Help us meet Martha!

We need your help! Michaels is having a handmade holiday contest. Of course, we think that our products make the perfect holiday gift so we quickly entered our Memory Puzzle Blocks. The grand prize winner receives TWO tickets to NYC to see the Martha Stewart Show. Oh how Suni and I would LOVE a free trip to the Big Apple. Even better, we'd LOVE, LOVE, LOVE a chance to swap ideas with the queen of crafts, Martha! Help us make this dream a reality!

Go here to vote for us. Click on the snowmen on the bottom of the page...the more you like the project, the more snowmen you click!

Looking for your own kit? They are in now available in all Roberts Craft and Deserert Book stores.

So Much to be Thankful for!

We have much to be thankful for this holiday season. Business is good. Our families are healthy and happy. The weather is cooperating. At our house, we've instigated the tradition of having each family member prepare a dish for our celebration. It really takes the stress off the mom! This year Kevin is making the sweet potato gratin (YUMMY!). Trent will make his famous turkey gravy. Davis had a hankering for Silk Chocolate Pie. Without any help, he found the recipe of choice, got me a list of needed ingredients and prepared (what promises to be) a scrumptious dessert! True to form, Colton requested Mac and Cheese for dinner. You'd think that 12 is old enough to expand one's taste buds, but it's his dinner too, so tomorrow will find the two of us whipping up a pot of a homemade variety that will feel comfortable next to the stuffing, green beans and salad! All this help gave me enough time to think about table decor. We've had such fun with our new block ornaments that I decided to bring them to the table. I want EVERYONE to know what I'm MOST thankful for! Before our last snow storm, I happened to find some fallen tree branches that I knew would be perfect for a project somewhere down the road. Who knew that I'd put them to use within the week?!

All I did was spray the branches with a bit of silver and gold spray paint. After they dried, I simply secured them in two long, skinny vases. (The display was too tall for the center of the table - it competed with the overhead lighting, so I decided to plant one at each end of the table.) Next, I add 4-5 bright red ornaments, along with 5 block ornaments featuring family faces to varying branches on the limb. That's it. Really! It makes a spectacular display!!




The rest of my ornaments adorn some greenery that I've already placed around the front door. I thought I'd get a running start on the Christmas decorating. Next week is going to be pretty busy. Did we mention that we're going to be on Channel 4, Good Things Utah? Oh, we did?! :-)

All kinds needed!

I've always been a firm believer that it takes all kinds of people to make this world go around. My son (who shall remain nameless) falls into the extremely bright category. Yesterday was his 18th birthday. He'd like to think that he's ready to conquer the world. He's pretty sure that he has the answers to all of life's questions. Well, yesterday found this brilliant boy participating in an all-day school event. Some sort of triathlon for the brain. Since the bus pulled out at 5:30 in the morning, I suggested that he put his lunch together the night before. Here's the part where bright, independent teenager still needs dumb, dependent middle-aged mother. The kid actually had NO IDEA that you can't leave a ham sandwich out over night without risking serious gastronomical consequences! Yes, I'm pretty sure that someday I will need to rely on his surgical skill as my personal brain surgeon, but until then, he's going to want me around to keep him alive!

Thanks & Stay Tuned!

We had so much fun at the Salt Lake Family Christmas Gift Show this past weekend. A great big thank you to ABC4 and Good Things Utah for sharing our Memory Tree Kit. Even though we didn't have a chance give a Stories by Me shout-out or mention our exact show location, we were BLOWN away at how many of you found our booth because of that TV spot. The event was an excellent way to get into the Christmas spirit and it didn't hurt that we got some of our own shopping done while we were there!

This week our products will be in the spotlight again! As we've mentioned, our Memory Puzzle kits are now available at all Roberts Crafts locations. Well, our new friends over at Roberts love our puzzles so much that they are highlighting them on KUTV 2 News at Noon on Wednesday, November 18th. On Friday, Nov. 20th, Lisa will be featuring our puzzles on Good Things Utah at 10am. (channel 4)

We are thrilled to have so many people share the excitement that we have for these fabulous products. Be sure to tune in!

check these out!

We came across these beautiful family trees out there in blogland.
Aren't they beautiful?


Find at My Tree & Me.

Etsy Links Fixed

We've had a few troubles over at our Etsy shop. Just wanted to let you know that the links are working and ready to go. Thank you for letting us know they were broken!

*BREAKING NEWS*

This weekend we are going to be here:

We were lucky enough to be chosen as one of three booths to be featured on this show tomorrow morning!
Be sure to tune in tomorrow on channel 4 at 10:00 am to see us shine!


And if you're coming to the Family Christmas Gift Show at the South Towne Expo Center, stop by and say hi! (we are located at booth 620.)