craft night

It's no secret I am pinterest obsessed. I just love the overwhelming source of crafty inspiration it provides. So when Allison sent me 3 emails in a row with craft projects she had found, I started formulating a plan.

I love doing crafts, and I love sharing that satisfaction that comes from creating. So as a "Christmas present" to some of my lovely friends, I have decided to work through some of my pins and host "The 25 Crafts of Christmas."

Yes, that is correct. 25 crafts.

I am aware I am insane.

Here's the deal: I'm starting early (typically I am a no-Christmas-before-Thanksgiving kind of girl), I'm spreading it out into multiple craft nights, and I'm keeping it easy. So fingers crossed this works.

I will be hosting a total of 8 craft nights (or afternoons) for my friends to come join me. I've arranged for 3 or 4 projects each night and tried to have a theme for each set. My friends are invited to come to any nights of their choosing and work on whatever projects interest them.

It's going to be a blast, and I can't wait.

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Royals Cookies

My grandma is adorable. She is such a HUGE Kansas City Royals fan. Always has been and always will be. I think it's because she's actually been around long enough to remember them being good. (In case you were wondering, that hasn't been in my lifetime).

Grandma has been extra excited this season, because the team has gotten her hopes up that they might "make it all the way."

I could care less about the team, but it makes her happy.

So in honor of her birthday this month, I whipped up a batch of cookies celebrating her most favorite pastime.

Unfortunately, I didn't leave myself enough time to let the colors set while I decorated, so the blue and gold bled horribly before I was able to give them to her.

But I got pictures of them before that happened, so at least there was some proof they didn't always look horrible.

Plus, they were delicious. And seriously, that's all that really matters.

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bake cook serve

I have a fairly small kitchen and a fairly large collection of kitchen gadgets. It's safe to say, that combo can be somewhat frustrating. In my continuous effort to organize the space, I've gone through a handful of attempts at corralling all my cooking utensils.

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"new" kitchen table

Exciting things are happenin' at my place, folks. Stay tuned for more updates on what's going down these next few months.

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motivational flower pots

I kill everything. Seriously. I cannot keep a plant alive to save my life.

At the beginning of summer I tried planting sunflowers from seeds. I was actually really proud of myself. I had quite a few growing, and they seemed to be going strong. So I bragged to Chris about how well they were doing.

"Well yeah. I've been watering them every time I come over to visit you."

Oh...

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