How do you show YOUR gratitude?

"Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow." —Edward Sandford Martin

Read more awesome Thanksgiving quotes here.

Is anyone else already having dreams of a delectable Thanksgiving dinner? ...Waking up with the smell of turkey still lingering? No?? Hmmm. Well—if you do, know you're not alone. Thanksgiving is one of those holidays that sometimes (okay, usually) gets the shaft from all the big stores. The minute Halloween is over Christmas decorations come bounding in. Not that there's anything wrong with Christmas—but today we'd like to take a minute to reflect on Thanksgiving. On being thankful.

People show their thankfulness in many different ways, which is great. As crafters, often we like to show our gratitude through a crafting medium! So if that's what you like to do, then here's some projects for you. *And to view more amazing products from our suppliers, you can visit their web page or blog, listed under "Sites We Love" in our right-hand column.

Say it with a card that's not only adorable, but heartfelt!

Here's a darling Sizzix idea:

QuicKutz always has wonderful ways to show sentiments of gratitude:

Love these Fancy Pants cards:

Aren't these cards just lovely? There's still oodles of other ways to portray feelings of thankfulness.

Check these out.

This poignant Cricut mini album is great for storing personal treasures! This project used Plantin Schoolbook, Storybook, Wild Card, Stone Script and Design Studio:

Or here's another great idea from our Provo Craft peeps. It never hurts to have a little reminder box—especially when you're trying to teach small children to have gratitude for all their blessings! This Cricut project uses Storybook, Opposites Attract, Street Sign, and Home Accents:

Here's a great layout by Karen Foster—perfect for bein' thankful

and perfect for posterity:

And we already mentioned how QuicKutz it so quick to have something grand, didn't we. This is a great idea:

As far as Oh My Crafts goes, we're thankful for all our wonderful suppliers—and naturally our amazing customers!

Happy thankfulness-ness!!

How do you dress YOUR paper dolls?

It's a blustery and chilly day here in Utah—more snow could very well be on it's way. So our little snowbunnies in the mix might be the most appropriately dressed. What do you think? Do you like their outfits?

What have you dressed your doll in lately?

Happy dress-ups!

"Fun-ness" in the kitchen

As usual, we like to bring "fun-ness" to the masses. And here's a few particularly fun looks using Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry paper kit, which were featured in the November Basic Grey newsletter. We just had to share.

Makes bein' in the kitchen much more fun, yes?

Oh, and if you're a card maker, don't miss our card Kits of the Month featuring some of the finest Basic Grey paper kits!

Happy crafting!

Let the game begin!

The wonderful thing about scrapbooking is that it covers ALL aspects of life! Scrapbooking even has room for sports fanatics! And right now, football is all some people can think about! So check out this awesome layout using Karen Foster's Football scrapbook kit.

Isn't this a great look? This is another project created by Machelle. Here's all the products she used:

Karen Foster Football paper pack

Black Brads

Bazzill Beetle Black cardstock

Bazzill Bon Bon cardstock

Bazzill Leapfrog Green cardstock

Memento Ink Pad—Tuxedo Black

Glue Glider

For this particular layout, Machelle took her black cardstock, cut it into two 3x12-inch strips and then crinkled it so it looks worn. She also did the same with her Bon Bon cardstock, only cutting one 3x10-inch strip. Crinkling is such a fun and simple technique that adds such texture to any design!

And then she used the ink to distress edges anywhere and everywhere. No design is fully complete without a good dose of distressing! Wouldn't you agree?

So there you have it. Now the game can really start. But before we leave you to your daily duties for the day, may we remind you of this Erma Bombeck quote:

"Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence."

Happy crafting!