My Creatively Random Life

This was the most insane Christmas present that was ever purchased for a child in my house.  Back in the days before I regained sanity and restrained the Christmas monster in our house.  This was part of what prompted it because to this day I can count on one hand the number of times he used the stupid thing.

Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post, I was compensated for the post but as always all opinions are 100% my own . Christmas time can sometimes be more than a little stressful with all the gift giving that goes on.  I know they say that gift giving shouldn't be stressful but have you seen all the commercials?  They imply that you should be buying people some pretty crazy stuff.  It puts a lot of pressure on a person.  Especially those of us who have to get gifts for teachers, daycare workers, co-workers, the kid's best friend, the dog walker... Ok, I made that last one up, I don't have a dog but you get what I mean, it starts to get to you after a while.  There's a point where you're standing in the store racking your brain for a meaningful, useful gift for some person on your list and you are stuck.  Or at least if you are me. I hate getting gifts for people that aren't loved or useful so Christmas can be really stressful sometimes.  This year, a...

In December, I participated in a Secret Santa exchange in the International Geek Girls Pen Pal Club.  Of course due to the super nasty weather we had here in Southern Ontario in mid to late December I both mailed by package out to my partner a little late and received my package from my secret Santa a little late. Which was okay because that made it extra special.  My secret Santa is from Tulsa , Oklahoma and she sent me a great package full of awesome stuff. Ready to Open The Gift So Pretty Inside Super Full Of Stuff Avengers Tatoos Yummy! <3 These Note Paper I love pretty notebooks More Avengers Tattoos! Nail Polish And A File :-) An Evergreen Scented Candle And A Beautiful Holder This Adorable Postcard With Her Holiday Greetings! Now, I don't know how she knew I loved candles and that we are obsessed with nail polish here but everything was fantastic and much loved.  :)  Thank you so much and I h...

This December I participated in For The Love of Writings' Bloggy Ornament Exchange.  I love exchanges, usually I do craft associated ones because I love making stuff and I love learning new techniques from other people.  However this year I was not feeling the Christmas mood and needed some inspiration to get my Christmas tree put up.  Not having the kids for Christmas Eve made me kind of wonder what the point was know what I mean?  The idea of an ornament sent from somewhere else was just the spark I needed to get myself into the Christmas spirit.  After all it would need a home right? Cat had a blast picking out the ornaments (she felt they were friends and needed to stay together) to go out to my recipient and we got it shipped out on Sunday no problem.  I hope they made it to their new home in a timely fashion. Meanwhile, I got this super awesome ornament last night: Isn't he adorable?...

For Christmas this year I thought since my children just have so many toys, books, and other stuff we would try and go a different route.  They were surprisingly receptive to this idea when I put it to them (I think it was mostly dislike of cleaning their room) and very enthusiastic for a simple Christmas. One of the first projects I took on was to make them each a scarf.  For Ace's I used Red Heart's Team Spirit Yarn (which came out this year) in red and blue.  I the way this scarf turned out with the asymmetrical stripes.  Kind of reminds me of Lego in the way it looks like they are snapped together. I really think he will like it.  (at least I hope)