Christmas Crafting...

I have been keeping busy Christmas crafting...
Today I went to the Post... dang, so far I have spent close to $100 in postage mailing out packages to family and friends,,, Yep, for once I am ahead of schedule! HoHoHo!

I just finished up another Boot Bracelets and some ribbon Angel ornaments...
I can't post pics of the other goodies as some of the recipients are readers of my blog.

 these lil Angels are easy peasy to make...

 I love making Boot Bracelets from repurposed fashion jewelery.

Now to get to work on some cashmere scarves from recycled cashmere sweaters...
HoHoHo!

3rd Christmas Here in the Mountains...

This is our 3rd year here in the foothills of the mountains... The 1st year was a new adventure but last year it was very hard for me to get into the Holiday mood...because I so missed my grandkiddos.
I decided to Not let myself miss out this year and pulled out all my Christmas decorations...
and quickly got to work...
I put on my silly snowman sweatshirt, turned on some music to groove too and before I knew it... tada! All Done!

 silly sweatshirt...

 quilt hung...

 music playing.....

 wool felties out...

 stacks and stacks of 'stuff'...

 wreaths need to be hung...

 need to pull down the mini trees...

even have my Holiday apron ready for baking...

 snowman collection....

 Winter fun....

 my red tree....

 wooden deer ...

 more fun.....

Old World Santa...

 my Western Santa...

My rustic Nativity...

 and this is my fun decorations in the family room....

 I have a small collection of 'AnnaLee' dolls .. the Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus are from the 1960's...

This banner was made for me by a dear friend.....
Merry Christmas and Jingle Bells!!!

Daddy's Little Girl...

When hubby and I became "Empty Nesters'... we thought we were free from being responsible parents... little did we know,,, we would become parents to Fur Kids!!! lol!

 Ginger...

 she has stolen my hubby's heart...

She IS the Other woman in his life! lol!

There is Always a Project or 2 on the table....

There always seems to be a couple of projects on the table,, some are UFO's, some New and some are quick gifts...

 This little pillow case is for a sweet 4 year old girl, just placed into a Foster Care home.

 a quick Birthday gift....

 a swap gift....

 re-purposed cashmere sweaters into scarves,,, 3 are Thank-you gifts,

what they look like when hanging... trust me, they are snuggly warm.

And now to get busy on making Christmas gifts....

One More Quilt...

Today was a 'lazy day',, so I took advantage of it and quilted up another little lap quilt for our local "Covers of Love" group...

 this photo is w/o a flash so you can see the top stitching...

 

this is with a flash,,, but then some of the lighter colors paled from the flash. oh well!
Now to get back to work on some of my neglected sewing UFO's... heeheehee!