2010 in pictures....

Since I didn't start this blog till September of this year....I thought I would share with my lovely followers, some of the things I did this year in pictures

ENJOY

Happy New Years Eve!!

{Seattle}

{Mt Rainier Washington}

{Oregon}

{Mary Taylor~our niece is born}

{Summer}

{Winter}

Cant wait to see what 2011 brings!!

See y'all next year!



CSN store GIVEAWAY!!!!

I'm so excited to be able to offer another giveaway!!!

It's a $35 gift code to

CSN stores.

You can use it to purchase anything at their 200+ online stores

and I mean literally ANYTHING!!

I've been crushing on these

flat screen TV stands

 How to enter:

{1}  Become a follower of *Keepin it Thrifty*

{2} Visit CSN and tell me what your crushing on! ;)

**Extra Entry's**

Blog about this giveaway on your blog

Like me on FACEBOOK

*on the right hand side of my blog*

Post about my giveaway on your FACEBOOK

Tweet about this on TWITTER

**Make sure you post a comment for each one with a link

and leave your email!!

**Also its only open to US and Canada
sorry this is for shipping reasons


*~Giveaway will end Sunday Jan, 2 @ 12 noon EST~*

Good Luck Everyone!
:)



Merry Christmas....GIVEAWAY starting tomorrow!

I hope Everyone had a

Merry Christmas

My Christmas this year was PERFECT!

We had SNOW!..all day a total of about 7inches!

Taylor surprised me with a

CIRCUT expression!!

I'm so excited and can't wait to use it

and...

a industrial strength glue gun!

**now I will burn the house down

LOL

:)

What was YOUR favorite gift you received this year??

**just a little note:  Starting tomorrow I will be doing a

GIVEAWAY

for $35 dollar gift code to

CSN stores

remember back when I had my first giveaway?

if not click here.... tells more about CSN

thanks guys!

and

Happy Holidays!

Tacky Christmas Card

Hey everyone! Can you believe Christmas is almost HERE!

I'm soo excited..I love the holidays and spending time with my family

Over the weekend Taylor and I decided to start a new tradition

Tacky Christmas!!!

Found a few tacky sweaters and got a little picture happy!

We loved them soo much we decided to send out a few Christmas Cards

Here is a sneak peak....



Merry Christmas!!

too cute huh??

:)

I used Walgreens.com

ordered online and printed in 1hr and picked them up in-store that night

I also got 25% off my order

just use code: HURRY25

We used this card..but which picture??

It's a surprise

I will post as soon as all my

family and friends receive them!

Happy Holidays!!!

{DIY} Gift Wrap.....Martha Stewart Style!

Check out these lovely gift wrapping ideas

from Martha Stewart



Eco-Friendly Paper Gift Wrap

                    View Image

Cloth Gift Wrap

Rub On Designs

Modern Wrapping Paper

Kraft Paper Gift Wrap

Yarn-Embellished Gift Wrap

Button Gift Wrap

I can't pick a favorite....I love them ALL!!

See one you like?? click on the name and a tutorial is shown on her website!

Enjoy and I hope everyone has a great day

:)

V8 Ambition Giveaway!!!

Hey guys!!

remember when I told ya about  V8 Ambition {etsy shop}

well...

My lovely friend Lauren is offering a giveaway!!!



wanna win this??

here is how you enter:

1. Become a follower of The Elephant's Trunk

2. Visit.....

& tell about your favorite item in the shop. 3. Tweet about this giveaway  4. Post about this giveaway 4 easy ways to win a cute wine cork be sure to comment on Lauren's blog...not mineclick hereand tell her Andrea @ *Keepin it Thrifty* sent ya! ;)    

Snowy weekend and FUN!

Taylor and I had a blast on Sunday!

Since I'm  NOT off on Sundays like normal people, we did manage to head up the

mountain to see fresh snow and to try out ice skating! but.....by the time we ate,did some SHOPPING

;)

we had missed the ice skating session! ;(

I was totally bummed...but that gives us more reason to go back!

I did manage to take a few pic for ya!

hope you all had a great weekend

now its back to

CRAFTIN'

Weekend FUN

{jacket..hat...and scarf are all new}

jacket: $99  *TjMaxx

hat: $6 *Rugged Wearhouse  **I'm in loove with it!**

 scarf: free! **Handmade by the lovely Leatha

fresh snow!!

up the mountain we go!

Hope y'all have a great week!

<3 Andrea

A few new ornaments and a ipad!

Hey everyone! hope y'all have a great weekend!

Tomorrow Taylor is taking me up the mountain to go ice skating!!

I'm super excited bout that...and possible SNOW is in the forecast!

Hopefully I will have some great pictures to post for you all!

This week I got a new toy!!....Taylor surprised me with a Ipad!

I am in looove with this thing!

YES I manged to put the ipad down for a few minutes to craft up

a few new "handmade" ornaments for the tree

take a look!

{pipecleaners and dollar tree jewel}

{Love...jeweled flower}

So easy and simple...and they made great fillers for my tree ;)

*~Andrea~*



15% off V8 Ambition {Etsy Store}

Today im featuring my friend Lauren's Etsy store...she has great items for sale and was so kind enough to let my readers get 15% off! Be sure to stop by and take a look!

Hello everyone! Happy Holidays :)

I wanted to let all my readers know about a speacial I'm offering on my Etsy stores for the holidays! At checkout if you type the code "HOLIDAY" at checkout I will take 15% off your order. This is my way of saying thank you and Happy Holidays.

Click here to visit V8ambition

Here is a little taste of some of the items I offer:

I LOVE everything she has....I cant wait to get my wine cork and bracelet!!!

Thanks Lauren!!!

{Diy} Handmade Ornaments for the Christmas Tree!

It's December 1st and our Christmas Tree is up and decorated!

YAY!!!

This year I went with the red/white combo

and all the ornaments are handmade by ME!

Here's a few quick pics

I'll post tutorials later on how to make a few of them!



{Yarn Balls}

{Baby Pom~Poms}

{Yarn Candy Canes}

{Scrabble Initial Tiles}

{Our Christmas Tree}

**Sorry for the bad quality photos  I uploaded them from my Blackberry**

and YES that is a mini tree...next year I'm crossing my fingers for a real tree and

hopefully a new home!

Cant wait to see every ones Christmas projects!!

*Andrea*