With a little convincing …

This actually happened …

I will be taking a little break from my blog and will return after the new year.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

May you have a safe, happy and healthy holiday!

Have you made this yet?

[image via Cookies & Cups]

You really should!  It is a huge hit … with the kids and the grown ups!  Stop by Cookies & Cups for the full how to!

With some lovely inspiration from Dear Lillie and ARMommy, I decided to make a few handmade ornaments.  I only used items I had around the house … hoping to avoid any store trips with my ear infection infested 5 year old.

All you need is…

• card stock in a light/white color …  I used a white linen card stock
• printer
• darker color card stock for the backer
• twine
• scrap fabric
• hot glue gun
• scissors
• hole punch

After printing my images on card stock, I made a couple fabric embelishments to add to the ornaments.

The fabric tassel idea came from ARMommy … so easy and fun!  I used a green jingle bell on my son’s ornament … so it wasn’t “too girly” per his suggestion.

How are you spreading Christmas cheer?

OH…MY…WORD…

Isn’t she a doll!  Courtney of Bella Photography sent me a few shots of her precious daughter from her birthday photo shoot.

Courtney’s photography is absolutely amazing.  Stop by her blog to see all of her daughter’s 3 year old pictures … jaw dropping.  They are beautiful!  If you are in East Texas, you should definitely give Courtney a call.

Happy Wednesday!

We love all things Olivia in our house.  Needless to say, I was thrilled to design an Olivia inspired birthday tee.  Since Olivia loves all things red, I came up with several designs using red.  The birthday girl chose this one …

And it was my favorite!  I used some fabric extras from a screenprinting I did a while back for the white fabric background.

I can definitely see Olivia wearing this little red number in one of her books … wouldn’t that be fun!

Hope your almost done with your holiday shopping!  Happy Thursday!

I haven’t shared much holiday decor lately so I thought I would share our Christmas mantel.  I love decorating the mantel different every year … but still using a lot of the same decorations.  The color scheme is fairly neutral with a little bit of green and sparkle.

I ordered the stocking from Garnet Hill a couple years ago after Christmas while they were on sale.  They are a super dark navy with a green piping trim.  LOVE them.  This year I didn’t use traditional stocking hangers, but instead bought some Scotch brand removable plastic hooks.  I placed them flat on the mantle, hooked the stocking and then covered them with a bit of greenery.

The Happy Holidays banner is an after Christmas find from a local craft store from last year.  The cream reindeer is from Wisteria … love everything about Wisteria!

The acorns are from Natalily Designs.  Our Elf, Criddle, has been watching over everyone atop his reindeer friend.  Tricky little guy.

On a side note … Has anyone else been using the, “Do you want me to go tell the elf what you just did?” line.  It is very effective.

Happy Thursday!

Linking to …

Christmas Mantel Link Party over at Home Stories A to Z

With the holidays coming, I will be slowing down a bit.  I will be spending more time my family and finishing up last minute Christmas shopping!

Modern Frills will be closing this Friday, December 9th and will remain closed into the new year.  I plan on reopening the 2nd week in January.

I have a few Holiday Tees that are Ready To Ship … and they have all been marked 50% off.  There are a few of these for only $13.95 …

I still owe you a crafty tutorial that I mentioned here … and as soon as my internet starts working and doesn’t take 3 bazillion hours to load photos, I will post it!  Keeping my fingers crossed that it doesn’t take much longer!

Holiday cards are big with my family.  This year I worked with Rachel of  Fine & Dandy Paperie for our holiday card.  I love her design aesthetic … modern and chic with some gorgeous color combinations.  And her fonts … I have a weird love for fonts and she mixes them perfectly.

Making a decision was not easy given the choices … but I finally decided to go with this card …

And for the back …

Did I mention they are PERFECT … printed beautifully on a sturdy linen card stock. The red and grey combo is gorgeous  and I love the chevron background

Here is another one of my holiday favorites in Rachel’s shop…

In addition to holiday cards, you will find shower invitations, birth announcements and more…

Stop by Fine & Dandy Paperie today to see all of her designs.  Happy Shopping!

Love this sweet photo of Kate (daughter of Kim, The TomKat Studio) wearing my latest holiday design, The Peppermint Gingerbread House.  This design coordinates with The Gingerbread House Party printables Kim created for a recent HGTV shoot.  Stop by HGTV to see the party photos and to download the printables for FREE.

The stunning hair applique is by Whippy Cake. You will definitely want to stop by Whippy Cake and do a little shopping.  I have had my eye of this and this … shoot me an email if you need my mailing address:)

Speaking of Whippy Cake … Wouldn’t it be great to win some Whippy Cake designs of your own?  Hop on over to The TomKat Studio and enter the Whippy Cake giveaway for a $100 shopping spree!

And now for my weekend plans …

My youngest and I are having a girls weekend as the boys will be off “camping” (aka … staying in cabins with flat screen TVs, wifi and all of the amenities).  Our weekend includes some gingerbread house decorating and Ava’s very first sleepover with her best buddy, Cami.  Just try wiping the smile off her face … she is so excited!

Oh, I wish I would have done this when my littles were babies … a monthly photo showing how they had changed!

Here is a set for months 5, 6, 7 & 8 for a sweet customer of mine …