A Special and Quick Last Minute Idea & Some Thank You's!

First of all, I have been very lucky to have won some recent giveaways!

I won a giveaway from Pick Your Plum that Anna from Directions Not Included hosted.  And actually, I was the second winner after the first never claimed the prize- so lesson to all of you!  Follow up if you enter a giveaway!  I was so excited when my box of craft goodies arrived and contained lots of fun stuff...

 Seriously fun stuff!  I already used the pack of cabochons and bobbies to create cute little bobbies for Emmy which will land in her stocking!  Though I might have to borrow them  from time to time!

I also won a giveaway for a very sweet print from Our Humble Abowed.  I am going t show you their stock photo because mine is not framed yet.  I plan to make a family gallery wall in our master, and this will be a nice addition!  I won this print and selected the aqua color.  It's even more gorgeous in person!


And I already told you about a giveaway I won over at Between Blue and Yellow which was for a poster print from Uprinting.  I finally placed my order which will be a gift for my husband.  I purchased a frame today, and this is the print that I ordered....

It will be the main focus of our family gallery wall in our bedroom. 


This also leads me to my next point, (I feel like I am back in college writing an essay.... in conclusion.... lastly... therefore....thereafter....) which is that special framed photos also make great gifts.  My own father is a very talented photographer.  I do not even pretend to live up to his level.  But I do have something that he doesn't have and that is easy access to my kids, as well as easy access to barns for backgrounds. :)  I dressed the family as I wished in classic American outfits, and took them up to a barn I walk by every morning.  And I had myself a little photo shoot.  My father is receiving a set of 4 photos....

And so you can see them better, these are the images he will be receiving....

It was a real challenge to choose a picture of Emmy- she loves to work the camera!  This one did not make the cut, but might be added to the family gallery wall!  I love it!

So this was an inexpensive gift to put together for my Dad, but a very special one that I know he will appreciate.


Hope you are all having a wonderful week.  I am enjoying the last days before Christmas is actually here.  The presents have been wrapped, the gifts shipped and delivered to neighbors, schools, mail lady and more.... I can just relax, and sit by the tree and reflect on what a crazy year this has been.  Crazy, but it has lead me here, to this spot on the couch by this tree in this beautiful house surrounded by people I love.   And I am happy.

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