My Holiday Decorations

Some years I get into the holiday spirit and want to decorate, and some years I could care less. This year I'm definitely in the mood for the holidays. I've pulled my decorations out of the attic, flipped through seasonal magazines, repeatedly visited marthastewart.com, and have even been tinkering with some of my own creations.

I'm not a big fan of a lot of bling. I love rustic, natural, and primitive decor. Most of the holiday decor I own was made locally by two different crafting women who make prim decor. I try to buy a piece or two each year so that one day I can have holiday decorations all over the main rooms of the house. My husband doesn't get this. He thinks we have enough already. He also doesn't get why I need several different pairs of black shoes. He is also the one who put up our tiny christmas tree this year...don't look too close or you'll see that he used paper clips to hang the ornaments.

The snowman in the bucket above is one of my favorites. I have it sitting on an antique step ladder that belonged to my great, great aunt. There are lights inside the bucket too, I just didn't have them plugged in when I took the photo.

I found this frame at a thrift store a few years ago, and I decided to attach twine to hang whatever on it. I decided the other day it would make a great holiday card holder, and we've got some cute cards to show off. Several of our friends and family have had babies this year, and they are featured on the cards.

Here's to decking the halls.

Huevos Rancheros

A few months ago I posted a recipe for Huevos, but I've tweaked it a bit since then. I've upped the amount of vegetables, adding more carrots, bell peppers, garlic, and onions. I also now add some tomato sauce along with the Cholula hot sauce.

After I sauted the vegetables, I cooked them in the sauce, covered, until tender. I then added the egg and covered again to make it really fluffy.



I just ate this for dinner, and it was delicious. It doesn't even need the chorizo or Soyrizo...of course, that makes everything better.

And for dessert...



Better-for-me Banana Split

Ingredients:

Fat-free plain yogurt
Stevia in the raw for sweetness
Vanilla extract
Banana
Ground flax seeds
Caramel sauce

This was yummy.

Seasons Greetings

I made a holiday card just in time to mail this year. I made one for last year but failed to get it all together to send to anyone.

My wonderful neighbor and friend Marilyn took the center photo for us last night. Lee had a santa suit from a santa pub crawl this weekend. I was going to be Mrs. Claus, but I have been sick and couldn't go. It was a good thing too, because I never got my costume together. I have a great one already planned for next year...the leg lamp from A Christmas Story. I want to rig it up with lights and everything. I just rounded up some shots I already had of the dogs. Maybe next year we'll try to get a shot with us and all the critters.

I used digital scrapbooking supplies from Ztampf. Everything came from the Snow Country kit except for the red string (it is from the China Red kit). Everything can be found in the Ztampf shop at Scrapbookgraphics.com.

I printed two envelope-sized images of the card onto paper and then had them color copied on cardstock at Staples. I'll put them in the mail tomorrow.

I just created a new banner for the blog too using all Ztampf materials.

Check out this fabulous desk I saw on DesignSponge. I must find one to redo for my future child. I love mid-century mod furniture and bright colors for kids. And I love turqouise. You can check out the before pics and other cool projects here.