DDD ~ Christmas in July!

"Jingle Bells!  Jingle Bells!  Jingle allllll the way!"

Merry Christmas!

 

It's such fun to celebrate Christmas in July ♥ 

Not only a wonderful theme to celebrate all year IMO,

but a great way to great a head start on those holiday cards :)

 It's the 15th which means it's dueling day for the DDD!

Jeanette and I are the hostesses this round,

and we thought it would be fun to host with Christmas in July.

For the divas, I tossed in an extra twist 

and the kits I sent out this month are Whimsical Christmas! 

 Every year growing up, my brother and I 

would wait for the Charlie Brown specials to come on  

 From the Great Pumpkin to the Charlie Brown Christmas, we'd be glued to the tv. I was lucky to get a few Snoopy stamps before they retired including this Snoopy's Christmas Doghouse 

so I chose the papers, embellies to go around Snoopy and his colorful doghouse.

I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE this stamp!

I mean, I seriously {♥} it!

 

Now, my card, however ..

I.  am.  so.  disappointed :(

Truthfully, that happens.  

We make cards we love,

and cards we'd don't ....

Truth be told, if I wasn't the hostess and had to have a card today,

this one wouldn't be here. 

I do have it's replacement drying but didn't get to photograph/edit it in time.

Stay tuned *wink!*

We also asked the Dueling Darlings a challenge question:

 What is the first thing you do each year to get in the Christmas spirit?

For me, I know it's the holidays when I see Starbucks 

bringing out those glorious red cups!

The aroma of the peppermint mochas and gingerbread lattes fill the air

and you just know - it's the holidays! :)

But, the first thing we do as a family is find our Christmas tree ♥

We ALWAYS get a real tree each year,

a tradition we started for our first daughter when she was born.

As soon as the kids find and chose the perfect Christmas tree,

we tie it to the roof of the car, bring it home,  put on Christmas carols

 and decorate the tree, the house,

start our holiday baking, etc!

Quite the opposite of Christmas, it's so hot here 

so we are heading to the Florida Keys for the weekend.

Summer is actually half way over for us,

so we are enjoying the sun and surf :)

Be sure to hop around and see what the rest of the Divas

and the Dazzlers have made with their holiday kits, too!

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly