{salt dough ornaments}

Hello.
It's going to be a beach Christmas for me and i'm sooooo excited:)
I am so thankful to be going to Puerto Vallarta for the holiday!

We weren't going to go but when my step father passed away unexpectedly this summer my step brother talked us into it!
{you can read about here if you'd like}

I think it will be really nice for all of us.
My emotions have sort of been all over the place this holiday season. It's to be expected but it's still really hard.

I think the hard thing to realize is that life truly is so precious and that each day is a gift.

Why do some people live a long life and others don't. I guess those are questions that we aren't supposed to know the answers to right now.

Maybe when we lose someone we love....we really should look at it as a learning lesson. What are supposed to learn from this and how can I make it a positive change in my life.

Sometimes we go throughout life not really appreciating each and every day.

I think losing such a wonderful person at such a young age {he was only 58} really jolted me into a 
reality that life isn't forever and that we really do have to appreciate just how precious it is:)

I wonder if he knows that he really did inspire me to really get serious about following my dreams!

Life isn't .....
oh when this happens i'll do so and so
when I get this in order i'll do....
etc...etc.

Life is in this very moment. Sometimes there isn't another chance!

So whatever is in your beautiful heart and soul.....do it! TODAY!

Ok...just had to share a feeling:):)
I'm feeling sensitive!

Back to the beach......
See how happy I am on the beach!
It's just me!

Oh and since i'll be gone and won't be checking in with you until 12/31 {which is my birthday by the way *hint*hint:) }
I thought I would share my last Christmas-y craft i've done for the season!

Remember those silly little salt dough ornaments!?!? I think just about everyone has made them when they were little.

Well you can make a grown up version that is super cute!

And if you look up salt dough ornaments you'll find some that are even much fancier than mine:)

You can find the recipes all over the internet...
but i'll tell you...don't put them in the oven! Just makes them puff up.
I just let them dry on a cookie sheet for a couple of days!

And I just used $1.00 stamps from our local craft store!!
But you could really use whatever you want:)

I love them!

And you sure could use them to decorate packages!
This is a package I just gave to a co-worker and inside is a pretty little custom Simple Daisy necklace that she ordered!!
I sure hope her mom likes the necklace!!!

Happy little ornaments!!

and if you have children....you can do a very fun craft together!!! They could make them anyway they want and you could do the grown up version:):)

Well...i'll talk to you when we return!!

and i'll be thinking of you as i'm sipping Mimosas on the beach Christmas morning!!!!!!!

Take care and Merry Christmas:)

Oh and happy Winter Soltice to you.

You know what that means.....now we starting gaining daylight again!! YEAH

See you soon!

However mean your life is, meet it and live it: do not shun it and call it hard names. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Things do not change, we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. ~Henry David Thoreau