Cole and I brought pretty packages to our Community Group Secret Santa.

On Thursday night, we celebrated Christmas with our Community Group from church. The main event was the Secret Santa exchange. We used an online Secret Santa organizer called Elfster. With name in hand, we each found a $10 gift and brought it to Community Group on Thursday. Guests dropped them in a basket by the door, to keep things secretive of course. Then after they were all distributed, we went around and had to guess who the gift came from. Cole ended up with the ingredients to make a gin and tonic, which he will probably need by the time finals and papers are over. I got to add a cute, polka dot Moleskine notebook and an Aladdin mug, which matches my Aladdin water bottle actually. Perfectness. . . .

Chelsea and Evan gave me the honor of designing their save the dates.

When a friend came to me about her sister's wedding, I eagerly accepted the opportunity to design her wedding stationery. Not only has Chelsea been super sweet ever time I have seen her, but she is organized — a thought-through-everything-ahead-of-time-and-organized-it-into-a-Word-document organized. For me, that's like working with another me. I love planning all the details of a plan before I hand it off to anyone.

Aside from the technical details, Chelsea and Evan picked beautiful colors: purple and yellow. Two of my favorite colors are then paired with graceful lace and earthy burlap. Everything about the wedding says Kansas to me. Plus, working with purple is a fav. . . .

I am ranked No. 2 in the league!

It's playoff time for my fantasy football team, and the gang is ranked No. 2 in the league. All my knowledge of those RBs and WRs is paying off. (I abbreviate because I am not sure what all those acronyms mean.) Like I was saying … my football prowess shines in our little six-person league. This is my first fantasy football team, and I am pretty proud of our showing so far, especially since my competitors are all boys. . . .

Yesterday I gave away some tech wallpaper; today I have a Psalms calligraphy bookmark. Once again, you can download this bookmark for free, and I hope you find it a useful tool. Keep reading to find out how.

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Happy December and start of the Christmas season!

Each month, I usually just showcase my desktop background, showing you how I keep myself organized and knowing the date. This month, I have two freebies for you to download: Joy, Peace & Happiness images for your computer desktop or phone background. This is custom-made artwork. I drew the letters and swirls myself, converted them to vector files, and added the colors and backgrounds. I'm pretty pleased with how they turned out. While their first purpose has yet to be unveiled, I have these digital images to share. Please don't sell or claim them as your own, but other than that, you are free to display them as you would like. I'd love to hear how they work or look. Feel free to comment below, or share an image on Instagram or Twitter and tag @brennamedia. . . .