Somebody had a birthday!!

My little girlie turned 7!  Wha??  Really??  Wasn't I just pregnant with her??  Wasn't my family just making bets on whether she would arrive on Christmas or New Year's Eve??  Geesh.  The time is sailing by.  Anyway...she had a pretty good day.  She wanted her presents under the tree so she could pretend it was Christmas morning again.  So I wrapped her little presents and stuck them under the tree and seh came out the next morning all kinds of ready to open her gifts.  She was so cute with her sleepy eyes trying to wake up and her hair all tosseed around.  And she finally got some earrings (that Santa didn't bring...darn Santa) and that Holiday Barbie that she wanted!!  Yay!!  I have to say...Holiday Barbie's presentation was pretty cool.   It had these "floating" snowflakes in the box and you know I had to save those!  I actually used one of them for a project...I'll be sharing that in a minute.  Anyway...this Holiday Barbie was standing there on our ottoman and she was looking pretty sassy with the natural light shining on her so I snapped a picture...is that weird??  Now come on...doesn't she look sassy??  {hehe!!}  

Okay...so on to the project that I mentioned.  Sassafras Lass (yummy) is having a little contest.   All you have to do is go to their blog and download a super-cute diorama and create something with it to have the chance to win the uber cute new "Life at the Pole" line.  Well...I had big plans of creating a fabulous shadow box scene but then...life happened and I ended up making a little ornament instead.  I still like it though. :)  I used a really cute snowy paper from Dianne Rigdon's Christmas in Your Heart kit for the background and just cut it to fit and adhered it to a CD.  Then I put my pieces together and fancied them up a bit with some red and Stardust Stickles.  And when I first saw this cute little project, I thought it was just screaming for felt so I cut some little whimsical trees out of a scrap piece of felt and tacked them on.  Then I just used my Cropadile to make the hole and threaded some scrap ribbon through it.  And finally...I added that cute little floating snowflake that I mentioned to the bottom just for fun. 

 It's super simple but I think it cute. ;)  Isn't that just the cutest line of scrappy goodies ever??  

And...I have one more little project to share.  It's a layout that I did for Traci's team featuring...of course, our new puppy!! :)  

She is the hardest dog in the world to photograph!!  As soon as she sees that camera, she comes running.  Typical.  :)  So this is the only decent picture I have of her so far.  Hopefully she'll get accustomed to the camera and I'll be able to get some more soon...hopefully.  So there you have it...that's what we've been up to lately.  How about you??  Anyone else giving the Sassafras Lass contest a try??  I know Leah created something fabulous!  (I got a little peek...hehe!!)  Good luck to everyone that's entering!  Thanks for stopping by!!