I always admire people that come up with great ideas……Allie is one of those idea people!!! It was January of 2011 when she started our Christmas Through The Year Group….just make a gift a month and by the end of the year, you have goodies all made and ready to go for Christmas….GENIUS!!! Lots of us jumped on board, and boy did it make Christmas a lot easier. She was an amazing cheerleader, finding wonderful projects to keep us inspired. At the end of the year there were other things calling to her…creative things, so that’s when Darlene and I decided we would hop in and try our best to make Allie proud!!!! We have enjoyed the year of hosting together and cheering you all on, but all the while Allie has still been there cheering us on too!!!! BIG HUGS to you Allie for all your support and friendship, and the big bonus for me is a wonderful friendship with Darlene!! Now we are stepping aside……things are calling us too. For me 2013 will be the year of planning my sweet daughters wedding……and enjoying ever minute of that experience!! Now it’s time to pass Allie’s torch on to Carol. So here’s to another year of Christmas Through The Year. Hope you will all join in. I know she has some exciting things planned!
Tutorials!!!!!
These next few tutorials are from A Spoonful of Sugar……a sweet mother daughter team. They will dazzle you with all their wonderful, creative projects and ideas! Have to say I am A Spoonful of Sugar groupie!!! First off this sweet Neck Pillow Cover
… tutorial here. I definitely need to make myself a polkadot one! If you are looking for a cute ornament idea how, about their tutorial for these Gingham
Stars….love them!! Yummy treats are always good for giving, and you can find 
directions for making these super cute Chocolate Spoons here. Thanks girls for being so generous with your tutorials!!!!
Ok, more cuteness here…Beverly at Flamingo Toes (don’t y
ou just smile when you say that!!) has a super, duper cute tutorial for A Little Potholder Love. ….and also for a more traditional version.
Beth at Beth’s Paper Cuts has an adorable tutorial for this Grinchy Gift 
Card Holder.
Stinkin’ cute and very Grinchy for sure!
Shelley at Scrappergirl has a fun and so cute tutorial
for DIY Photo Christmas Balls…..and with additonal info on making the photo strips here. Looks so hard, but her directions are great!! These would make excellent Xmas presents…I see a crafting DIY Photo Ball party happening here soon!!!
Like before, if you make any of these projects and post them on your blog please make sure to give credit and link back to the crafters!!
Darlene has a great giveaway planned for November. She will have Mr. Linky up at the end of the month….make sure you link up to be entered in the drawing for this months giveaway. Happy week everyone.
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Love how you are so organised for Christmas! Thanks heaps for linking to our tutorials - we really appreciate it:) Hope you have a wonderful Christmas and loads of fun wedding planning in 2013.
thankyou for the links Cheryl and very exciting with a wedding next year.xx
I enjoy all the links you share and have enjoyed. A wedding to plan sounds wonderful!!!
You and Darlene have been great hostesses. You two have been great reminders to get my gifts made. Thanks for the tutorials.
Have fun with your daughter planning the wedding.
We've definitely had lots of fun this year - thank you for being my 'partner in crime'. :-) I've enjoyed getting to know you better and strengthening our friendship.
2013 will be a year to remember with all the wedding plans and such. Enjoy every minute.
The last one??? Already??? More great linkies too -- I LOVE that HOT potholder LOL!
I will actually have some gifts to show for the last month of CTTY! Hooray for me!! LOL!! the neck pillow. Adding to my list for next year's gift giving.
lots of great links......have fun with loz........
I'm behind in blog reading! Thank you so much for the links to the great tutorials. I'm glad I discovered your blog this year! Happy wedding planning... keep us posted!
I was so glad when you and Darlene took over, Cheryl, and now Carol will keep it going. You guys did brilliantly. And now to plan a wedding, how much fun is that going to be!!!
Well the two of you have done a spectacular job of keeping the train rolling throughout the year - thank you so much for all of your cheering and inspiration! You know I am y'all's biggest fan! I am off to stitch up some of those darling gingham star ornaments!
Thanks to you both for all the great ideas and fun! These are some great ones, too!
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