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Chris Durnan

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Archives for December 2011

First Sewing endeavor…

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Okay so I am not a fantastic sewer I would even put myself just below well kinda sewer. I tend to pull it out when I am done looking for something I like that would work for home decor. I can say fabric does not seem cheaper then buying a finished product. so for me it is purely a … I want this… and don’t like that!. haha. I have sewn a cover for a bench, window coverings, pillow coverings and even shown a friend or two how to sew a fancy pillow with fringe. Well in my last “I want this” adventure I was spear headed by my son who wanted camo covering his closet. My son’s closet is slightly offsize of a standard set of doors. And it would be a rebuild to use a standard door. I am done looking at the mess of toys. So I decided to buy a shower curtain rod that is brown and some hooks and huge amounts of camo to make the “curtains” for the closet. So we went to the store and looked and looked (Picture of the curtains at another time. Came out quite nice I must say) anyways. my son saw this fabric he just had to have. Very “red baron snoopy-esque” and we brought home a yard of it. after I was done with the curtains. the sewing machine sat on the table with a curiouser and curiouser little boy. So finally he said. can I? I said yep. I sat next to him and worked on some lists and had him run the whole deal in as “straight” a line as possible to make the pillow out of his loved fabric. Which he did and then proclaimed a serious concern… WE SEWED It inside out!!! AGHHHHHH!! Mom Mom. I laughed and said you flip it inside out and stuff it that is why we left a little hole. He stuffed it and helped me sew the little bit more difficult seam to close it and asked when he could go to the fabric store again. Very cute very fun and he thinks it was pretty cool. So yeah! I love it. Had to share. (and yes that is a puppy sleeping underneath it)

Oh and here is a picture of a very cute little terror running through our house. I asked him if he had emptied his food bowl on the floor again and this was the look I got. Ahh yep… he did. totally cute!
Enjoy your day!
Chris

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A Scout Mom gift

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My son and his Dad made this for me. Many Mom’s of a cub scout will know what this is. It is a brag ribbon for your scouts accomplishments and will go on my den leader shirt. When they make it through a level they get a badge and the Mom get’s a pin. Pretty darn cool. I had seen these before and sent my hubby the link and told him it would be the perfect handmade gift for me from our son. So I somehow put the supplies in a cup and left them on my craft table. They painted and worked on it and got it done in between my stints in the craft room. The rhinestones were sitting on the bench from another project I was working on so they got used to. pretty awesome. I love that my husband takes the time to create and help my son create. It definitely helps his imagination bloom and when they are “constructing” things like flying ace guns from the snoopy show it really helps to take parts you have like pvc pipe and sticks and see a bigger picture. And my son knows there isn’t much in my craft room that is off limits so he can create all he would like. It’s pretty fantastic  . And I already put the Bobcat pin on it. When I wear my shirt I will have someone take a picture.  Love my guys. Love my life.

 

Enjoy!

Chris

Just to big..

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We learned while Grandpa was here that those huge campfire doublesize marshmallows are just to big and hard to eat. Grandpa already knew this, but he needed to make sure they were even to big for his grandkid boys. but it was fun!
Enjoy!
Chris

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We believe….

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We believe in Family, Friends, Christmas, Faith, Happiness and the spirit of Christmas in the small gestures and the large…. This was so apparent to me at my Sister’s Daughter’s Pagaent while my Dad was in town. My sister had called me and asked for a present for my son for “Santa” was coming. I was thankful for such a thoughtful sister, but must admit didn’t think much more of it.
We attended the cutest Pagaent ever. So many smiling faces of children all under the age of 4. They sang and danced for four sweet songs. Just wonderful. Then Santa came out and and handed out presents. My son as you can see in the picture below got the honor of being the big kid and being in charge of the camera. He was to do his best to get good pics of my niece and nephew. he worked hard at this, but when Santa came out he just paused. He kept taking pics and then Santa called his name and he jumped up and sat on his lap and came back beaming to us with his present.
I smiled at him and said… “Did you get what you wanted?” he said yes… I said” Do you like it?” he says yes all in a gush and rush…” Mom Mom I wished he would call my name to and he Did. he Did. and I got to sit on his lap and he did.” And he smiled at me and showed me the wrapper… “And he spelled my Name right!!”  a few extra minutes and my sister thought of my son and it made my heart beam and my cheeks hurt from smiling and my eyes wet with tears. The spirit of Christmas in thinking of others. Thank you to my sister. She is a wonderful Aunt. Such a small gesture, but it meant so much to a little boy who I know may not believe in Santa for much longer, but he does right now and he really just wanted to sit on his lap like the other kids and be a part of it.  So wonderful! I so love my life. These moments take my breath away.
Merry Christmas to you all from Greg and I and our son.
We believe in love, faith, and Happiness.
May today give you a moment to take your breathe away, in
all the hustle and bustle, a moment of glistening Christmas goodwill.
Enjoy!
Chris

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12 days of Christmas Winner is

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Anna Dowdy aka MamawAnn!! Thank you Anna for playing along and participating in the comment posts. Email me your choice below And I will send you your present by email or mail!

 

$10 gift card to either Michael’s or Paper Temptress (your choice) and the first QMC in the year 2012. Lori’s or Mine whichever it is… woohoo… .   I will mail/email the gift card out next week.

 

I took all the comment posts  on my blog and facebook from 12 days of Christmas and numbered them. Then put it through the random and came up with Anna’s number!

 

Yeah! Merry Christmas.

Enjoy!
Chris

Puppy pic 1

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I should be back at the pc shortly to post, but had to share this pic. Sorry for the delays.

Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4GLTE smartphone

Day 12: 12 Days of Christmas – Freebie

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One more Day til Puppy! wooohooo!
7 week old Border Collie Puppy! Get ready for lots of pictures.
And the last day of the 12 days of Christmas Creativity! This has been so fun.
Thank you Jan for spearheading it and Ileana for her fantastic trivia!
And the last day to get the Monogram 11 at the Creative Deal price.
So many exciting things happening!
 (There is a special sale going on right now in the holiday section of the store. Did you see? Look for the “Special offer” label, put it in the cart and see your discount. )

Day 1 – December 12th – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 2 – December 13th – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 3 – December 14th – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris
Day 4 – December 15th – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 5 – December 16th – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 6 – December 17th – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris
Day 7 – December 18th – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 8 – December 19th – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 9 – December 20th – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris
Day 10 – December 21st – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 11 – December 22nd – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 12 – December 23rd – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris

And with the end of the 12 days of Christmas I give you the new year! The year of the Dragon!
Wooohoo
This freebie file comes in AI GSD KNK WPC SVG MTC DXF and is for your personal use and governed by my Personal TOUs.

And can be downloaded at the forum. HERE. if you need a password it is iagreetouchristmas . If you have downloaded the previous ones you won’t be asked until next month for a new password! You just need to click the link and login to the forum.

If you are here and this file has expired for download… if you are a current 2011 QMC member you can download my files from 2011 that I have offered as freebies in the Perks section.
Thank you for participating in the 12 days with us!! so fun!

No more Blog Entries today to win.
I will be posting the winner later today!!
And posting the prize!
 Thank you to everyone who jumped in!

Enjoy!
Chris

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Day 10: the 12 days of Christmas

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Are you counting down til Christmas??? Not us…
We are counting down to ….
PUPPY!!
More cute pictures to come… but for now… don’t miss Jan for 12 days of Christmas. woohoo!
So so excited.
Enjoy!
Chris
 (There is a special sale going on right now in the holiday section of the store. Did you see? Look for the “Special offer” label, put it in the cart and see your discount. )

Day 1 – December 12th – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 2 – December 13th – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 3 – December 14th – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris
Day 4 – December 15th – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 5 – December 16th – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 6 – December 17th – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris
Day 7 – December 18th – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 8 – December 19th – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 9 – December 20th – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris
Day 10 – December 21st – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 11 – December 22nd – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 12 – December 23rd – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris

Don’t forget this set below…..
The Creative Deal price will end with the 12 days of Christmas…

Don’t miss this set of 7 different file types Monogram 11 for $3.99 for a limited time.

If you made it this far in todays post…
I will have a grand drawing on the 23rd. I will be posting soon what that is. It’s like a Holiday present wrapped in a pretty bow and paper. You aren’t sure what it is, but the surprise is going to be so much fun!
Enter a comment on my blog every day of the 12 days of Christmas to enter.
BONUS ENTRY!
You can bonus entry by posting a comment about the 12 days of Christmas Creativity on my facebook fan page. If you do post on facebook, please comment here twice so I get all your entries. I will look for your entry on facebook if you are the winner, but need to have those entries tabulated here on my blog.
Love those bonus entries.
(If you are reading this in the forum, your comment must post on my blog for an entry.)

Enjoy!
Chris

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