Oh I hope you are enjoying this lovely Christmas holiday!!  You all deserve the very best!!

So for this first half of my pregnancy, I was SURE this baby was a girl.  I’ve been right 3 out of 3 times so far… but guess what!  I was WRONG this time!!!

It’s a BOY!!!

And we are in soo much trouble, b/c we haven’t thought of a single boy’s name, and my husband is looking to the periodic table for inspiration (he’s a total geek like that:)

Ok, ok, I’ll get on with the winner of the quilt:)  Thanks sooo much for your kind words and comments!!  The winner of this baby girl quilt

is…

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

88

Timestamp: 2011-12-25 04:40:02 UTC

Congratulations Lisa L.!!!!!

I will send an email to notify our winner, and she will then have 48 hours to claim her prize!!

Thanks again for all your participation!!  Hope you all have a fabulous holiday season!!  We will see you back here next year:)

Thanks soooo much to all of you who linked up and made our Holly Bloggy Christmas a success!!

The winner of the $25 credit to the AliLilly Etsy Shop is…

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

31

Timestamp: 2011-12-23 04:24:47 UTC

Noelle Cagle!!!!

Congrats to you lucky lady!!  We will shoot you an email to let you know you have won, please respond within 48 hours to claim your prize!!!

Thanks again to all those who participated!!

***If you haven’t entered our baby quilt giveaway go HERE and enter now!!***

Phew!  Just finished passing out the last of them!!  Neighbor gifts!!  I LOVE thinking of new ideas each year, you know something cute and simple…  There were tonz of ideas on Pinterest of course…

For my kids’ teachers, I mod podged a clipboard, addeded some vinyl, cute ribbons, and voila!!

Throw it in a basket with some fun school supplies, a treat, and a card from your student, super easy teacher gift!!

For my neighbors this year I made some tea towels, (see Tutorial HERE) wrapped them around some bread, and tied with a ribbon and a card.

I’ve been on a popcorn kick lately and wanted to throw that in the mix as well.  THIS recipe for caramel corn is soooo good!!

I thought it would be fun to dress up a little jar to hold the popcorn.

Thanks to Silhouette, and their holiday promotion I got this “Joy” Christmas art for free!!  So I added the vinyl to the jar…

mixed the popcorn up inside, and added a square scrap of fabric to the top.

Just tie on a label with a ribbon and you’re good!!

The backs of our labels had our family picture for the year…

What about you?  What gifts did you give this year!!!  You still have 3 more days!!!

Merry Christmas you cuties!

So I started sewing a little over 2 years ago.  My first projects were rag quilts, and then I moved on to pieced quilts, then aprons, then pretty much anything I could figure out in my head.  I have to say that quilting is still my favorite thing ever to do!!

I made these two quilts way back when, and have held on to them ever since.  I knew I would use one of them for this new baby we’re having, but the question is, which one!!

Well… we find out what we’re having on Friday, so I thought it would be fun to make a little giveaway out of it!  And also b/c I LOVE my readers!!!  Merry Christmas lovelies:)

As you can see, one of these quilts is clearly for a girl,

and the other for a boy,

so on Christmas Day I will announce the gender of the baby, and the winner of the giveaway!!!

The winner will receive the quilt that is not chosen for our baby:)  (Each quilt measures 40 X 55 inches)

Sweet right!!!

(Giveaway is now closed)

To enter this giveaway…

• I would love for you to follow or subscribe to Just Sew Sassy

• follow Just Sew Sassy on twitter

• follow Just Sew Sassy on facebook

• follow Just Sew Sassy on pinterest

• blog, tweet, or facebook about this giveaway

Please leave a separate comment for each entry.  Winner will be chosen on Christmas Day!!  Thanks so much for your comments, support, and the inspiration you give me each day!!!  Good luck ya’ll!!!

Christmas is less than a week away!!  Oh my goodness!!  Are you freaking out!!  I am forgoing my usual Pinterest Post b/c guess why, I haven’t been on Pinterest this whole week!!  I’m telling you, most days I’m lucky if I can eat a full meal, it’s just been one of those crazy weeks!!

Moving on.  Just wanted to show ya a couple more highlights of my Christmas Decor, before it’s no longer relevant, haha!!

My entertainment center shelves…

Our Christmas Centerpiece

These are the same felt topiaries I used for Valentines Day last year, still holding strong:)

I can’t believe in a couple more weeks, all our festive cheer will be packed back up for next year:(

But on a happier note…

We are finding out the sex of our baby this Friday!!!

I could not be more excited!!  I have a baby quilt for a boy, and baby quilt for a girl.  So I was thinking it would be fun to give one away to you!!  More on that tomorrow:)

Happy Monday!

Ever since I saw THIS post on I Heart Naptime from cute from Funky Polka Dot Giraffe, I knew I wanted to host my own cookie exchange.  Oh my word, this was such a fun night!!!  From beautifully delicious cookies, to amazing and hilarious gifts, lots of laughter, yummy food, and darling printables, this will definitely be an annual event!!

So here’s a little re-cap for ya…

My cookies…

White Chocolate Cherry Shortbread Cookies (click HERE for recipe)

My amazingly talented friend Kristy designed and printed all the darling labels, cards, awards, and banner!!  Check out here company Snickerplum for more cute party design printables!!!

Food Labels

The goods…

Lovely Banner

Kyra won “Best Tasting for these perfect Sugar Cookies

and Jaime won “Best Looking” for these delicious Ginger Star Cookies

Voting Cards for the Cookies

The Prizes…

Most Unique went to Liz for her Eggnog cookies

and Most Creative, our very own Paper Designer Queen, Kristy!

Aprons were the prizes for our ladies:)

Each of our ladies brought a handmade gift for the gift exchange, and these girls were AMAZING!!!

Love these pillowcases Jaime scored…

or these darling Christ Centered Ornaments Liz brought home…

and this hand-knitted beanie, I’m loving!!!

I LOVE this group of ladies!!  What a fun night!!

We’re a silly bunch!!

Thanks for all the fun girls!!!

Linking up HERE this week

I am so excited to be participating in this year’s Holly Bloggy Christmas Week!!  Make sure and check out the full post at Simply Sweet Home for a list of all the fun linky parties and giveaways going on!!

Yesterday Nikki featured some delicious Christmas treats over at Chef in Training, and tomorrow you won’t want to miss the Christmas Decor Party over at The Shabby Creek Cottage!!

This is by far my FAVORITE season to craft and create!!  I have a list a mile long of ideas and inspiration I have found on Pinterest that will probably take me YEARS to make:)  I saw a clever idea to add ribbons and bows to your cupboards for hanging Christmas cards.  I decided to make something similar using my pantry door!

Simply tie a LONG strip of ribbon or tulle (I used tulle) along each side of your door.

Add a festive banner if desired.

Paint some clothes pins, and clip up your Christmas cards!!  Such a fun festive way to display your lovely greeting cards:)

For more simple ideas and tutorials, click on my Christmas category tab:)

Now on to our fabulous giveaway!!

Ali Lilly specializes in making jewelry with hemp, beads, crystals, metals and more.  She also loves to make custom pieces for her clients!

Take a look at some of my favorites!

I love these Winter Blue Dangle Earrings

and this Winter Wonderland Ice Crystals Necklace is just gorgeous

I love the dainty look of these Pink Silver and Pearls earrings

and if you need something festive for the holidays, Red and Green Christmas Earrings!

Ami also makes beautiful headbands, like this Autumn Harvest Rosette Headband

Be sure to stop by Ami’s blog, AliLilly for tonz of great ideas, tutorials, recipes, and more.

like this gorgeous Pretty Christmas Mantel!!

How would you like to win a $25 credit to Ami’s shop!!

Here’s how to enter:

• go over to Ami’s Etsy shop and choose your favorite item, let me know what it is

• publicly follow Ami’s blog via Google Friend Connect

• like AliLilly on facebook

• follow AliLilly on twitter

• publicly follow Just Sew Sassy via Google Friend Connect

• follow Just Sew Sassy on facebook

Please leave a separate comment for each entry.  Giveaway and linky party will remain open for one week, and then the winner will be announced.

I would love to see your Christmas Craft Ideas!!  Let’s get this Christmas Craft Party started shall we!!

Link up your Christmas Craft Ideas!!

Eek!!  Less than 2 weeks to go people!!  I can’t believe how fast the time has flown by!!  I plan on finishing all my handmade gifts this week so I can play with my kids the week before Christmas!!  Aaahh so exciting:)

So we had such a fun Cookie Exchange party this week, thanks to all the pinterest inspiration:)  Can’t wait to show you all the fun pics!!

One of my friends made this darling scarf project with her girls this last week, and shared the link with me… I am SO excited to try this with my daughter!!

And finally, I have been wanting to make hooded towels for my kids for years!!  I’m gonna do it!  I might even go crazy and embroider their names…

Did you pin anything fun this week??  Have a fabulous week everyone!!

I’ve had my tree up since the first week of November.  I know. I’m weird, I get teased about it all the time, but it makes me happy what can I say:)

So it’s about time I post pictures of it wouldn’t ya say…

We did red and gold this year

I love these huge glittery Peace ornaments!!

I gotta get some presents wrapped to fill in the space underneath:)  Are you all wrapped and ready to go??  Not me!!

Have a fabulous weekend ya’ll!!

I’m so excited to be participating in this year’s Holly Bloggy Christmas Event!!  Thanks to Jerri from Simply Sweet Home for putting this all together!!

I’m very excited to announce this year’s
Holly Bloggy Christmas!

5 Days of Fun Christmas-themed Linky Parties!

With 5 Fabulous Hostesses!

And Great Giveaways!

Monday, Dec. 12 – Homemade Gift Party

Hosted by Jen at tater tots and jello.

Giveaway: 6 Pack of Twine from Twisted Sugar Twine

Tuesday, Dec. 13 – Christmas Recipe Party

Hosted by Nikki at Chef in Training.

Giveaway: Beanie of the winner’s choice from Sweet Kiwi Crochet

Wednesday, Dec. 14 – Christmas Craft Party

Hosted by Staci at Just Sew Sassy

Giveaway: $25 Gift Certificate from AliLilly

Thursday, Dec. 15 – Christmas Decor Party

Hosted by Gina at The Shabby Creek Cottage.

Giveaway: Hot Chocolate Candle Set from Good Neighbors Candle Co.

Friday, Dec. 16 - Friday Favorites Christmas Party

Hosted by Jerri at Simply Sweet Home.

Giveaway: $25 Gift Certificate from Amy Cornwell

Grab a button and join us for a Cup of Good Cheer!!

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