Gift Wrapping, Our Tree, Joy and Reindeer Cutouts and Imparting Grace

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today I am excited to introduce two new cutouts each in two colors and show you some gifts I wrapped with them and the Christmas tree in our living room that I accented them with. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First we have <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/joy-cardstock-silhouette-set-in-cream">Joy Cutouts in Cream</a> both in small:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/joy-cardstock-silhouette-set-in-cream"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9p6aRgCSBlIrZ7FzMJnqzsN22Iix76ywuu0vUApDXdSqmkAIbiBxUYCvlUqCPTVpaI2XMd3w6uTQRhArGZK8E6T8caMfXzQbVt8usMBby-w9bA10RDROikseMtCDgyFmgZdVtDDThA0/s640/qNovember_1316.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/joy-cardstock-silhouette-set-in-cream">medium</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/joy-cardstock-silhouette-set-in-cream"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJsljQZ4cNrwjHvpgJ2qN9uW6Ta5215JBAq9CYK8twu-eORmyVYzUGle9n0BLmmUw44StYNHxrm0IiqFE18v0IJGfPJWIkTVyIiY3TXS3lgE6D5ClYjYTr3YdSikdhIKfOaYPJOmR4ST0/s640/qNovember_1321.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also have <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/reindeer-cardstock-silhouette-set-in-cream">reindeer cutouts in cream</a> in both small and medium:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/reindeer-cardstock-silhouette-set-in-cream"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GIUeiUc737iJWezFpM_1c9bpiXtSwdN4sPi2CBiGDwu_VutfFGPNSP9WD9N5AiRWE6H9SRBI81FR4Ay26497NbGrfrcUMmj2tPG7Ye5a7fK6RxvLIZJiO1xNPKpjvXuYZKYg8wxUAuM/s640/qNovember_1311.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The reindeer are also <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/reindeer-cardstock-silhouette-set-in-black">available in black</a> in small and medium: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/reindeer-cardstock-silhouette-set-in-black"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgztXvGM0tgKrN6scEEkftX_ptsFqZZXs-CihvnHxo27pPtpUiat08UVcMmLWLLcm37-lae6cVhKYsG9uf9xeGa_T1pZYIcfogl5OFasw_gO2WJp0nN6KkQdCJVDP4JM_Zxh5UaYMDWOFM/s640/qNovember_1329.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And the <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/joy-cardstock-silhouette-set-in-black">Joy Cutouts are available in black</a> in small and medium as well: </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/joy-cardstock-silhouette-set-in-black"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIA2X4jcjez7ff7aO3VRMWMcSqVid1mWnAFdmfIfF_1tijYudO0BZbeQsdhfgMMnhOLbPgClf-Ea01okFAYqifbX_F5e1ngl3HzsQ2qpr5DfjiO_uwjZxaR_ZRLB1iHpTRYTghDcpwjWs/s640/qNovember_1336.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Our <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/drummer-boy-card-stock-silhouette-sets">Drummer Boy Cutouts</a> make great embellishments for gifts too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/drummer-boy-card-stock-silhouette-sets"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj77SBfF_iTeZ5U1OwlJlRYOb2O5M6NbeQnIH_FybcQlVatWCFttBDYV_EF9ePcfXL9HcFHh4MtwPKjO8pMWz8qC-NEeAz6y7uxFPLXNKKOjlb3uyGEg_fCt7a7WUrrt0Asqfh_DcrrKIA/s640/qNovember_1363.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> And here is our tree accented with both the new <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/joy-cardstock-silhouette-set-in-cream">Joy Cutouts</a> (I used two packs of the medium size) and the <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/drummer-boy-card-stock-silhouette-sets">Drummer Boy Cutouts</a> and lots of other handmade ornaments.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunzr7iffujcPvDdl_gxVK-phWC-zg-YcoatHYGu8LlLYHJPEG0ZegI-xCx1rpRJ8wyIlTF3tMolpaZZEmf8Tq59wIoy1um6Y807Fq4jnIPq-pKl4UWQXZhB3mJoNYSuhJsJ1neUowvLc/s1600/rNovember_1283.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunzr7iffujcPvDdl_gxVK-phWC-zg-YcoatHYGu8LlLYHJPEG0ZegI-xCx1rpRJ8wyIlTF3tMolpaZZEmf8Tq59wIoy1um6Y807Fq4jnIPq-pKl4UWQXZhB3mJoNYSuhJsJ1neUowvLc/s640/rNovember_1283.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEHdE-2It0VWWJl2DmlTlO8fOsDUE3w0uQxC3ITkTIAo-_kbbhzxCOJHJ9UZI2gr9aCBs8I_ajktt4eWJG1eQg2nZx0IwuZlou2va9FoB2SsoGC5Z51pg80h4eSe7ND2RPtBUWPesDhHY/s1600/rNovember_1304.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEHdE-2It0VWWJl2DmlTlO8fOsDUE3w0uQxC3ITkTIAo-_kbbhzxCOJHJ9UZI2gr9aCBs8I_ajktt4eWJG1eQg2nZx0IwuZlou2va9FoB2SsoGC5Z51pg80h4eSe7ND2RPtBUWPesDhHY/s640/rNovember_1304.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">The reindeer make great ornaments too:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0A481c37pZ9NB6VNBBo2tDTt6Re1nDDDv04TQl3VWwtQhJ5WFPlidT4aiVkLMdMxrhbhFmDHZYxeNNS_xR9m-hXfMRiv8WYzdQDzWuQ8rM2y3DkmfUkD5XV3FS2qpT7EeEfkpuhpKaFY/s1600/qNovember_818.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0A481c37pZ9NB6VNBBo2tDTt6Re1nDDDv04TQl3VWwtQhJ5WFPlidT4aiVkLMdMxrhbhFmDHZYxeNNS_xR9m-hXfMRiv8WYzdQDzWuQ8rM2y3DkmfUkD5XV3FS2qpT7EeEfkpuhpKaFY/s640/qNovember_818.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are lots of ways to use these fun little cutouts:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7d7o04ARZnKq-Z00FmWN6B0u9XU-eYGfXVV7cpwMzUVXLVzPFyR5FsIo65Z6bIFs4FeoQfv6d7IjFMz-RZyfNhK1VUdleOVDke80O6F_xv7mjsgAoIHM3zI7axIlrkWgtZKuydBeODOQ/s1600/qNovember_814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7d7o04ARZnKq-Z00FmWN6B0u9XU-eYGfXVV7cpwMzUVXLVzPFyR5FsIo65Z6bIFs4FeoQfv6d7IjFMz-RZyfNhK1VUdleOVDke80O6F_xv7mjsgAoIHM3zI7axIlrkWgtZKuydBeODOQ/s640/qNovember_814.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXM23Qsd84qCNTdssn0sOnb09lZTPyFOgm4OmZDcYL3hbWx2YlSfWtbz56NAXmZ4ruQ5gLSQ_NZDrIOcb8GlVVZHHMQEUQpWQibdOIExbzdXlVz61pvfiZbxB42oxfzNpSqAu46VeXQsw/s1600/qNovember_838.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXM23Qsd84qCNTdssn0sOnb09lZTPyFOgm4OmZDcYL3hbWx2YlSfWtbz56NAXmZ4ruQ5gLSQ_NZDrIOcb8GlVVZHHMQEUQpWQibdOIExbzdXlVz61pvfiZbxB42oxfzNpSqAu46VeXQsw/s640/qNovember_838.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br />I also wanted to introduce one of our newest blog sponsors, Richella from <a href="http://www.impartinggrace.com/">Imparting Grace</a>!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.impartinggrace.com/"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqcQdP2VV6g9QIN6YuhPkPlhsNIyMiLts2b7lBLEXDkhScLl6bdhU9b0cKnFvFfdoIqZjnhxyaGuoWVNQFdu3B96SCtqzdmgj9lpjIkIkcIJgkP0zkRwnOaXM5iLzKUU32H7TC0S93KoI/s1600/Imparting+Grace+button+260+2.png" /></a></div><br />I actually know Richella not just from blogging but in "real life" too. She is a family friend that lived next door to my Aunt and Uncle for years. She and her husband have three sons, all close in age to my cousins. So, it is nice to be able to introduce you to a friend. Richella and her family live in a beautiful home, that you can read about here. Here is a photo of her home decorated for Christmas last year. If you click on it it will bring you to her <a href="http://www.impartinggrace.com/2011/12/christmas-house-tour.html">Christmas Tour</a>.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.impartinggrace.com/2011/12/christmas-house-tour.html"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnOJXqSVwWsbZMsw5fWaVwyfe99gJn4Zjm5PQyrhlFGt6BCZMh3AlpGeY2eGgRfx3B04Uhcqta4okLthC3zaddf3ELO8OoCfR7HHjh14Qkarz2MRPeZrHmW4rw1SSgU2nwGV26CBVnKTg/s1600/DSC_0381.JPG" /></a></div>    <br />Richella's blog is full of tips and inspiration. She hosts a weekly party called <a href="http://www.impartinggrace.com/search/label/Grace%20at%20Home">Grace at Home</a> . She also recently started a new weekly series called <a href="http://www.impartinggrace.com/search/label/Grace%20for%20Dinner">Grace for Dinner</a> that focuses on quick and easy dinner recipes.  I think this is such a great concept and she features not only recipes of her own but from other bloggers as well. (I am planning on trying <a href="http://www.impartinggrace.com/2012/11/grace-for-dinner-lemon-chicken.html">this recipe</a> from one of her guest posters!) Head on over to <a href="http://www.impartinggrace.com/">Imparting Grace</a> and say hello!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />I hope you all are having a wonderful Thanksgiving week!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqiHfik3_LH9jxwc9HWtgMqjb2hTMMq7wQUsXFos8XJgnvCzPp0UbhRiGJYbWFWygaFwKs0JRUJ9rAOHx1dm3io2Aq6NaFKOtFUL3-0ixQ35qu5iQa2p-JAJNTvSxgINPIHvdj521yyo/s1600/sig.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqiHfik3_LH9jxwc9HWtgMqjb2hTMMq7wQUsXFos8XJgnvCzPp0UbhRiGJYbWFWygaFwKs0JRUJ9rAOHx1dm3io2Aq6NaFKOtFUL3-0ixQ35qu5iQa2p-JAJNTvSxgINPIHvdj521yyo/s1600/sig.png" /></a></div><br />

Gift Wrapping, Our Tree, Joy and Reindeer Cutouts and Imparting Grace

Today I am excited to introduce two new cutouts each in two colors and show you some gifts I wrapped with them and the Christmas tree in our...

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuAcPf6E5flRIfCdroOBuM01pI9KCp0nYTsOWcL4LRhXMvVNjzzGwCykrMdFdklBZPclsYxMrIOABatP5PW2JlIPgGLYsa6Ztzkm7Op112TRtOFQlAmNTdY6dSm-nYTKSVrMWuqbztco/s1600/DSC_0169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuAcPf6E5flRIfCdroOBuM01pI9KCp0nYTsOWcL4LRhXMvVNjzzGwCykrMdFdklBZPclsYxMrIOABatP5PW2JlIPgGLYsa6Ztzkm7Op112TRtOFQlAmNTdY6dSm-nYTKSVrMWuqbztco/s640/DSC_0169.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwRWdZtnw8nC0_2Fs-zaNlp_dqXPrRULI8iTc3WHs2dbNU3YxGOigeByizIGjUyeJO0tCh82tT4Evz-vKAIrab-amwX3ZuBW8UwJoJHVOtm3Q21no-7x1Rl4UetJNWnkSnqgzH5XhdRw/s1600/DSC_0126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwRWdZtnw8nC0_2Fs-zaNlp_dqXPrRULI8iTc3WHs2dbNU3YxGOigeByizIGjUyeJO0tCh82tT4Evz-vKAIrab-amwX3ZuBW8UwJoJHVOtm3Q21no-7x1Rl4UetJNWnkSnqgzH5XhdRw/s640/DSC_0126.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF49YebWQGEDnaeMU7wShVlMeV96oybqa-W2am-8jPu8_yOfICho8l1bGQqQqoCRwJk7cCa0iDNg_L_DLAAz6geRTjRHg-Yqyi6erCVoAWICVIILLqDxNqOnkhNfhU3OabqAf8uFYiJ6I/s1600/DSC_0118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF49YebWQGEDnaeMU7wShVlMeV96oybqa-W2am-8jPu8_yOfICho8l1bGQqQqoCRwJk7cCa0iDNg_L_DLAAz6geRTjRHg-Yqyi6erCVoAWICVIILLqDxNqOnkhNfhU3OabqAf8uFYiJ6I/s640/DSC_0118.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ever since I was little I have always LOVED wrapping gifts. I remember one Christmas back in college where I spent almost as much wrapping each gift as I did on the gifts themselves.  I am pretty sure my siblings (who were around ages 12 - 16 at the time) did NOT appreciate that and wished I had of just spent the extra money on their actual gifts! Haha! Oh well. Ever since starting Dear Lillie, though, I have been in such a rush that I haven't spent much time on gift wrapping. Well, a little while ago I saw this <a href="http://todaysfabulousfinds.blogspot.com/2011/01/crepe-paper-flowers-and-girls-valentine.html">tutorial</a> and fell in love with the beautiful crepe paper flowers that <a href="http://todaysfabulousfinds.blogspot.com/">Janet</a> made. I had never been a fan of crepe paper before but now have completely changed my mind. Anyway, I bookmarked the tutorial and thought I would give it a try when I had some time. Well, last week I had to wrap a bridal shower gift for "Miss Lisa", as Lillie calls her (we are so excited for her and "Coach Ben" and can't wait for their wedding next month!), as well as a baby gift and a few other presents so thought it would be fun to give it a try. It looked easy and inexpensive and I have to say it really was! The crepe paper from Target was $1.99 a roll and I think you could probably get anywhere from 10 to 20 flowers out of each roll (depending on their size) and you can't beat 10 to 20 cents per flower. And they really were easy. However, I switched mine up a tiny bit because for some reason I had trouble making mine look like Janet's when I did the fold in half part from her tutorial. Hers were so beautiful and fluffy and mine kept coming out like this and looked so flat and tight and not nearly as pretty as hers.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxK0BaHdOOEFgjG61FQXtAes54B1CapCqJgy0ZEm-nDsm7GeCrNyPXPsW6tzxm0t0ZHkkFotWJJPGGrvy05iKX0-udGUordTieCv97aePkIuXkBBBGSDtk2QwkPYTTy5mDmK1V9jife4/s1600/DSC_0182.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxK0BaHdOOEFgjG61FQXtAes54B1CapCqJgy0ZEm-nDsm7GeCrNyPXPsW6tzxm0t0ZHkkFotWJJPGGrvy05iKX0-udGUordTieCv97aePkIuXkBBBGSDtk2QwkPYTTy5mDmK1V9jife4/s640/DSC_0182.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am not sure what I was doing wrong but after four turning out like the one above I gave up and tried doing mine a tiny bit different. Below is how I did mine step by step but you can also check out her <a href="http://todaysfabulousfinds.blogspot.com/2011/01/crepe-paper-flowers-and-girls-valentine.html%20%20">tutorial</a> and see which one works better for you. The only part that's different is where you sew your ruffle (hers is down the middle and mine is on the side) and hers are folded in half and mine aren't.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #c27ba0; text-align: center;"><b>1).  First cut three long strips of crepe paper. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(For my largest flower I think each strip was about 3 feet long and for the smaller ones I just made the strips a little smaller. I don't think I made any that were less than 2 feet, though).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjRGgP3Iwr439P3jSttGiybQV0sIAjI8z_b9VSEfnHxdxoNDsmT3eJt-BQzeXeTlYh93CbMEiyminejP432u_PojmZ-W8ESW2j3RDjF_91Y1FCN9S98PJspljyVau96c2fXI2Bfv58VA/s1600/DSC_0036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjRGgP3Iwr439P3jSttGiybQV0sIAjI8z_b9VSEfnHxdxoNDsmT3eJt-BQzeXeTlYh93CbMEiyminejP432u_PojmZ-W8ESW2j3RDjF_91Y1FCN9S98PJspljyVau96c2fXI2Bfv58VA/s640/DSC_0036.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #c27ba0; text-align: center;"><b>2).  Stack them on top of each other.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyopE55mJxqiGO3yH61gvyM7-nwtLPUTx7kOBr3DZmAKFxdF5f8cwOQCB5fx5IJ7WAiAh26BBkrGljI8GjFwNCm4XW6q_cC864H14A1vJniP4KNQG-9VIQjhS8qjK6oaPvYEF8IUw8egA/s1600/DSC_0038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyopE55mJxqiGO3yH61gvyM7-nwtLPUTx7kOBr3DZmAKFxdF5f8cwOQCB5fx5IJ7WAiAh26BBkrGljI8GjFwNCm4XW6q_cC864H14A1vJniP4KNQG-9VIQjhS8qjK6oaPvYEF8IUw8egA/s640/DSC_0038.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I figured it would be easier to make a whole bunch at once and save them for future use so I think I made around 20-25 of them and first just cut all of the strips and stacked them together is piles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho67x26Gz8uEfzdAlSOCZvp3pt49JWhFT-dIU7ltUh032OantKWI_lXmjVOMtt62rWbfnEpew-MyoGJIq7Na4e7DzBGzuytZWYuYqkFKGTHyGgfVts427WDWbK7HqAQAho4T_t7vzrZKU/s1600/DSC_0034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho67x26Gz8uEfzdAlSOCZvp3pt49JWhFT-dIU7ltUh032OantKWI_lXmjVOMtt62rWbfnEpew-MyoGJIq7Na4e7DzBGzuytZWYuYqkFKGTHyGgfVts427WDWbK7HqAQAho4T_t7vzrZKU/s640/DSC_0034.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #c27ba0; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #c27ba0; text-align: center;"><b> 4) Set your sewing machine to make the longest stitch possible.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here are the settings that I set my sewing machine at. You can also just hand stitch them loosely and then pull the thread at the end to make the ruffle if you don't have a machine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTD1AIgq2obo1KYeQANBd5UfItPwdpsNJYA9Y2fuvRzJJHjIwgr5plN8C87iF2o4QfblZmDaFjA5SDTQDNverrHyXA4UNV2tQcDmk8b5glZa-L4xpz5ED5FLVSZTAkeBLJLkan4CcXtGI/s1600/DSC_0042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTD1AIgq2obo1KYeQANBd5UfItPwdpsNJYA9Y2fuvRzJJHjIwgr5plN8C87iF2o4QfblZmDaFjA5SDTQDNverrHyXA4UNV2tQcDmk8b5glZa-L4xpz5ED5FLVSZTAkeBLJLkan4CcXtGI/s640/DSC_0042.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKI8FsstwouyBC6nFc_yeBzvga9v1Tyep7WZuLga8_dMkrWZhyM1t8Zy-lQ1snuhhCpS7Yfor2_7kaqPCvBJlGRIHDqG9JDuvGpRxdgkCedYnWzP2TiEw0WUhJSD3Jnh6tDKUqvPohXLM/s1600/DSC_0043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKI8FsstwouyBC6nFc_yeBzvga9v1Tyep7WZuLga8_dMkrWZhyM1t8Zy-lQ1snuhhCpS7Yfor2_7kaqPCvBJlGRIHDqG9JDuvGpRxdgkCedYnWzP2TiEw0WUhJSD3Jnh6tDKUqvPohXLM/s640/DSC_0043.jpg" width="428" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #c27ba0; text-align: center;"><b>5).  Now start sewing!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyg0VOqncYLdo8OTi6OdupYU9X3EioLwY43NsIZoziEGUKKmhPTX6dQphr7rY__vEt30SYtHr0LPCvkNRps5bCTlvptIuRGDLBlRMnTJXGadlY8Q-Ne-1_TqtBeZ00tZ53lKRSiGL1RDw/s1600/DSC_0041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyg0VOqncYLdo8OTi6OdupYU9X3EioLwY43NsIZoziEGUKKmhPTX6dQphr7rY__vEt30SYtHr0LPCvkNRps5bCTlvptIuRGDLBlRMnTJXGadlY8Q-Ne-1_TqtBeZ00tZ53lKRSiGL1RDw/s640/DSC_0041.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> It always helps having some Disney Princesses stickers! We sewed so many of these streamers that Lillie got a little bored with her part of "pushing the pedal" and starting decorating my machine instead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKq_9GLnll84osIWd3j9Nn-eLjR-HXQhOhisJb1AGUpBkbfXzyHr6Okxe9fcUrjz1V51zVFqYHpp6FsAE4jG6AkdZpPyEavvcoU6MgU9rxL2tpOgTRVTb_7LLGN-wgEGvuI0KWwZQtEpU/s1600/DSC_0046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKq_9GLnll84osIWd3j9Nn-eLjR-HXQhOhisJb1AGUpBkbfXzyHr6Okxe9fcUrjz1V51zVFqYHpp6FsAE4jG6AkdZpPyEavvcoU6MgU9rxL2tpOgTRVTb_7LLGN-wgEGvuI0KWwZQtEpU/s640/DSC_0046.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #c27ba0; text-align: center;"><b> 6) When you are done sewing they should look like this.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> They will kind of curl up on their own.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Jo1G9XjD52O1B1EOg4E_e9gzkxwkmFU_eUGc8i55kxft-Q4OfOqLw9TBCXilzbE7ESwBdym9-UMcoikblHKErUWc4_rONomMEAhDY5LtKO3RYULNkwa5LxmuQnU72al_UnHBledRPRQ/s1600/DSC_0048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Jo1G9XjD52O1B1EOg4E_e9gzkxwkmFU_eUGc8i55kxft-Q4OfOqLw9TBCXilzbE7ESwBdym9-UMcoikblHKErUWc4_rONomMEAhDY5LtKO3RYULNkwa5LxmuQnU72al_UnHBledRPRQ/s640/DSC_0048.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #c27ba0; text-align: center;"><b> 7) Now start at one end and start rolling.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I recommend rolling them somewhat loosely. If you do it too tight it won't look right. It took me a few tries to figure out how loosely to do it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YheBxC7KMK_UO6kTIu6RTn2q7sDCtOsjcPdQ_6MPqYv1NrGHdyYprrQkJ9vuJZyTVurc7tcp3bvLYM-j1QMz2PtHcGf920u2PbIw10jKpdYH40rCBWMLwuO2FH5CgFNnbytS9qWumX4/s1600/DSC_0053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YheBxC7KMK_UO6kTIu6RTn2q7sDCtOsjcPdQ_6MPqYv1NrGHdyYprrQkJ9vuJZyTVurc7tcp3bvLYM-j1QMz2PtHcGf920u2PbIw10jKpdYH40rCBWMLwuO2FH5CgFNnbytS9qWumX4/s640/DSC_0053.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #c27ba0;"></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> For smaller sized ones it's okay for them to be a little bit tighter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWMcdZGmwS7rhs9gMoDhJpBWzIpzqn2l9h2NSd1AGUVomCsdlfyLxRDx7hT2KHYWNPuBDY1xGB_nRnYxEobez2p6_Zm31wCGF0sgI9XoADY4Vx_7zGXVw-6S6mHDPlhUgyR8mBLz_aqcE/s1600/DSC_0055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWMcdZGmwS7rhs9gMoDhJpBWzIpzqn2l9h2NSd1AGUVomCsdlfyLxRDx7hT2KHYWNPuBDY1xGB_nRnYxEobez2p6_Zm31wCGF0sgI9XoADY4Vx_7zGXVw-6S6mHDPlhUgyR8mBLz_aqcE/s640/DSC_0055.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">But for larger ones I found it works better if they rolled more loosely, like this: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2UafnMYhdmX9yUtcCiFaQcsEWg-EfISkZFhT8g1H9u0vsJ7-wX31hvxf1tgY46Y6eutORL2bCn4JqDqlD5rbGL948TUvKigooWgid9VSVtLcJyMeouKEk7H3nnaEqTu2gDHg3xgzQNk/s1600/DSC_0061.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2UafnMYhdmX9yUtcCiFaQcsEWg-EfISkZFhT8g1H9u0vsJ7-wX31hvxf1tgY46Y6eutORL2bCn4JqDqlD5rbGL948TUvKigooWgid9VSVtLcJyMeouKEk7H3nnaEqTu2gDHg3xgzQNk/s640/DSC_0061.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">8) When you get to the end just add a dab of hot glue and glue it closed. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHSAdm9h0j8CngNBZQUa1WmWqExgZDWAjPUZr0F6xJ6T9TVD5_VBt37HrrCEvKNIdm-DzC-EiLhChORrIZSBt22KjRxgkFMSUJZKgy0E6DrAvcqgucdnirZlMFXGYCi8cZ5j_2sB5ULw/s1600/DSC_0062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHSAdm9h0j8CngNBZQUa1WmWqExgZDWAjPUZr0F6xJ6T9TVD5_VBt37HrrCEvKNIdm-DzC-EiLhChORrIZSBt22KjRxgkFMSUJZKgy0E6DrAvcqgucdnirZlMFXGYCi8cZ5j_2sB5ULw/s640/DSC_0062.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">9) Now cover the bottom in hot glue.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPH7ADN9uF-VI1WZIGkgoh6nl4rPp9uyJojTOY8MMxYyHdqwrsqmvrwQvLLDU2X4Z8Ffn_I3pJk9fl5hv5_spn5QZ3bC5gd_NkMQtmtG19SoE5CCpdDBt2jYeakJz9vbmT-uGkCsWAPs/s1600/DSC_0065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPH7ADN9uF-VI1WZIGkgoh6nl4rPp9uyJojTOY8MMxYyHdqwrsqmvrwQvLLDU2X4Z8Ffn_I3pJk9fl5hv5_spn5QZ3bC5gd_NkMQtmtG19SoE5CCpdDBt2jYeakJz9vbmT-uGkCsWAPs/s640/DSC_0065.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">10) Cover that with a strip or two of crepe paper.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">After that trim that down and then cut off any loose thread. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>*****PLEASE NOTE: I used white thread for all of mine so that it would show up in the photos for this tutorial but I would recommend using the same color thread as your crepe paper!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU01r8nVK4yQ3BzRegxwCec46vjrLTHI672QgcZ4VgDIavFMJv8OLrsnzcWajHimRUyaHFxc0OMC2mEUaIK-y8VIWAFa3xTHsvkpcVogG0pos28ToCG0n_FV238NzGWju-WLn6qhCmEzg/s1600/DSC_0066.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU01r8nVK4yQ3BzRegxwCec46vjrLTHI672QgcZ4VgDIavFMJv8OLrsnzcWajHimRUyaHFxc0OMC2mEUaIK-y8VIWAFa3xTHsvkpcVogG0pos28ToCG0n_FV238NzGWju-WLn6qhCmEzg/s640/DSC_0066.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Now you should have a nice pile of flowers that look kind of like roses. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYpCasTl5hREXohQOERYa4cRQufZgY9EYOi_ZyZW7NzUFsawzJzQUH80JrmOjRzgYUQfvWzVhuKJJkxUW_tTYSe6NAFDFYSkC9rch3VblGjBZL5oOX0eSB-A2tFnZHLhC7Nhi6CEzW17c/s1600/DSC_0069.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYpCasTl5hREXohQOERYa4cRQufZgY9EYOi_ZyZW7NzUFsawzJzQUH80JrmOjRzgYUQfvWzVhuKJJkxUW_tTYSe6NAFDFYSkC9rch3VblGjBZL5oOX0eSB-A2tFnZHLhC7Nhi6CEzW17c/s640/DSC_0069.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #c27ba0;">11) And now for the final step just pull apart each streamer layer</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #c27ba0;"> and "fluff" them and they will look like the flowers below!</b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you like the look of the flowers above then, of course, just leave them like that. Personally, I prefer the fluffy peony look a bit better.  Then just glue them onto your gift and there you go! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuAcPf6E5flRIfCdroOBuM01pI9KCp0nYTsOWcL4LRhXMvVNjzzGwCykrMdFdklBZPclsYxMrIOABatP5PW2JlIPgGLYsa6Ztzkm7Op112TRtOFQlAmNTdY6dSm-nYTKSVrMWuqbztco/s1600/DSC_0169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuAcPf6E5flRIfCdroOBuM01pI9KCp0nYTsOWcL4LRhXMvVNjzzGwCykrMdFdklBZPclsYxMrIOABatP5PW2JlIPgGLYsa6Ztzkm7Op112TRtOFQlAmNTdY6dSm-nYTKSVrMWuqbztco/s640/DSC_0169.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IDHRpeqQ1eCJBdzE6-GBy7iCB0NgjCrMsR-IZVtI7tpr_cJscE1_LrIT8ffchCutpdP-ACb34xP_DNc760dunt7rlLWasiQaQoeroQ67oFGEcyDtyHa6F0fMRrggU_WkvqVewqSPgbU/s1600/DSC_0173.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IDHRpeqQ1eCJBdzE6-GBy7iCB0NgjCrMsR-IZVtI7tpr_cJscE1_LrIT8ffchCutpdP-ACb34xP_DNc760dunt7rlLWasiQaQoeroQ67oFGEcyDtyHa6F0fMRrggU_WkvqVewqSPgbU/s640/DSC_0173.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdya4sPD2RhEdlWm4s61FE2jFkZAhtk7Hg3GM6xplFyupA4XbStlZVk27AalTDYk2DBjS1MWwrAr-7mcVL5jauM2-TGzQyWWmiRsOzNNKzYEkDkNXBCVzPhMLlouOjjCbRSe0yWgtlHBw/s1600/DSC_0176.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdya4sPD2RhEdlWm4s61FE2jFkZAhtk7Hg3GM6xplFyupA4XbStlZVk27AalTDYk2DBjS1MWwrAr-7mcVL5jauM2-TGzQyWWmiRsOzNNKzYEkDkNXBCVzPhMLlouOjjCbRSe0yWgtlHBw/s640/DSC_0176.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I think there are a TON of other ideas to use them for as well. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>They would look cute as place settings at a wedding or party!  </b></div><div style="text-align: center;">(I have quite a few other ideas but haven't had time to work in them yet.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b> I also added some to our wreath out on our back porch. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOAO06j_ezfGDFDc-qiUTudjxJjHNqaprjkAygAy20ulHZL6GfhM5C8R0FTklUcbbg1883IgbyhrZvCoVxrY-4FjzQIKpmoxNZAU7lSjXrcf9CfTQ7PVx71lazqi1BV0AQx3sylEk3C8/s1600/DSC_0131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOAO06j_ezfGDFDc-qiUTudjxJjHNqaprjkAygAy20ulHZL6GfhM5C8R0FTklUcbbg1883IgbyhrZvCoVxrY-4FjzQIKpmoxNZAU7lSjXrcf9CfTQ7PVx71lazqi1BV0AQx3sylEk3C8/s640/DSC_0131.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">In our home tour <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/poppies-at-play-presents-parade-of.html">post that we did last Monday for the Poppies at Play Parade of Homes</a> I posted some photos of our back porch. Most of the other photos I used were quite recent (many were taken within the last few weeks) however, the porch ones were from a couple of summers ago. I don't think I took any last summer. We have actually spent the last few days cleaning the porch off and getting it all ready for this spring/summer! We've eaten dinner out there the last several nights. I forgot how much I loved being out there. Because I pretty much just ignore the space from about November through April each year it gets pretty gross so needed a major cleaning. This year along with washing all of the bedding on the daybed I also made a bunch of new pillows and recovered the two chairs. Now I just need to freshen up the accessories out there and then I will post some new photos. In our last house I used a ton of blue and every time now that I see a new piece that <a href="http://missmustardseed.blogspot.com/">Miss Mustard Seed</a> does in blue I completely fall in love with it and then I start missing blue sooooo much! I had a ton of this blue toile fabric left from some old projects in our last house so I used it to recover several pillows and then added in some blue silhouette pillows. That blue ink on the silhouette pillows looked MUCH more muted in the bottle and when they dried they were a million times brighter than I had anticipated. It is  too bright for me. I prefer the more muted gray blues so as soon as I have a chance I will be making  something different but for now here a little peak of the blue we added out there:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3B7P4UjwD7J2uqVRd_xJuOKvYW-UzrtIPDsIIPZZD9v1rTKh8gt005cyixbRgtkOFzOhoJShL-MZeu2k3KXMb8vMxoeizcR-5sCv7Ln9BhAlZvOBqy0xfpw-R0deNPpDO9ScS3PASn6M/s1600/DSC_0132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3B7P4UjwD7J2uqVRd_xJuOKvYW-UzrtIPDsIIPZZD9v1rTKh8gt005cyixbRgtkOFzOhoJShL-MZeu2k3KXMb8vMxoeizcR-5sCv7Ln9BhAlZvOBqy0xfpw-R0deNPpDO9ScS3PASn6M/s640/DSC_0132.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here is one of our favorite spots in Colonial Williamsburg. Now that everything is starting to bloom I am going to try to take more photos when we are down there. We've had a picnic here four times this past week. Yesterday we went twice. Lillie loves the ducks, geese, turtles, fish and squirrels that live in this little spot. In fact, one of her first questions each morning is if we can go see "Mr. Goose, Mr. Turtle and the Quack Quacks". There is a little bridge over to the left that I will have to take a picture of next time. When we sit there and eat our lunch I like to imagine this is our house. (Oh and don't worry, we aren't just randomly trespassing on some poor person's front lawn. This is part of CW but it is a bit off the beaten path so we often have it to ourselves.) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2y9-KfIlka95t0_xfw05vjlYXxycY407TGTbHpRTsWCgxljQdP2t_orkgg6-cKDewMSfvtNNSx1xMfbbf5Z7uca_85KJuDIAM3knukuuFJ-dK2UezXZb3gtkv7Qsmq9gYUNX9mpc0Mn8/s1600/DSC_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2y9-KfIlka95t0_xfw05vjlYXxycY407TGTbHpRTsWCgxljQdP2t_orkgg6-cKDewMSfvtNNSx1xMfbbf5Z7uca_85KJuDIAM3knukuuFJ-dK2UezXZb3gtkv7Qsmq9gYUNX9mpc0Mn8/s640/DSC_0001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfmIVwkLp2YygFqG7NccCT70gQ3JPCco6U8FUp-bqzSU97-n7m3D3nb3EQi0KM-v4ggBjUDulWjpEJUa_iNZ3_uRKtJmmqBeejnK7Toql7GkqGi8_u71Bh3pTNPKN-_cIJqWxEgaJdfo/s1600/DSC_0022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfmIVwkLp2YygFqG7NccCT70gQ3JPCco6U8FUp-bqzSU97-n7m3D3nb3EQi0KM-v4ggBjUDulWjpEJUa_iNZ3_uRKtJmmqBeejnK7Toql7GkqGi8_u71Bh3pTNPKN-_cIJqWxEgaJdfo/s640/DSC_0022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Just three more weeks until my due date, although I am hoping she will arrive sooner than that.  Jon and I still can't agree on a name so if you have any more suggestions please feel free to leave them either here or on the <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/baby-guessing-game-thank-you-and-two.html">weight/date guessing post</a>. We actually added one to our current list that was left on <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/baby-guessing-game-thank-you-and-two.html">the original post</a> and talked about quite a few of the other ones.<br /><br />Oh, and I am still SLOWLY making my way through e-mails. I actually took a couple of days off from the computer last week because I needed a break but have started back working on them and am hoping to finally get through them all this week as long as the new wee ones doesn't arrive.  <br /><br />I hope you all have a wonderful Monday!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaO77-6lVpmUzlr4gRM_t6ZsAG0no-oRfj8l21AzPPyCc3HhigqgpQWanj0SXVew8JQlN1iErvPcnbVnJ85DIRYjx6FvdlfTyd8CHf4m_tp7nvQCYOLAI62PvBiOcY0oQLZh1qMcpA68Q/s1600/sig.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaO77-6lVpmUzlr4gRM_t6ZsAG0no-oRfj8l21AzPPyCc3HhigqgpQWanj0SXVew8JQlN1iErvPcnbVnJ85DIRYjx6FvdlfTyd8CHf4m_tp7nvQCYOLAI62PvBiOcY0oQLZh1qMcpA68Q/s1600/sig.png" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://tipjunkie.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Tip Junkie handmade projects" border="0" src="http://www.tipjunkie.com/images/TipMeTuesdayButton1.png" /></a>

Crepe Paper Peonies Tutorial

    Ever since I was little I have always LOVED wrapping gifts. I remember one Christmas back in college where I spent almost as much wrapp...

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