Our Christmas

Hi all, just a few pictures to record what a great Christmas we had!

Grandma Jane picked out Ava's Christmas dress. She's pretty cute! Here, Ava is demonstrating how she is "so strong!" She balls up her fingers into fists, puts some strain into her face and tries to convince you of how big and strong she is! It's hilarious. Also hilarious, instead of saying "bye bye" now she says "bye guys!"

Oh the wonder of that Christmas tree!

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Love,

The Strycharskes

My Apologies to All You Musicians...

I can't let you see what is inside these packages before the 25th, but I'll show you how I'm wrapping this year!

Long ago, when I was but a music major, my mom started buying me sheet music at flea markets, antique stores, rummage sales, etc. Mostly piano and choral music. I'm not sure how she'll feel about this, but I've found a use for it all!

Here is how I prettied up the cookie mixes I gave out:

I love the mix of music, burlap and ravel-y muslin. (not Ravel-y, you music geeks!) Muslin makes great gift tags, by the way. On some of them I just used a black Sharpie wherever it worked, and I liked that, too.

The best flower pattern I found was here. It works well with paper. Have a most blessed Christmas everyone!!!