Happy Thanksgiving Eve! It is also Wedndesday, so that means it's time for another "Favorite things" post. For once, I actually have craft-related items on my list!
Between work, grad school, and well, life in general, I sadly have not had any time to craft. To feed my desire to craft, I've bought some new stamps from Stampin' Up that I am SO excited to use. I am seriously itching to make cards. Now that I am no longer working at the Y on Saturdays, I'm hoping to have some more free time to do so. Ha.
I bought 2 sets of clear stamps. The first is "Petite Pairs". The other is "One in a million". I chose these stamps because I was wanting stamps that I could easily use on cards, and adds to my database of sentiments, something I didn't currently have a lot of. I already have tons of card ideas swirling in my head. The first I made for a good friend's baby shower next month, but I won't post it until after the fact. Definitely one of my new favorite cards!
My other favorite thing for this week is something I've had for a while, but just never remembered to share. If you remember eons ago, in a previous favorite things post, I mentioned my love for scrap book paper. Well, I have had paper coming out of my ears-I have so much. Being the organized person that I am, I was going crazy having too much paper spilling everywhere. So, I did a little bit of researching and found exactly what I had been looking for. It's a ten drawer, moveable cart that holds 12x12 paper. Best of all, it has a hard top, which can act as a shelf for my Cuttle bug and Cricut Cartidge binder. It has made a huge difference. I can sort each drawer by color with the first 6 drawers for the ROYGBIV colors (minus indigo), another drawer for neutrals-black, browns, white/cream, a drawer for sparkly paper, and the bottom 2 for my patterned paper.
Finally, Thanksgiving brings a lot of my favorite things-namely, food. While yes, I adore my family and getting to spend some stress free, quality time with them, the food is what I really love about this holiday. That and getting 5 glorious days off. This year, my parents and grandma are coming to Des Moines to spend Thanksgiving here! Traditionally I drive home and spend a few days with my family and MN friends, so while I will miss seeing my friends, I am very thankful hat I do not have to spend almost 8 hours in the car this break. The absolute best part of Thanksgiving is pumpkin pie and fresh whipped cream! It really wouldn't be Thanksgiving without it. My dad and I will be getting up tomorrow morning to get our baking on-per tradition-and I've got all of the supplies ready to go!
What are your favorite things about Thanksgiving?
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