Monthly Archives: December 2013

Puppy Day.

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At last…we have a puppy.

I thought that Addie was going to spontaneously self-combust just waiting for our puppy pick-up time this afternoon – even if she did wear her favorite kitty shirt to pick up our puppy!

And how are the real kitties liking the new addition?

Pepper was first out of the gate to come and investigate, and I *think* kind-of might even “like” the new puppy.

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Jack, on the other hand, was NOT so enthused. There was some growling, some hissing, and a lot of puffy tail-ness going on.

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Seriously? What is this?!

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But, I think all are settling in just fine. We are all in the same room right now, just hanging out. Puppy is crashed out at my feet, Pepper is on my lap purring happily, and Jack is in the laundry basket where he can keep a close eye on Puppy!

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But I mean, come on! He’s so super sweet….it’s hard to not just sit here staring at him. Look at that face!

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He’s even cute when he sleeps…

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Crafty Tuesday

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Whoa. Did you think I totally left you over here? Nah…just trying to keep up with life. We have been doing a little crafting and I haven’t posted a thing in a long, long while so I thought I’d throw a few pics up and call it Crafty Tuesday!

First, a few months ago I decided that those old shutters that have been taking up space in our basement needed to be put to good use…or at least some sort of use. I need a little pop of color in our kitchen and also need a place to stick notes, photos, reminders, etc. So I took the hardware off of the shutter and spray painted it up. I love the result.

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This time I pulled out the Christmas red spray paint…and divvied up the shutters so I had a present to send over to Birdie #2′s house and voila! Cool way to display all the cards I’m hoping to receive!

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Yes. It is looking a little sparse so far, isn’t it? And one of those cards is OURS! I didn’t design/craft our card this year. Something had to give, and these cards from Minted were so, so beautiful. Our photos totally fit into one, I ordered them and they have already been mailed. So worth the extra $ for some extra time! Except…I saved the $10 and 2 days extra time by not proofing it. Might have cut some words on the back of the card if I realized the font was going to be so tiny! Break out your spectacles if you want to read what we’ve been up to!

Anyhow, for these shutters I did use smaller clothespins and covered each of them with a bit of wasabi tape to make them just a little more festive.

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Oh, Addie and I also made an advent calendar. Well, again…found a great download from Mr. Printables  and then we added it to our frame. So it was sort of 1/2 crafted by us. But we also made one for the other Voris household and the lil’ noodle’s first Christmas. So 1/2 crafted x 2 = a full craft, right? ;)

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We have a more crafts planned for the next few weeks. Might not get back to report on them, but we’ll be back soon. Happy last two weeks before Christmas!