Hey y'all,

Since we're celebrating Christmas in July, we're going to reblog some of our Christmas crafts, starting with these "Snowglobes".  Dixie painted these and filled them with our favorite candy. 





    

     

     

   

Have a great day y'all!
SMILE, GOD LOVES YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey y'all,

Here are some Christmas projects we wanted to share with y'all.  These were all made and hand-painted by Dixie.  Is she talented or what?  I keep telling her she needs to sell these and anything else she paints.  God has really blessed her with this talent!

Dixie made each of us a "Candy Globe", or whatever you want to call it, painted them to suit us individually and filled them with our favorite candies!

Have a great day!
SMILE, GOD LOVES YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 1.  "The Santa Train"
It's a traditional thing around here.  Usually happens the Saturday before Thanksgiving.  She made this one for our Dad.  He's always loved trains and wintergreen peppermints!

  

 

   

 2.  Red Birds

Our Mother loves red birds.  They remind her of her mom, our Mamaw, who also loved them.  They reminded her that God loved her.  

This one's filled with Dove's dark chocolate with almonds and Lindt's dark chocolate.

   

3.  New York Yankees

Our oldest sister is a die-hard Yankees fan.  Hey, don't judge.  Her's is filled with Rice Krispies Treats.

   

    

4.  Coffee and Snowflakes and Polka Dots!

Guess whose this is!  Yep!  Mine! You might not be able to see it too good, but there are two orange coffee mugs, too.

       

5.  Eagles

Unfortunately we don't have pictures of this one...yet! 

It's crunch time ladies.  Christmas will be here a week from today!  Are you ready?  We're not either, but we're getting there!  Don't overdo it now.  Make sure you take some time for yourself, even if you just stop to have a cup o' joe or a nice hot cup o' tea.  Let's not get too busy for our families either.  Sure, they're the ones we're shopping for, but our time is much more valuable than any gift we could buy!  Time is precious and so are our families.  Let's not forget that! 


We're so excited about all of the lovely links we get to feature!  Totally making up for the lack of features last week.  Thanks so much for joining us and for linking back to us!
This is the last week of our Countdown to Christmas link party.  Boy, did it go by fast.  Make sure and get all your links in!  Our link party is closing  December 24, at 12:00p.m. 
Make sure to grab the feature button if you were featured!  :) 
Now on to last week's features:

 

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A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS HOUSE TOUR

from An Extraordinary Day

 

Some of our Favorites:

CREATIVE CRAFTINESS:

CROCHET NATIVITY SET

from Typative Mama Cat

 

JINGLE BELL NAPKIN RINGS

from Lemon Tree Dwelling

 

HOW TO MAKE A SANTA BELLY DECO MESH WREATH

from Miss Kopy Kat

 

DIY RECYCLED SNOWMAN LANTERNS

from I Love Doing All Things Crafty

DARLING DECORATIONS:

CHRISTMAS HOME TOUR:  FRONT PORCH

from A Debbie-Dabble Christmas 

 

CHRISTMAS TOUR 2012

from Priscilla's

 

CHRISTMAS HOME TOUR

from One Creative Couple

  

OUR CHRISTMAS TREE

from Our Home Away From Home

 

A CHRISTMAS TREE

from The Dedicated House

 

DELISH DESSERTS:

DIY VANILLA CHAI MIX

from A Kitchen Addiction

 

CHRISTMAS KISS COOKIES

from Hoopla Palooza

CANDY CANE CHEESECAKE BITES

from Lilikoi Joy

 

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Christmas Countdown

Hey y'all,
How are ya doing?  Have a great weekend?  Is anybody else getting unusually warm weather for this time of year?  We are and I'm not too thrilled about it.  Sorry, if it seems I'm complaining, but y'all remember I'm a snow loving, hot chocolate drinking, layer wearing, bring the cold on kinda' girl.  But I have faith that we're going to have a blustery cold, snow-filled winter!  ******** :)
I hope y'all have lots of more amazing links to link up!  We've had an amazing turn out already!  Keep it up ladies!  :) 



Now on to our features.  We enjoyed each and every link!  Remember, if you want to be featured, we would like if you'd follow our rules.  :)  Not hard.  :)
For those of you who are featured don't forget to grab the feature button!  
Here is the most viewed link from last week: 

JINGLE BELL ORNAMENT 

from Turtles and Tails

 

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Some of our favorites:

Creative Craftiness:

SNOWMAN ON SHUTTER GRAY FENCE BOARD

from Lake Girl Paints

 

ELEGANT CHRISTMAS WREATH

from Shoestring Elegance

EASY NO-SEW CHRISTMAS PILLOWS

from Life on Lakeshore Drive

CINNAMON PINE CONE JAR

from Eyes on Source

BIRCH CANDLE HOLDERS

from Homespun With Love

Darling Decorations:  

GOLD, GREEN, & LEOPARD TREE & GARLAND

from Mrs. C with style

AFFORDABLE CHRISTMAS DECORATING

from Redhead and Decorate

DIY WALL/STAIRCASE OF LIGHTS

from I Love Doing All Things Crafty 

  

CHRISTMAS DECOR 2012

from Christine's Home and Travel Adventures

 

CHRISTMAS DECOR PART 2 - 2012

from A Primitive Place

10 RUSTIC CHRISTMAS DECORATING IDEAS

from Lilacs & Longhorns 

Delish Desserts:

 WREATH COOKIES

from Growing in Grace

  

VERY MERRY MUNCH AND PRINTABLE TAGS

from Piggy in Polka Dots

  

CANDY CANE COOKIE TRUFFLES

from Ode to Inspiration

  

CHEWY PECAN SQUARES

from Taste of August

Have a great day!  
SMILE, GOD LOVES YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas Countdown