Merry Merry!!

Hello Friends!! Hope you had the merriest Christmas ever!! Our day was filled with great food, happy decorations, the people we love, amazing gifts, and lots of fun!! I hope to catch up with you all later tonight. Today is a day of organizing, working, and an ice hockey game of Walter's!

 

I promise some fun holiday photos, and a recap of our day!

 

I cannot wait to see all of your photos and to hear all about your fun!!

 

Have a Great day everyone!! Merry Merry!

xoxo Jenny

Pretty papers, pretty ribbons, Pretty tags!

 

 

My oh my!! We are down to the wire huh? Everyone ready? Relaxing? Sipping cocoa, and singing along to their favorite carols?

 

We are busy wrapping away, and putting the final touches on family gifts! Aaron ran out today to pick up some boxes, and more tissue, and returned with tales of short sleeved shoppers! Oh it stinks!! Too too warm! Yesterday was full of yucky rain! Will NJ get any snow this year? My goodness!

 

 

Above is a tiny view of my gift wrapping table. This year's color palette is so much fun! The addition of the gold and turquoise is so sweet! And this black and white flocked paper from Target knocks my socks off!! Do you see these darling tags? All are 100% handmade..and totally unique...no two are exactly the same! They were all custom done by a sweet sweet gal that I found on Etsy ..named Amy Elise! She was so excited to hear about my color palette and theme.....and boy does she work fast! Lots of glitter, candy colored ribbons, tiny gold trees, and turquoise snowflakes, gingerbread men, vintage sheet music and much more! She is just getting her home studio set up..and is more than willing to take on custom orders for all occasions! Give her a shout...tell her Jenny sent ya! : )

 

Tommorow night we will be going out to dinner with Aaron's family. It is something we have been doing since we started dating! It is a great time. This year we are going to Ruby Palace. It is a total "throw back" Chinese restaurant. Rich burgundy colored interior, waiters in classic black and white uniforms.....with hairdo's out of the 50's!! Pomade and all!! Reminds me of  episodes of Charlie Chan!! (One of my all time favorite shows to watch!!...check on Netflix!) After dinner we go back to Aaron's parents house, and hang out for a while. Tradition is that the "kids" open one gift on Christmas eve.....pjs and a magazine!! Pretty fun huh? Barb and Skip always pick some really unique mags! I suppose we are hard to buy for when it comes to mags....we are as Aaron calls us "magazine heads".

Later in the evening we go over to my parents house to visit for a while..hang with the brothers...and my sister stops over as well. We usually stuff ourselves with all kinds of finger foods and sweets.

Christmas day is split between the two families..much like our Thanksgiving. The only difference is, we eat dinner at Barbs!

We are looking forward to baby Adams's first Holiday! He is only 6 months old....but I am sure it will be really really fun to see how he reacts to everything!

 

Both Aaron and I wish all of our friends, old and new a very very happy , healthy, FUN Holiday!!

 

Thank you so much to all of you for all of your kindness!! It means more than you know!!

 

Merry Christmas!

xoxo Jenny

Happy Holidays!

Yes indeed...it is 2:00 am!! And I just finished my little craft of the evening! My Happy Holidays garland! I shrunk the letters, and printed them out...made copies at staples...cut out each circle, mod podged them to poster board, painted the scallop rims, cut them out again, and glittered the scalloped edges and hung each one from an ornament hanger from some silver rick rack! Easy squeezy..and doesn't it look so fun? Here is a link to Jenny's freebie letters! I plan on making garlands for every single holiday...and Everyday!! Happy Garland making!!

Goodnight friends!

xoxo Jenny

Lovely mail!!!

  Hello my dears!! I am finally back...and truly feeling like myself! The coughing and sneezing are over...and the holiday is in full swing!! We are putting the finishing touches on a handful of family gifts, and working on some new orders.

 

In all honesty the apt. is a disaster area! One could argue that it resembles Santa's workshop..or a bakery I guess. Our tree is up...and quite fun I might add! The addition of turquoise and gold truly add a brand new level of fun! I promise pics very soon! We will be doing some shopping tomorrow for my brothers, and then it is home to clean up and relax a bit! Even if that means some more crafting. It will be personal crafting..and gifts!

 

Tonight I am working on a fun lil' garland using some fabulous carnival looking letters that I had printed out back in October, from the talented, and generous Jenny over at allsorts. I shrunk them down a bit and decided to glitter the scallop edging. I will post pics as soon as it is hung! (hopefully tomorrow)

 

I must must must share with you, all of these amazing, fabulous, and sweet sweet creations and gifts that have shown up in the mail over the past few weeks!

 

First, is one of the mostincredible creations ever!! A mixed media collage style winter cottage by the AMAZING Cheryl Kuhn! I cannot even begin to tell you how super duper talented and creative she is! And what a sweetheart!! I am so so thrilled to finally own one of her highly sought after pieces!! I hope to add a new piece each season! (I missed out this fall...boo hoo) Her pieces go very very very fast....so if you are in love with what you see...be sure to check in on her Folk Of Art page on the first of every month!! She is mind blowing!!

 

Second photo is of the sweetest sweetest note, and gifties from my blogland friend 

Pam! She had just celebrated her 100th post...and was sweet enough to host a little give-away! I was so so excited to hear that I was one of the names pulled from the basket by "her staff"!! How darling is this tiny German glass glitter Wendy Addison star ornament? It is so so cute!! I pretty much skipped from room to room holding it for the first 20 mins after opening it! and I am just loving this lovely and classically sweet roses hankie!! I just think of Pam the second I glance at it!! Thank you so so much Pam!! Love them to bits!!

 

Third, is the spectacular creation I received by the fabulous 

Danielle Muller in the "Winter Wishes" swap which she also hosted! I am just loving it to bits!! The colors are just perfection! The perfect balance of candy, sepia, and glitter! We will have it on display all year round!! I love it!! Thank you so so much Danielle!! And thank you so so much for hosting such a cool swap!

 

And last but certainly not least...are some of the sweetest little ATC collages ever! They are from Ms.Chrisy over at artista di carta. Aren't they just so darn sweet! I had asked if she could work with my color palette...and oh boy was I thrilled to bits with what she whipped up! Christine is always busy creating! Her eBay store always has some whimsical creations and loads of amazing vintage photos!! Be sure to have a peek!! I plan on adding to my collection very soon! I cannot wait to see what she will be doing for Valentine's day!!

 

I am just blown away by the creativity and generosity of my blogland friends/fellow artists! I still have a bunch more to photograph and share with you! The mailman has been very very good to me! My goodness!! Stay tuned...I promise I am back for good!!

 

Thank you so much everyone!!

Hope you are enjoying the season!!

xoxo Jenny

 

Sweet & Talented friends!!

 

Hello! Hello! Hello! I know, I know...it has been far too long! On top of our daily order filling and holiday rush, I have been non stop coughing! One of those pointless hacking coughs, that seem to go and go for up to 8 minutes or so! The worst!! Even my abdomen hurts from being pulled with each cough! And I doubt it counts as an ab work out!

 

We found a tree!!! Yep! Sears of all places! Can you believe it? Perfect size, shape, and not iridescent!! Yay!! We love it! It is pre-lit, so the lighting is perfecto! (Yes I know you are thinking..umm Miss Jenny..won't you be searching for a new tree in a year or so...) I love this tree...so we will cross that bridge when we come to it! : )

 

This is the first Christmas in 8 years without our pink walls!! Everything looks so so different! In a good way! I had a little anxiety trying to make things work at first...but after playing around with some favorite things (old and new)...I think I have found a balance that feels right! It is lighter, and cozier. Maybe a bit less cartooney. Softer.

Many of the darker pink decorations stayed in their boxes. They seemed a bit heavy this year. The addition of turquoise/aqua and gold is super cheerful! There is a "Sis boom" feel to some of our vignettes...and I love that!

I promise more pics of our tree and things over the next few days. For now I leave you with these super super sweet creations above! The top three are some of the most darling creations to date, by my dear friend Laurie  Duncan of Happy as a Lark Designs! I have been collecting Laurie's work for a few years now! She truly dazzles me each season!! Such talent and creativity!! Laurie has now added collages to her offerings! The best part of all, is her usage of vintage family photos in her art!! I am just so thrilled to have these sweet pieces on our tree this year!! Love them!! Thank you so so much Laurie!! You are so fabulous! : )

 

These last two photos are the incredible work of Tracie Lyn Huskamp!! I am just blown away by the attention to detail! I had the honor of swapping with Tracie, what a sweetheart!! My goodness!!
Such incredible style!! She even solders!! Do you see this lovely oval piece? Vintage wallpaper!! Oh it is even better in person!! I love Tracie's work to bits!! Thank you so so much Tracie!! We adore our new ornaments!!

Tracie included a group of the most dazzling hand crafted tags for Aaron too!! You should have seen his face!! He was sooo excited when he saw a perfectly wrapped package with a tiny tag with his name on it!! (I will be sure to take pics of them!)

 

Tomorrow is my sister Melissa's 28th bday! We will be spending the day/evening in NYC!! Should be tons of fun!! I will be sure to take lots of pics and tell you all about it!!

 

I hope you all are enjoying the season!! I hope to catch up with all of you tonight and over the next few days!! Best Wishes!!

xoxo Jenny

Winter Wishes!

Today was spent organizing and adding the finishing touches to many many things. One of them being my piece for the "Winter Wishes" swap. (hosted by the sweet Danielle) It is a 4" x 4" Art Squared wooden plaque. It will be on it's merry way tomorrow morning to a gal named Vicci! I hope she likes it! It isn't your traditional color palette. If you are having a bit of deja vu...yes indeed...you are correct!..it is in fact one of the paintings from our new "Winter Wonderland" star ornaments! I thought it would look sweet on a little plaque! Glittered of course! And the sweet lettering is a hand painted font by the fab Aaron (king of hand painted fonts!) He painted them all ..printed them and shrunk them down tiny for me! What a doll! So in fact...this piece is from us both!

 

Thanks so much for all of the emails about Sis Boom!! Yes ..it truly was as fab as it looks! Actually, even more fab! If you are anywhere near Conn. You must take the trip next year!

 

I have lots and lots of photos to take of so many amazing goodies, and  gifts galore! I hope to get them all up here for for you...tomorrow!

See you then!

xoxo Jenny

 

Be Inspired!!

(Photos by Amy Powers of Inspire Company)

 

I just wanted to share some super fun news...

 

The sweeter than candy Amy of Inspire Company is now offering our holiday house ornaments, and cupcake ornaments on her site ! She did a fabulous job of styling and photographing them! As always! (Thank you bunches Amy!)

We are so honored to be a part of her holiday offerings!! We hope they are well received!

 

I also wanted to tell all of you darling visitors how much I truly truly appreciate your sweet comments and emails! I know AOL is such a hassle when it comes to commenting. Thank you for going through all of that trouble! It means the world to me! If you would be so kind as to add your blog link or email address, so that I can reply that would be fabulous!! I have been unable to get in touch with some of you! Don't think I haven't tried!

 

XOXO Jenny

Sis Boom!

What a fabulous way to end the most insane work week ever.....the SIS BOOM event!!

I cannot even begin to explain to you all, just how incredible 

Jennifer and her glittery wonderland are! She is truly Amazing!! She fills her gorgeous home with the most fabulous candy colored, vintagey, glittery, sweet, happy, lovely, holiday bits you have ever seen! Christmas trees in every corner...(sometimes 3 in one room) hung with the most magical handmade treasures! Her famous ornament wreaths, glittery beaded trees, vintage holiday tablecloth pillows. My face ached from all of the smiling I was doing!!!

We were just delighted see Jennifer and to be able to shop for such unique and dazzling bits to display this holiday!

 

We are so excited about our Sis Boom stockings! Mine is a sweet pink ticking..Aaron's is turquoise. (I promise pics as soon as they are hung). Ohhh and we had to have one of Jennifer's new flag banners! (actually it is a bday gift for my sister Melissa!) It is truly the sweetest!!I think she will love it!! As soon as we have all of our holiday decorations up..I promise pics of  our Sis Boom goodies!

 

Now...I have to tell you about the most awesome Bonus to the day....As we were standing in the kitchen..(the checkout table)...two cute gals come walking in and begin to sign the guest book...We hear them mention that they came all the way from Long Island...and at that second I glanced over and instantly blurted out " Oh my gosh...Vintage Dragonfly!....it was so so funny! 

Danielle Muller and her fab mom!  And we were just talking about "blogland" as they entered!

I know many of you have had the fun of meeting up for things like Silver Bella...or just a day trip....so you know what I am saying..when I tell you it is just SO COOL! And this was such a surprise!

We usually make it to the event the first day...but due to lots of work, we had to make it the second day...and now both Aaron and I agree...it was to run into Danielle!

It really was so great! We had a GREAT day! Thank you Jennifer! Love you to bits! So so great to see you! (The kids look Awesome!)

 

Ok..so how about them photos up there? And trust me...there was so so much more!! It was so hard to zoom in on every tiny bit of eye candy! Every square inch of each room had gobs and gobs of glittery goodness! Magical! The holidays have officially begun! Thanks Sis Boom!!

 

I hope you all are having lots of holiday fun! I promise some pics soon!

Enjoy your weekend!!

xoxo Jenny

Winter Wonderland ornaments!

  Hello Everyone! Taking a tiny break from days and days of filling holiday orders!. At this point I feel as if we should be adding our local post office staff to our holiday gift list! We spend more time with them than with any of our friends and family! I know many of you can relate this time of year!

 

We have been dying to make some LARGE ornaments for the holiday, so we took most of yesterday to create! As many of you know...we absolutely adore vintage holiday houses!....from the cardboard cuties, to the sweet imagery of vintage Christmas cards and gift wrap! We cannot get enough!

We are quite happy with how they turned out! They are quite large! I am loving that! We tried to capture the little winter wonderlands of pastel colored cottages and pine trees blanketed with billowy snow, and faint curls of smoke rising from chimneys in these little paintings. They measures 11" point to point and are made of thin wood, painted the perfect vintagey  pink, and aqua! They are lightweight enough to hang from a chandelier over your family table, or from a cupboard door!

I may tuck one in our tree! (no...we did not find one yet!...boo hoo...still looking! )

 

These sweet stars are now available in our  

eBay store! For anyone interested!

 

I have lots more to show you...including some fabulous mail from this week!! I hope to be back later tonight with some more eye candy! We are cramming to ship a bunch out tomorrow. So it may be a late night!

 

I am loving all of your holidays pics....especially those lovely trees! Keep posting!

 

oooh...almost forgot!

Today Miss Posie herself, Alicia will be updating her website !! So get ready for all kinds of goodies! I cannot wait!!

 

Hope you all are off to a great week! Best Wishes! Happy Holiday Decorating!

xoxo Jenny

Crafty Inspiration from blogland!

  We are truly living in a 24 hour bakery over here!! Batches and batches  of cupcakes drying on every surface!! Both Aaron and I have permanent hand cramps from all of the cutting! I imagine the Silver Bella gals can identify...putting together all of those fabulous kits!!

Just when you think I 'd had enough cutting....I sat down to do some personal cutting! Inspired by the fabulous handiwork of  Alicia, (Have a peek at her incredible vintage wallpapered patchwork closet door !!) I revamped this super sweet tiny table "thingy" that we have had floating around for years! I'm not sure what it was actually used for. It is from the 40's and has a pretty vintage glass knob...and opens up...with a mirror attached to the inside lid! ( I plan on painting the inside a sweet vintagey turquoise) It is only 16" high...and is a 12" square. Any ideas on what it was for?

I gathered up some of my favorite scraps of papers, new scrapbooking papers, as well as vintage sheet music, and vintage baking book pages! With no real plans...and a relaxed attitude toward the design (which is truly out of character) ..I just cut different shapes and sizes, and mod podged away! I am quite pleased with how it turned out...it is very happy and sweet, with it's chippy tan paint and all! Perfect for my vintage plastic tree and a few cardboard Christmas houses!

I am so thankful for Alicia's fab post!! What inspiration!! Thanks Alicia!!

 

ohhh...and celebrating a One year blogiversary is my sweet and talented friend Kari aka  ArtsyMama !! Stop over and join the celebration!!!

 

How fun it is to consider a year of blogging, crafting, and meeting new friends!! So so cool!! I look forward to lots of blogiversaries!! Mine and YOURS!!

 

Happy Creating!

Happy Blogging!!

xoxo Jenny

 

 

 

Swappy fun and Great mail!!!

 

 

My goodness...I have got to thank all of you sweethearts..including Aaron's mom (Barb) who read that I am searching high and low for a new white tree this year! I cannot believe how super helpful you all are!! My goodness!! So many emails, and links! Thank you all so much!! I will let you know what we settle on this weekend!

 

Well this past week I shipped out my latest swap goodies! It was a CHOCOLATE swap!! I cannot tell you how fun it was to browse and shop for special  chocolate treats! I was drooling over everything I picked up! This swap truly brought out the kid in me.....and in Aaron as well!! The selection is incredible, especially this time of year! I don't think that the gal I sent to visits my blog so I can tell you what is in the brown paper packages above!

1. Is an incredible looking bar: La Artesana extra fine chocolate with milk

2. The fabulous Harry and David's Truffles in dark chocolate

3. An amaaaazing looking 30 piece assortment of Monbana chocolates in, Lait, Lait-Cereales, cappuccino, Lait-Praline, and Tea squares!!

4. And a perfect collection of mixed Harry and David truffles!

 

I really had a great time putting it all together! I hope that she enjoys everything! I looked on swap-bot today to see if everyone has sent theirs.....there are still 7 people who haven't. I truly hope that we do not have any deadbeats. That would stink! I already told you about my first bittersweet swap experience . (club little house mini swap). Hopefully everything will be great for everyone!!

 

Ok...so now about the other photos!! I am just super duper excited about my "Crown of the Town" kit from  

Teresa Mcfayden!!..yes...Miss Silver Bella herself!! I know this photo in noway shows all of the incredible bits and bobs in this kit!! I promise more photos when I finally get a moment to sit down to work on it!! ...For now.....you have got to go check out my gal  Jennifer Sis Boom's crowns!! Her take on this kit is smashing!! In true Sis Boom fashion!!

 

Also pictured above is a fabulous vintage-style  holiday collage cone kit from Danielle over at The Vintage Dragonfly Studio Blog! As soon as I get a moment of free time, I will be crafting away!! I promise pics!!

 

We are still in full swing ornament mode over here!! Hope to ship TONS more tomorrow!

 

I see that many of you have gotten snow!! Lucky ducks!! 

Alicia and Andy are sipping homemade cocoa admiring their fabulous candy colored tree and Christmas village, and 

Vicki and family are living in a winter wonderlandright now!

I wonder when we will finally get some winter? Maybe I should wear my pjs inside out! That used to work in the 3rd grade!!

 

Hope you all are enjoying the season!!

Happy Decorating!

xoxo Jenny

A Fabulous holiday was had by all!

  Hello Everyone!! I hope your holiday was full of great food, family, friends, fun, and happiness!! I have been seeing lots of fabulous photos on your blogs!! Some gorgeous table settings I might add!!

Aaron and I had one of the best Thanksgivings in years! We spent the day with the most important people in our lives!

This year my sister and I decided to make a bunch of "new" sides to bring to my parents. My goodness.....we had Martha's homemade Macaroni and Cheese....Country Living's roasted sweet potato casserole with praline streusel, Paula Dean's Pineapple upside down biscuits, and so many other fabulous things! My pumpkin swirl cheesecake was a big big hit! It really was deeeelish!! I kicked it up a notch or two by adding a layer of a sweetened vanilla and cinnamon whipped cream, and topping it with bourbon maple pecans from Whole Foods! To die for!! I will be sure to make it again and again!!

We truly ate enough for a week! And we continue to eat all sorts of snacks and sweets that we took home!

 

Another highlight of the holiday was baby Adam....Aaron's brother's first child. He is amazing! Such a doll! He has gotten so so big! He is a little over 5 months now. I will be sure to post pics of him soon! He has the biggest blue eyes!! Walt came over to Aaron's parents too. He was shocked at how tiny Adam's fingernails were...and his two tiny bottom teeth! He had to whip out his camera phone for a few pics!

This was the first time in over 30 years that Barb (Aaron's mom) hosted Thanksgiving. Usually we all go down to Mom Mom's house in Barnegat. Which is about an hour or so away. So usually after our dinner at my parents we rush to get down there to Aaron's family for dessert. It is always seems so rushed. This year was much more relaxed and easy. I think Barb had a good time. She is always a great hostess! The torch is now passed! The year that Barb became a grandma...fitting huh?

Aaron, Walt and I drove Mom Mom home at the end of the evening. It was a great time! We love visiting with her! It is non stop conversation. She is so sharp and fun! It was a great day!

 

This weekend was spent filling orders! We are up to our ears in ornaments! Really!! Stacks and stacks of pink bakery boxes are piled high around the apt! We will be shipping a bunch tomorrow. and then it is back to ornament making! So glad that they were so well received! Thank you to anyone who has ordered some! We are honored to be a part of your holiday!

 

Up above are some of my Wish list items!! Are you drooling as much as I am?? My goodness!! How fabulous are these houses?? They are from the fabulous Room Service Home! The pink houses are actually currently sold out..boo hoo...I had to share the photo with you anyway! Such eye candy!! Maybe I will try my hand at creating my own version of them. Aaron and I made a few vintage inspired cardboard glitter houses last year...lots of fun! I will post pics as soon as we unpack all of our holiday items!

 

We are still searching for a new white tree....no luck yet..I will keep you posted!

 

Well, I have lots to do before bed!! I hope to post again tomorrow. My apologies to any of you dolls that I owe emails to! I promise tonight or tomorrow!! I haven't forgotten you!!

 

Have a  great week!

Happy Holiday decorating!

xoxo Jenny