Holiday Head....

    Not Bed Head!                                           

While flipping through Martha Stewart Magazine I came across this picture and thought...

What a cute idea for a picture!

 I like taking pictures on my front  porch, or magical front porch as I like to say.

Somehow my front porch lighting makes my wrinkles and facial imperfections far less noticeable.

This weekend the workmen finished the front porch.

I taped up a piece of fabric for the back drop, put myself in costume, and this is what we got...

Using picnik I edited them using the cinemascope effect. ( Tiffany the photographer)

 

This is the one I used for the calendar, wording added with picnik!

Then out of those I made this...

 

 Well, there you have it, Decembers calendar page.

This is the 4th year in  a row I will be scrapbooking a calendar. Do any of you do this too?

Might be kinda fun to assign months, themes and then share?

Thoughts?

 I'm no professional photographer, but for grins I thought I would show you what a little creativity and some lipstick can do to a photograph.

This was the first go at the shot.

 

The fabric just brightened up the subject and the lipstick helped give some punch to an otherwise washed out face.

We took more pictures with different backdrops and those you can see in the coming days.

They are all funny...

Here's a little hint...

It's going to be a "GLEE"-FUL day tomorrow!

It's Freakin Frosty!

It's get your Freak on Friday and I'm gonna get my freak right on outa here!

They are almost done with the house!

Today is windows and it is FREEZING in here!

Dnace like noones watching...

Do it for me...

Cuz  these days...

Someone is always watching me!

Four Fun Facts!

                    My friend  Heather at All a Flutter has this fun 4x4 up on her blog.

                         You will fall in love with her and her sweet family. Check it out.

                          Here's my 4x4, not exactly the facts of life, but four fun ones anyway!

                                           Four Places I go each week

                                                            Pilates

                                                           bus stop

                                                          grocery store

                                                   Starbucks (seasonally)

                                            Four things I love the smell of

                                          my coffee  brewing in the morning

                                                 My husbands cologne

                                       Yankee candles ( currently sugar cookies)

                                          Lilac sheet spray for fresh bedding

                                              Four T.V. shows I watch

                                                            Glee

                                                       Cougartown

                                                      Modern Family

                                                     Grey's Anatomy

                                      Four things I'd like to do each week

                                                      go to the movies

                                                            Scrapbook

                    Shop for clothes, thrift stores, or for scrapbook products (that I don't need)

                                                       Make someone laugh!

This is how I'm driving around town right now. This picture is from last year. I really do get a kick out of people pointing at the car and smiling and laughing. Makes for some good holiday fun.

The kids...

Not so much fans of the reindeer get up.

I'm not allowed to have the antlers on at the bus stop

 

Photo shoot was a bust uugghh! The siding crew is still here, the job was only supposed to take 2 weeks. We are on week 4! Looks good though, just miss being home alone. We have two bathrooms and it never fails one of them (the guys) is always right outside the window.

I just know one of them has seen me naked!

 I'd love to hear what your 4x4 are.

Pretty in pink

Right now I should be swimming in red and green, but everywhere I look i see

Pink!

This is my purse, or as I like to call it my Mary Poppins bag.

It is a large purse and holds all  of this...

It's kind of hard to find anything in there because it's all pink!

My favorite ornament this year...

The convertable I am wearing today...

 Also wearing this today...

I purchased this cuff here. 

Carissa, The Brown Eyed Fox is one of my Favorite blogs! I look forward to her post everyday. She is so clever, creative and inspiring!

A must see for sure!

 Found this...

when I was in D.C. It is a coloring book for big girls. I had to have it!

A great 20.00 gift for the creative, artistic girl on your list! I bought one for my niece.

Check out some of the pages...

I'm all over this page! I can't wait to play!

You can find it here.

I think tonight I'm going to stay up really late, make some hot chocolate and work on this...

At the last minute I decided to take this class. There is a  button for it is right over there to the right. It will give you the details. (notice it also pink)!

Basically you journal the 25 days till Christmas. I thought it would be a good way to be creative throughout the holiday, but also stop, and as Carissa said in her recent post; stop and BE PRESENT, and to remember the reason for the season. She of course said it far more eloquently than I. 

This is just some of what is going on in my world. Later today I hope to do a funny photo shoot for my December calendar page...

Till tomorrow!