7 year old) had a hard time making a good print with my help.

25 Days of December - Day 16

25 Days of December - Day 15

25 Days of December - Day 14

25 Days of December - Days 12 and 13

25 Days of December - Day 11

25 Days of December - Day 10

25 Days of December - Day 9

25 Days of December - Day 8

In addition to Danyale's great stuffs, I added Noel by Mari Koegelenberg to my supply list!

25 Days of December - Day 7

Added All Stitched Up Volume 2 by Kimeric Kreations to the mix. I wish we had better lighting in the house - so much noise in these photos :(

25 Days of December - Days 5 and 6

25 Days of December - Day 4

Twenty-five Days of Christmas

I blogged twice in one day. Someone get me a drink! I am doing a "Countdown to Christmas" mini this year and instead of doing it at the end of the month (like I did last year), I am doing a layout each day, again based around our Christmas activities from our countdown tree. I had two goals:
1. Keep it very simple
2. Focus on the photos and especially the journaling.

In keeping with these two goals, I decided to use a single kit for the entire mini, and I chose I Dream of Snow by Etc. by Danyale. I am also using the daily FREEBIE mini album pages by Roadside Designs that you can find on her blog. I'm also using two fonts consistently: Jellyka Delicious Cake (a freebie) and Mel's Type A Personality by Mel Wilson.

And...I'm already caught up (three days in)! Here's what I've done so far: