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Santa Photos...

What is Holiday Season without going to sit on Santa's Lap? I grew up in a house that going to the mall to sit on Santa's lap was something that we did not miss! Looking back I love the excitement that I remember feeling as we all piled into the suburban. These are photos of my cute family at our family party last year. Santa made a special surprise visit and the kids were really excited... well everyone but Daxton. Check out that picture of him screaming, make me laugh everytime. Is visiting with Santa a tradition at your house??

Adornit Christmas Supplies

Custom Printed Christmas Cards...

If handmade cards aren't something you want to do this year take some time to visit my sister's new website where she designs and prints high quality cards. She does everything from custom designed wedding announcements, baby announcements, and Christmas cards. Here's a link to her site.

Make It Merry Blog Party: Day One

Welcome to Adornit’s Christmas Blog Party! We’re excited to “Make it Merry” for the next five days. Look forward to holiday inspiration, projects, challenges, and, of course, PRIZES!

Let’s get this party started! We’re jumping right in – today is CHRISTMAS CARD day. We have some great samples, and, of course, something fun for you to do – our 30-Minute CARD Challenge.

Goals of the 30 minute challenge:

• To encourage you to focus your efforts on actually making cards rather than searching for card ideas and supplies!
• To help you realize that if you start your cards NOW, you’ll actually be able to finish and send them this year.
• To help you overcome the perfectionism that stifles creativity. You really can make great cards in only 30 minutes!

 So here’s what you do:

1. Look at our all of our fun card ideas – you can even print your favorites to refer to later.

2. Gather your supplies (you won’t need a lot).

3. Set your timer for 30 minutes.

4. MAKE some cards. Work fast!

5. Post a photo of your finished cards on your blog. Add a comment to this blog post with a link to your blog. We can’t wait to see what you make in 30 minutes! Of course there will be a prize or two involved for participants!

 

 

 

 

 

Cards designed by Debbie Raymond & Georgana Hall.

Find Adornit Christmas Supplies here.

Blog Party tomorrow!

It’s almost time! We’re Making It Merry here on the Adornit Blog starting tomorrow. Can it be Nov. 11 already?? We hope you stop by every day for the next five days and join the fun. We’ll have lots of useful, “scrapliftable” ideas for Christmas cards, decorations, countdowns, and layouts.

And don’t forget that FRIDAY is the BLOG HOP – a gathering of ideas from all around blogland!  If you signed up with Georgana, get your blog posts ready so we can all be merry as we visit your blogs and see your projects!

Here’s what you need to do to get ready to Make It Merry! Plan on spending a few minutes each day checking this blog and being inspired by lots of ideas. We have a couple of challenges for you, so gather your favorite Christmas scrapbook supplies, including some red, green, and kraft cardstock. Grab some stickers and alphabets, and a bit of red and green ribbon. Put this little pile in a box, with your adhesive and trimmer close by and plan to use it. Can’t wait to meet you here tomorrow.

Oh, you might want to find your fave Christmas CD and scented candle - just to help you feel the holiday spirit. Christmas is in the air!

The Tarbets...

I had the pleasure to take pictures of our close family friends. And be prepared to see these cute kids on our upcoming Adornit front cover. Here are a few of my favorite shots from the shoot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginner Basics for Scrapbooking: November

Hi - and welcome to November! This is Debbie Raymond here with a fun Beginner Basics for this month of Thanksgiving. As I counted my blessings I thought about my four special grandchildren and knew I wanted to express my gratitude for them this month. Baby Emmett is only two weeks old, so my heart is indeed full. And you've seen my layouts with Brookelyn, Bailee and little Carter - also joys in my life.

I created a little paper craft project that you can make with your children, girl scout group, church youth group or family gathering. These simple paper lanterns are made with patterened scrapbook paper and embellished with photos, buttons and stickers. Just think how fun this would be for the bored kids on THANKSGIVING day. It’s easy, requires minimal supplies, and is fascinating for all ages. There’s plenty of room at the top and bottom to write down what we're thankful for – then it becomes a gratitude lantern.

 

 

I used Adornit papers and stickers in beautiful fall colors that look great on my hall table. Here are the instructions and supplies (with links).

Instructions for paper lanterns:

1. Trim a sheet of patterned paper to 9” X 12”. Fold in half lengthwise and make a crease. Open up and lay flat.

2. Fold the top and bottom lengthwise edges up 1 ½”, crease, then unfold. Embellish with ribbon, stickers, stamps and/or photos within the 1 ½” margins.

3. Fold paper back in half as above. Make straight cuts every inch through the center fold and ending at the 1 ½” crease lines top and bottom. These are the slits in the lantern.

4. Open the lantern and bring short ends together – staple top, bottom and as far in as your stapler will reach.

5. Cut a handle from scraps by cutting a 1” x 10“ strip and stapling it to top edge of lantern.6. Hang in a row with other lanterns, or randomly from the porch or outside trees.

Adornit Supplies:
22050 Words of Thanks 12x12
22051 Autumn Argyle 12x12
22052 Autumn Breeze 12x12
22156 Swirl Border 12x12
22076 Hoot Stripe 12x12
58952 Dotty ½” Ribbon
93091 Give Thanks Cardstock Stickers
78233 Foam Alphabet Stickers, chocolate

Ashley + Travis Engagement Photos...

This is my cute cousin Ashley (also an employee of Adornit). She asked Jackie and I to take her engagement photos. We took them on a great overcast day right before the fall storms came and stole all our leaves. I had such a hard time narrowing down my favorites to share with you so sorry for the overload.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gratitude - A Student's Perspective...

I was just going over notes from my Gratitude class last year and thought I would share this comment from one of my students who completed class:

I liked the concept of adding to this (Gratitude Memory Box) each year. I really feel like Thanksgiving is skipped in our culture. I don't like anything Christmas before Thanksgiving, so my kids will learn the meaning of Thanksgiving. I think this box and it's goodies will help them see what we have to be thankful for.

This is my third year teaching this fun project and I would love you to join me!! 

Click here for more details. 

 

This is a bonus layout that is part of class - check out these adorable photos of Boston when he was a baby. I can't believe those chubby cheeks!

Buzz & Woody...

Trick or Treating, a Halloween Carnival,yummy dinner with friends and our spooky night was complete. Here's the photos for some proof.

 

Happy Halloween!!

Well I don't know about your family, but here at my house the kiddos haven't had a drop of sugar yet and they're already bouncing off the walls with excitement for tonight. I wanted to get some cute pictures of them in their Halloween shirts (a little tradition at our house) so I grabbed some pumpkins at the grocery store and away we went. I think they lasted a total of five minutes but I am really happy with the results.