For any of you who read my blog, you know from last Christmas that I always put a small tree in Olivia's room.. It's always been pink!  Her room has been pink since she was 2 years old, until this past Summer.... This year it's aqua..  I'm still working on finishing touches.  I'm trying to decide what to put over the bed.... something simple.. hmmm :)

Now that Thanksgiving has come & gone... Time for Christmas!!!  I've got a few things up, but still so much more to do... I have not even begun working on the outside yet!!  That's on my "things to do" list for this week.  I am keeping it all pretty simple (I think).  I always say that, then I want to keep adding stuff. 

I decorated my tree with the old school lights!  I love an old-fashioned tree with all the handmade ornaments that the kids make.  I may even string some popcorn ;)

Hope everyone has a happy & wonderful Thanksgiving tomorrow!! I have so much to be thankful for & I feel truly blessed..!! Enjoy your family time..!!

Anyone staying up all night for mid-night Black Friday shopping? This girl here is!! Yeah! Yeah!! I love the excitement & chaos.. Not that I don't have enough in my life already.. lol. It's been crazy around here, trying to get all the decorations out & get the house in order for the holidays... It's slowly but surely getting there!

I can't believe we are almost to mid-November! Things have been so busy my way, it's been a little crazy.. but such is life! And I can't complain..! :)

I've been working on some Christmas items & decals! Plus trying to get my house in order & cleaned so that I can start decorating in the next couple weeks. I made some numbers today for our stairway! I think they turned out really cute.. I added them to my shop ;)

It has been years since I have wanted anything to do with a sewing machine.  I had enough of it in high school home ec courses.. 3 years of typing & 2 years of sewing.  I never did give up typing... not with computers these days.  But when I was young, sewing grew old.

I went to a vocational high school & majored in most all home ec & business classes.  At that time I had no idea what I wanted to do after graduation, so I prepared for an office job.  It wasn't until a year after high school that I decided I wanted to be a nurse.  Got my first nursing job in kidney dialysis & worked in the field for almost 12 years.  I loved every minute of it. It was one of the biggest parts of my life, until I had my kids. I quit work after I had my second child & haven't been back since.  Not that I wouldn't like to someday, but with the hours & demands... it's very hard as a mom.

I am currently loving building my little indie business..  I really enjoy the crafting & creating with each project I do.  It's been a slow & very expensive process.  Sometimes I feel like I don't have enough time to do everything I can do & need to do.. but I am soooo thankful for the customers I have had thus far!  It's really paying off.

I did some seasonal decorating this afternoon.  I have to admit, I'm not a big Halloween fan, so I don't go overboard with decorating for it..  I tend to go more towards pumpkins & fall decor without all the witchcraft & creepy stuff, but I do like to add a few simple decorations here & there.  I got an idea from Pinterest to make vinyl bat decals for the garage door. I think they turned out pretty cool :)   Last year I put a spider in our upstairs window, but he was so hard to notice.  These guys are pretty bold.. ha!