A Late Christmas Present from Santa

After 4 and half years of asking almost everyday for a dog, we finally gave in. We did a little research on what kind of a dog we wanted and did some internet searching. We found a breeder of westies in western Kentucky that would have a litter of puppies ready around Christmas time. Our puppy is named Riley, she is a westie-scottie mix, she is 8 weeks old, and she is adorable. And these kids are so happy. My big 13 year old is the most smitten with her. It is so funny to watch. Everyone loves her. Yeah Santa for delivering on that one...lol.

After Christmas Lazies

I hope your Christmas was filled lots of family and fun. Now that the festivities have died down we have been doing a whole lot of nothing. Not a lot of cleaning going on, just the minimum. Been to the movies a few times. Doing some much needed relaxing. December is such a crazy month, I don't feel bad at all taking a few days off to just unwind. My hubby goes back to work tomorrow and I am actually dying to take down my tree and other decorations. I have some projects to finish and start. But it has been a great few days. I hope your Christmas was filled with peace and joy and the new year will be a wonderful one for you.

Oh Christmas Tee

I had been wanting to make some Christmas t-shirts for my girls this year and couldn't come up with anything until... Pinterest. I saw a design similar to this on my sister's Pinterest collection and loved it. I recycled some t-shirts I dyed green for Halloween. I backed the ribbon with a red and white striped fabric that I appliqued on there. Then I cut and pinned the ribbon loops one row at a time starting at the bottom. I sewed across the top of each. Then pinned the next row and sewed until I had my tree filled in. I tied a red bow and hand stitched it to the top of the tree. They will be so cute to wear to see Santa tomorrow. (I meant to take some pictures and do a tutorial but in my haste to get them done I forgot to take the pictures along the way).