Happy Halloween!

I hope you have an excellent Halloween!

Only one more holiday to get through until the big one!!!

Where we've lived

I don't know where I first saw this idea, but I like it!!

It's a map of all the places we've lived since we've been married!  Hey, Sister4, don't you have like 3 times this many places?!?!

First, there's Logan.

Then Houston...

And finally, Katy.

Let's all hope there'll be more places to add!

cleaning off my dresser

B Hick helped me take my dresser from this...

to this...

Thanks Madre for the inspiration!

Christmas is coming...

Sister4 sent me a pretty spectacular package. In in I found the cutest, most unique advent I've ever seen. It consists of 25 individually wrapped packages, each containing an activity to help bring the spirit of Christmas into our home (like watch a Christmas movie, or do something kind for someone NOT in your family).

And, the package held this!

Handmade. No cricut cutter or anything!

Gorgeous, non?

alphabet

Whose craft am I posting? My eldest sister's, of course! Who shall henceforth be known as sister1, and all other sisters of mine shall be known by sistern, wherein n=their birth order.

So, back to sister1. She made herself an alphabet like this one when she had my nephew1. When sister3 had her babies, sister1 made sister3 tiles just like these, but with the kiddos' names instead of the whole alphabet (equally as darling as the alphabet). When sister4 had her first, sister1 made her this alphabet.

there are several background designs and if you look closely you can see the variety

what a perfect way to decorate a child's room!!!

They're quite time intensive to make, starting with cutting all the blocks to the appropriate size. Then she paints the base color, then the design, then the letter. I think these would sell like hot cakes on the ol' Etsy.