new look for the new year!

hello, ♥JINGLE BELLES♥! 

are you as excited as we are about 2013? we think this is going to be our best year yet, and hope it will be an especially happy, healthy, and creative one for you! to honor the new year we've updated our header and we have a lovely new badge for you, though we're keeping a badge from each of our previous years on the sidebar so you can have a choice! we'll be back at midnight with our very first holiday cards of 2013 and we can't wait for you to join us! 

♥♥♥

stephanie and lauren

our 2013 header and badge were made in adobe photoshop elements 9 using the following digital elements: 

christmas shopping kit by polka dot press from two peas in a bucket; 

vintage christmas postcard journalers #1 by katie pertiet from designer digitals; 

and over the rainbow glitter style by studio flergs from scrapbook graphics

Happy Holidays!

Sending you all the best from the Jingle Belles.

Check back on January 1st for the first Jingle Belles prompt of 2013 as we start ... taking back December one holiday card at a time.

Lauren & Stephanie

and the winner is... #188...

which means our congratulations go to:
♥♥♥Grace N♥♥♥

grace, please send us your snail mail address,
so we can send this fabulous prize to you ASAP!

(jinglebellesrock @ hotmail [dot] com)

really, though, the every single one of us is a winner-- we got to see all of the incredible holiday inspiration you linked up in the last couple of weeks, ♥JINGLE BELLES♥; you absolutely never cease to amaze us with your prodigious talent and mind-blowing creativity!  take a bow, each and every one of you; then take some well-deserved time off to enjoy the holidays. but don't put away those crafty presents too quickly, because you're gonna need 'em when we all meet back here on january first to get started on our cards for 2013! in the meantime...

Merry Christmas!

♥♥♥

love, 

Stephanie and Lauren