The Decorating Begins ...

Tommy has gotten all the boxes out of the attic, garage and craft room that hold the Christmas decorations and the decorating has begun :-)

First I made sure we would have dinner ready after going through the boxes:

Roast with new potatoes, carrots, onions and cabbage. Yum!

Look what greeted me yesterday morning when I went in the kitchen :

The Christmas Cacti decorate themselves~I love that about them :-)



Pomanders~these usually stay out year round. I have some pomanders that I made 20 years ago...still smell great!

Ornament made from a crab shell. umm, yeah, I do love tinsel :-)

I did decorate the mantle yesterday but I am getting ready to take it down and start over :-(

Hopefully I'll be back tomorrow with more finished decorations.

Have a great day!





Cat Fabric

I went to Jo Ann Fabrics today to get some fabric for dish towels (they didn't have any :-/) so I bought some cat fabric instead :-)

Than I saw this nice checked fabric

Put 'em together and look how cute they are!

I don't think you can tell from the bad photos that the cats have silver sparkly ribbons around their necks.

I hope everyone has lots to be thankful for this Thanksgiving!

Sunset at 4:45

This evening we took the dogs for a walk at 4:45-look how dark it is already! But the sunset is beautiful :-)

Christmas Stocking

Today I made Christmas stockings and more pot holders :-) I hadn't made fabric flowers before and thought I'd give it a whirl. The stocking is made of 100% cotton muslin.

 Sorry the pictures are so dark :-/

 Detail

 I was trying to get a picture of the rhinestone button in the center of the bigger rose but it just wasn't cooperating.

 More pot holders

 Isn't this fabric pretty??

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Working on Christmas Gifts :-)

It's me again :-) I LOVE these pot holders-they're easy to make and they fit my hand...

Enjoy Your Day!

Bombay Chest (In Progress)

I know, I know. It's been over a month since I've posted :-/ I don't have a (good) excuse, just priorities :-)

I thought I would post this little Bombay Chest that I am working on. It's still pretty rough but here goes...

Before:

Base Coat 

Taped off for striping :-) 

During 

Another view

I still need to even up all the lines, etc...then if I decide I like the way the front looks I'll continue on to the sides ;-)

I hope everyone's having a great week!

Katy