Lollipop Reindeer Christmas Cards!

My girl finishes pre-school tomorrow! Where did that year go???
There is a little graduation ceremony planned for tomorrow night followed by a mini Christmas concert and a BBQ on the preschool grounds for the kids and families. I see this as the perfect opportunity to have Milla and I make up some fun and festive Christmas cards and treats to hand out to all her class mates... Enter the Lollipop Reindeer Christmas Card!

When I spotted these (yep, you guessed it - Pinterest!) I was lying in bed ready to turn out the lights but immediately jumped up and put together a tester reindeer card to see if they really are as simple as Missy Mac Creations claims - she was right! So easy and SUPER cute!!
Off the the shops we popped today for cardboard, glitter glue and lollipops and before we knew it our dining table had a parade of reindeers smiling up at us!

Milla was VERY proud of her Reindeer production line and can't wait to hand these out tomorrow to her friends.

For the 'How To' go HERE and have fun :)

Santa Apron Teacher Gifts!

This is the second year I have had to think of a gift for my kiddies teachers. I automatically think of baking some sweet treats for them but I bet they get sooooooo much chocolate and treats that another bundle would be almost dreaded. So what to do? what to do? - sew!!
After a quick trip to Spotlight for supplies I hit my sewing machine and created a handmade gift for each of Milla's 5 teachers that can be used year after year - A Santa (or Mrs Claus) Apron!!

These were rather simple to put together. A Christmas red basic apron style with red grosgrain neck loop and hip ties. I then added some black ric rac grosgrain ribbon and a yellow felt 'buckle' for the belt. Next I sewed on two lengths of faux fur trim to the top and bottom edges then 3 gold jingle bells on the front for some festive buttons. Each apron also has the teachers first initial appliquéd onto the chest for some personalisation - cute hey??
Our pre-school has had a HUGE renovation overhaul over the past 12 months and is looking fantastic with amazing new facilities for the kids. The renovations have mainly been done by the head teachers' father, whom all the kids affectionately call Mr Wayne. I couldn't leave Mr Wayne out of the gift giving so with some green fabrics, more of the ric rac, felt, bells and red ribbon I came up with a cute elf apron just for the busy builder elf!

Now to wrap these all up and pop them under the pre-school Christmas tree, Yay!

Christmas is in the air!

With Christmas less than a month away and December officially starting this week we have put up our Christmas decorations!! Milla is amazed at the Christmas tree and wants to touch it all the time but while I was putting it up she was much more interested in the box it came out of.



We decided to not put any presents out in case Fliss or Milla's little fingers go looking...




Don't forget Giggleberry Creations is on SALE too - 15% OFF store wide!!

Giveaways, giveaways, giveaways....

With Christmas in just one month today do you have all your shopping done??? I'm pretty close now I think. But what about when your 2nd cousin shows up on Christmas day with a 'friend' and you have a gift for everyone else in the house except him or her?? well I say enter a bunch of giveaways and fingers crossed you'll win the perfect item to have stashed away in the cupboard for this very situation... and if no random guests show up then Merry Christmas to you!!!

Head over to Momma Findings Blog who is hosting a whole collection of giveaways in her Christmas


Like A Blog Makeover from Goodness Sake Blog Designs - just head to her site HERE and pick your favorite blog design pack then return to the original post HERE and leave a comment about your pick - Easy!


Or from Retro Rugrats a Crayon Roll that will be personalized with what ever name you choose!! Just make a comment at the bottom of the post HERE.


Next is from Whimsical Creations... TWO GIVEAWAYS!!! either one of her gorgeous snowflake ornaments or her fun and cute cupcake ornaments. Pop into Whimsical Creations Shop HERE pick your favorite item and then go back to the original post HERE and comment about it to be in the draw!!!



Then what about this great one from Green Toys, a complete Green Toys Tea Set!! again it's easy to enter just go to Green Toys shop HERE pick what fun toy set you would like the most and return to Momma Findings and comment all about it.


That's just 4 of the many giveaways at Momma Findings and they are all ending soon so hurry over there and take a look and be sure to enter away!!!

On it's way!!!

Oh goodie - I have finally decided on a Fairy Door!!
Some of you may remember a few months back I did one of my Friday Theme Days with a fairy door theme....

"Not all fairies like to live in the garden. Some are metropolitan dwellers who take to suburban homes and apartment buildings. But how do they get there and where do they live? Well, if you want fairies to enter your home, you need to install a fairy door.
Fairy doors can only be opened inwards using Fairy magic and if they are forced open the fairies will see this as a break and enter and will flee to safer pastures."

I have wanted one for my home for such a long time now but just haven't been able to find the perfect one - until now!!
Last night I was floating through one of my favorite websites and a great online kids boutique, Monkeytail and Wellington. I thought I'd check out the Christmas Gift Ideas tab and there they were - Design Your Own Fairy Doors!


You get to choose from 8 gorgeous styles and the pick whatever color door and whatever color trim your heart desires!!!!! For our home it will be the door design no.2 in classic red with white trim. I just LOVE the mini door knocker, door knob and letter slot - so cute!!!

Each fairy door comes with a miniature key and a vial of fairy dust, and instructions on how to install your fairy door. Fairy doors attach to the wall with double sided tape and are removable, so if you move home your fairy can move with you! Each door is 1/12th the size of a regular human door, which is approximately 25cm high by 15cm wide.


The plan is to 'install' the fairy door late this Christmas eve then just wait for our girls to notice it in the coming days...... I can see many years of baby teeth being left outside the fairy door for the tooth fairy to take and maybe swap for a treat? and anytime anyone wants to make a wish we can just write a tiny note and leave it out for the wish fairy to collect!! I just have to decide what room of the house the fairy door should be placed so that the fairies feel the most welcome....