Hey, hey my nutty people! 

How was your Christmas?!?!  I hope it was amazing!

December is a crazy month around here.  We have all the hoopla of Christmas, Drew's birthday is ON Christmas day (yes, you read that right.), Merry's birthday 4 days later and a Nephew with a birthday on New Year's Eve.  WHEW!!  

So, that means that today is Merry's big day.  Even though she was spoiled on Christmas, I wanted to do something special for her.  Nothing too big, but something.  I've been thinking about making the following project for some time.  And today was the time.  

It was easy, and really inexpensive. I made her a cute little monogrammed tote to carry her books to and from church!  

I picked all the needed items up at Wally-world: 


This 3-pack of canvas bags was only $5.97!!   HELLO?!?  




This pack of 3 iron on transfers was also $5.97!!  CRAZY! Like an idiot I messed up a whole 3 pack and had to go back for another.  I just printed out a cutie little picture and added her initials.  Easy Peasy. 



I did the ironing on the kitchen island.  Put the iron on the 'cotton' setting, place a cotton towel on the counter, place the bag on the towel and iron out any wrinkles, peel back the backing of the iron on, place it where you like on the bag, place another cotton towel over the bag and iron on and press until all edges and corners are adhered to the bag. 


Yes, I DO own an iron.  I've had this $10 jobie for 12 years now.  Obviously I don't iron very much.  :-)

And... wala!!  A darling personalized gift!!



I'm going to make one for myself and Caeleigh monster for when she sleeps over.  I love these.  I hope Merry loves it too!!  






Happy Birthday Merry!! 



She loved her new tote!

 




XOXOXO 

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The Shabby Nest

Heya my nutty friends!  

I hope you all had as wonderful a Christmas as we did this year! It's been a great and exhausting week.  Here is a recap: 

Well HELLO all my nutty friends!

Christmas is literally upon us.  I hope yours is amazing!  I've been doing lots of thinking about what I want to accomplish next year for Nutmeg Place.  I'm going to try and focus on the upstairs rooms.  Isn't it always true that the master bedroom is the last room to get decorated?  Well, in our case it's very true.  No longer.  Next year I will be focusing on the master, guest bedrooms, the laundry room and loft.  I have LOTS of fun and exciting ideas! 

I'm going to start with the master bedroom.  Our master bedroom is... well... HUGE!  So, I'm lucky that we have many options in what I can do in there.  One thing, Mirasole, our former backyardigan lives in that room. 


So, it has to be cat interesting/friendly.  Mira has asthma and IBD... so she can puke at any moment.  And, she does it wherever she happens to be at the moment.  Sometimes, that's IN our bed.  Not pleasant!  So, as much as I would love piles and piles of soft white bed linens, I have to be careful (for obvious reasons).  


We currently have this bed frame in black:

Hey all my nutty friends!  

Here we are... closing in on Christmas.  I just really can't believe how quickly time is flying!  That's why it's so nice to do these posts.  Take the time to slow down, and look at all the stuff that gets missed in the hub bub.  Here is this weeks list: 

Well, we have our first giveaway winner!  Picked by the random number generator.

The winner of the Cinnamon Candles is:



Stephanie!!  Yay!  Email me your address so I can send them to you. 



Sorry so many of you had issues leaving comments here, that really bums me out.  Next time we will have to come up with another way to pick a winner. 

XOXOXO

Love you guys!

Had lots of people requesting the recipe for the 'evil' holiday snack in my previous post. And because I want you all to share in just how truly evily (is that a REAL word??) delicious it is, I will be happy to share... but only the recipe.  Hands off my snack mix!  :-) 

I'm going to start something new here on Nutmeg Place. 

I'm going to do a weekly 'Happiness list'.  Sometimes the stress and craziness of life can really get me down.  So, I'm going to take more pictures of the things that are considered 'mundane' that we do each week to remind myself how truly blessed we really are.  I recommend this to everyone.  :-) 


So,  for this first 'issue' of Nutmeg Place's happiness list: 


Things that made me happy this week: 

Hey friends!  

The past couple weeks have been good here at Nutmeg Place.  We've made loads of new friends and gained new Facebook fans.  I know it seems crazy, but I'm just over the moon with it all.  I've been uber sick the past 2 weeks, and all the lovely, sweet comments you leave have really cheered me up.  I {LOVE} you all!!  

So, I felt like celebrating all of {YOU} by having a giveway!  My sweet fans on Facebook suggested they would love something handmade... well, since you all loved this little project last month I decided to make another set to giveaway!


A set of (4) of my cinnamon candle holders!  They even include the flameless candles. 






Here are the rules: 

• Be a follower of Nutmeg Place.  Easy peasy!!
• Also be a Facebook fan of Nutmeg Place.  Super easy peasy!
• Leave me a comment here. 

 I will pick a random winner from the comments on Dec 17th at 6PM Mountain time. 


I really hope this giveaway makes you all as excited I am to have you here!  





Good luck everyone!!  


XOXOXO