I do enjoy making cards, and holiday cards are such fun. With the price of stamps these days, I want the card to be worth sending. I'm doing better this year, getting my cards out in plenty of time for them to arrive before the big day. I got these Christmas theme die cuts a …
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Sunday Chat – Christmas Movies, Cookies, and Gifts
This is such a fun time of year. Putting up decorations, listening to favorite holiday tunes in the car and while puttering around the house. My Sweet Babboo put up green garland and holiday bells on the veranda this year. We don't do much because no one comes up here. These decorations we can see …
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Twisted Snowflake Ornaments
For the Mountain State Fair this past September, I wanted to enter the Twisted Snowflake that we made last year during a guild program. I thought I did a tutorial for it then, but it seems I didn't. When I dug out the snowflake from the Christmas stuff, it was crushed due to my poor …
A Collection of Dishes and Tablescapes
During the month of December, I like to have my Christmas everyday dishes on the table for use all month. A few years ago, I found these stoneware salad plates in a design called Vintage Christmas and was just enchanted with them. I love the motifs and the black background. I looked back at previous …
Sunday Chat
It has been a crazy busy week this past week. Every one of my clubs had their holiday event, and one club had two. Tuesday night we went to a party, Wednesday was our guild tea, Saturday was a car club breakfast, followed by a drive out to Balsam Mountain for a party and overnight …
Stashbusters December Check In
With the holidays upon us, it should be a great time for fabric out. Did you finish some projects last month? Perhaps gave some fabric away? Anything that left your sewing room for good counts. For Fabric Out, I finished the Garden Panel Quilt and delivered it to the committee at the November meeting. Total …
Book Chat – Holiday Reading
Now that we are fully into the holidays, I like to read sweet stories with happy endings set during the yuletide season. I began reading holiday books a bit early this year so I would have some reviews to share with you now. Most of these are quick reads, light stories in easy prose, with …
Happy Thanksgiving Day!
This is my favorite holiday of the year. I always wake up with much anticipation for the day. I’ll enjoy my morning coffee while watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, along with some other parades that are being shown on CNN. I have been spending the holiday morning doing this for many years. I did …
Setting the Thanksgiving Table
Our Thanksgiving table is set for two, as we spend this day with each other. Starting with a special breakfast, we spend the day relaxing and enjoying parades, football and food. I place the settings so we can look out on our wonderful mountain view during the meal. I put my Turkey Talk Placemats and …
Cooking for Thanksgiving
With just days to go before the big day, I've been thinking about what I want to make for the holiday meal. Of course, we'll have turkey. For us, it wouldn't be Thanksgiving with anything else. We'll have our jellied cranberry sauce, too, served in my grandmother's dish. But, everything else is subject to consideration. …