christmas eve, a little sumthin', and a thank you

this was supposed to post on xmas eve. i'll be back tomorrow!

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i guess thank yous are in order!  :) i appreciate that you take the time to stop by here every day. i can't tell you how many times over the past year i've thought about stopping the daily find posting and each time just as i've made a decision someone posts a thank you to me for sharing my finds. this always changes my mind and encourages me to continue!

it's christmas eve and i'm taking a little vacation from my blog until the new year. i hope that the holidays are happy, safe and lovely for each of you. speaking of lovely - be sure to check out this video of amy krouse rosenthal's 10-10-10 beckoning of lovely. it is truly lovely.

be sure to check out write.click.scrapbook next week - i will have a calendar printable up. and the card above is a great printable for your christmas thank yous!

far too many xmas links

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here are a bunch of christmas links to check out - i'll be back tomorrow with something else i hope!

DIY striped paper ornament

Free eBook The Happy Holidays Guide to DIY

Free Holiday Gift Tags from Camilla Engman

Free Printable Holiday Gift Tags Paper Crave.url

One Pretty Thing - DIY craft tutorials.url

A Christmas Manifesto + Free Wallpaper

Printable holiday gift tags

vintage-style gift labels

Weekly Wrap #53 Printables

bah humbug

yes this is how i was feeling until this week. a real scrooge! this one uses lauren reid's try again kit. lauren's kits are really a lot of fun! :)

free holiday cards

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labels!

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are you done with your wrapping yet? these labels might help!  :)

great project

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this is a must check out. great little mini folded album or calendar that looks fairly simple to make. this would make a great last minute grandparent gift or a calendar for a hard to buy for friend! sweet!

wreath round up

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just one of the many cool wreath ideas in this roundup!

printable wine tags

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i think i'll print a few of these this weekend. my husband usually gives wine at work.



date it - a new kit from jen martakis

the colors it this kit are perfection and the date elements and other bits are just fabulous. you must check it out! here's a layout. my son is not happy with the flowers, i said too bad. lol

paper crave holiday freebie printables round-up

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a fantastic resource for all things free, cute and printable for the holiday season! check it out!

easy paper crafted wreath

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so lovely!

cute printable xmas card

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handmade love layout

 here's a layout i made for jessicasprague.com using new elements and 5x7 templates from creativity by crystal. the papers and elements are from her merry & bright collection. she even has printables available for paper scrappers and has been doing some freebies on her blog. be sure to sign up for her newsletter and check it out!

clever cards

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i think you could work this onto a scrapbook apge as well!

a layout to share

 

inspired by peg manrique whose work i miss seeing around. i wanted to use the new after midnight kit from polka dot pixels at two peas in a bucket for something other than a new years' page. love the greens in this kit!

easy and stunning garland

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do you think i could make it and use it on my tree? i have been searching for cool garland for years and the past few i've just left my tree bare of garland. we used to string popcorn/cranberries, but it takes an inordinate amount of time. let me know if you think it would be worth the effort and hold up for a couple years!

cool paper ornament

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several trees to make

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the tree above is one of several cute and very do-able trees featured!

cute printable tree

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of course, i'mthinking downlaod and print the template and replace the strips with patterned paper from your stash and a cute chipboard or die cut shape at the top!  :)

a few shares

here's a layout i did using michelle underwood's new kit joy for two peas in a bucket

 

and a little reading log book using the new woodland booklover's kit 

from kitschy digitals at jessicasprague.com

 

and here's a simple home dec project for xmas. it's a  

peace love joy banner from elle's studio  available at jessicasprague.com

and one last layout using he new woodland booklover's kit 

from kitschy digitals at jessicasprague.com 

thanks for looking! happy crafting!

free christmas photo cards

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melissa kaiserman offers 22 FREE photo cards from around the web! i'm particularly fond of the oens shown here - they are from becky higgins. if i hadn't already sent my card i might have used these!

keep calm and MERRY on

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free printable!

free printable subway art and a banner too!

 

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this is stunning - set to print at 16x20 - my thoughts are you could resize to 4x5 and use it as a card as well.

cute cookie bags

 

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includes four different bag decorating options and those cute printable labels as well!

printable holiday baking labels

first the printable...thanks to reader christina for forwarding it along. hey if you find something cool feel free to send it to me at celestefsmith AT gmail DOT com - it surely helps to have other eyes out there looking!

 

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second... i'm going to try and post every week day until christmas with fun inspiring projects that i find over the next few weeks. some days i'll be posting twice (need to post some of my dt work as well.) hope that's ok!

third...be sure to stop by write.click.scrapbook every day this month for fun inspiring projects by the collective!

camera print

here's an easy christmas gift. choose an image from a digital kit and a piece of word art or a great quote. create a 5x7 print and add a frame. quick, easy gift! here's mine...

supplies: polka dot pixel's snap out of it kit

robot love

just sharing a print i made for sam's room using the kit big bots by fee jardine. i added the heart to the print and the type below - the font is from dafont - i can't remember the name. sorry. i printed on photo paper and then put it in this frame i already had on hand. sam is getting a new room - hopefully before christmas - it's robot themed and i wasn't finding anything inexpensive that i loved in terms of art. this is perfect!  tfl!

paper apple

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lovely!

christmas is coming...

and these printables from west elm are just too cute to pass up...

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...sharing a layout using elle's studio christmas papers available at jessica sprague (for 1 buck today!)

printable vintage ledger pages

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rolled flower wreath

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such a clever use for rolled flowers!

new christmas photo cards from elle's studio

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not sure how i'm going to choose which one to send out!

couple of shares

i'm sorry i've been a little remiss about blogging. it's been crazy around here. hopefully, i can settle into a routine again!

here's a cute printable card for you.

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and here are two layouts.

this one is for two peas. a new designer lauren reid - her stuff is so fun and playful.

this one uses the kit - my two peas

if you head over to write.click.scrapbook today the giveaway is papers from crystal wilkerson. crystal is one of my favorite designers. she has such great patterns and colors. i think she's one of the reasons i started digi-scrapping in the first place! 

i made this layout using:

Crystal's {Tons of Scallops} Template Kit

December '09 Paper Collection

December '09 Holiday Word Art & Labels Collab Kit

thanks for visiting my blog and checking out my work! 



ooh ooh did you see?

details details details!

cute cowgirl and a turkey?

found this super cute free printable. love the vintage cowgirl!

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here's a layout for two peas too...

supplies:  kitschen sinque by polka dot pixels and template from edeline marta.

tfl!

envelope winners and a few layouts to share

the 8 winners are...
Laura O'Donnell
Monika Wright
Crafty Cat
Christi
Susi
Dana
AllyW
Leah

email me your address at celestefsmith AT gmail DOT com and i will hopefully get these out to you by the end of the week!

and now for a share....

all from two peas in a bucket...

supplies: dian rigdon's a haunting we will go and kerry d'away full measure frames

supplies: polka dot pixels family day

supplies: michelle underwood's what a hoot kit

and last but not least a holiday card

supplies: deck the halls card set by jen martakis

supplies: deck the halls kit by jen martakis, snap it 1 bundle templates by edeline marta,

 kraft from kitschen cinque by polka dot pixels

thanks for looking!  :)

more in store monday

i had the pleasure of working with these cute papers from echo park this weekend. they debutted over at jessicasprague.com today.

here's my page!



tfl!