Cute Christmas Ornaments

I received some adorable porcelain ornaments with the girls' pictures on them this weekend. They were made by Pams Gifts and Collectables shop on eBay. I recently wrote about the business card holder that I had ordered from this shop. They do such a great job of taking your photograph and turning it into such high quality products.

The ornaments are round, white porcelain, about 2 7/8 inches across. They even come with a sweet little red ribbon for hanging. They are custom made, so delivery takes a little longer, but they are well worth the wait.

You really should check out Pam's store. They can use your photograph to make so many awesome things, such as belt buckles, playing cards, pillows, coasters, puzzles, watches...just to name a few!

I better not go too crazy with household items featuring the girls' pictures, or else my two-footed children will start to get jealous. Okay...they already are feeling a little jealous, but they will get over it!

I love my new ornaments. I am seriously thinking I may just have to have a small Chihuahua themed Christmas tree in my sewing room this year, with these ornaments holding center stage!

And playing cards with their picture would be pretty nice also....

I wonder if Shawn would wear a belt buckle with Stormie's picture on it.....

It's Mother's Day!!!

It is Mother's Day weekend and my girls have the cutest tshirts ever!

They love their Mommy! Yay! She loves them, too.

They bought me flowers to plant in my deck pots and yard. They did a great job of picking out the pretty ones, too!

I hope everyone has a great weekend....Happy Mother's Day!!!

Where To Put It All...

If you have ever had a baby, you know that the amount of stuff that you need for that baby far exceeds the size of the child. You wonder, 'how can such a tiny little human need so much?'

Have you ever noticed that the same is true for our dogs? All total, my three little dogs don't even have a combined weight of 15 pounds, yet the amount of supplies, clothes, toys, food, etc. (I know...it's the etc. that gets us every time!) that they have is taking over the house. And we have a large house.

I have recently been trying to come up with a way to rein it all into one spot as much as possible and have come up with a perfect plan.

We have this really cool dresser that belonged to Shawn's grandmother. It has served many purposes throughout the years. It started out as the dresser for her 6 children's clothes (much less 'stuff' back then). After her children grew and left home, the dresser became home for her quilting fabrics and supplies. This is when I became acquainted with the dresser and fell in love with it. I love the tiny little drawer on top and how each drawer gets bigger as it goes down. It has been painted many different colors over the years, with chocolate brown being it's current hue. I am debating on whether it needs a new paint job, or if I should leave it as Grandma had it.

It is now in our home and I have tried to use it for various purposes. None of my kids appreciate the quaintness of it and never wanted to use it for their rooms. I started out keeping my fabrics in the funny drawers, but my inventory quickly outgrew it.

The dresser has been sitting in a corner, needing a job. I decided it was the perfect location to keep the girls' clothes, collars, harness vests, extra toys (they have so many, we rotate them out and they always think they have new toys!), and blankets.

It is quickly filling up.

The dresser doesn't wrangle all the items that are needed to keep my girls happy. We are still looking for the perfect storage place for our awesome new stroller, and their food still has it's own drawer in the kitchen, but all in all, I am quite happy with the new life I have given to this quaint piece of Giles' history.

Not so sure what Grandma Giles would think, but I am hoping she is smiling.