And then it was Christmas. . .

After eight weeks of preparations. . . making, baking and of course creating. . . we’ve reached the final day of Simply Christmas. Once again it has been a fun filled journey, made all the more special by all of you out there in the blogosphere.

I could never have undertaken this on my own, so please join me in thanking the 7 delightful and creatively inspiring ladies who joined us each week to guest post:

Clare of Clare’s Craftroom

Becky of Beyond the Picket Fence

Fee of Designs by Fee

Christy of Sweet Tidings

Linda of Lilly Cottage

Kris of Tag Along Teddies

Vikki of Sew Useful Designs

Their creative skills were greatly admired and their generosity in the giving of their time and providing giveaways shines through as the true spirit of Christmas. A big ‘thank you’ to all of you gorgeous girls!!

It was a pleasure to see many old familiar faces joining in with the link parties, along with welcoming scores of new friends. Together we’ve shared our decorating tips, gorgeous home tours, scrumptious recipes and fantastic gift making tutorials. . . there was definitely something for everyone!

I hope like me, you’ve enjoyed putting some homemade and home baked back into your Christmas. The link parties were full of creative inspiration. . . so much so, that my ideas book is already full in readiness for next year. Righto. . .so that last comment probably sent many of you running from the room screaming. . . [smile].

As our children grow up we lose some of the magic of Christmas. . . sadly, in our house we no longer put out carrots for the reindeers or search the night sky for a glimpse of Santa’s sleigh. . . so we’ve started new traditions. Today my girls and I finished up some final preparations in the kitchen and then made matching sets of Christmas PJ’s. They will add a bit of fun to our Christmas morning frivolity. For us, Christmas is all about family and as long as we do it together we haven’t lost the Christmas Spirit . . . tonight we’ll all be singing along to Carols by Candlelight . . . which I love, but for some strange reason the neighbourhood dogs don’t appear to enjoy my singing.

May beautiful moments and happy memories

surround you with joy this Christmas.

Hugs ~ Kerryanne