Christmas: What a blur...

We celebrated Christmas at our house this year. What a day! Busy, busy, busy!!! We we're so exhausted by the end but it was worth it. Joined by our families, we all had a great day.

All decked out

In the morning we frantically ran around getting the jobs done and putting the finishing touches on all the decorations. Miss M opened a few presents with us and was more impressed with the paper than anything else. We all dressed in our finest and awaited the arrival of our guests.

 Family arrived and with them came wonderful food, gifts and merriment. We all managed to sit down together and eat. And then came the gift giving.

Santa made an appearance and one little boy was beside himself with excitement. Everyone did well with the presents. The kids especially. 

It ended up being a great day. My organization and months of preparation payed off perfectly. Couldn't have asked for better. Now I just hope Miss M's 1st birthday goes as well!

Christmas is just around the corner...

With Christmas only 36 days away it's time to start getting everything ready for the festive season. I have a lot to do as I am hosting Christmas day at my house for the first time this year. Everything has to be perfect. And everything has to beautiful!

I've managed to put together some bunting, I've made up a new table cloth and also turned out some lovely paper pom poms...All of which will be used on the days leading up to and the day of Christmas. All of these things I found the inspiration for online. They were all so easy to make too ( even with a 10 month old crawling around all over the place ).

Pom Poms

Bunting

 So as the weeks tick over I still have a few more things to make. Keep a look out for my latest creations. In the mean time check out www.scissorspapercake.com.au for amazing kid's party ideas, something I'll be talking about next time.