Oh Christmas Tree!

This was the first year we had our OWN tree and I got to pick out all my decorations! I loved it! Getting the tree itself was a little stressful since it HAD to be PERFECT! I knew I would have it for many years so I couldn't just settle on anything. And I do love it!

Since I didn't want to spend tons of money, I stuck mostly with ribbons, balls and big flowers. I have lots of gold and jewel tones and it made me happy every night we turned it on! Sadly, I didn't get any pictures of any of my other fun decorations this year, but the tree was definitely my favorite!
I also don't have any pictures of our Christmas festivities but we had a wonderful December. We spent the weekend before Christmas with Adam's family. There was some service projects, lots of food, games and good times opening gifts... I have just one of Bryce and Sadie opening up the cars, it took them awhile to figure out how to get into those gifts!

Christmas Eve we flew up to Boise and drove over to Ontario and spent the weekend with my family. My dad wanted to surprise my grandma and so they told her we weren't coming. So she was especially excited to see us come walking in the door. We had a lot of fun seeing our family and also got to be with some of our friends as well. We enjoyed lots of food, hearing stories from my grandpas days in the military (he was quite the crazy guy!), playing American Idol on the Xbox (which I won!), and just relaxing and being with our family. It was a great Christmas!

On the 12th day of Christmas...

I ran a race!

Alisa and I had fun... well I think we had fun right? Running this 12K. It was the first year of the race and it was fun to have carolers singing all along the way and we even got a sweet Santa Hat! WOOHOO!

Who Lives in a Pineapple Under the Sea!

SPONGEBOB SQUARE PANTS!!!

I made this cake today for a Coworker's Grandson's Birthday!

Seriously, he's even cuter in person!

A few weeks ago we headed up to Sedona to check out the fall foliage. It was beautiful!

We had a nice afternoon hiking around the canyon and then spent the evening walking through dowtown Sedona. Just a fun quick getaway!

Wow, can I say that I was shocked at all the comments I got from the last post about my Craft Closet? I had no idea! I seriously got more comments on that post than when I announced I was getting married.... We must all take our crafting pretty seriously!

Since there were a lot of questions asked regarding where I got my stuff, I figured it would be easiest to post it all, so here we go!

Where did I get this fabric?

That is not a simple answer. This fabric is all from Joel Dewberry's Ginseng Line. I bought all of it online, but from various sources. I usually look at websites like quilthome.com, fabric.com and fatquartershop.com to figure out what fabric I want. And then I hunt the web for the best deals. In this case, I bought most of it from an Ebay seller. This particular fabric is homedecor fabric so its a little heavier and wider than normal.... which is the next question - what am I making??? And I am not going to tell, you'll have to wait and see when it is done! HA!

The Magnet board is from IKEA and man is it strong!

These magnetic jars with dividers are from Michaels (use a Coupon!)

Super strong magnets from IKEA

These holders are also from IKEA.

Where did I get the ribbon holder?

I got it at Michaels (use a Coupon or wait for them to go on sale for 40-50% off -it happens often!). I think it was around $15 or less. The only bummer is that the rods don't fit most of my ribbons. But I just bought a couple of cheap dowels, may not be as cute, but I really don't care!

Here are some more highlights from the closet:

This paper holder, divider thing is also from Michaels, again used a 50% coupon and it was definitely under $20.

This might be my favorite thing of all. This sweater hanger thingy I got at Burlington coat factory for around$8! Its so aweseme - not only does it have the dividers in the main body that I can use for fabric, projects and other stuff... But the backs and the sides have all these great pockets, so everything I ever need is right in reach! LOVE IT!

I used some magazine holders (from IKEA) to put 8 1/2 x 11 paper in as well as magazines of course! And a big plastic paper holder from Michaels for my 12x12 paper.

The table is from Costco and it measures 4 ft x 2ft. Its perfect! I love having it there, its not really big enough to sew on, but its perfect when I need to whip up something quick for Young Womens, or a birthday card or some other random craft I come up with!