Raising Up Rubies- Blog: holiday ♥

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a happy little hot chocolate station ... ♥

i'm just starting to catch up on sleep, food and my Christmas to-do list

well not really catching up on the list

just trying to frantically get some of it done before the weekend. yikes.

i haven't really got much of my decorating done besides the tree & this hot chocolate bar

i had fun putting together last weekend for my daughter's birthday

i have grand schemes for decorating, and even though it's late

i'm still gonna try to get some of it done

to set up your own hot cocoa station, gather some apothocary or mason jars

and fill them with whatever your heart desires ♥

the hot cocoa we use is just plain old swiss miss. we like it :)

and it came in a really cute throw-back vintage container that i wanted to use for something else.

swiss miss it is.

paper straws, candy canes, marshmallows, sprinkles and some candy

are what filled up our jars

the little scoops in the cocoa & sprinkles are just teaspoons & tablespoons

from a set my mom gave me from anthropologie a few years back

i remember when i got them for Christmas i thought,

oh i already have a set of measuring spoons... i probably won't use these...

i have used them for just about everything under the sun!

sometimes moms know things.

my grandfather was an artist... like a for real one :)

he painted hand lettered signs for a living

he was very talented, and i'm glad i have a few of his pieces ... this is one of my favorites

these voortman cookies were always in our house for Christmas when i was growing up

i remember getting excited about how colorful they were

with all those sprinkles

i love sprinkles

besided my tree i have all of two Christmas things up in our living room

this sign i heart from my bestie Becky...

and this little aqua sign from target

that's it. i know. i better get on it.

better get busy. have lots to do

two signs just wont do

hopefully i'll be back to show you some more Christmas fun ♥

happy hot cocoa making!

linking up here:

free pretty things

my craft room ... Christmas style ♥

it's been a while since i've had any pictures of my craft room up on the blog ...

(you can see the whole room here)

(and some more here)

mainly cause most of the time it's a mess with product for the store & packing supplies

but i had to get it in order for last weekend when i hosted a cookie exchange that my close friends and i have every year ... this year we had so much fun ♥

i wanted to spruce up the room with a little bit of Christmas cheer

but didn't want to over-do it since there is already so much color & detail in the room and well...

i was just plain tired :)

so i went the simple route :)

ahhhh.... simple....

i feel like this little bloggy of mine has come a long way

since i first posted about my craft room ... it's been neat to watch it grow ...

when Better Homes & Gardens came last month, it was the final push i needed to get in gear and tie up all the loose end projects that i never finished

if you follow me on Instagram, you've already seen a few of these updates ... but this bunting was made from my vintage sheet stash, just cut in strips and tied to some twine

with some nails & hot glue, i now have pretty things to hold up my garlands and pictures

i hammered the nails where i wanted the spools to go,

then with a little hot glue on one end, slid the spool onto the nail

with some help from my two aunts :) finally got around to organizing my fabric stash

this shelf holds only vintage linens ... the other side has my non-vintage yardage

i love how pretty they all look together ♥

i filled some apothecary jars with a hodge podge of things

that i thought we bright and Christmas-ish :)

the trees were made with styrofoam trees, again with strips of different fabrics

wound around from top to bottom ... made pompom's for the tops

i think Christmas can be found in the everyday of things

it doesn't always have to be in red & green

i love to be outside of the box :) don't you?

my cushions were upgraded too when BHG came, these were from Target

i love how they add simplicity to such a busy room

my sewing area hasn't changed much ...

the twine and large spools of thread that i mostly use for packaging,

were put up out of the way on wooden dowels

the sewing machine cover was made from a vintage pillowcase

... thinking about selling a few in the store

remember my decoupaged trinket box?

it has definitely earned it's keep :)

it holds all my littles

my entry way get's no light at all, it's hard to snap a good picture here

but this is where my Joy to the World sign is with another wreath like the one on my craft shelves ... i got the wreath and wording around the chalkboard idea from Miss Mustard Seed

(even though her's is way more grand & gorgeous!)

so these are my besties :)

they are the friends that encourage me & laugh with me through everyday things

i love them so dearly ... they are the sisters i never had :)

we have craft night once a month ... we leave kiddos with daddies and we come together to eat and make stuff ...and eat stuff :)

and there's never a dull moment, at all....

every December we exchange cookies and handmade gifts

we even get a little carried away making stuff for each other's kids :)

it's hard to find good friends in life ... hard to find one, let alone five

and i can honestly say they are all a blessing to me ... love ya girls ♥

Merry Christmas bloggy friends ♥

you have put gladness in my heart ... psalm. four. seven

sweet parties here:

live laugh Rowe ♥ live laugh linky

i {heart} naptime ♥ Sundae Scoop

Tatertots & Jello ♥ Weekend Wrap up Party

Funky Junk Interiors ♥ Saturday Nite Special

the 36th Avenue ♥ Party Time!

joy to the world ~ wood slice project ♥

Christmas is next week!

these past few weeks flew by ...

i just wanted to say thank you thank you thank you ... for the love & support given to my blog and my shop ♥ it puts so much gladness in my heart to hear that God is encouraging you through this little place here in bloggy land, and i really appreciate all of you so much!

i spent some time last week putting up a few new Christmas decorations

and this wood slice art is one of the things i wanted to try ... so here it is!

the wood slice is from AC Moore

the wooden letters are from Michael's

i found a huge box of maps at a rummage sale, and i bought the whole thing for $7!

( i ♥ rummage sales with big boxes of maps)

i mod podged the map onto the wood,

when it was dry, went over the top with two more coats for a shiny finish

once you cut the twine to fit, string the letters and wrap the ends around to the back of the wood ... just a little dab of hot glue and some felt will hold it like Fort Knox