How I spent the warmest day of December and Day 6 of the 12 Days of Christmas swap

Yesterday was the warmest day of December. It was 65 degrees F (~19 degrees C) and I put on shorts and a sleeveless top and cleaned my house and got rid of the Christmas decorations. The only "Christmas" left are the 12 Days packages I still haven't opened, which you can see in the basket below.


Now tidy is one thing, clean is another.


I first got rid of all the Christmas goodies. You should have seen my kitchen table while I was packing things away. I used it as a staging area where all things Christmas went to be packed up.


I dusted,

I polished the wood furniture (boy do I have a lot of wood furniture),


I vacuumed (or Hoovered, if you live in the UK),


I even cleaned the ceiling fan and sanitized the garbage disposal! Then I checked my mail.


What an awesome surprise gift I got from Kayla, my dear teen friend.


This is Kayla's page,
and here it is up close. However, she has much better photos of it on her blog post here. What an absolutely PERFECT way to be rewarded after spending the day cleaning.

Fast forward twenty-four hours or so, and today is the final day of 2010. I am actually looking forward to 2011. But before we get there, it's time to open our Day 6 art square.

Day 6's package came wrapped in shimmery hand painted paper and was tied with ribbon and a tag. The tag proudly proclaimed this gift was from Amy McDonald. I love her stylized writing on both the tag and the back of the art square.


Amy's swan, depicting six swans a swimming, is full of detail and texture. I wish you could run your hands over this one, because the texture is simply wonderful. Amy added sheet music to the handmade background, too.

Today's blog goes to Amy on the Flipside. Amy has a fun sense of humor, and many of her posts will have you laughing at her mishaps, which she documents for you. Her blog banner begins the fun, and it doesn't stop there. If you want a bit of humor along with unique art, please visit Amy on the Flipside whose package I opened today.

I'll be back this evening to document how well I did on my New Year's resolutions I made on January 1. Until then, how are you spending this last day of 2010?