Christmas Blog Candy and 101 Pea Pods

How about some Christmas Blog Candy???   ...well you'll have to read to the end of the post :)

This is what I've been working on  - for it seems like forever!  Birth Announcements for our sweet new nephew.  My husband's brother and sister in law had their 5th baby!  And we're so happy it's a boy :)  Anyway....she requested 150 birth announcements...I asked her if 100 would be ok, especially since I couldn't color the peas until I knew if it was a girl or boy. 

I'll admit mass assembly is not my favourite thing to do, BUT, it was for a special little someone. 

Here's a picture of the pieces :)

They needed to be simple, so I could make this many of them, and still pretty flat so they were mailable. 

The pea pods are copic colored and the designer paper is American Crafts.  I almost think I like the white ones better, though I only added them because I ran out of Old Olive!  Stamps are SU Event Full and Teeny Tiny Wishes, plus the smallest circle from an old SU snow man set (an "O" is also our last name initial - theirs too :)  and the little tiny smiley face in the background is an old SU set Small Sayings - I thought the smiley face matched the peas so well). 

Well, still here and interested in the Christmas Blog Candy?  I want to say thank you for coming back here and being interested and supportive of what I create....so I have a complete set of Flourishes A Year of Flowers Calendar Set (I, II, and III) that I'd like to give away.  They are a STUNNING set of sets. 

Rules:  Leave a comment on this post, and tell me something that gives you hope in the year ahead.  One comment per person, please leave your email address in the post.  It makes it much easier for me :)

Draw:  I'll draw on the evening of the 26th probably after 10 pm MTN. 

Merry Christmas Friends!  I have a few more surprises this week so keep stopping by!