Sunday, December 5, 2010

Crafty Christmas?

I used to be crafty...I used to hot glue the h - e - double hockey sticks out of stuff. I had some success this Halloween with some craft projects...but at some point between stuffing our faces with candy from strangers and decking the halls, I lost all my crafty genes. I had visions of hand made gifts for all the teachers at Brody's school. Glass snowman ornaments. The website I saw them on made it seem so easy....


...at least four trips to Michael's....



...more money than anyone should spend on such a silly project...
and glitter on everything we own...


...lots of aspirin...and some wine, along with a complete revamp of the original idea..not to mention the chop sticks, cookie cooler trays, and funnels I ruined (don't ask). Oh and did I mention I used about 82 dixie cups....

....this is all I got.

I'm a litte embarrassed with this project, but I plan to walk in proudly with my creations and pass them out to all 16 teachers and say that Brody helped me make them...even if that is not entirely accurate.

I spent a great morning yesterday taking photos of my awesome friend Amy's family. They are a really great group of people. I am happy to know them all now and call them all a friend!


I took Brody to the park a few weeks ago for his holiday photo shoot. Now when we ask him if he wants to go to the park he asks if he can play at the park or is he going to have to take pictures! Poor kid! One of my favorite shots below! We are off to see Santa today!

5 comments:

AnnMarie said...

GREAT Job on the pics! love the posing of the group! Can't wait to hear all about it!!

PattiSue said...

I still think you are crafty! And the ornaments are adoreable!

Great pics too! Apparently you are crafty with the camera AND the hot glue!

Baker Betty said...

i love the ornaments! if you up-charged them, they'd prolly be worth about $84 each. hee hee!

you did an AWESOME job on saturday! everyone loved the teaser-pics you posted on FB, and i love the discs full of pics. you should get some business cards made and maybe add a little glitter to 'em too! :)

p.s. my family loves you!

A Craft Saving Husband said...

Ummm, shouldn't you be giving credit elsewhere as well?

Maureen said...

I used to be crafty, too, and I lost that somehow. I love those ornaments! That's such a great idea. I'd love to be organized enough next year to try a project like that. Maybe if I start now...!