I am Thankful for.....

My family

My friends

The Gospel of Jesus Christ

Good Health

Warm Home

These are just a few.....

I am so Thankful for all of you.  Thank you so much for visiting my blog and following me.  This has been such a fun ride!  I am learning so much and enjoying every minute of it!

THANK YOU!  

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

and remember....

{HUGS!}

Friday Frolic Features

Thank you so much ladies for linking up last week!  We got up to 67 links (not that I am keeping track:).

I really love to see everything you are working on.  It's so much fun to go through all the links and see what fabulous talent is out there!  THANK YOU!

Here are the top 5 viewed links from last week.  If you are featured here, Pretty please grab a featured button from my sidebar.  I would so very appreciate it!

The top viewed was Just Sew Sassy Christmas Hanging Ornaments.

I love how easy, but elegant these look!  So pretty!

I love this idea!  Babblings and More showed us how to reuse all those free address labels we get in the mail!  Genius:)

I am in love with this!  I love all the pretty scrapbook paper Simply Living used on this Paper Tree!  The little banner is so adorable as well:)

I love this Rick Rack Christmas Tree idea from Pumpkin and a Princess!  So easy, but beautiful!

Aren't these cute little fleece pumpkins adorable?  They would be so cute to use as place card holders!  These are from MichellePaige.

Thanks again ladies!  Be sure and grab a featured button on the right sidebar!  See you back here Friday for Friday Frolic!  I can't wait to see all the Christmas projects you are working on!

Friday Frolic Feature and a Giveaway!

Thanks to all who linked up to Friday Frolic last week!  There were some AWESOME projects!  You all are SO talented!  Here was the most viewed:

Congrats Kalyn!  Her blog is:  And I thought I loved you Then.  Go check out her blog.  She is one crafty woman!

This was one of my favorites as well. I love it.  The Scrapbook paper background is adorable!

Come back this Friday to link up more of your Craftiness!  

Now for the GIVEAWAY!  

I meant to get this post up yesterday, but with all the birthday festivities I forgot!  So here it is.  To celebrate my birthday I am giving one of my readers a FAB stash of goodies!!

Wahooooo!  Look at that loot.  Here is what you could win:

-7 Handmade Thanksgiving tags

-18 mini Thanksgiving cards

-8 Vintage Thanksgiving cards

- 46 gift tags (misc. sizes)

2 Fall/Autumn cards with envelopes

These items are all Handmade by MOI!  

Here's the Rules:

1.  Follow my blog (pleassse!) and leave a comment telling me your favorite thing about this time of year!

THAT'S IT!   Easy Peasy!  

This Giveaway is for U.S. only.  I will pick the winner on Sunday evening Nov. 13th and announce the winner Monday morning!  

Good luck:)

Be Thankful Banner Bunting

**** If you would like to guest post on my blog, I would love to have you!  I am looking for Guest bloggers for November and December and there are still openings!  I would be happy to swap as well:)  Shoot me an e-mail if your interested:  kweight@byu.net.

I wanted to share this banner with you last year, but I must have forgotten.  This is one of my favorite banners I have made so far.  

I used Bo Bunny's Kitchen Spice paper for this banner.  I love all the Autumn Colors in this paper!  So pretty:)

I didn't write a tutorial for this, because it's so easy and I am sure you could do this blindfolded, but I will tell you what I did!

I used my Cricut to cut out the letters, then cut out 2 different sized of Triangles, glued them together, glued on the letters, punched holes in the sides of the triangles and added some buttons for embellishments.  I strung the triangles with some Autumn ribbon, then Poof!! it's finished.   

Doesn't take long at all to make one of these babies.  I love the way it looks with my Autumn blocks, don't you?  

Have a great night.  I can't wait to show you my Gratitude wall hanging later this week:)  

Happy Thanksgiving! I am so Grateful for YOU!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by my blog.  I love my readers!  Have a great day;)

Thanksgiving Subway Art with Burlap

**** Don't forget to enter the Scrapbook Stash Giveaway!  It ends next Sunday November 28th!  I can't wait to see who wins this huge package of fabulous Scrapbook goodies!  Click on the "Current Giveaway" Link above

 I know you have probably seen soooo much Subway Art out in Blog land, but I couldn't resist taking a picture of this one I framed and added some Burlap flowers with buttons!  I think it turned out cute.

I am giving this to a friend tonight.  We are going over there for dinner and I wanted to give her a little gift.  I just bought the frame at the Dollar Tree.  Here is where I got the cool download.  I already had the burlap and buttons laying around!  Here it is:

I hope Andrea likes it!  I think I might have to add some burlap to some of my framed art now.  It gives it a homespun kind of look, don't you think?

Be Thankful Banner made with cardboard!

I have seen so many cute banners out there in blog land!  I decided to try and  create my own.  Here is what I came up with:

Here is a close-up.  I used a Costco sized fruit snack box for the backing!

I cut out the letters with my Cricut machine.  I cut out the cardboard triangles with my hefty paper cutter (not my scrapbook one!)

Don't ya love my fun pumpkins and my "Fall" plaque too?

Have a great Sunday!

Tutorial: Easy Matchbook Paper Pads

Thanks to one of my readers {Poe} for her request to post this tutorial. I was really excited, because I LOVE these cute little paper pads!!  They are so cute and have a variety of fun uses.  Here we go....

First you need:

*scrapbook paper

*printer paper

*paper cutter

*stapler

1.  First you need to cut the Scrapbook paper into 2 x 5 sizes.  You can make about 10 matchbooks with a 12 x 12 piece of paper!  Cool, huh?

2.  Fold the bottom of the matchbook over about 1/2 inch.

3.  Cut your printer paper into about 1 3/4 x 2 inch squares.

4.  Stick about 10 sheets of printer paper cut into the small squares in side the 1/2 inch fold and staple on the inside of the matchbook.  Make sure when you staple you leave some room to tuck the top of the matchbook inside!


5.  Fold the top flap over and tuck it into the stapled fold.  Thats it!!!  Easy Peasy, huh?

These are perfect to tuck in your purse, to write notes on, use as party favors.

My sister-in-law used them at church when she was giving a lesson.  The women she was speaking to could write down notes on them during the lesson...so COOL!

I want to make some cute Thanksgiving ones and put them on the table for each person to write what they are thankful for.  Dinner is at my house this year!  FUN....

Thanksgiving Tree- Gratitude

Have you ever to been to the blog Oopsey Daisy?  She is a very talented and crafty woman.  I love her ideas!  I came across this Gratitude Tree on her blog today.  Isn't it fabulous?  I love it!  There is even a tutorial with it.  I am so excited to make it!!  Go check it out~

My top 5 favorite things about FALL

I absolutely LOVE Fall.  It is my favorite time of year.  Why, you ask?  Well here are my top 5 reasons for loving Fall:  


1.  Honeycrisp Apples WITH Caramel - I look forward to every year when I can go buy some of these yummy apples from a nearby farmer.  They are the best,  juiciest apples you will ever eat!

 2.  The leaves changing.  Who doesn't love this?  It is the most breath taking sight I have ever seen!

3.  Orange and White Pumpkins.  I have a thing for white pumpkins.  I think they are the coolest things ever created by God.  I also love lots and lots of Orange ones!

4.  Harvesting my Garden.  I look forward every year to tomatoes from my garden.  They are soooo much better than store bought ones!  I also love corn from my garden.  This year was a little disappointing because our corn didn't come up very well.  It looked yucky!

5.  Thanksgiving!  I love to get together with family and have a feast!  It's so fun to cook for it and eat until I feel like I am going to hurl:)  I also have so much to be thankful for! 

I would love to hear your top 5 as well!  I love comments and I read every stinkin' one of them, so please....feel free!