Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Festive Day

It's fun to decorate areas that don't normally get the festive touch: here's the potting shed with some evergreen fanciness.
And in the kitchen, a garland of teeny little kitchen implements...oh how I love these!
Check out that little pastry cutter...so cute!

Monday, December 19, 2011

Fun Day

How fun to spend the morning in the kitchen with your honey making gifts together? We made organic applesauce...
Chocolate-dipped ginger...
And dog biscuits (yes, those are in the shape of mustaches, with a Scottie dog thrown in for good measure!).

A lovely and relaxing day--we need to be sure we have those more often in the new year!

Friday, December 16, 2011

Tallulah-Palooza Friday

Tallulah Mae and one of Santa's elves are exchanging secrets...
She may be giving him her Christmas list (barrels of smoked fish, buckets of Starbucks lattes, and a tanning bed), or she may be reporting who has been naughty and who's been nice around here. They both stopped talking when I entered the room, so...

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Santa Is Stalking Me!

WHAT?!??!!!
EXCUSE ME?!?
BACK OFF, SANTA!!!! No, I'm NOT done with my Christmas shopping yet!

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

'Tis the Season...

...to finally get around to making some Christmas presents!
A felt needle case with pre-threaded needles so you can sew a button on in a hurry...
...a felt cat toy...
...and chocolate-dipped ginger.
Voilà (pronounced "wa-la," right, Miss D?)! Fun...I love to make things and frankly don't do enough of it...New Year's resolution, perhaps?

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Loveliness in the Mail

What's in this brown envelope sealed with wax?
A ton of loveliness from Small Meadow Press, that's what! These are bits and pieces from a most talented artist (here's her blog).
Love the chickens!
And I adore these two greeting cards with quotes about books/reading. This packet was a little holiday gift to myself...

(Sorry for the bad photos...cold and rainy and GRAY here for the past two days. Break out the woolies!)

Monday, December 12, 2011

Red Beauty

I just never get tired of seeing these mature poinsettias in people's gardens...so pretty, and they've been there for some time. I have a feeling today's plants have been bred/hybridized/messed with to the point that they probably won't thrive like these hardier specimens. So cool!