Where do I even begin??

Happy New Year!!
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Wow.
Christmas snuck up on me, hit me like a Mac truck, and this ole blog got neglected!
{Christmas was great! It just wore me out!}
I just happened to schedule that post from yesterday a while ago and I have a bunch of catching up on other things to do!
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For example, did you know that you can get your hands on the December kit from Midnight Rooster now??!
You would have never known from this blog!

This kit is called "Paper Mint Mocha" and it is a beauty!
How about I finally get around to showing you what I made with it??!

That is my friend Lindsay's husband with their new baby Bella.
And here is another one I made for her.

I love those Pink Paislee wooden letters!

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OK life update...
Remember the Great Fry Experiment of 2011??
{aka the NO FRY Experiment}

Well we have deemed it a success!!
Neither of us ate any french fries for a whole year!
Boo-yah!!
And you would think we would have run out at 12:01 AM this morning to grab some.
That was the initial plans but after all the junk we have eaten over the past couple of weeks, we are OK to wait a little while.
Crazy!
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There is a great giveaway going on over on the Pebbles blog!
The uber-talented Becky Williams was the guest designer last week.
Check out her incredible work, leave a comment {here}, and get the chance to win a prize from Pebbles!
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Did you see that Stephanie from Bella Blvd shared a sneak peek of something she has up her sleeve for her next release??!
Check out her post {here}.

It looks like SO MUCH FUN!!
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OK I think that gets me caught up a little bit!
But I'll be back soon!
:)
Happy New Year!
gretchen