December Daily Giveaways: Elle's Studio + Evalicious

I'm looking forward to having our children home for the holidays. This is our first year as empty nesters so it will be fun to have "stuff" all around the house again!
Congratulations on your blog--it's the one I look at every day. You always inspire me!

I'm looking forward to having our children home for the holidays. This is our first year as empty nesters so it will be fun to have "stuff" all around the house again!
Congratulations on your blog--it's the one I look at every day. You always inspire me!

I'm looking forward to having our children home for the holidays. This is our first year as empty nesters so it will be fun to have "stuff" all around the house again!
Congratulations on your blog--it's the one I look at every day. You always inspire me!

Both sets look awesome. Thanks for the giveaways. My favorite thing about the holidays is the magic in the air - there is such an amazing spirit in focusing on our families, on others, and on the Savior.

I recently re-connected with a young man and his family from Honduras. I was his host family fifteen years ago. I went to Honduras this summer and now he is bringing his family here near Christmas to hopefully have them see snow and re-connect with the rest of the family. It should be filled with lots of good memories.

We just bought our first home, so I am looking forward to inviting friends and family over to visit us. I am also looking forward to decorating it for the first time. We love traveling home to Eastern Oregon and playing in the snow with our family, and I love drinking hot cidar! I am also going to do a December Daily this year, very excited about that!

I'm looking forward to baking some delicious treats for my family and friends, to spend time with my family and to give.

I am most looking forward to my children having time off and my husband being home for a whole day. This school year has felt so busy and I realy want to spend time together as a family. They are getting older and soon they might not care as much about family time. It goes so fast!

My two-year-old grandson will be so excited when he sees all the decorations. I'm really looking forward to seeing his face.

This is my first Christmas as a stay-at-home mom. I'm excited to be able to really be at home and live the experience with the family without having to worry to get up for work the next day. Even this early, Im trying to come up with ways and new traditions I can start with my kids this year.

One of my most favorite things to do is wrap presents. Since scrapbooking, wrapping presents has taken on a whole new meaning for me! LOL. And even better than wrapping the presents is seeing the reactions of the person I'm giving the gift too.

So many things to look forward to, but this year in particular:
1. my new nephew's first christmas
2. my mother coming from New Zealand to be with us here in Abu Dhabi (UAE)
3. a pre-Christmas trip to Austria, a great break from the heat here (currently end of October and still 100 degrees)complete with the traditional christmas markets and snow!
The Austria photos are already booked in for prominent appearances in the December Daily album!
Thanks for all your work Ali.

Just to be with the family! I am practically burnt out with the scrapbooking business I have and I have to take a break.
I love Christmas anyways from decorating the house to Christmas cookies and cakes (a Finnish tradition that I hold up high even though I've been living in Italy almost 30 years)and telling my son stories about Santa Claus WHO YOU ALL KNOW LIVES IN LAPLAND, FINLAND - precisely in KORVATUNTURI!!!! He does not, as many people think, live in North Pole, but in Lapland.
You can write to him through Internet and order a letter for your children or your neighbors' or friends' children. Here's the address:
http://www.santagreeting.net/?deptid=9948
Sorry, Ali, but I just had to do this to give you an opportunity to give a wonderful present for your child and all the children of your readers.
I do this every year for my son, Andrea. He's 10 but even though he says he doesn't believe, when the letter comes, he's overwhelmed with joy.
Got a little carried away °_°
Helena from Italy

I am looking forward to seeing the joy and wonder of the season on my niece and nephews faces, and listening to Christmas carols and drinking hot chocolate with just the lights of the tree glowing and a little sprinkling of snow falling outside.

Lovely stash goodies. I love the red and green.
I'm most looking forward to Christmas Eve with my family which is always a special time we spend with just us. My DS was a little too young last year to get involved in the excitement but he's 2 this year and is much more clued into what's going on. Christmas with little ones is just the most magical thing. It makes you feel like a kid again yourself. I love it!
xMx

The Tradition for sure. I love the preparation, shopping, making my Christmas cards, participation in “Return to Bethlehem” at Church and making cookies. I am one of those weird people that thrive on the Holiday stress, I just Love it!

I really looking forward to this time when I can get 'crazy' decorate my house till I drop. And when the kids joining in the decorating process, that is what I call : priceless.
Congrats on your being in Technorati!

I am looking forward to spending time with my family during the holidays! Our youngest daughter just got married so we have a new son-in-law. Of course our two and a half year old granddaughter and other daughter and son-in-law will be extremely fun too!

This has been quite a year for me. First off, I got married in June. And, ever since then work, for both my husband and me, has simply been crazy. This Christmas, I am most looking forward to some couple time and the chance to make some new tradtions.

I'm going to try to do the December Daily album this year, so I'm looking forward to being in the moment, rather than getting caught up in all the have-to-do's of daily life.
Thanks for posting all the pics and ideas. It's really helping me put together my own album.