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Right before Christmas, we joined the modern world by upgrading our phones to iPhones! And of course I joined Instagram right away. I had already been browsing it on Blake's iPod touch, but now I finally have an account. You can find me @WendyBrnn. Here are just a few of my recent images.

 My gorgeous new necklace from Daisy Metal Creations.

 Some of the awesome vintage goodies I found while we were on vacation in North Carolina.

 Jingle bells decorating my bathroom.

A few gifts under the tree before Christmas.

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Christmas 2012

 I guess instead of doing two posts about Christmas, I'll condense it into one. We left for North Carolina the day after Christmas, or I would have posted sooner! We had two trees this year, the one above is our family tree.

 We spent Christmas Eve at my mother in laws house. Everyone opens gifts from each other, and the kids get one or two from Nonnie & Poppie. Plus new jammies from mom & dad. Here's Blake & his cousin looking super excited. Boys.

 And Morgie & Layla. They could hardly wait!

 After all of the fun & excitement at Nonnies, we drove around & looked at a few Christmas lights, and then it was time to toss out some snacks for Santa's reindeer.

 And you can't forget the cookes & milk for the big guy. They chose chocolate chip & snickerdoodle.

 This one is a little blurry, but here they are in their new pjs. Minus Blake, since he refuses to wear actual pajamas. He gets basketball shorts. Morgan got Hello Kitty & Layla got Monster High.

 Santa came!

 She has been wanting an iPod Touch for awhile now, so she was pretty excited to finally get one!

 Miss Morgie got a brand new Hello Kitty Hoho monster from Little Bit Funky.

 I have been wanting a white tree for a few years now, and I finally found a cheap one. It's nothing fancy, but it was $2.50 at a church yard sale. Works for me! If I had enough vintage ornaments, I would have used those. But I decided on a rainbow tree instead! And I love it! Definitely need more orange or maybe gold ornaments though.

 No mantle, sadly, so I decorate the top of our tv.

 These little snow globes have been all over Pinterest and Instagram, and I wanted to join in too. They are so cute and super simple! I just wish I had a few tiny deer. I used clear glitter for my snow. 

 This is our collection of poopers. We got Mike one for Christmas one year, and now every time we find a new one we have to get it.

These are the kids nutcrackers. I wish I could find another glittery one, but those were from Walmart a few years ago.

 These were arranged totally different, but Morgan won't leave them alone. Another silly tradition, the free snow globes that JC Penney used to give out on Black Friday. This year they didn't do them, so I guess that's over.

 I replaced the candles with some oversized ornaments.

I found that ornament swag at Target last year, 90% off! And I made those framed things a few years ago.

 I didn't add much to our shelf, just a few snowmen & snowflakes. You can see I still haven't updated that frame.

 Here are four of our stockings. They were all hanging, and then all of the Command hooks decided they didn't want to stick anymore. So I only rehung four. I used to love those strips, but ever since we painted the living room, they will NOT stick in there, and I don't know how to fix it.

 A few Christmas Story village pieces in the hallway. I need to add to this collection, I think. I definitely need Ralphie's house!

This was my centerpiece on my kitchen table this year. I think it turned out really cute! 

I hope you & your family had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Hopefully I will be better about blogging in the new year. :)

Edwards Giveaway Winner

I am so sorry for the delay in choosing a winner! I thought I'd get a chance to choose before we left for vacation, but that didn't happen. So I'm choosing now! 

The lucky winner is... 

Comment #6, 1froglegs. 

Congratulations!

Edwards Dessert’s Crème Pies Holiday Celebration & Giveaway *CLOSED*

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Edwards for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

]Christmas is almost here! Can you believe it? This year has gone so fast. Did you manage to get all of your cards sent? If not, there is still time to send en ecard. Edwards Crème pies has set up a wonderful site where you can send a holiday e-card to your friends & family. And the best part, you each get a coupon for Edwards pie AND a portion of all sales of Edward’s Desserts products will be donated to Toys for Tots! Edward’s Dessert will be donating a $1 for every Edward’s Desserts product purchased during November and December. How great is that?

This is the holiday e-card I chose to send. I love the blues and the deer. It was very simple to fill out, and you can send the same message to several people at once if you'd like. Right after I sent it, the link to the coupon came up. Such a great idea! Who would you share a holiday e-card with?
Now for the pies.

Georgia Pecan Pie would be great for your holiday celebration. It looks so good!

And this Cookies & Creme Pie looks amazing. This is always one of my favorite flavors.

But this time I chose the Hershey's Creme Pie. It looked so good, and I figured that everyone in my family would enjoy this one. The kids tend to be picky, but who doesn't like Hershey's? It was very  creamy & delicious. I will definitely be buying this one again!

Now, how would you like to win a coupon for a FREE Edwards Pie? And guess what, Edwards Desserts will be making a $20 donation to Toys for Tots in the name of my winner!

To Enter:

1. Visit the Edwards Crème pies website and let me know which flavor you'd like to try and why. (Mandatory).
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This will be a quick giveaway. It will remain open until 12/26/12. Good luck!!

 

Teachers Gifts 2012

 I know this is last minute, but I thought I'd still share. If you like the idea you could always pin it & save it for next year! Blake has 3 teachers this year, Layla has one, and Morgan is in pre-k, so I needed cute teachers gifts that wouldn't be too expensive.

 

 I started with the cups. The two with the bands were purchased 75% off at CVS during their post-summer clearance. The three in the middle were purchased at Old Navy. They were all $1.97 or less each!

 I didn't want to just give cups, so we stuffed them with dry erase markers, Hershey's Kisses and a Walmart giftcard. That way they had something sweet, something they could use for class and a giftcard to get something they want or need.

 First we added the giftcard and some markers.

 And then filled it in with chocolate.

 Here is one all stuffed with the lid on.

 Just to make it cute, I added a washi tape flag to each straw.

To finish them off, I hung an ornament that the kids made from the straw. Then we placed them in paper bags with a card. Super simple and affordable. And of course, you can customize the colors and contents to suit your needs.

Here are four of them so you can see how they came out. The kids said the teachers really liked them!

I am glad to say that with these being done, everything is finished! All of my shopping is done, my wrapping is done and my cards are mailed. All that's left is a little bit of baking. How about you, are you ready for Christmas?