showing off: christmas card wreath

Thanks to Martha Stewart, we now have a new way to display Christmas cards.  Thank goodness, because my old method of hanging a piece of ribbon to the wall wasn't exactly working.

My version doesn't exactly look as pretty as Martha's and I think I have some ideas for improving it for next year.  But as soon as we get some more Christmas cards (I'm sure hoping this isn't it!), hopefully this will look a lot better!

If you're interested in making one yourself, it just takes an embroidery hoop, clothes pins, wood glue, and ribbon to throw together.

showing off: wooden nativity

With CJ now done with school (we'll be celebrating his graduation tomorrow -- so excited!), he managed to squeeze in a quick nativity project for me.  We stole the idea from here (thankyouverymuch pinterest).

Truth be told, I like the colors that blogger used on her nativity, so I might just repaint ours and distress them a little bit.  But for this Christmas, it'll do.  And the best part is, we had everything down to the paint and twine, so it was f-r-e-e.

Merry Christmas!  We hope everyone is enjoying this holiday season!