If you are like me your outside Christmas lights are still not completely up, your child just came home with a note saying she has to bring in 50 homemade cupcakes tomorrow, your cats have knocked half the ornaments off your tree, and your Christmas list is a mile long and seems to be growing every day!

Well, take a DEEP BREATHE and maybe pour yourself a glass of eggnog (spiking it is optional) because the design teams for LORI WHITLOCK and KERRI BRADFORD have put their heads together and have been coming up with some fabulous QUICK, easy-to-make and super CUTE last minute gift ideas.

Be sure to check out Lori's BLOG and Kerri's BLOG for those wonderful ideas and for a chance to win some $50 gift certificates to people that post their favorite last minute gift ideas. Those winners will be announced TOMORROW so take a few minutes to share your last-minute ideas.

I will be back tomorrow and will show you my own last minute Christmas gift idea - can't wait for you to see it. And, if you stop by tomorrow and leave me a comment, you will be entered into a random drawing to win a $25 gift certificate for Lori's store and ALSO a chance to win a $25 gift certificate from Kerri's store. That's right - you have two chances to win!!!

Birds of a Feather - Fall is Over, Winter is Here

I took very few pictures over Thanksgiving - probably because I was too busy cooking, eating or sleeping off a 1000+ calorie meal! Then I repeated the last two steps several more times over the course of the weekend. I did manage to snap this picture, though, of my oldest daughter and her guy, and I found a great Creative Scrappers SKETCH #184 which worked perfectly with the last bits of paper from my Birds of a Feather November Kit. After I finished this layout, I relegated my remaining scraps to their respective folders and officially declared my November Kit finished! I then immediately ripped open my December Kit and spent a significant amount of time oohing and aahing over everything!

I KNEW there was a reason I had not yet used my pictures from last year in layouts - it's because I was waiting for the right kit. Seriously. No, really. Really. Well, believe me, I found exactly the inspiration I needed with the December Kit! It's got banner pieces and parts (and you KNOW how much I love banners), journaling words, and bling and bling and more bling. And let's be honest here - I DO like my bling!

Here is my first layout:

A close-up of a little cluster of layered loveliness:

And my second layout:

Look at these fun journaling words!

And my filter flowers with blingy, sparkly accents all around...

I think I am next going to make some kind of mini with my December kit. I'm trying to find one I want to do using some repurposed item - such as a cd case or a paper bag album. Any ideas? What would YOU like to see???
I'll include a video tutorial if you help me come up with an idea.