Sunday Sayings

"And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus:  for he shall save his people from their sins."            Matthew 1:21

Christmas Dishes

Around the first week in December when we take out all the Christmas decorations I find a few
boxes marked 'Christmas Dishes'.  My heart goes pitter patter.


All our every day dishes, glasses, mugs and platters come out of the cupboards and our Christmas dishes take their place.

I have quite a collection and I love them all.  One more thing that makes me happy at this happy time of year.

Festival of Trees 2010

 Festival of Trees was a huge success and lots of fun.  Oh, and LOTS of work. 

 So many creative ideas.  A snowman made out of a Christmas tree. 

Wreaths...

Beautiful handmade quilts.  Aren't the elf legs cute?

Gingerbread architecture...

Every single dime that was earned goes to the Primary Children's Medical Center for

medical care for kids. 

If you weren't able to go this year, there's always next year.  It's held the first weekend in December.
Save the date!

Sunday Sayings

"God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame."  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Christmas Party on a Budget

 Have you ever had to put on a dinner for 75 on a very small budget?  Well, we did and I think it turned out pretty good.  We served a baked rigatoni pasta, green salad, french bread, and cupcakes for dessert.

 I found these cute napkins at IKEA and they became our inspiration. 

 We made invitations out of scrapbook paper with a silver star glued to the top. I forgot to take a picture of the invitations. These were the favors that were at each plate.  A little star ornament I got at a local craft store 50% off.  They came in a package of 24.
The cute poem I found on the internet.  I'll share it with you on another post.

 The centerpieces were made out of computer paper that I glittered and the red paper is the stuff that you cover bulletin boards with.  Fifty cents a yard, can't beat that.

We glued them to a dowel that I spray painted silver and the mister made a little wooden stand to stick the dowel into.  We set them on a cake plate filled with cupcakes that sat on a piece of polka dot oilcloth.  I stuck a little greenery around the cake plate. Every one had fun and the best part was I only spent about $125.00.

Sunday Sayings

"Christmas gift suggestions:  To your enemy, forgiveness.  To an opponent, tolerance.  To a friend, your heart.  To a customer, service.  To all, charity.  To every child, a good example.  To yourself, respect."  Oren Arnold

Busy Week

The Mister and I spent Thanksgiving week in California with these little sweetpeas and their mommy and daddy of course.  Hope your Thanksgiving was as wonderful as ours.  On the way home to Utah our fuel pump went out and we had to spend 3 nights in Mesquite, Nevada!  Not a fun thing to do during this super busy time of year.  Got home on Tuesday, friends from California were here to spend the week.  Festival of Trees started on Tuesday. I'll be driving back and forth (about 40 minutes each way) for the rest of the week.  I have to give a lesson in our church's women's organization on Sunday, then next Tuesday night is a dinner at church.  I'm making 12 centerpieces, tag ornaments, and baked pasta for 75 for that event.  I still have fall decorations up, haven't vacummed the floor in 3 weeks, and our company is wondering what they've gotten themselves into.  I'll be back when I have a minute!