Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to our 5 readers from the Wright family!

Our Christmas card was designed by my talented lil' sis, Mandy at Mandy Parson Designs aka Simply Fabulous Designs! So it's probably too late to have her do yours...or not. She also does birthday invites, wedding announcements, guestbook designs and everything else. Snatch her up!

Our family photo was taken my our talented friend, Mary. She doesn't have a website or blog (that she actually updates :) so if you are interested in her work I'd be glad to pass on her contact info.

5 minute Christmas Wreath!

So I LOVE LOVE all of the wreaths that I have seen made out of ornaments. I was putting unused Christmas stuff away the other day and saw that I had 2 things of small silver unbreakable bulbs. I had 100 things to do yet I decided to just hurry and make a wreath out of all of those silver bulbs. Generally I would research all of the many tutorials online first but I didn't have 5 hours for that. So I just did my own sloppy version.

I had some 16 gauge galvanized wire so I cut of a fairly large piece. Then I just started threading the bulbs onto it via the little attachment at the top. After getting quite a few on there I decided it needed some color. So I pulled out some of the larger red and green bulbs that I had excess of and popped off the top silver attachments. I then drilled a hole into the opposite side of the ornament so that I could thread the whole thing onto the wire. Remember these are plastic unbreakable ornaments so it was easy to drill into. I really liked what was happening with it.

It really did take me about 5 minutes...ok maybe ten to put this whole thing together. When I reached the end of the wire and a place where the colors looked somewhat evenly spaced I simply twisted the ends together. Well I hadn't really thought the whole thing through so I didn't have a plan to cover the spot where the wire was sloppily attached. Just then my 3 year old game running into the kitchen with a piece of silver ribbon that he had pulled from the Christmas tree, behavior that would normally merit a time out. But it gave me an idea...not a very original one either. I went and got some of that extra silver ribbon and tied a bow to cover it up. I am very proud of my 5 minute project! I have it hanging over my big black garage sale mirror and it looks great. It felt good to do a non painting project too!

And the winner is...

Okay, I do not have the "skills" Sally has with being able to take a picture of my screen to show you proof of who won, so you will just have to trust me. I used random.org to generate a list will all of the entries and then used random.org to select the lucky numbers...

The winner of third prize is....KIMBER

The second prize winner is...LINDSEY LOU

And the first prize winner with a FREE custom card is...MRS. LYDON!!!

Congrats to all of you! Send me an email at simplyfabulousdesigns@gmail.com and I will send you the information you will need.

Thanks for participating!

FINAL Freaky Friday Giveaway!

Sorry- this giveaway is CLOSED!

Due to some slacking on my part, I have decided that the final giveaway is going to be a good one!

Here's the deal:

Leave a comment, become a follower and announce this giveaway on your blog and you can have up to 3 entires in the contest.

What you can win:

The first name drawn will win a FREE custom designed Christmas/Holiday card. That's right- you get a design that will be all your own. Send me the pics and information, let me know your style and colors of choice and I will work with you to create the perfect card for you!

The second prize is for a FREE design from my etsy shop. You pick it, send me the images and information and it is yours to print where and how you wish!

The third prize is for 50% off any design from my etsy shop.

GOOD LUCK!!!

(Please note that these prizes are for design ONLY. You will be responsible for printing and distributing your cards.)

Photography from invite shown taken by Helton Photo Video in Nashville.

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