Oh Christmas Tree....

      It's the holiday season, and beautifully decorated Christmas trees are everywhere. One of my   favorite things to do at Christmas time is to turn on the Christmas music, curl up on the couch and watch the lights on the tree twinkling....until I fall asleep.

An Angel Ornament

   This card  features an angel ornament hanging from a small tree branch....the angel's body is made with the Spellbinder's 2012 Ornament Die Set. The evergreen is from the Spellbinder's Foliage Die Set.

Another Sample Card....

  Another sample from CraftFancy's event.....using Doodlebug Paper and one of the beautiful window dies from Memory Box.

TheChristmas Rush Is On.......

 The Christmas rush has started....shopping, decorating, Christmas carols playing, lights blinking...and there are a few gentle snowflakes falling. Welcome to the Christmas season.

My card is one of the samples I made for the event a couple of weeks ago at CraftFancy....using the Christmas Doodlebug paper. The toy soldier is a new Christmas Sizzix die by Tim Holtz...and the "Merry" is an alphabet die by Memory Box...Typewriter Lower Case.

Happy Thanksgiving

    Happy Thanksgiving.  I hope your holiday is happy, healthy and celebrated with everyone you love.

WOYWW...#181...but #2 For Me

      This week...my craft counter is a mix of what I'm working on. If you'd like to see more interesting and creative craft and clutter (Forgive me ladies) click here to see "What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday".  As for my very own crafty clutter...I've got thank you cards that have glue drying, another card that is in it's very early stages (That means I don't have a clue what to do with it). I'm packing up an order for my Etsy shop...Walnut Turkeys, Turkey Tags and Christmas Tags.
Right in the middle of it all is my lucky Rose Quartz that fell out of my pocket.  Beyond the countertop is my kitchen table (You can't see it in the photo; but take my word for it, it's there.) It looks a lot like my countertop...only worse. It has pieces and parts of  the cuttings for my next "Inchies" class.  Which means that I have lots and lots of little one inch squares in Christmas colors everywhere. 
      I need to clear everything away...Thanksgiving is almost here and I've got goodies to bake.  (My bird isn't in this picture...it's late...he's sleeping!)

On My Deck.....

     For a long time, each year after Halloween was over, I'd leave our pumpkins sitting on the deck, hoping that one critter or another would eat them.  For 20 years...absolutely nothing happened...except me finally cleaning up the rotting pumpkins to throw them away each year. This year was different, the squirrels decided that my deck was featured on Diners, Drive Ins and Dives....the pumpkin version.
     Jennifer and the girls brought me three pumpkins from the pumpkin farm...I loved them....and so do the squirrels. So much that they're getting fat...look at the size of the squirrel sitting on the pumpkin. I threatened to cook him for Thanksgiving.

 

This is how they eat out of the pumpkins....head deep inside......backside and tail waving in the wind.

Stitch Sampler November 2012

The theme of this month's Stitch Sampler Class at CraftFancy is "Winter".  It's lacy and pretty with lots of dots and checks....and I used the sightly different color combination of pale yellow and dark blue. I love the mix of colors...but after putting the sample together and cutting for the class (With major cutting and punching help from Marnie and Alice...Thank you!) all I kept thinking was the phrase "Don't eat yellow snow!"  I hope that no one else thinks of that. :)

Next month's Stitch Sampler will be a  Mini Sampler (Closer to 6x6 instead of the normal 12x12)......and the theme will be "Angels".

WOYWW.....First One!

    
                   My first "What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday" photo of my workdesk...well, my work counter. It's much easier to work at the kitchen counter when cutting pieces for a class. (You can see the cards I was working on if you turn sideways and squint a little.)  Another added benefit of working in the kitchen instead of my scraproom....I get an assistant.... Cory, my resident Lovebird. He thinks that anything within reach is his for the taking; so I have to watch carefully so that nothing I'm working on disappears or gets nibbled on. He's no crafter.

Thanksgiving Cards

   Thanksgiving is coming....it may be a little early to set the table...but this card gives you the illusion, at least, of a headstart for the holiday.

One More Thanksgiving Birdie Card....

The fourth card from my "Holidays Are For The Birds" Thanksgiving paper piecing class at CraftFancy. This little birdie found the Sweet Potato Casserole before anyone else...and he jumped right in....marshmallows and all.

Halloween Is Over...On To The Next Holiday!

  All the trick & treating is done....now we're on to the next holiday...Thanksgiving. A grateful and tasty holiday.   These cards are the samples for the next paper piecing class at CraftFancy...part of my "Holidays Are For The Birds".