Pen or Pencil?

Now you are probably wondering what to do with all those cute Christmas cards you are getting.
There is a ton of cute little stands to clip these on or some sort of hanging device.  But why not make

your own?!?  So I challenge all of you to come up with your own new card holder this week.  I repurposed an old french horn my mom gave me years ago that was looking sort of sad. I basically stripped it down, kept the ribbon for her present and scrapped the rest (garbage).  The red rope is from the original and I liked the rustic look of the horn.  So now I just use red and green clips to clip on the cards as they come.

Now you're probably wondering what this has to do with a pen or pencil.  As those cards come in, update the return addresses in your address book. Pen or Pencil? I prefer pencil, people move around waaaay to much to be scribbling in my book or getting a new one.

Snowy Saturdays!

I love snowy Saturdays with nothing on the calendar!

This is a little baby quilt my grandma made for my dolls,
 I repurposed it by using it as a table runner.

This is the backside so I can reverse it if I like.

I simply turned the plate upside down and hot glued 1 goblet to the bottom.

Viola! I beautiful centerpiece for a candle with a mini wreath or....

a fancy setting for Santa's cookies,
 or just a couple to enjoy with some eggnog or some other festive drink,
or for a mini cake or cupcakes.

You could clean out that closet you've been meaning to get to for a couple hours, play a game with a kiddo, and then still have time later to curl up with a good book and a cup of hot cocoa, and of course check out your favorite websites and pass them on. HINT, HINT. OR... you could repurpose something old. This was my latest favorite I was obsessed with buying, but didn't want to spend $ on myself right now, a cake stand.  So I started rumaging through my cabinets and came across these 3 goblets and 1 plate leftover from my husband's childhood and decided to make it my own.