Last Bit of Decorations Still Up.

These are the last bit of Christmas decoration still up,,, everything else has been packed away... except this and the Nativity out on the front lawn...

I luv the rusticness of this little wood and tin Nativity set...I will put the them away on January 1st... but for now I will continue to enjoy them.
Happy soon to be New Years!  Wowzers! 2016 is almost here...

Thank You Dear Friend...

Before I sign off for the evening,.. I just have to share one more thing... I received a small package from my lovely far away neighbor, Andrea.... we lived across the road from each other back in Spokane... I do miss her dearly.
She made these sweet felt projects for me...

 she knows I luv my kitties....

 and I luv Pearl necklaces...

 Sweet little Winter birds.....and birdhouse...

How lucky am I  to have such a wonderfully talented friend.

Shawnee's Apron Swap....

This year Shawnee hosted a 'Secrete Santa Swap" rather then an apron swap...  what fun it was to gather up goodies for our secrete swap partner...
I had fun gathering,,, but I will admit,,, I am a horrible gift wrapper...

 all kinds of goodies... and I used the word, Candle, to label the little mitten shape gift tags.

Then I mailed off the package..... I am so glad the recipient enjoyed all the goodies.

Then today I popped over to our Post Office Box to pick up the mail and wahoo! I found a package waiting for me.

 the box was had seen better days,,, but everything inside was undamaged.

 How cute my goodies were wrapped... again, I am a horrible gift wrapper....

  and look at all the goodies,,,, Hubby got a frozen dinner tonight so I didn't have to make dinner.. sooooo I could go and enjoy my goodies... (hubby is a sweetie)... I'd like to write more,,, but I want to go enjoy my goodies.. so TaTa4Now!  Oh and HoHoHo!

A Few More Projects Finished...

I was able to finish up a few more projects and send them on their way... here are a few more of the magnetic photo frames...

 This is a Table Topper quilt with a matching lap quilt (below)...

 A Hawaiian Lap Quilt for a friend... she brought the fabric from Hawaii

 We have been waking to Frost,,, but still no snow,,,  Hoping for a White Christmas....

Ok, time to finish up....

HoHoHo!

Christmas Crafting...

Oh,,, I am finally getting caught up with the last of my Christmas crafted gifts...
I stitched up 6 cute little quilted photo frames,,, that have magnets in the backside so they can be stuck in the refridge...
Just insert a 4x6 photo into the little corner tabs,,, you can switch out the photos when ever you want.

 the front side...

on the back side... I made a small slit in the top section,,, inserted a strip magnet and then I used fabric glue to close and seal the slit.
Now to print up some photos to insert them into the frames.