Utterly Splendid: Tis the Season

Monday, November 7, 2011

Tis the Season

I already have some really fun stuff to share this month. Most of them will be holiday ideas--today's happen to be Thanksgiving and Christmas.

In the spirit of gratitude, I decided it would be fun to try out an idea I saw somewhere online (which I could remember). I created a "Thankful Tree" with papers by {In the Making Design}. I used both the {Retro Mango Paper Pack} and the {Budoir Solids Paper Pack} for the "leaves". Each day we write down as a family something we're thankful for and hang the leaf back on the tree. My daughter looks forward to it everyday!

{Elle's Studio} came out with a bunch of cute tags today. They would work on scrapbook layouts or for attaching to Christmas gifts. I decided to use her new {Christmas Circle Tags} to make a countdown to Christmas activity jar. They are 25% off today at JessicaSprague.com!

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Why the name?

As I was trying to think of a name for this blog where I would share things I am proud of, I thought of phrases that were special or unique to me. When I was only three or four, my mom made a lot of my clothes. One day she brought me into the sewing room to share the latest outfit and I clapped my hands together and said "Oh, splendid!" Of course, no three or four-year-olds use words like "splendid" without learning them from some old movie or something. I happened to watch old movies and learned the line from "The Slipper and the Rose", a Cinderella story. When the stepmother is looking at herself in the mirror, she is happy with what she sees, and says, "Utterly splendid." After I am finished with a photo edit or scrapbook layout, that's how I feel. I look at my work and feel like my three-year-old self again--giddy and smiling and oh so happy with what I see (at least, most of the time).