{"id":44875,"date":"2014-12-08T08:23:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T16:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=44875"},"modified":"2014-11-25T08:25:05","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T16:25:05","slug":"getting-in-the-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=44875","title":{"rendered":"Getting in the Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s starting to feel a lot like Christmas!<\/p>\n

The weather here in Oregon has changed to the bone-chilling, static hair-inducing, frozen ground cold. I don’t hate this weather–I hate the rain more–but I will say standing at the bus stop when it’s in the low 30’s is not fun. Despite that, I am happy that winter is here and I am loving the hot cocoa Michael and I are having for dessert.<\/p>\n

I recently ordered an ornament on Etsy and it arrived. Here it is:<\/p>\n

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I love how it turned out. On the flip side of the ornament is our name. It’s our first ornament as a married couple. I used one of the professional pictures we got and I’m really happy with it. I also made my own ornaments recently. I did this fun little project in an afternoon and it turned out pretty great so I wanted to share it with you.<\/p>\n

This is a Christmas ornament I bought on our honeymoon in Maui:<\/p>\n

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It’s a little owl! It was super cheap (like less than $5) and I found it at an open air craft market in downtown Kihei not far from where we stayed. I found a lot of cheap and cute souvenirs there. Then, out of the blue, a friend of mine sent me a gift that turned out to be an ornament, too!<\/p>\n

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Too cute! Next up: homemade ornaments!<\/p>\n

I saw this on Pinterest and it was a cute idea so one day I made up the dough to do dog print ornaments! I have to say, it was quite amusing trying to coerce Bella into letting me take her paw print. I cornered her in the kitchen and tried to coax her into doing it but she wasn’t having any of it. I tricked her back into the kitchen with some treats and I had to actually grab her paw and then press it into the dough. The first time I tried it it was kind of mess so I kneaded the dough again, rolled it out, and tried a second time.<\/p>\n

She was much more cooperative and didn’t seem as freaked out!<\/p>\n

Here is the recipe:<\/p>\n

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Homemade Dog Paw Print Ornaments<\/div>\n
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From: http:\/\/petcouponsavings.com\/homemade-dog-paw-print-ornaments\/<\/div>\n
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Ingredients<\/div>\n