{Happy Holidays}

I hope that everyone had a great Christmas.  Simply Heaven Baby wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year......Happy Holidays!!!!!!

{Teacher's Gifts}

I admire and respect all teachers.  To be a teacher, it takes a lot of patience, time, and passion.  So each year during the holidays, I try to give my children's teachers some type of gift to show my appreciation.  This year I gave them some "Sweet Treats."  This was inspired by Kim's free printables at The TomKat Studio.  I think that she is so talented at what she does.  Between two of my three kids we ended up making a total of 13 gifts.  I really wanted to do so much more but as I have said several times, I am such the big procrastinator and as always, I knew that I would be stressing the night before trying to complete these gifts. 

I want to share with you that I had bought the mugs, candy, and cards at least 3 weeks in advance.  Why I did not start on the gifts, I have no idea.  So you better believe the night before I did exactly what I knew I would do.  Start stressing because I wanted everything to be perfect.  I still think that the gifts turned out great!!

 The gifts consisted of:
-A chocolate dipped spoon sprinkled with peppermint candy
-A pack of flavored cocoa
-A small box of Godiva gems
-Hershey kisses
-A Christmas card

And after all of the wrapping here is the finish product

                                                
 I really think that they turned out great and the teacher's were very excited.

{Mission Unaccomplished....But Completed}

During the last post, I wanted to complete McCall pattern 5697 by December 7, 2010.  As you can see I did not complete the project by the date but indeed it is complete.  Now I am not going to bore you with all different types of excuses but I will say this, have you ever had a picture in your mind about how you want something to look and when you go to shop for the items you can not find them?  Well this was sort of my situation.  My mom picked out the fabric from Joann Fabrics and Crafts during the after-Thanksgiving sale.  I got off to a good start cutting, pinning and sewing.  The notions needed for this jacket was three 1' buttons.  In my mind, I pictured some cute little pink buttons shaped like a flower.  Well several stores later, I found every color but pink so in the end I just ended up settling for the black round ones just so I could finish and post.  So here is the finish project

and here is the back..

I really had fun with this pattern although I messed up a little with the serger but like a lady told me a long time ago, "anything can be fixed or covered up."



{Goal Reached} Christmas Pajamas

{Goal Reached}  In a previous post on my blog, I told everyone that I wanted to make my nephew some pajamas out of the Disney Car’s holiday print that I purchased at JoAnn’s during the After-Thanksgiving sale.  I gave myself until December 6, 2010 so that I would have time to put the pajamas in the mail and my nephew would be able to wear them for the holidays and especially the night before Christmas.  Now, before I post these pics, I want to let you know that a lot of things were not done around the house.  For example, I did not cook on Wednesday so we had leftovers that night.  Laundry was not done and I did not get a chance to plant my Christmas cactuses that I bought about a week ago and I did not do a thousand other things around the house that needed to be done.  The good news is I finished on Thursday afternoon and I also was able to put the items in the mail the same day.

Here are the pajamas that I made and put in the mail on Thursday afternoon.  I think they turned out really cute and once I get my fabric stash under control, I look forward to making him more sets.

Now that I have completed my goal before December 6, 2010, I plan on cutting out the pattern for my next project.  This weekend, I would like to do a little Christmas decorations  with the kids and some gardening.  I will make my next goal accomplishment for December 7, 2010.  I will use McCall pattern 5697 

Wish me luck!

{Free Giveaways} Two Christmas Organizers

I went out today and noticed that the stores are really starting to get crowded.  Christmas is right around the corner and I am still not done with Christmas decorations and I have not even begun my Christmas list.  I am the type of person that has to write everything down (if I want to remember it) and check it off once I have completed the task.  That is just how I operate because my mind seems to go a million miles a minute and sometimes I can’t keep up.

I spotted these cute little organizers from Pepper Pot that can help get me somewhat on the right track.  I can remember years ago when I would start Christmas shopping in June and by November, I would sit back and cross my legs and listen to all of the horror stories my family encountered during the busy Christmas season.  Well I guess I have fallen off of that bandwagon because I am really unorganized this year.  Now I could blame it on the new house and the mishaps but to be honest with you,  I was the same way last year.  I guess I can blame last year on the fact we would be moving shortly.  To be honest, there are no excuses.

I thought these little Christmas organizers were so cute that I wanted to give 2 away to 2 lucky readers.  Whether you are finish Christmas shopping or have not begun, I think these are cute and useful for the holiday season.

What I love about these cute little organizers are they are divided in five sections to keep you organized.
Section 1:  Holiday Calendar
Section 2:  Christmas Card List
Section 3:  Shopping & Budget
Section 4:  Gifts Received/Thank You's
Section 5:  Holiday Notes

You can carry these in your purse and while you are Christmas shopping stay organized.

To enter:

1.        Become a fan of Simply Heaven Baby on Facebook .

2.       Leave us a comment on our wall to let us know you are now a fan and tell us if you are done with your Christmas shopping, almost done, or have not even started!

3.       If you are already a fan, let us know and still tell us about your Christmas shopping list.

4.       Do you have Facebook friends that would love Simply Heaven Baby and the opportunity to win one of these organizers?  On our Facebook page click “Suggest to Friends” for an extra entry.  Be sure to leave another comment letting us know that you did.

5.       Be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry!

***As a special bonus visit our Etsy shop where we are offering 50%off of our Christmas Toile Bib and Burp cloth set during the giveaway.   This will definitely be a great start to your Christmas list.

Winners will be chosen on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 8:00pm (EST). Any entries received after this time will not be considered. Open to US residents only. Winner will be chosen using random.org.

Good Luck!