Happy New Year, MWoPers!

Happy, happy new year! I wish everyone reading here, no matter why, a wonderful 2011. See you in the new year!

Trendy Blog Awards

 | I decided to share some more Trendy Blog Awards Today |

There are so many great blogs I have found over the past year and I had to share them so you all could visit them. If you haven't already!

I am handing these out to some great blogs that I have found over the past year who I think are Trendy! Hence the Trendy Blog Award. 
BUT.... in order to receive this award you have to promise to share this with 10 other BLOGS that you think are |Trendy| too! It is just that simple. 
Just post about your award on your blogList your Top 10 Trendy BlogsShare with them andLeave a link to the Trendy Blog Button (so they can grab it too)Make sure you tell them the same, that they need to give this award out to 10 as well.
Have fun handing out the Trendy Blog Awards!
My Top 10 Picks for now ~ Because I know I will have more Faves....
Chelsey at The Paper MamaRory at Tools are for Women Too!Virginia at Meet VirginiaSumo at Sumos Sweet StuffThe Girls at Roots and WingsJamie at Pure Joy CreativeTracey at Inspire Me PhotographyCheryl at Sew Can DoJennifer Dawn at The Life of Jennifer DawnAshley at Ramblings & Photos
Grab your Trendy Blog Award HEREDon't forget to share the link above when you hand out your blog awards.If you already received a Trendy Blog Award and want to update your button. Just go the link above and grab a new one!

Hope you all enjoy your lil award. I will be handing more out. I promise. If you want to nominate your blog or any other blog, just fill out our contact form and let me know why your blog is Trendy!

What I've Been Up To | Christmas Gifts I Made

I was so busy the past couple of weeks making Christmas Gifts and I wanted to share what I have been up to. So below are a few pics of the things I made. Some of them are examples of things I will be selling in my new shop. I've added a few applique's and the plaque's and ponies. Blankets will be available too! More items coming soon.

Name Plaques | Nice Custom Gifts for Kids Bedrooms. I love making these because each one is made just for them. It has their favorite colors, things and sometimes I even throw in their middle names. I have made way more girls plaques because our family has so many girls! I have also made these as birthday gifts. They have been a real hit. I have yet to make my kids some yet. My kids want to help paint theirs, so that will be a project some weekend soon. These look really good when framed and matted too! 

I still have 9 more on order. So if you are interested in me making one for you, please email me at | trendytreehouse@me.com | to get more info.

Penny the Pony | Stuffed friends for play or decor. My girls didn't know it, but when we were at the fabric store, I had them choose some pretty fabrics for these ponies. You know, helping mommy is what I told them. We left the store with a bunch of different cute fabrics. I knew they would love these lil ponies when I made them because they got to pick out the fabric themselves. LOL We placed them under the tree, unwrapped because I just couldn't hide their beauty. Christmas morning they knew exactly which ones were theres. I loved it. Out of all their gifts, they chose them to go to nana and papa's house that afternoon. ;-) 

The Sick Blanket | Warm & Cozy on one side & Cool on the other for fever or chills. Each one comes with a fitted sheet and matching pillow case. The kids love them! So much so, that they have been camping out in the living room every night with them. Yeah! Glad they were a hit!

Christmas Ornaments | Some of the ornaments we have made in the past. A few years ago we made and sent out Jesus Stocking Ornaments to everyone on our Christmas list. We also added a 8x10 version as a coloring page so they could color their own. Last year we made silhouette ornaments and photo ornaments with scrapbook paper, glue, wooden remnants and ribbons. We love how they turned out!

Blessings Jar | Count your blessing by adding them one at a time in this jar! Then read them with your family each Christmas. We got this from our kids this year. Every year they make something with their Nana to give out. This was a great gift I had to share.

Just a few | These are just a few fun things I wanted to share with you today!

What did you make and give as gifts this year?

Are you interested in me making something for you? A Pony (Owls coming soon), blanket, name plaque, ornaments for next year, silhouette portrait, ect. Please email me at | trendytreehouse@me.com | to get more info.

Also, check out my shop to order as well. New Items will be added often. I will be offering what I mentioned above as well as many more, including ready to iron/sew appliques.

Creative Share Blog Hop

Don't forget to grab one of our {BUTTONS}

I always look forward to this day of the week. It's fun to go through all the fabulous link ups.

I decided to start featuring some of my favorite link ups again. There are just so many that inspire me and I wanted to help them get seen a bit more.

So if you see that you have been featured, go by and grab a "Featured Button"

{Here are a few of my favorites that linked up last week}
Click on Photos to view these great posts

          

          

Shutter Love Tuesdays - Christmas Present or Past

We have been loving hosting {Shutter} Love every week and wanted to thank you all for participating each week. You have all made it so fun. We enjoy looking at each of your photos every week.

This weeks theme is {Christmas Present or Past}

Many of you may have different beliefs, so please share your shots of your "REASON FOR THE SEASON" All are welcome!

To see all the rules for this fun party, please go HERE.

And don't forget to tell your friends that you entered your photo so they can come by and vote for you!

VOTING... We will not be voting anymore if we don't get more votes. So if you enter a photo, share that you need a vote. We have been not getting many votes lately. ;-)

VOTING CAN BE DONE IN THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW - THANK YOU!

COMMENT as much as you like. Everyone loves FEEDBACK!

Go HERE to grab one of our Buttons

Tara's "Christmas Present or Past" Photo

I put together some random shots from this years Christmas. Thought a collage would be cute because I just couldn't choose from any of the photos. I'm happy with the collage because I get to share more than just one too! HA HA!! There are a couple from Christmas morning, some portrait shots of the kids in front of the tree and a family shot we took yesterday. 

DON'T FORGET TO GRAB THE CODE BELOW TO SHARE THIS FUN PARTY

AND REMEMBER NO ANONYMOUS VOTING... THANK YOU

Shutter Love Winners | Reason for the Season

Reason for the Season was our theme last week.

We really enjoyed seeing your entries. There are so many beliefs and it was great to see your Reason for the Season!

Here are our TOP 10 photos and Favorites as well.

#1 Photo goes to | Stoneyville

#2 | Santa and the Real Reason

#3 | Candy Cane Bokeh!

#4 | Captivated Gaze Photography

#5 | Inspire Me Photography

#6 | Ramblings & Photos

#7 | Austin-Lee & the Hooligans

#8 | Six Cherries on Top

#9 | Big Oaks Farm

#10 | ...a good life, photos.

Viewers Favorite | My Take on Photography

Some of Tara & Jamie's Favorites | In No Particular Order

Thank you to everyone who entered into this past weeks "Reason for the Season" theme. 

If you see your photo above, please stop by our BUTTONS page to pick up your winners button.

WE HAVE NEW BUTTONS ~ GO UPDATE YOURS NOW!

Get your photos ready for the next theme {Christmas Present or Past}

Share with everyone, so they can link up their photos too!

Merry Christmas

Trendy Treehouse is going to be taking a break for the next few days to finish up last minute holiday sewing, crafts, cooking, baking and also to celebrate Christmas with family and friends of course. We will catch up on past post and resume posting early next week.

Thank you for stopping by and Hope you have a...

{Very Happy Christmas!}

The Big Freeze

The U.K. is entering a new Ice Age, or so the media would have you believe. After a few inches of snow everyone's talking about The Big Freeze and the country has come to a standstill! :-)

A Holiday diddly

I'm not nearly as talented as some of the commenters here, but this one....it required very little thought. If you come up with something better, I'll post it over the holiday week. No religious-based tunes, please.

(*original words not mine)

You're a mean one, MckMama,
You really are a heel.

You're as talented as a cactus, you're as charming as an eel, MckMama,
You're a bad tax payer with a greasy credit score.

You're a bad blogger, MckMama,
Your content's an empty hole.

Your photos are full of chopped off heads, you have blown out whites in your pics, MckMama.

I wouldn't hire you for a thirty-nine-and-a-half minute shoot.

You're a foul one, MckMama,
You have blemishes in your perfect life.

You have all the tender sweetness of a seasick cruise sheeple, MckMama.
Given a choice between the two of you, I'd take the seasick sheeple.

You're a rotter, MckMama,
You're the queen of sinful sots.

Your header's a dead tomato splotched with moldy purple spots, MckMama.

You're a two decker foreclosure and plagiarizing sandwich with repo sauce.

You nauseate me, MckMama,
With a nauseous, super naus.

You're a crooked, sneaky business owner, and you give crooked advice, MckMama.

Your blog is an appalling dump heap overflowing with the most disgraceful
assortment of rubbish imaginable, mangled up in tangled up knots.

You're a foul one, MckMama,
You're a nasty, wasty skunk.

Your heart is full of unwashed socks (literally), your motives are full of gunk, MckMama.

The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote:
"Stink, stank, stunk"!

Creative Share Blog Hop

Don't forget to grab one of our {BUTTONS}

I always look forward to this day of the week. It's fun to go through all the fabulous link ups.

I decided to start featuring some of my favorite link ups again. There are just so many that inspire me and I wanted to help them get seen a bit more.

So if you see that you have been featured, go by and grab a "Featured Button"

{Here are a few of my favorites that linked up last week}
Click on Photos to view these great posts

          

          

Shutter Love Tuesdays - Reason for the Season

I will finally be posting last weeks winners today and will leave a link here soon. Sorry for the delay. It's been a pretty hectic weekend for us.

We have been loving hosting {Shutter} Love every week and wanted to thank you all for participating each week. You have all made it so fun. We enjoy looking at each of your photos every week.

This weeks theme is {Reason for the Season}

Many of you may have different beliefs, so please share your shots of your "REASON FOR THE SEASON" All are welcome!

To see all the rules for this fun party, please go HERE.

And don't forget to tell your friends that you entered your photo so they can come by and vote for you!

VOTING... We will not be voting anymore if we don't get more votes. So if you enter a photo, share that you need a vote. We have been not getting many votes lately. ;-)

VOTING CAN BE DONE IN THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW - THANK YOU!

COMMENT as much as you like. Everyone loves FEEDBACK!

Go HERE to grab one of our Buttons

Tara's "Reason for the Season" Photo

I took this photo using our Lutheran Service Book as well as an ornament I made as a child. This ornament has always been a favorite of mine. I love placing it on the tree every year remembering the "Reason for the Season".

DON'T FORGET TO GRAB THE CODE BELOW TO SHARE THIS FUN PARTY

AND REMEMBER NO ANONYMOUS VOTING... THANK YOU