Happy New Year!
While I haven’t kept an accurate count, I believe I completed 327 LOs in 2009.. That is, not counting the P365 pages, nor the hybrid projects, nor the calendar pages. Boy, that’s quite a lot! 😉
I didn’t do any resolutions last year, nor will I do any this year (I can’t stand the pressure!), but I am really happy about where my scrapbooking led me in 2009. I know I will have less scrapping time this year, but I hope to still manage to squeeze in some satisfying quality time. 🙂
It’s really impossible for me to pick one favorite LO of the year.. I really love them all, and am proud of several of them.

(Sorry for the horrible picture.. I just discovered I accidentally erased the good pictures I took, after I’d already sent the card.. Ugh!)

My crazy schedule hasn’t relented much, but this weekend I worked on a very quick and pretty hybrid project, so that my mom could bring it back home with her.
I used Chelle’s gorgeous kit, O Come Let Us Adore Him:

and I made a hybrid Nativity Set:

It is really super cute, and very easy and quick to make. I need to make another one for us, hopefully tonight! 🙂
Today is my last work day before Christmas break. I have SO many things I need to catch up on!

There’s a great hybrid challenge going on at ScrapMatters, for the Perfectly Packaged series! We have to create gift tags, so I did 3 tags to accompany the calendars we’re giving to our families for Christmas. Such a nice idea to make the package more personal!

I haven’t had time to show these last week, but since December has begun and I’m slowly decorating the house for the season, it’s time to post my Christmas ornaments here. These were featured on the ScrapMatters blog last week: check it out for more great inspiration.

I used two template sets by Geeky Diva Designs:
 

and this gorgeous kit by Britt:

and voila’, my ornaments:

They really turned out pretty! I have one more ornament to show, watch for it in the next days! 🙂

I hope you are subscribed to the ScrapMatters newsletter, because the November issue just went out, and it’s featuring my tutorial for a hybrid magnetic advent calendar! 😀
I’m SO excited about this project, for many reasons: when I saw this advent calendar idea in the galleries last year, in December, it was too late for me to make my own calendar. But I planned accordingly, and throughout the following months I’ve been gathering all the necessary supplies ($1 cookie sheets, $1 star glittery stickers, ribbon, buttons, etc.) and when inspiration finally struck me last month (I didn’t quite feel like using Christmas products before then! 😉 ), I was ready, and completed it in under a week (just a few hours’ work in fact). I’m also really happy because I made two calendars (one for me and one for my mom) and finished them right in time for my husband to bring my mom’s calendar to her when he flew out to see her.
Now, I really cannot wait for November to be over, so I can hang up my calendar and start using it! 😉
Besides, this was the first time I used magnetic paper, and I absolutely love it!
Anyway, here’s what my calendar looks like:

and here’s the digital version of the numbers:

I did it using entirely ScrapMatters products, because I really love SM! 🙂

I’m getting excited that Thanksgiving is coming up in a few weeks – I’m really, REALLY looking forward to the long weekend! 😉
Also, I’m in love with all the adorable turkeys in the Thanksgiving kits that are coming out at ScrapMatters (keep an eye out for the new releases on Friday)! 😉
For now, I’ve been playing with the gorgeous collab kit by Erica Zane and Denise Beatty, Let’s Get Together, and I made a card for the Hybrid Tuesday Template challenge out today:

I also scrapped our Pecan Pie recipe for the this month’s A Matter of Taste challenge:

I really can’t get tired of this kit – it’s so gorgeous!!
I’m glad I took many pictures the one and only time we baked this cake, back in February.. We must make it again soon because it turned out delicious! 🙂