Monday, December 30, 2013

December Meeting : Beautifying Your Mess

We had a great meeting again this month! 
 
Marcy started us off with our craft.  We made Merry Mail wall hangings for our Christmas Cards! 
 
 
 
She then shared some easy decorating tips with us.  Here are a few of her tips :
 
1.  Use candlesticks, boxes, suitcases, or books to add height to objects
2.  Use jars or vases to display smaller objects
3.  Use words!  Banners, chalkboards, or framed printables
 
 
 
 
Lucia spoke to us about Holiday Stress and how to avoid it.  Here are a few of our discussion questions :
 
1.  How do you handle holiday stesses?
2.  How do you prioritize during the holidays?
3.  How do you handle stresses with family?  In-laws?
 
And a few tips to lessen holiday stress :
 
1.  Pare down the gift-giving
2.  Prioritize
3.  Plan ahead
 
 
 
 
We gave away lots of door prizes this month!  Congratulations to all the winners!  And a special thank you to our donors :
 
Marcy Franks - Bird wall hanging and Christmas banner
Stacy Fuller - Arbonne skin care package
Beth Taylor - It Works! skin care package
Abby Cornett - Thirty One bag
Brittney Crow - Britt's Bows gift basket
Lucia Griffin - Shepherd's Fold Ranch gift basket
Julie Phelps - Pampered Chef gift bag
Cheri's Daylight Donuts of Collinsville - gift cards
Charlie's Chicken of Skiatook - gift card
Tastee Freez of Skiatook - gift card
And Nick Noble of Noble's Meat Market for our smoked ham and turkey for our luncheon.
Skiatook MOPS donated the rest of the prizes.
 
(If you would like information about any of these products please use the contact form to the right and we'll get you in touch with the right person!)
 
 
 
 
We finished up our meeting with our annual luncheon.  The food was amazing!  Thanks to everyone that brought something.
 
 
 
 
 
We collected quite a few cans of soup for the community backpack program!  Next month we're collecting fruit cups.
 
 
 
 Here are a few more snap shots from our meeting.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sunday, December 8, 2013

MOPS December Activity Calendar

We're snowed in!  And from the looks of the roads and forecast we might be snowed in again on Monday!  Here are some activities courtesy of mops.org that you can do with your kids this month!