Winner of the Holiday Giveaway is...

REGINA F. ~ CONGRATULATIONS... You win (with a grin) a holiday giveaway!! :)

My son pulled your name of his Santa Hat!! :) Please email me your address!!

THANK YOU EVERYONE for all your sweet emails and Christmas Greetings! You all filled my heart with warmness & great JOY! I loved seeing all the Christmas Trees, big, small, wonderful in every way!

Thank you for sharing a piece of your celebration with me!

Now.. ON TO 2010!! How will you be bringing in the new year!?

With A Grin,

Steffogal1

Holiday Cheer, Bulb Project & Giveaway!!

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A quick share: Last year Michael's had the holiday clearance on these clear glass round Christmas bulbs and I grabbed 4 sets (.99 cents .. hello!).. so this year I pulled them out and made a super cute, EASY & FAST Christmas gift!! :) I take alot of photo's of everyone through the year and it's a great way to cherish the memories! These as are really so much fun to make!

YOU GOTTA TRY IT!! Put on some cheery music, get your fav drink, a circle punch, fun photos, some glue, string/fibers/ribbons, snow glitter, bling, rub-ons... WHATEVER!! and make some FUN & FESTIVE ORNAMENTS!! You can't go wrong with these.. make them super simple or add alot of details.. you can't mess these up!! :) This project would be a great holiday craft at your a family gather too! bring tons of photos and HAVE SOME FUN!

OOOO.. CAN'T forget this... a SNEAK PEAK OF HOLIDAY CHEER GIVEAWAY:

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY CHEER WITH ME!! I so enjoyed all the photos! ~~ thank you!!! :) super squeezy hugs! (drawing Dec 26th)

May YOU & YOURS have a safe, healthy and Happy Scrappy Holiday!!

and may 2010 bring in and hold everything bright and wonderful for you! :)

With a 'Cheery' Grin,

Steffogal1

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Everyone! ;)

Calling all Christmas Trees ... (Yea! Holiday Spirit GIVEAWAY!!)

I love the holidays! The bright colorful decorations everywhere.. I chuckle when I see a wreath hug on those big truckers driving down the road, the glow of the holiday lights, people out and about seem to be in their happy mode... but the best for me is: ENJOYING our CHRISTMAS TREE with my family at night! After the day has all settled we relax and sit back and watch the kids play next to the tree.. with the lights changing colors, the smell of the tree, there's a peacefulness that happens. Can't explain it.. I just love it...SIMPLE PLEASURES!

SO... Calling all Christmas Trees!!! (or a photo of your favorite holiday decoration)

I would love to see your fun beautiful tree !! EMAIL ME A PHOTO OF YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE TO ENTER!! I will be collecting these photos and will post to my blog ... AND (around) Christmas I will do a drawing!! A SUPRISE CHRISTMAS GIFT... to the winner! (steffogal1@gmail.com)

May everyone have a fun, safe, healthy and happy holiday season!!

Take care and ...

With a 'big cheery Ho-Ho' Grin,

Stephanie :)

******** TREES & HOLIDAY DECORATIONS PHOTO ENTRIES BELOW **** Love the entries ...Thanks for sharing ladies!! Keep 'em coming!!!

REGINA F.

DAWN EDWARDS

STACY D.

AYELET-JEN

LEXI E.

LEXEN H.

ROSANNE C.

SUSAN 'DRASHER'

Elodie G.

NATALIE

LISA S.

LEANN

KARIN

Gina O.

PATTIE - N.J.

SARAH

Karine

Brrrr...

I took this picture Tuesday morning of our local mountain range and wanted to share the excitement~~ WE HAVE SNOW!! :) I love it! yeah.. I know... it's nothing compared to what others have but living just 10 minutes from the ocean and being able to actually SEE SNOW is huge to me!! :) Simple pleasures in life....

I hope you all are staying BUNDLED UP WARM COZY HEALTHY AND ENJOYING YOUR SEASON!! :)

{oooh, and a side note: the snow melted all away.. the next day... gone. ugh}

With a Grin,

steffogal1

** Exciting GIVEAWAY ** Amazing Adhesive Giveaway by Joyce!!!

HI Everyone... Happy Monday!! Here's some exciting fun news:

Whoa! Joyce from My Sugar Plum Cottage is giving away an AMAZING MEGA ADHESIVE GLUE bundle to show her appreciation to all you wonderful gals!! So go check out her video here and DON'T MISS OUT in the fun!! Good luck everyone!

With A Grin,

steffogal1

Scrapbooking Christmas Projects & Crop Challenges

Hi Everyone!!

Here's a super fast & cute 3x3 alpha mini I made for the monthly crop challenge over @ The Scrap Beach -hosted by Kathryn! I love how small these mini's are and just how SUPER EASY & QUICK they are to make!! I can hang them on a Christmas tree, add them as decoration on a package, use them as great stocking stuffers or give them as gifts to my crafty girlfriends!

--- "J O Y" Word Mini Album (challenge #5: Use Predominantly red and green color scheme)

Below are a couple of picts of more crop challenges! If you haven't had a chance to do a challenge lately.. go check out The Scrap Beach! Super fun challenges with prizes and great gals! Challenges are a great way to get your creative talents flowing!!!

Challenge #1: Use patterned paper from 3 different manufactures

Challenge #2: Use Blue Monochromatic

Anyways.. I hope everyone's having a great time this holiday season .. enjoying making holiday crafty projects, shopping for gifts, decking the halls and just enjoying your families!

Have a great week!

With a Festive Grin,

Steffogal1

A Random "Wish List"

For some silly -- wishful fun....

SO here's my "ooh-laaa-laaa-wish-I-had-it" Wish List for this holiday season.. but before I go on.. I would love to hear what's on YOUR LIST {leave me a comment - share what awesome things are at the top of your list}:

- ITEM #1: for simple pleasures in life....

- Or... ITEM #2: I'd settle for this.. The Minibox: Vanilla Beadboard $795.00.

That's way too much to spend! I would feel happier if my honey built me something sorta like it!

- AND.. OMG!!.... while I'm at it let me continue to DREAM...

ITEM #3:FOSSIL - Weekender Convertible Tote {hey..it's even on SALE- $168.00$124.99}

- or ITEM #4:the Jackson & Perkins Bulb club!! i love flowers a MILLION TIMES!!

- but better than flowers.. ooOOO ITEM #5:CHOCOLATE MONTH CLUB!!!

- ok.. if I can't have any those things, I'll be quite SUPER HAPPY WITH THE FOLLOWING:

ITEM #6: ummm....??

LOL hahaha too funny!! Just JOKING!

but yep.. I'd be good with a new book, some new slippers & hand me a new throw!! OH YEAH!! :)

OK.. EVERYONE!! Have a HAPPY SCRAPPY WEEKEND!! :) Leave me a comment and tell me WHAT YOU WISH FOR THIS SEASON!? :) Have fun!

with a grin,

steffogal1