Top 10 LOs from 2009

(according to me.)  I did this last year (you can see that post here) and had so much fun I wanted to do it again.  So...in no particular order, here are some of my favorite LOs from 2009.

This is a "hanging" LO...the center piece is only connected to the frame on the sides.

Hand cut swirls, bling, soft colors, and a sleeping baby...of course it had to be a favorite.

 

I do like this LO, but I think I love the title more than anything!

I need to rephotograph this one.  I LOVE this LO, but the picture just doesn't do it justice.

The journaling is lyrics from a Stephen Curtis Chapman song called "Tuesday's Child."  (sadly for the song title, Grace was born on a Thursday! lol)

 

The embroidery on this one took FOREVER but once it was done I was glad I stuck with it...I think it was worth it!

yup, he is.

There were a lot more I liked to, but I'll stop there!  :)  Happy Friday!

Wrapping Up

Yup, I've got lots of things to wrap up. 

First off is the last LO I've done (so far!) with the oh so yummy Homemade Treats kit from Color Me Daisy.

I used more of the old pictures I found of Kessa.  The tiny ones were taken on the morning of her 1st birthday!  I can't believe how much she's changed.  The large one was just a few days later. 

I used some Fancy Pants stamps that I got for Christmas to make the butterfly, then I cut it out, brushed it with Star Dust Stickles and popped it up around the "girls" (and of course distressed it, because I can't NOT distress stuff!)

I also used my Stampin Up Hearts punch and Curly Label punch.

Next...it's probably about time for the 3rd (and FINAL!) installment of my "favorite" photos of 2009 by month.  I use the term "favorite" here VERY loosely!  lol

October

November

(hehehe...I just love this one.  Kessa is wearing Zeke's pj's..plus this was at like 10 o'clock one night.  I went in to make sure they were covered up and discovered her in Zeke's bed both snoozin' away.  I LOVE that they're such good friends!)

December

  

(I know you just saw this, but hey, it's one of my faves!)

and...

he's so cute!

and would you believe...the whole month of December and not ONE good picture of Kessa?

Up tomorrow...a final wrap up of 2009 with my Favorite LOs.

Some More Homemade Treats

Some more LOs using the Color Me Daisy Homemade Treats kit.

This LO is sooo different for me.  I really like the pennants...but the rest of it is still up in the air in my opinion.  (I LOVE LOVE LOVE the expression on the bottom right picture though, isn't it just priceless?!  lol)

The Thickers are an add on from a previous month.

and this is my example for my January Challenge to "Beat the Winter Blues."

and I've still got another LO with this kit waiting to be uploaded...however the weather isn't cooperating with me getting a good picture of it!

Homemade Treats

and these Homemade Treats won't pack on the pounds (which is good for all of us after the holidays!  lol)

The kit from Color Me Daisy this month is just yummy!  I got all the alpha add ons this month too.  I'm a sucker for tiny alphas and I just loved the font of the green Thickers.

And here's one of the LOs I've done with is so far...

(based on a sketch from Pencil Lines)

I found these pictures of Kessa when she was 1 the other day and just had to scrap them!

I added stickles and Kaiser pearls to the BG Nook and Pantry flowers in the kit.

I did my journaling around the circles at the bottom of the page after I distressed them.

Party Time!

(Photo heavy)

He's 2.  As of 8:45am today the L'il Dude is TWO.  (however if you ask him how old he is he always says 6.)  We had a small shindig here this morning with my DH's family (if 2 sisters plus boyfriends, a brother and wife and son, and mom and dad, oh, and a married couple with their two kids is small that is...)

I decided to make Zeke a Taggie cake this year.  If you know him at all you know that his nasty, gross, smelly, football shaped lovie is like a fifth appendage so I thought it would be fun to pay it it's dues this year.  lol

 

We opened presents...I'm pretty sure he loved everything he got!  lol.  Tim and I got him some "frog" rain boots.  We usually try to get something that they'll like but is still useful too.

(Kessa looks so happy for her brother doesn't she?) 

Pretty sure we succeeded.  He put them on right then and then didn't even want me to take them off to change his pants!  lol.

We had cupcakes too (because I don't know when to stop...)

and I even let Kessa and Zeke decorate some this morning before the party...

He danced in his chair the whole time we were singing Happy Birthday to him and then he blew out the candles!

We rounded out the morning playing and then Kessa and Zeke had a "picnic" on the living room floor (because it's stinking COLD outside people!!!)

(sorry the photos aren't as good as normal...I'm having issues with photoshop and my computer's memory so these are straight out of camera...I never do that!  lol)