Packing away Christmas...

It is that time again.  Time to pack away all the Christmas stuff.  Normally I am so fast about getting everything up and that gives me a lot of time to enjoy it...not so this year!  I was so pokey about getting my decorations up, and now it's time to put them away already :(   I could leave them out longer, but seeing as the baby is coming sometime in the next month, I figure I should get everything put away otherwise it may be out until summer!

This year I did get a few Pinterest Christmas projects done (and partially finished another).  Here are my Christmas projects for this year.

This garland looked like it would be so easy...not so much!  I struggled with this but I knew it would turn out great so I made myself keep at it...and it did turn out great!  I am going to make some more for next year so it goes all the way up the stairs.  Love it!

I thought this would be such a cool way to display Christmas cards we received.  Just attach ribbon to the cabinets and attach cards with little clips.  Easy!

Easiest project yet...especially since we already had the wreath!

Didn't quite get this one finished, but next year there will be 4 knobs across the bottom to hold stockings.

Now for a few of Logan that didn't get posted from Christmas.  Shawn went over to Mimi's house Christmas morning and took some pictures since I was at work.  Here he is enjoying his new bike in his Christmas pj's.

Could this kid be any cuter???

Hope everyone had a great Christmas!

Being Crafty

Largely due to my unhealthy addiction to Pinterest, I have been extrodinarily crafty lately... for me anyway! I love being crafty, but I am not very creative so I need ideas to get me going.  Luckily Pinterest is FULL of ideas! 

I found two things recently that I thought were easy and great ideas, so I copied :)

Both of these are basically scrapbook paper placed inside a frame with glass.  The glass then can be used as a "dry erase" board!  Genious!

 This one is printed with the words "I love you because..." then you use a dry erase marker to add reasons you love your spouse to leave notes for each other!  Cute idea, right?  We keep it on our dresser since that is a place we will definately look everyday.

Our new kitchen dry erase board is much cuter than buying a plain white board and we can use it to plan the weeks dinner menu!  I just bought a cheap red frame since my kitchen has red accents and used a scrapbook paper with a simple pattern (the pattern also has some red dots, but you can't really see them!)

The third thing I wanted to make was a wreath for the front door.  This time of year there isn't a holiday wreath to use and I hate having the front door empty :(  So I search pinterest for diy wreaths.  I found several that I liked and I took a few bits from each and combined them to make my own!  I knew I wanted it to be a monogram wreath (and since Mom and Eric have a last name with a M and Shawn and I have a last name with a M..perfect) but I wasn't sure what else I wanted.  I decided in the end to use our wedding colors too.  This is what I got.

I had to find some instructions online to figure out how to make the felt rosettes, but I think they turned out pretty good!  Shawn wanted me to paint the M a different color, but in the end I think the white works perfectly!

 I have to admit...I am pretty pleased with my own craftiness :)