I'm Just a girl

tis the Season.

tis the Season.

of family.

of friends.

of cooking.

eating.

creating.

wrapping.

making.

shopping.

buying.

sharing.

being together.

seeing old friends.

re-connecting.

remembering.

celebrating.

i love the holidays.

to me it's all of these things.

the last two weeks i have been getting ready for the holidays.

creating.

filming.

Spark your Christmas 2012 is a labor of Love.

i love the projects.

i loved creating them.

Day 1 is here i can't believe it.

 

 

i also finished creating and filming for the 12 Artsy Ornament workshop with Christy Tomlinson.
i love the fun little ornament i created.

the other women involved truley are all so unique!

 Jeanne Oliver, Chrissy Gardner, Alisa Burke, Mindy Lacefield, Juliette Crane, Shea Fragoso, Debbie Murray, Junelle Jacobson and  of course Christy Tomlinson

Thanksgiving was celebrated last week as well.

 

last Sunday we had the Romney Thanksgiving as it was the "outlaw" year.

{that's what my dad calls in-laws} ;)

My darling Mother planned and cooked a most beautiful meal.

not everyone was able to attend but we had a lovley day.

Grant was on his golf trip and Max was in New Mexico and Griffin was in Idaho.

my oldest brother Doug had to work but Robin my oldest sister was in town.

it was a great day.

Thanksgiving day was spent at My Sister-in-laws home.

we had a great meal.

great conversation.

lots of laughing.

great to catch up.

this was the first year to not have all of my kids home.

Brooke is in Hawaii with her roomates visiting her Grandma Barbara

Max is coming for Christmas and the mama couldn't be happier!

over the weekend i put up my tree

and Griffin helped me decorate it.

i loved adding all of the new ornaments created in Spark your Christmas.

then i decorated the mantle.

Grant made it wider for me.

a small thing.

but seriously has changed my life.

wink.

i love the way it all came together and how it looks so different from last year.

i love the this years new Spark decor.

Saturday i tackled the banister.

i love it.

then the kitchen.

the Christmas plates are out and ready.

Homer is back and ready to make mischief.

the house is ready for Christmas.

it feels good to sit in front of the lit tree and enjoy it.

all of it is a labor of love.

something i love doing.

now onto the shopping.

buying.

wrapping.

today is Cyber Monday.

so many great sales.

the Girls' Loft is having a HUGE sale.

we cleaned out the garage a few weeks ago and they have their past kist on SALE!

$35 kits from $7-$10 CRAZY!

also we put together some amazing grab bags together!
these kits are $20 and the value is waaaaaaaaaay over $50!

so much fun stuff going on here!

each kit will vary but are LOADED!

it's not even December yet!

i feel like i am ahead this year and if feels good.

now i can enjoy the Season.

i hope you do too.

happy Cyber Monday!

head over to the Girls' Loft Sale

take advantage of the Spark your Christmas workshops and the 12 Artsy Ornaments!

kiss kiss

m.

 

 

 

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Christmas is in the air...

only 40 days until the big day!

this past weekend we were hit with a major snow storm and it feels and looks like Christmas!

because of the snow storm i spent most of the weekend inside in jammie pants and hot cocoa in hand and i crafted!

i am getting ready for Spark your Christmas 2012 workshops!

so many fun new projects!

home decor, gift giving, altered art, gift wrap ideas and of course dollar store finds!

i love love love Christmas.

i love a handmade holiday.

join me in a 3 video on-line holiday workshop!

because I am so gratful for all of you, sign up before Thanksgiving for  only $19.99 and you will get a bonus video as my gift to you!

after Thanksgiving $24.99

class begins November 26!

let's get ready for the Holidays together!

kiss kiss

m.

 

Get ready to Deck your Halls!

Are you ready to get the Holidays going?

i just barely put all my Spooky Spark Halloween decor away!

my Thanksgivng/Fall decor is up!
and now I am ready to start creating some fun new projects for Christmas!

my head has been honestly spinning since we finished filming Spooky Spark!

i can't believe it but it has been a year since my very first on-line workshop Spark your Christmas!
it was so much fun to create all of the Spark on-line workshops last year that i want to celebrate by offering Spark your Christmas at half price to get your creative juices flowing! Only $12.49 for my 5 Day Class!

 

 

I am working on Spark your Christmas 2 now and will launch that workshop Monday the 26th of November with 3 new video workshops!

Last year i was a contributor in my true's on-line workshop

which was so much fun!

this was my little ornament from last year's workshop!

i loved being part of such a great group of artists!

this year Christy has invited me again to be part of

the women involved are amazing talented artists and some are my very dear friends!

 Jeanne Oliver, Chrissy Gardner, Alisa Burke, Mindy Lacefield, Juliette Crane, Shea Fragoso, Debbie Murray, Junelle Jacobson and  of course Christy Tomlinson

 

 

 

Sign up NOW before Thanksgiving and the cost of the class will be $19.95 after Thanksgiving the cost will go up to $24.95

 

i have my ornament designed and i just know you're going just LOVE it!

So much fun creative inspiration for the upcoming holidays!

Spark your Christmas half price!

the 12 Artsy Ornamets of Christmas 2012!

Spark your Christmas 2012 coming soon!

it's time to get ready to deck your halls!

happy Friday to you all!

i've got to get back to the studio!

kiss kiss

m.

 

the day after blues.

my true Rhonna created this today and i re-posted it onto instagram, facebook & twitter.

it's that worthy.

i wanted to share it here too.

i woke up this morning feeling blue.

sad about last night's election.

i am a Romney.

i was raised with Politics.

my Dad was a politician.

he was the Attorney General for the state of Utah for 2 terms and ran for the Governor.

he lost.

i remember hitting the campaign trail.

walking parades.

bumper stickers.

speaches.

stuffing pamphlets.

knocking doors with my Dad.

wearing the denim dress with red & white polka dot elephant on the pocket my Gram made for me to wear.

i remember it like yesterday.

loosing isn't easy.

but.

what i know is this.

i am grateful for the process.

the blessing that it is to live in a country that is free.

that we have a choice.

we have the ability to let our voices be heard by our vote.

my guy didn't win.

i feel sad for him.

for his family.

for our country.

but,

i feel grateful to live where i do.

grateful for the freedoms we share.

honored to know that my Dad fought in World War 2 for that freedom.

grateful to be a Romney.

for the example my Dad is to me.

so today i am a little blue.

but with faith i know there is always sunshine on the horizon.

i may not have voted for President Obama in yesterday's election.

but i respect the role he has and will pray for him.

for our country.

happy day after.

kiss kiss

m.

 

monday love.

this morning i woke up to another amazingly beautiful Fall day out my window.

the sky blue the leaves on the trees are almost gone.

the sun is shining.

perfection.

i love a beautiful Fall day in Utah.

my Mr. got up early he has to go to Idaho for the day.

i laid in bed for a few minutes.

read email.

looked at instagram.

cought up with my Monday life.

made mental note of what i need to get done today.

i love mondays.

this week i will be home all week.

i have some house projects i want to get done.

yesterday i spent the entire day in my garage.

the girls came over.

we de-junked an entire van load.

in the Spring we will have a garage sale.

we organized.

they took some of their own stuff home.

i organized Spark stuff.

Girls' Loft stuff ready for the Virtual Garage Sale we will be having in the next week or so.

my Mr. hung all my lampshades for me.

he's brilliant.

he made a delicious Roast dinner for us.

it was a long day, we worked our butts off.

having a nice Sunday dinner together was a great reward.

i can't believe it's November.

November 5th already!

last week i was the normal crazy.

i went up to Idaho with Grant to see Christy and celebrate her birthday.

i met her at her new house in the country.

she was late.

{of course}WINK.

so Ben put me to work in her studio.

i layed 2 bricks.

it was fun to see the progress she and Ben have made.

we had lunch and spent the afternoon talking.

perfection.

it's been fun to be able to see her when i am at Grant's house in Idaho.

Thursday was Halloween and i hosted my traditional Halloween dinner & Trick-or-treat with the girls.

i make chili and pumpkin chocolate chip muffins.

we dress up.

meg said i couldn't be a witch again so i had to pull costumes for my Mr. and I out of a hat.

{so to speak}

i decided on Pirates.

i went to my local thrift store and bought Grant some black pants and a white shirt.

i tore them up.

then to Walmart for bandanas, eye patches and a yard or striped fabric.

i had the rest.

for less than $20 we had our costumes.

pretty cute i think.

Brooke was Madonna.

She rocked it out.

looked great!

Meg and Jeremy were amazing!

Meg did such a great job on their make-up.

together we all looked pretty great.

i love Halloween.

i love traditions.

i love that we all made the effort.

it was a lot of fun.

Friday morning i got up early to get ready for another trip back up to Idaho.

this time to surprise Christy.

Ben her husband and i planned a little surprise from the trues.

Chrissy, Jamie and i drove to Idaho for a surprise weekend together.

Ben & i secretly planned it.

Rhonna had to bow out at the last minute to stay home.

we really missed her.

a road trip with my trues was just what we all needed.

once we got to Idaho we hid in her studio and Ben dropped her off and we surprised her.

it was perfection.

we spent the day talking. eating. shopping.

that night we went to Christy's son's football game then to the hotel where we talked into the early morning.

Saturday we had a beautiful breakfast then we went shopping.

Ben even gave us some mad money to spend.

the day was perfect.

 

the friendship i have with these women is amazing.

i am blessed that they are in my life.

that we are true friends.

the trip was what we all needed.

to re-connect.

to share our sorrows.

and our joys.

we got home Saturday night, back to our families.

me to my Mr.

my friendship cup filled to the brim.

feeling so grateful.

blessed in so many ways.

with Thanksgiving just a few weeks away each day i am going to take some time to be grateful for all that i have.

to recognize it.

to doccument it.

a husband i adore.

a beautiful family.

friends that are true.

a home i love.

an amazing job i love.

life is good.

especially when you count your blessings.

happy Monday.

kiss kiss

m.