Firemansgal311

That would be cute, just tie a bunch of different little bows on them and hang them Christmas eve. You could lay them about an inch or so apart on a towel and roll it up with the pens inside and stick it inside of a KFC chicken bucket.

Ours came a couple of days ago. Probably the 20th..not sure. But if yall got your orders in on the first day they will arrive soon, hopefully tomorrow so you can use them as stocking stufers. :)

A-ha! Thanks I was in a rush to get it wrapped and completely forgot about looking for batteries. :) Thank you again.

Would anyone mind letting me know what batteries I need for this? I got in a hurry and wrapped it without looking. Thanks. :)

lol, you guys are too funny. If we had one in my house it would be flickering on and off constantly.

Ha ha ha ha I didn't know they still made them.

I LOVE that! I was going to make one too as I didn't want to fork over my youngest child to pay for one. I thought about just using a large and two smaller wreaths though. I really like the way you have the ornaments on it. You know, if you make another wreath and attach a big red bow you can hang it over one ear and make it Minnie.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! That is Hilarious!!! Makes ya want to run around the neighborhood and set all of them up like that

Norad is a no go til Christmas eve. The first one is giving me a call cannot be completed message...

Here's the starfish and picture ornaments that I posted instructions to above. http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/firemansgal311/000_0022.jpg http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/firemansgal311/000_0023.jpg

Speaking of clear ornaments.. A couple years ago I made a bunch of ornaments with pictures in them. I used old colored balls and did the bleach trick from above. I used a pencil and traced around the edge of the ornament and cut a piece of paper in the circle shape but a tiny bit smaller. Then rolled it up around a pencil and put it inside the ornament and straightened it out with 2 q-tips. if the paper circle fit I would fish it out and use it as a template for cutting the pictures and would repeat as above. Then I would fill the area behind the picture with an inch or so of tinsil garland. Replace the topper and hang. :) If I had mil's camera I would show yall a pic.

Yall do know that if you want clear ornaments you can make them from any old colored glass ball ornament. Just fill a tub with bleach, completely submerge your ornaments (tops removed beforehand) let sit for 5 min or so then hold your finger over the hole and shake to get the remaining silver from the inside, Then pour the bleach back in the bowl and rinse your ornaments with warm water and let dry before replacing the tops. You might have to use a Q-tip to wipe a little excess silver from the inside of the ball.

If yall look closely at the pic of my tree you will see a snowman that I made out of a real starfish. There is also a Santa and an Uncle sam but I don't think they showed up in the pic. I made them a few years ago with real starfish, acrylic paint, ribbon and hot glue. I painted them up then sealed them and folded a ribbon in half and hot glued to the back as a hanger. They are really cute. I entered my snowman in the TVA&I fair and won first place. I got a blue ribbon and a check for $4.00, not a huge sum but it was a big deal to me seeing the other ornaments that were entered and knowing that I beat them all including my mil at the time.(mind you she wins at least one ribbon in every category she enters.. ALWAYS)

Confession. I used the angel feather ornament idea for my mil & fil. It seemed to fit considering the circumstances earlier on in the year. :) Thank you.

If you ordered the first wek you should be recieveing them this week or next. :)

We all love ours even the 3yo who can't read yet. He will hit the buttons and when it gets to the final answer he will scream HOW DID YOU KNOW!!!

duct tape:P

I've made these before too. :)

One year we made all of our wrapping paper. We used the rolls of brown paper for mailing packages. The kids painted ornaments, trees, angels, ho ho and we made reindeer with thier feet and hands. I poured brown paint on a paper plate and had them hold my shoulder and dipped thier foot in the paint and then pressed on the paper(making the head). Then after getting thier feet cleaned we poured different colors of paint on plates they dipped thier hands in and pressed for antlers then they painted faces with a brush. :) This isn't just a reindeer as you can plainly see. I made it with my hands which are a part of me. It comes with lots of love especially to say, I hope you have a very, Merry Christmas Day! http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/cegif/handdeer.gif like this but we put the heel down instead of up.

Lol, I know, that is what I was looking at in the thumbnail pics. It's hilarious.

Completely OT but Whomever was taking the pics should have told those girls the snakey stance thing they are doing looks funny. Kinda like they are trying too hard to show the dress...KWIM?

I got it out of Land O Frost sliced turkey from WM. there was a little coupon booklet packaged inside. Apparantly they do this every year because I remember getting coupons last year also.

WooHoo and I have a $2 off couponfor Hannah Montana!!

I remember HAVING to make one in art class in school. I protested it from the begining. I despised the teacher to start with then she wanted me to use my art time to make a gingerbread house that we had to display in the gym and couldn't eat because there was no telling who would mess with them while on display. Mine was the only one not finished. It was all decorated but I just refused to put it together. She got so mad but passed me because It would have been nice had it been standing. lol:P

Thanks Jen, Yes they are both mine and both on opposite corners of the lr no less. and our lr is about 30x20. They are artificial but may as well be real due to the awful shedding. I am going to try to get one of the pics like yall have where the lights show up. Do I just turn off the flash?