Clean Slate

Little did I know, last December I was just beginning work on a program that would monopolize much of my time, energy and focus in 2010. In addition, my chaotic studio surroundings were closing in on me, literally. In reflection, it has been a good but challenging twelve months. One year later, to be heading [...]

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Christmas Morning Pics

As it turned out, we did get many more flakes for a spectacular white Christmas. Snow two weeks in a row was nice but on Christmas eve, perfect! Nothing like a good snow to set the holiday mood, in just the right amounts. Things around here are not quite back to normal yet, although I [...]

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All Is Calm,

…all is bright. Now that the powdered sugar dust has settled, following the very messy, very tiring cookie caper, it is a silent night. Ahhh, peace on earth. Christmas eve upon us, but for now, feet are propped and snow is expected. The images featured below are from my personal collection of Christmas ephemera. I [...]

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Iced

Next day – We managed to get the cookies decorated today and with only a cup and a half of powdered sugar left for the scratch icing. Decorating the butter/sugar cookies is always the kids favorite part of the cookie making process. Ours had a lot of fun and were very satisfied with their yummy [...]

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Christmas Cookie Day

Tuesday was our cookie baking day and a long day at that. We were only able to complete three different recipes even with our extra helpers. Decorating the butter cookies had to be put on hold until the next day. All day long the kitchen was filled with that familiar sugary dough, baking aroma. A [...]

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White Christmas

Extremely low temperatures kept our modest three inches of snow around for nearly a week. Even in small amounts, a beautiful sight. We’ll need a lot more flakes falling to guarantee a white Christmas.

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Coloring Christmas

Sleepovers are very good for catching up on Christmas projects that get put on the shelf until there’s time. I purchased this self color wrapping paper several months ago at a trade show. We got started last night and hope to finish this morning, just enough to wrap mom & dad’s secret present. The kids [...]

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Fire & Ice

Ice storm, well more like freezing drizzle, fell over night leaving behind a glaze covering on everything this morning. A good excuse to stay in, light the (season’s) first fire in the studio fireplace and enjoy the view.

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Gift Giving

In November we were involved in a fun “shoebox” ministry called Operation Christmas Child, a Samaritan’s Purse program. Here’s a little bit about it from the official site or you can click on the link above: 8 MILLION CHILDREN received the shoe boxes last year. OVER 130 COUNTRIES have received shoe boxes since 1993. ONE [...]

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Feather Tree Fences

Treasured Tuesday – My friend Melissa made a recent comment about one of my feather tree, Christmas fences so, I’m sharing them all today. I have three that I like to incorporate into the holiday decorations. They’re too nice to pack away afterward so, I try to keep them displayed all year long in a [...]

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