Chalk Board Gifts

This past holiday, my sisters and I wanted to give out homemade gifts to our cousins for Christmas. We decided to do mini chalk boards with pens as presents. To set the project, I got some leftover MDF board I had from a past project, and spray painted the boards with chalkboard paint. Next, I asked for my husband's help and we engraved/cut cute little sayings on the boards. (to which I painted white, to add to the 'chalk board' effect).

Lastly, my sisters and I cut out stripes of leather (also leftover from another project) and used it to attach a chalk board pen with screw posts. In the end, everything turned out great and it was a long process, but hopefully everything was worth it :)

Merry Christmas Everyone

Merry Christmas everyone! It's been a very long time away from blogging. I'll get back to blogging in the new year, until then, here are a few photos from our little Christmas festivities at our home. This year, we're starting a new tradition on decorating our Christmas tree. With each new year that passes, we are going to make a new animal ornament. So in 20 years, our Christmas tree will be a zoo! Here are a few photos, of our first few ornaments.

Every year, we also make an annual Christmas card to give out to our family and friends. This year we displayed our first 3 years of marriage on the mantle of the fireplace. This year's Christmas card was a Scratcher's lottery themed. So everyone could play and win for the holidays!

Happy Holidays!

DIY: Christmas Stockings

This weekend has been super busy prepping for the holidays. I went Christmas shopping, worked on holiday decorations and Christmas gifts. I still can't believe that it is already December. It's pretty crazy, it felt like summer, just a few weeks ago. What do readers think? How fast has this year been for you guys? Especially if you are planning a wedding, this year must have zoomed by.

I worked on Christmas Stockings for our home. Normally, I don't decorate much for the holidays any more. No money and we don't spend Christmas at home, we normally go home to Northern California for the holidays. But this year, I wanted to start new traditions, and some small decorating, so next year it doesn't seem like so much of a large undertaking. (It's befitting that I'm watching the Glee Christmas episode right now --- you know, the one where Britney still believes in Santa Claus).

To start with, I wanted simple wool knit stockings for our family. I got these at Target for about $14.00.  And of course, I had to get the puppies, their own Christmas stocking, their stockings cost $4.00. We put the our laser machine to good use, and cut out our names in a script typeface on some scrap wool felt  I had laying around the house. After which,  I stitched the our names on the stockings, it was that easy! What do you think?

Happy Christmas!

December, Where did you come from?

Seriously, it's December! When did that happen? It was June, last time I checked. Here is the December edition of Wedding Day Tree's desktop wallpaper... It's a little bit Christmas, a little bit girlie!

you can download it here, and if you would like a blank desktop wallpaper 

without the calender, click here.