Need a great gift idea?  How about creating a photo clipboard?  Super easy.  Super fun!  Go to your favorite office supply store and pick out the size clipboard and writing tablet you want.  Print the photograph of your choice.  I usually print them one size larger than the clipboard.  Create a template by tracing around the clipboard.  Cut your photo in that size.  A number a different adhesive’s will work for this project.  I used Zip Dry.  Most scrapbook and craft stores carry Zip Dry.  Embellish with rub-on titles.  It’s magic!  Who wouldn’t want to write notes all year long on a special memory clipboard?

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What is more stunning than ornaments on a holiday tree?  Reflections, twinkling lights…..it’s Christmas!

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Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, lean your ear this way. Don’t you tell a single soul what I’m going to say.  Santa is coming (or is he?).  Remember when you were a child – the thought of his presence is fraught with anticipation, adulation and unadulterated excitement. Oh to have the feeling of butterfly’s in our stomachs just from the thought of seeing Santa Claus.  Renew that childlike energy in our souls by surrounding ourselves with images of Santa. He is real and he is living, in our hearts.

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Card making has been a love for many years.  Give me some ink, a rubber stamp, adhesive, pretty paper, and turn me loose.  Enjoy!

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Round out your holiday shopping with the perfect finishing touch, creative gift wrap.  Family and friends will appreciate it for the piece of art it is.

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Enjoy  a little bit of pretty on this fine December day.

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Cranberry-Raspberry Sangria

1 bottle cranberry-raspberry juice

1 bottle dry, bull-bodied Spanish red wine

2 tablespoons Grand Marnier orange juice

¼  cup sugar

1 orange, thinly sliced

1 lemon, thinly sliced

1 cup fresh cranberries or fresh raspberries

2 cups club soda, chilled

Garnish citrus rind curls

Combine first 4 ingredients in a large pitcher, stirring

until sugar dissolves.  Add fruit slices and cranberries

cover and chill at least 8 hours.  Stir in club soda and ice cubes,

just before serving.  Garnish if desired.  12 cups

Citrus-Champagne Punch

2 cans frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed and undiluted

2 cans frozen pineapple juice concentrate, thawed and undiluted

3 ½  cups lemonade

10 maraschino cherries with stems

6 cups water

5 lemon slices

5 lime slices

1 bottle champagne, chilled

1 bottle ginger ale, chilled

1 bottle tonic water chilled

Stir together first 7 ingredients; cover and chill at least 4 hours.

Stir in champagne, ginger ale, and tonic water before serving.  28 cups.

Pomegranate Party Punch

6 cups cranberry-pomegranate juice blend, chilled

1 bottle pomegranate juice, chilled

½  cup pomegranate-flavored liqueur, chilled

1 bottle vodka, chilled

1 bottle sparkling white wine or champagne, chilled

fresh cranberries, if desired

In punch bowl mix juices, liqueur and vodka.

Just before serving, pour in sparkling wine.

Garnish with cranberries and pomegranate seeds.

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A gentle invitation to reconnect can be the best gift you give this season. How do you wrap love? How do you present peace? Remembering the reason for the season; that God sent his only Son, to live amongst the people, to know our hurts, share in our joys, our defeats, our sorrows and our victories. Do as Jesus did by reminding a close friend or family member that you want to give the gift of your genuine love by listening, hearing or just by being there for them.  Leave them with a beautiful faith inspired image as a remembrance of not only your love, but God’s love.  This is a season of giving.  The best gifts can’t be found beneath the tree.

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Love giving a Gift in a Card.  Think mini!  You already know that I’m addicted to all things mini.  Money enclosures are one of the initial ideas that come to mind.  Who can’t use a little cash?  A bookmark, (purchased or handmade) is a perfect gift to tuck into a card.  Gift cards can easily find a home inside a card.  Jewelry, return address labels, photographs, recipes, heart-felt note…..the list is seriously endless.

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When’s the last time you had a blast in the snow? If the only words that come to mind when you think of winter are ice, inconvenient and dreary then you need a Winter Style session stat! Imagine the stunning backdrop of snowfall, the toasty warmth of a knit hat and scarf and the pure joy on your child’s face as they catch snowflakes on their tongue all captured for you in stunning clarity.

Join us for a Winter Style session, complete with turtlenecks, puffy coats and flushed cheeks. The warmth you’ll feel long after when you remember the snowball fight, captured in candid yet detailed precision will make you wonder why you don’t wish for snow all year round.  Give me a call and book your winter snow shoot now!  913.706.7112

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