Nature stuff

Before we take things down this week for Christmas decorating I thought I’d post a pict or 2 of my Mother Earth doll with her Root Children and an acorn fairy on the fairy house.

A closer shot of the acorn fairy.

I am no photographer! That would be my DS. I assume he doesn’t check out my blog or I would hear about the bad photo’s! LOL!

Today is preparation for decorating and luckily DD#1 is home so we will all Deck the Halls! Usually we wait until the weekend after Thanksgiving, but there won’t be time so we will do as the mall’s do and decorate early. I’m ready. Last Christmas we were out of town for 2 weeks so we didn’t even put a wreath on the door. Everyone is looking forward to pulling out the goodies and lighting up the house and yard this year! Yea! Now if we only had some snow……………..

Cheers!

More Embroidery!

Ok, here are the shot of my recent stuff. 

I love this primitive piece! The cat just cracks me up! It will be a pillow with a denim back. I thought about a frame, but I don’t have a rustic one around.

These 3 Kewpie’s will be made into individual ornaments. I like the idea of making them into a Christmas banner alternating with colorful fabric, but the first set will be ornies!

I just LOVE their little tushies!! My great aunt Mary collected Kewpie dolls and I have always loved them! DD#2 looked just like one as a baby! Much to her chagrin!

On to sewing ornaments today!

Cheers!

Fall crafts

Here is the picture of the crochet acorns.

Yes, it is a terrible picture, but you get the idea.

And I made several acorn fairies. Again, the pictures came out slightly blurred. I gave two of them away to two of my dear farmgirls! The red headed fairy is on our seasonal branch over the kitchen table. (That picture was even worse!)

I will spend this lovely rainy day sewing up my embroideries. 

I did make the best potato leek soup last night! Along with some fresh sourdough bread – a feast! This is my favorite time of year. I love the short days and long cold nights. A fire in the fireplace, candles on the mantle, DH and DD. What more could I want? Ok, money would be lovely and a wonderful job, but who’s complaining?

Here is a paper doll DD#2 recently made. Too cute!

Off to sew!

Cheers!

Needle work Day

Well, here is what I have been wanting to do for so long, but since being down with the flu, haven’t been able to finish. However this Sunday I felt great and here is what I did!

First is a cutter’s quilt bird.

Then a couple of cats to go with Bob the cat I made at Miss Wilma’s.

I found an amazing idea for using crayons to shade embroidery so I did this scene that I’ll put into a pillow.

Then the following Christmas ornaments followed.

I had such fun! I also have a picture of the pillowcases I did for a swap, but I haven’t mailed them out yet, so I’ll wait until later this week to post that picture. I am going to go through my children’s book collection from the 30’s – 60’s and recreate some images to frame. I love old children’s illustrations. The innocents and sweetness is so missing from our lives these days. If I have to look at one more Bratz doll, I’ll puke! That’s the bar we set for our little girls now? Not at this house! My girls didn’t have Barbie dolls! I made Waldorf inspired dolls and Jenny dolls to dress up. Ok, didn’t mean to get on an old soapbox! 

Cheers!

I love November!

How lame am I? I have such great intentions to regularly write and you know what they say about good intentions! Anyhoo, I do intend to write more. So, I love impending winter! The dark hours and cold temps! That is probably why my house stays ice cold even in the summer! Oh, wait, that’s my age!

I have dreaded the holidays in the past… too much cleaning, cooking, money we don’t have being spent on food. I felt like the Martha Stewart of the family. I loved it once upon a time, but then it became routine. We changed it up several years ago by doing a picnic and then going to a neighbors house. We have gone to a great family style restaurant out of town. And then last year when I was mooing about not wanting to cater Thanksgiving again, I ended up in the hospital Wed. before and stayed there 5 days. No one had Thanksgiving. To be fair, my older 2 kids went off to boyfriend and girlfriends homes for turkey. Poor youngest DD. Nothing. SO, this year I am excited to put on my apron and pull out the cookbooks and cook up a feast! I’m thinking of using apples as table decor with some whittled out for candles. I am thinking nut cups to dessert wine! All on a tightwad budget. There in lies the challenge. But I do it everyday! Therefore, watch out Martha! Miss Dana’s back!

Cheers!