Oh where oh where did October go?

Playing a little catch up around here. I just can't believe how quickly time goes. Thanksgiving is almost here and then we all know that Christmas is just around the corner after that! I finally downloaded our Halloween photos and have to say I love how easy photoshop makes it to create a quick little collage, card or scrapbook page.

See? That took about 5 seconds... now all I have to do is add it to my layout!
I've been busy working on Christmas gifts, cards, and decorations. I love to give and get handmade presents. So far I've made some funky jewlery for the gals, gifts for teachers, and a baby doll diaper bag set for my daughter, just to name a few. I'll try to take some pictures of the teacher gifts and other goodies for my kids classmates etc because they were very easy and afordable to make (something we all appreciate!)I'd love to hear what your doing too... I'm always on the lookout for a good idea!

I've also been wanting to work on some fun place cards for Thanksgiving. If I get them done in time I'll make a little download so you can use em too if you want. Since I still haven't opened my shop I figured I might as well share the goodies I still seem to be making. ;)

Have a great day!

Might as Well Jump!

In the leaves that is. We have several very large cottonwood trees in our front yard and every year they give us the most wonderful gigantic piles of yellow and brown leaves each fall. There were just enough leave on the ground yesterday to get a pile going, so as soon as the kids got home from school we were jumping! I'm really glad we are getting to spend one more autumn in this house before we move. We will really miss our big trees and beautiful leaf piles... but for now we are jumping away!

I love fall!!

We've been doing lots around here getting ready for the season changes. I planted mums in my big pots on the deck and decorated the front porch and house for fall. In a few weeks we'll be headed to Greenbluff Farms for some apple and pumpkin picking and we're planning a trip to Yellowstone Park too. I figure I better get last years pictures fall pictures scrapbooked before I take a million more! I love to use digital frames for my layouts, so many photos so fast! Here's a fun frame I got from Shabby Blogs that I'm using for some digi pages. Her designs are so cute!

Now I just have to slap it on a page, embellish, and 1 layout down! ;) Have a great day!