And the winner is.............

The winner of the necklace drawing is ba and the boys. Thank you so much to every one who participated. It is lovely to be supported in fun little efforts such as this, and there is no better place to find that support then in the land of blog.

Hope you are all having (or at least trying to have) a relaxing weekend!!

xoxox -Holly

100th Post..............Give Away!!

This is my little blogs 100th post and we are celebrating with a give away. This fun little necklace will go to whom-ever ends up being randomly lucky. (Sounds fair,...right?)

Here's the drill,..................................................................................................................

-Just leave a comment to be entered into the drawing

-my followers can enter twice

-if you advertise it via blogger, facebook, etc. you can enter again.

BONUS,...If you think (as I do) that you could honestly NOT survive a New Years Resolution to live without chocolate for 365 days then you can enter again. (do be honest now......:):)) Yes,...I am rewarding bad behavior. ;)

Now if you will all please be dears and leave me a comment for each and every time you qualify to enter, my over multi tasked brain would be ever so grateful!!

Thank you for participating! This is so fun for me.

Hugs,...-Holly

Happy New Year!!!

Dreaming of a White Christmas......................

Crowns, Toile, and Newsprint,...Oh my!!!

Shame On Me! Shame on me for not posting for 15 days,...especially when I promised my little blog that I would be more conscientious about posting often. OOPS!

Moving on,...it happens to be Frugal Friday over at the Shabby Nest and I thought I would share a little project. I decoupaged a container so that I could use it as Christmas gift wrap and it turned out so cute that I think I may just have to keep it.

(Along with many other things which I have no need of or use for, and have no idea where to put.:))

I started out with this left over canister from some Harry and Davids chocolates that I bought from Costco....

and ate all of (not by myself.)

Well,....sort of by myself.;)

I found this fabulous crown paper at the Graphics Fairy and printed some out. Don't you just love the Graphics Fairy!!??

I used some leftover Toile wrapping paper for the lid.

Decoupaged it all on to the container.

Used my new "Stampin Up- Big Shot" to cut out these flowers. I am a terrible person who would tear the pages out of an old yellowed vintage book to use in a project. But,...in my own defense the book is in very bad shape and I use it for many projects rather then destroying multiple books.:)

Crumpled the flowers really well, stacked them, and fastened them with a brad. Then glued the one big posy that they made to the top of the lid.

It will make such fabulous gift wrap, don't ya think?

Welcome Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving has made it's warm cider and cinnamon scented way into our home. I adore this cozy and nostalgic time of year.

A few jewelery projects.....................

This bracelet was a gift. I have never worn it . It is lovely but a little to big and just not quite as chunky as my usual tastes. It is much nicer than anything I would ever buy myself, and even personalized with an H. I decided that it was time to make it work!

I took some lengths of chain from my jewelry making supplies. I cut them shorter then the existing bracelet so that I could solve the 'too big' problem and chunk the chain up at the same time. (I didn't end up using the shiny yellow gold chain. I was just the wrong color for this piece.)

I rounded up a bunch of charms that I had collected from the clearance jewelery at Target over the last few months.

I staggered them on the different chains and even attached some of them to two chains at once.

And the outcome. A totally "my-style" bracelet that I will wear over and over again. The original bracelet had such good bones that I had to stop letting it go to waste.

And........................Teacher Presents.....................

Got these cute Halloween beads at JoAnn's. Hollowed out the holes in the beads to make them a little bit larger with my dremmel. Strung them on beaded chains. Soo Easy!! Have I mentioned recently how much I really ADMIRE teachers? I think that they deserve a little something for every occasion!!!

XOXOX -Holls