Memories, Dreams, and Reflections 2014

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Memories, Dreams, and Reflections has become something of a tradition around here. Enjoy.

1) Me

 

2) I Love You

 

3) Still Laughing...

4) Winter Wonderland

5) Birthday

 Apple picking on my mother-in-law's birthday.

6) Friends

7) I Was Inspired...

 

8) Spring Fever

9) Travel or Vacation

 

10) Summer Days

 

11) A Day in My Life

 

12) All Smiles

13) Autumn Harvest

14) Family or Home

 

15) Celebrate!

16) Let's Do It Again...

 

17) I Miss You

 

18) Beautiful

19) Dress Up

 The House on the Rock dressed up for the holidays.

20) Macro

 

21) Holidays

 

22) My Favorite

 

23) Don't Ever Change

 

24) Just Because...So There!

 

25) Hopes and Dreams

I hope that you enjoyed reading about my memories, dreams, and reflections for 2014. Stop by Ashley Sisk's blog to check out other submissions for the meme.

2014 Christmas gift packaging

Remember the package decorations that I posted about earlier this month? To recap briefly, most years I keep gift wrapping as simple as possible, and I wanted to step up the game this year. I know that I've majorly dropped the ball on keeping up with this blog the past couple months, but I wanted to make sure that I took and posted pictures of the finished gifts. I'm hoping to get back to posting more regularly again in 2015. For now, enjoy.

Did anyone else do special gift packaging this year?

D is for (Package) Decorations

Are you ready for another round of Alphabe Thursday? Let's go!

Yep, it's Alphabe Thursday on Friday, and it's going to be a short and sweet. Anyone who has received a gift from me in the past few years knows that I am notoriously lazy when it comes to wrapping presents. I'm not very good at it, and I hate that most wrapping paper ends up right in the garbage. It seems like such a waste. So typically I buy a pack of tissue paper, stuff presents into old gift bags and shopping bags, write recipient names on leftover card making paper scraps, and call it good.

I put a lot of effort into the gifts themselves (is it a surprise that I always make a number of gifts?), and needless to say, the wrapping doesn't reflect that effort. So I'm stepping it up this year and going with a "brown paper packages tied up with string" theme that includes reusable decorative items and fun little goodies, like candy and ornaments. The following reveals just a little taste of what's to come. I will do my best to get some pictures of my wrapped presents later this month.

Check out what the other Alphabe Thursday participants posted for the letter D this week right here!

C is for Christmas Decorations

Are you ready for another round of Alphabe Thursday? Let's go!

Christmas is the only holiday where I really put up a lot of decorations. Jake loves Christmas decorations, too, and always helps me get things up right after Thanksgiving. Every year our collection gets better and better. Today I'm sharing just a little peek at Christmas in my house. Enjoy.

 

Check out what the other Alphabe Thursday participants posted for the letter C right here!