Christmas Stockings

So I am not the best seamstress at all, but the past few years we have needed Christmas Stockings and I just couldn't find ones I liked for cheap enough.  We've had these $1.00 stockings with our names puffy painted on by yours truly for tooooo long.  So when I saw this challenge on UCreate, I thought, hey why not give it a shot?  I'm so very proud of myself, here's how they turned out:

I just followed this tutorial pretty much, except I didn't do it quite so "scrappy" and just went straight across.  I used red velvet for the back and the top, then I used a freezer paper stencil to put the names on.  I also added little jingle bells across the top.  They aren't perfect, but I like them!

Photoshop actions

Okay, so I may be really behind the times, but I am just playing with actions in photoshop.  They are amazing!  I got some free ones from here and they are so so fun.  A couple examples:

Family Pictures

We had some family pictures taken today and I just love how they turned out!  This is such a beautiful time of year, we just went to a park a few minutes from our house and the fall leaves and trees made for such a wonderful background!  My next door neighbor and I decided to do a swap this year, she took ours for us and I'll take some of her family.  Now I just have to decide which one I like best!  Thanks Diana!!!

Happy Halloween!