Oh Snap!

Jake had bought me some Christmas gifts online that had came after Christmas, little did I know that he remembered me blabbing in his ear about a fisheye converter for my wide angle lens, months ago. He got me one! it's so fun to play with. We couldn't afford an ACTUAL fisheye, seeing as they START at $300 or more, so I am content with a converter. I need to experiment first. He also got me a Kodak Brownie Twin 20! It originally takes 620 film, which no one around here processes or develops, but I found a way to use 120 film, on a 620 spool without light leaks. fantastic.



This year was splendid. Christmas was merry, as it usually is!
I'm so thankful & blessed to have received:

Wii game console
A few games for nintendo DS (guitar hero & snowboarding)
giftcards to walmart, joann fabrics, pier 1 and a visa.
brown slouchy boots
polaroid film !!! (jake)
an organizer for the craft studio
a monopod (jake)
Kodak Brownie (jake)
fisheye converter (jake)
1960's style dress :D
brown leather coach purse
listography (journal!)

just a few...
Thanks so much to everyone!


I'll share pictures soon!
jenn

SO this is Christmas...

Merry Christmas everyone! We are finally home after a fun filled few days with the parents. Now we are watching the classic Goofy cartoons, with our tree all lit and a mound of gifts by the front door. great stuff. Ok, well I'm watching it while Jake is asleep on the floor. poor guy, was so tired today. He syated up with me last night finishing up Jackson and Andy's pillows that I made them. He even helped me sew the ends! What a sport :)

Anyways, since they aren't much of a surprise anymore and they are all done, I figured I'd share some of my Christmas projects. First I made my Best friend Tasha's daughter, Lilly a "lillybug" doll which turned out pretty well. It was my take on some dolls that I had found on Flickr and loved, inspired by Elsie =).





I also mentioned the pillows that I made, and embroidered for my nephews Jackson and Anderson. I used an embroidery pattern from Elsie's etsy shop for the font and they turned out great. I was so happy when they were finished.






Anyways, I've had a great day so far and got some awesome gifts...including some polaroid film from my awesome husband. I don't know about you, but around here polaroid film has been extremely hard to come across since the recent sad news. But nonetheless have a safe and happy holiday! Back to relaxing!



God Bless.
Jenn.

Christmastime

To Do :

-finish Christmas Cards and mail by tomorrow
-finish up shopping and jake's stocking gifts
-clean up kitchen
-paint bathroom (2 months later...)
-make jello jigglers with jake =)
-make muddies buddies [tradition]
-be sure to finish watching all Christmas movies on dvr =]
-complete embroidery and sew jackson and andy's pillow project
-complete lilly's "lillybug" doll
-set up programs on my laptop again: itunes & photoshop...
-finish editing all pics and transfer to cds to mail out. hopefully by Jan 1st.
-make more pom poms for decor
-finish decorating the house jenn!
-find branches from outside and use inside...
-make Christmas tunes playlist.
-wrap all gifts
-finish working on some small painting projects I started a few weeks ago
-organize studio and bedroom!
-shoot more! I don't shoot nearly enough pictures and now that I'm on break. PERFECT time.
-MAKE PAPER CHAINS! I keep forgetting, but this is one thing I wanna do before the holidays run by!

-enjoy your three weeks off!


Phew. there's bound to be more...but I'm home free! no class until January 12th! What a RELIEF. seriously, it's been sucking the Christmas spirit right out of me. Nonetheless I'm so excited to finally relax and do some crafts, sip some sugar plum tea, watch some corny Christmas movies, and listen to some great holiday tunes!and BLOG of course. Our computers are somewhat fixed. no itunes or photoshop. but I can still keep up with my blogs and online articles.

I'm almost done shopping, a few more things to pick up for Jake and my friends, but our family is mostly done, so I'm not stressing about that. I just want to soak in this next week and really enjoy my family time and take advantage of my crafting and baking and the like. WE went and saw Jackson's Christmas program this week, he was so cute.

I've been following a few magazines online that I saw, Juxtapoz and Hi Fructose and I found some very inspiring artists...I definitely want subscriptions to those...as well as ReadyMade of course. (My favorite) tee hee! Oh and I found some awesome projects in this months issue that I will definitely be trying out on my break!

Anyways...back to my Christmas Cards!





Merry CHRISTmas 2008!
Jenn, Jake & Cody!

less than 2 weeks!

so here is a sneak peak of our Christmas cards this year...


(pistachiohill.etsy.com)

I am in love with letterpress. I only puchased ten, so if you're lucky you might just recieve one! I have a huge to do list for this weekend and next week. Crafts, shopping, and projects for school, oh my! I am excited for next friday to come, we get a pretty long break for the holidays so it will be GREAT to finally relax.

Amongst the busy schedule, both of our laptops and my work computer are down. Great timing eh? It's a long story, but needless to say we might be purchasing an early Christmas gift. So pardon the slackage!

Anyways, off to update my to do list.

jenn.
:]

YES!!!

This week has been crazy! lots of crafts and homework and yadda yadda...however I just wanted to tell you about a wonderful blog I ran across that is having a camera strap giveaway...GO CHECK IT OUT!

jenn!

p.s. be sure to check out her flickr: Photography By Shealynn



Oh & one more thing! You can find one MORE holiday giveaway HERE! Love that girl!



Happpy Holidays!






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