Taking Back Christmas

As a family, we've decided to take back Christmas. You know, really focus on the reason for the season and put Christ back into Christmas. I've thought for a while now that we needed to do something about inviting the spirit of Christmas into our home and make that the tradition, or the major part of our traditions - especially as we now have a little guy that is learning from us and picking up on everything little thing we do (good and bad!). 

I'm came across this post the other day from The Small Seed and that's when I decided we were going to start making changes. I really love Christmas and all that goes with it, but I needed something to motivate me to do better at remembering our Savior, especially at this time of year.  

Another dear friend and fantastic graphic designer, Mandi, also posted an advent that she made last year and was so kind to share. You can download it for free here.

So, my first thing was creating a new nativity for this year. I had so much fun making this and it made me wonder why I've never really drawn one before. And, to help you - wallpapers of my first nativity to hopefully help you remember Christ a little more this season as well!
[click link (not picture), download, save and set.]

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iPad

**for personal use only.

Trick or Treat

Hey all! Halloween wallpapers for your phone and tablet are up and available.

Happy almost October!
[click on the link (not picture), save to device, set as wallpaper.]

phone

tablet

please remember these are for personal use only.

be my valentine

 here is a background for your iphone or ipad to show your true love this valentine's season. have at em!
*just a note: if you download the file, then save to your device, you won't get a pixelated image.

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iPad

please remember these are for personal use only.

happy black friday!

in honor of black friday, i'm posting a Christmas pic for your iphone or ipad!
hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving and a merry time shopping!

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iPad

please remember these are for personal use only.

thanksgiving wallpapers

i'm a few days behind when i really wanted to post these, but nevertheless, here they are!
hope thanksgiving finds everyone well this year.

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iPad

please remember these are for personal use only.

pixelated ipad wallpaper

it was brought to my attention that the wallpaper i posted for the ipad was a bit pixelated.
i've fixed (hopefully) that problem and have uploaded a different jpeg below.

a halloween treat!

here's a little halloween treat for you - just in time for halloween!
i've made a wallpaper/background for the iPhone4, iPhone5 and iPad.
take your pick, or take one of each. just download and save to your photos and set as wallpaper.

iPhone 4

iPhone 5

iPad

please remember these are for personal use only.

for tradition

valentine's at our house was low-key and pleasant!

i came home to a table all set and ready for some eatin, but that would have to wait just a bit. we headed to hastings on the hunt for a movie to watch and decided the cosby show dvd's that we've been watching would work just fine.

next stop was panda for a little sweet fire and string bean chicken.

then onto our candlelit (baby candle) dinner. (chinese food for valentine's day is a tradition in my family.)

next i opened my bedtime buddies! my dear husband is sick of my cold feet, so he found a solution. they have small rice-like bags that fit nicely in the bottom and are scented with cloves and cinnamon...very nice touch! i laugh every time i see them! (he bought himself some basketball shorts for v-day)

we finished off the night with a few episodes from the cosby's.

doesn't get much better than this!

ps if you would like to borrow my bedtime buddies, please let me know at least three days in advance. "one size fits all!" thanks!