Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Happy Birthday Bloggie!!

These are from last week's snowfall....


LOL! He had a great time and didn't want to come in! We need to get him some snowpants and some snowboots soon!Look at our ornaments we made yesterday! So much fun, and not hard! Though, I may go buy orange acrylic paint and redo the noses....(I had used an orange sharpie)

Please feel free to right click and save if you want the pictures for future reference.




Supplies Needed: Plain Glass Ornament, white, orange, and black acrylic paints, decorative ribbon.

Directions: Dip child's hand in white paint and carefully place handprint on ornament. Wait till dry. Paint on hat, mouth, buttons, and arms with black paint, and paint carrot nose in orange paint.Wait till dry. Tie ribbon at top of ornament.

Optional: I painted the name and year on the back of the ornament.

This was on a little business size card and tied with a ribbon to the top of the bulb... I left it on and hang it with the poem and all..

These aren't just 5 snowmen as anyone can see
I made them with my hand,Which is a part of me.
Now each year when you trim the tree
You'll look back and recallChristmas of 200_
When my hand was just this small.
Merry Christmas

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Happy Birthday Bloggie! I noticed that Embellish Blog has been open for a year now! And I've had almost 100,000 visits. THANK YOU! What a neat thing this "blogging", this online- journaling has been.

For your friendship, for your input and advice, and plain just for fun~ here is a wee giftie from me to you!

Download LINK ONE

Download LINK TWO

First come first serve! When the links run out, I'm sorry! Please leave me a note if you do take it, I LOVE my blog replies! Have a great Tuesday, and I'll see you tomorrow!

:)

58 comments:

Kelly said...

What a fun surprise to find this morning! Thanks!

Anonymous said...

I love your snow pics and the snowman-idea is just great! AND thanks so much for this wonderful gift!!!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the freebie. Love your blog header!

Tamra said...

Happy Birthday to Embellish! A year sure flies by these days doesn't it? Thanks for the gift. The Playful freebie is really cute!

noee01 said...

Those ornaments turned out great! We did those last year, and gave them as a gifts - a huge hit! I think we'll do them every other year.

Thanks for the giftie! Love that quote - perfect!

Happy Birthday Embellish!

Kristin said...

Happy birthday to your blog. Thanks for the gift.

Anonymous said...

I love the freebie. Thank you so much. Happy Birthday to your blogging. You pictures are always so pretty and cute. I have to try the ornament idea. I love it!

Angela
creativeheart321@aol.com

Anonymous said...

Thanks Andrea! Happy Blog B-day!!

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us!

Stephanie said...

Happy Blogger Anniversary, Andrea. ;) Such a cute, cute ornament idea!

Julie said...

Thanks for the awesome freebie! That's so generous of you.

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much for the freebie! My friend was just telling me about these ornaments and it was hard to imagine what she was talking about...now with your picture I can see that they are adorable! Gonna do this for sure for the grandparents this year.

Anonymous said...

what bright and 'playful' colors :D cant wait to use it and the oranges and blues are just perfect for all my boy pics!! thank you!

btw i love the ornament idea! have never seen that one b4 and will def have to do it! thanks

Annette said...

Thank you very much for the great gift!

Anonymous said...

I love your snowman ornaments. I think I am going to have to make those with my daughter this afternoon. Thanks for the freebie! That was so nice of you.

Anonymous said...

I love the ornament idea, totally stealing it to give to my DD's teachers!!

Thanks for the idea and the freebie ;-)

Charlene

Kelly said...

Andrea! You are tooooo kind!!! First of all... Happy Birthday Embellish! And what a BEAUTIFUL little boy!! Love those rosy cheeks!!

Thank you so much for explaining the ornaments, what a gorgeous way to preserve a memory and a BEAUTIFUL ornament to boot!!

The Playful freebie is great... I can think of MANY pictures to use for that quote :P LOL

Kelly said...

Andrea! You are tooooo kind!!! First of all... Happy Birthday Embellish! And what a BEAUTIFUL little boy!! Love those rosy cheeks!!

Thank you so much for explaining the ornaments, what a gorgeous way to preserve a memory and a BEAUTIFUL ornament to boot!!

The Playful freebie is great... I can think of MANY pictures to use for that quote :P LOL

Kelly said...

Andrea! You are tooooo kind!!! First of all... Happy Birthday Embellish! And what a BEAUTIFUL little boy!! Love those rosy cheeks!!

Thank you so much for explaining the ornaments, what a gorgeous way to preserve a memory and a BEAUTIFUL ornament to boot!!

The Playful freebie is great... I can think of MANY pictures to use for that quote :P LOL

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much Andrea! I came here looking for the cake ball recipe and found this treat! It's so weet of you and I appreciate it - thank you!

Sandy

Anonymous said...

I love the ornament idea. I'm definitely making those with my kids this weekend. The Grandmas will love them!!

Can you explain (in basic terms - LOL) how you made your blog header? I want to change mine but I'm not sure where to even start (a friend did my current header and I need a change!).

Shawna said...

Thanks Andrea! This will be perfect for all the boy layouts I'll be getting to do soon!!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the freebie! Very cute!

Anonymous said...

Andrea, happy birthday to your blog! I've enjoyed visiting here over the last year. I can't believe it's already a year!!

I still have to find time to try out that ornament idea. It would be so much fun to give to my parents and inlaws.

MUAH!

Shelly G. said...

Thanks for the free kit! I LOVE those ornaments...so cute!! Have a wonderful Holiday!

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday to your blog. I always enjoy reading it and seeing Seth's cute pictures. Thanks for the ornament idea. I will def. be trying it out!

Amy said...

This is such a fun freebie! Thanks! :)

Sharon said...

Thank you for the download. Now I need to figure out how to use it :)

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the freebie! I love the ornaments you made, I might make one with my son!
Happy Blog B-day :)

Sara E said...

happy embellish birthday!!!!!!

thanks for your goodie...I always love your items

Heather said...

Love the freebie. Thank you! Thanks for mentioning those ornaments. I used to do them with my students. They are the perfect thing for my 2.5 yr old to give people!

Anonymous said...

Oooh, look at the snow!! You are getting me a little bit excited about moving back East now. Those ornaments are ADORABLE!! What a great idea. I can't believe it's been a year...I totally remember when you first started this blog. Where does the time go?!?

Anonymous said...

Wow one yaer already. Time does fly by. The pictures in the snow look like fun. Thanks for the freebie.

Anonymous said...

Thank you Andrea for sharing. Love the tags.

Anonymous said...

Love your ornaments!! What a great idea!! Thanks for the gift.
Enjoy reading your blog!!
Janice

Anonymous said...

What a nice treat! Thanks. I enjoy your blog and it seemed about time that I left you a comment! Thanks again.

debsdesignz said...

:) Thanks so much for the freebie...just love it! I LOVE the ornaments! Will have to do it when I have kids! :)

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the gift. Your blog is a daily read for me and I enjoy seeing all the pictures of your adorable son.

Theresa said...

Awww, what cute ornaments! I love them! Great snow pics too; I'm way jealous!

Anonymous said...

cool giftie - happy bday blog - love the snow pics and your belly shots!

kg said...

I can't remember how I came accross your blog...but I enjoy stopping in and thanks for the freebie! I'm very new to digital scrapbooking. I LOVE your Christmas card you designed for this year with the "Joy" letters-so cute!

Dana said...

Thank you - great colours, the kit is beautiful.

Caprices said...

Oh wow ! Thanks a lot for sharing

Michelle said...

Thank you Andrea!!!

mindy said...

Thank you! I read your blog daily and love it. What a fun little treat.

Anonymous said...

OMG Love the bulb idea... My son LOVES doing crafts and projects. I think he would love this and so would the grandparents!!!
Thanks for the idea and directions!
Kim aka MyEbella

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the gift, I will have fun using it
Leonie
Australia

ScrapperForCC said...

Hi Andrea. I just wanted to say thanks for the great little freebie - LOVE it!! Also wanted to say how much I enjoy reading your blog. I found it about a month ago and have been reading it ever since. Sadly, this is my first time to comment, but hopefully, that will change!! Thanks again!

P.S. - those ornaments are TOO CUTE! I think I'm going to have to borrow your idea!!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on making it one year with your blog. Thanks so much for the freebie.

Anonymous said...

OMG!! I love that ornament. I am going to have to lift your idea. Thanks for the freebie too :)

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much for the freebie. I enjoy reading your blog and always your photographs! Have a Merry Christmas!!

Anonymous said...

Awesome!! thanks so much!
Ramie

Melissa said...

I love getting unbirthday presents! Congratulations on the blog b-day, and thanks for the present!!

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much!

Anonymous said...

So groovy!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the giftie and the ornament idea is adorable!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the darling mini kit. I love the hand snowman ornaments and can't wait to show the kids.

Sweet Pea said...

Thank you so much for this cute little kit!
Susan