december 22 2012

I succumbed today to another idea inspired by 

a NET tree

....a craft from the 50's!

Everyone had one of these. 

I made a green one with my mom 

and I think we might have sewed seequins to it.

...here's today's creation 

for instructions

http://www.wwvisions.com/craftbb/ornament/9144.html

The base for my tree is a piece of silverplate 

that I recently found at a thrift store

It's rather pretty and the filigree edge allowed me to attach

prisms..(my favorite thing)

maybe I will spray with adhesive and sprinkle on some

white glitter dust

but for now I'm leaving it alone....

This was so worth it..

the net was $1.99 a yd and I needed 3.5 yds

the dowel under $1.00

You don't need a fancy pedestal or prisms 

just build the tree and set it out for all to enjoy.....

December 15 2012

Just opened Dec 15th on my Jacquie Lawson Advent Calendar

http://www.jacquielawson.com/advent/alpine

this years version is just the best...I wish I had a bunch of kids here to enjoy opening each day with me.

I have had a connection to Jacquie Lawson cards for years and years having first received one from my neighbor, Jo.  

I find it odd these days that the Christmas season is over in a flash.

How did that happen?  As a child it would take

FOREVER!

for Christmas to get here.

Now, I dread Dec 26.  All the lights and decorations put away...

it is so dull and ordinary without them.

I'm not so far gone that I need to keep the house Christmasy everyday of the year...

and surely that would tasnish the shine of it all 

BUT

I can understand that some people do that.

Maybe I should search them out and ask if I could drop by 

perhaps in July and enjoy a bit of holiday spectacle?

When I come across a Christmas themed store 

I so enjoy browsing 

no matter that it is springtime or 

middle of summer.  Entering into all that red and green and glitter and shine?

HEAVEN.

And, as for all the other retailers that have Christmas decorations out in October?

GOD BLESS THEM EVERY ONE

DEC 4 2012

So sorry about last two posts...the one with NO TEXT ...and then the one you can BARELY READ!!

Lets just call it a GLITCH in the system....I have been calling it SOMETHING ELSE for last 1/2 hour ....don't ask.....
....hang in and sit closer to the screen ....

December 4 2012

Yes...it did it again...Pinterest MADE ME DO IT...

Last July saw a Christmas door decoration that I had to copy...did you see it?...the vintage ice skate stufed with greens ?....for some reason this so inspired me...I have never ice skated, not as a kid in Missouri and never here in California....but that skate and silvery blade really screamed WINTER! CHRISTMAS! to me. 

#1

Searched out white vintage ice skates on

and purchased a very nice slightly aged pair of leather white skates ....

#2

The  Pinterest inspiration version had black and white checked long laces ...so...I go 

and find

http://www.shoelacesexpress.com







#3

..the  photo below is the first one I made.....it doesn't have the 'snow' glitter dust on it yet, the greens are real cedar and pine from the Sierras, faux poinsettia, and berries.....

..here's the second one I made..(get it?...PAIR of skates)

..this one.....all the trimmings are faux...and it is presently hanging in a the local Mercedes dealership in my daughter's office....

...the finishing touch is the whte glitter dust...it is so icy..makes the blades look like they just cut across the rink!

December 4 2012

Yes...it did it again...Pinterest MADE ME DO IT...

Last July saw a Christmas door decoration that I had to copy...did you see it?...the vintage ice skate stufed with greens ?....for some reason this so inspired me...I have never ice skated, not as a kid in Missouri and never here in California....but that skate and silvery blade really screamed WINTER! CHRISTMAS! to me. 

#1

Searched out white vintage ice skates on

and purchased a very nice slightly aged pair of leather white skates ....

#2

The  Pinterest inspiration version had black and white checked long laces ...so...I go 

and find

http://www.shoelacesexpress.com







#3

..the  photo below is the first one I made.....it doesn't have the 'snow' glitter dust on it yet, the greens are real cedar and pine from the Sierras, faux poinsettia, and berries.....

..here's the second one I made..(get it?...PAIR of skates)

..this one.....all the trimmings are faux...and it is presently hanging in a the local Mercedes dealership in my daughter's office....

...the finishing touch is the whte glitter dust...it is so icy..makes the blades look like they just cut across the rink!

November 13 2012

The month is nearly half over!

IMPOSSIBLE!

so..

I have taken away the BLATANT  Halloween stuff

i.e. skeletons and ghosts... 

however...the decoupage pumpkins, 

the glass pumpkins, AND the 

VELVET PUMPKIN!

are still hanging out and about..

between you and me...I'm not sure if that OH SO SPECIAL velvet beauty will EVER  see the inside of the Halloween storage box.....

....the decor has been paired down and I now consider the various pumpkins to be 

 THANKSGIVING pumpkins .

CONFESSION AHEAD

...the wreath is STILL hanging on the front door!

Here's my excuse...

"Where the hell am I gonna store the thing?"

...here we are... the middle of November BUT I've almost got my Christmas card 

ready for mailing....

the main ingredient was ordered back in August and has been sitting

in a big box in the office/studio ever since.

The mailing pouches were ordered last month and they are in a medium sized box 

sitting in the office/studio ever since.

This past weekend the photo shoot for the greeting was held.

After a stressful couple of days the final cut was made.

NOW to the printing and the stuffing of pouches and then

the postage.

This year I will print the address label and postage all in one

using my 

Now..... this requires that I input all the addresses into my  

PayPal Multi Order Shipping folder.

I will take the time to do this 

BECAUSE

I will get a 

However I will use ALL that paper and PRINTER INK ?....

should I just buy the stamps at the Post Office ????

Well, HELL !

...now I've got myself thinking...or rather re-thinking this....

perhaps if I go get something to eat it will help with the decision...

I would KILL for a 

OCTOBER 31 2012

We received an early TREAT

Yesterday the silver HONDA  was found by the sheriff's dept.

it had been towed and we could pick it up!!!

The car is now rescued and its adventure with the crooks is over. 

The car seems to be okay and runs and is now getting a good scrubbing.

BY THE WAY

when bad people steal your car and the law recovers it and the towing company

retrieves it..and you get the call to come and get it....

BRING CA$H

....you have to 'buy' your car back.

..that's the TRICK part of this story!

OCTOBER 29 2012

PEOPLE AREN'T THE ONLY ONES THAT WEB THEIR HOUSE FOR HALLOWEEN

OCTOBER 29 2012

okay...here's more of the nonsense of Halloween decor:

The gluggle fish pitcher has a mouthful of whatever holiday it happens to be 

so....a mini pumpkin with decoupage...

...next

...next

a glitter pumpkin ...well sure!

...next

and a pink glass pumpkin...YEP!

...and finally 

...shower decor.....

 ..that's it for this Halloween...