monday . . .

Hello!!!!  I am here - just out of town until Thursday night.  We left Friday for DC & stayed overnight, then headed back on Saturday - only to turn around & leave for upstate New York Sunday.  Thought I'd share some pics :)

Friday - Here we are at the BEAUTIFUL Gaylord National Convention Center just outside of DC - it was decorated so awesome!!  Total Christmas spirit here :)

Friday (late afternoon) - Headed to the Ice event outside the hotel - all these awesome scenes completely made of ice.  Here is my favorite - a beautiful angel - all lit up around with candles:

Here is Ryan - all bundled up in the parkas they provided - it was -11 degrees in there!!!

Saturday - After a full day of kid activities - we headed home - here is what we came home to :)

Monday - After arriving late Sunday night, we spent Monday enjoying the snow in New York - here is Ryan playing outside:

And we spent our afternoon making these - I did the cooking & Ryan did the decorating :)

On to some scrappy stuff :)

Pam over at My Creative Scrapbook sent me this gorgeous kit - full of classic gold, red & green - tons of embellies in this one!!

Here is my December sketch:

And here is my sample - I added in the corrugated cardboard & decided to try something a little new.  I added a little white paint on it & sprinkled some red & gold glass glitter.  

This sketch will be posted in the MCS forum on the 10th - be looking for it here :)

I also received this adorable kit from Cecile over at Scrapbook Studio - full of fabulous Bella Blvd. goodies!!!  Just loved the bright, fun prints on the papers :)

Here is my December sketch:

And here is my sample ( I apologize for the quality of this pic - my scanner is broken & I am hoping it will be fixed soon!!) :

Check back in this week for Wish List Wednesday - hope you have a great start to the week!!

ttyl - julie :)