Black Friday

Have you taken advantage of Black Friday sales? Not me....I stayed home and started putting Christmas lights up in the sunroom.

There were a lot of great deals out there, but my boys are grown and they will more than likely get money from dear old mom. Younger son has a car to pay insurance for, older son just likes to have money....lol.

I make a lot of my gifts for friends and I dont have any small children to buy for....so....I really don't need to take advantage of all those sales today. If you are buying a lot of clothes, electronics or toys...then you will get some great bargains. None of which I am buying this year.

I am going to relax and enjoy the day off, watch some holiday movies on tv and feast on some turkey and stuffing....good times!

Happy Thanksgiving

Have a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving

Homespun Cone Trees

I love these homespun fabric trees. They look simple enough to make. The problem is aquiring the cones. They arent styrofoam..they seem to be of a hard cardboard.

I love the pedestals they sit on.

A friend of mine purchased these in hopes that would "copy" them. We have the fabric....just need the cones!!!

Homemade "Feather Tree"

This tree was fun to make. I took 2 artificial pine branch picks and intertwined them together ( 99 cents/pc) and stuck them in styrofoam ball that I cut in half and placed in a small decorative box. I then placed some "snow"/fiberfill around the base to cover up the styrofoam ball. I then hot glued some berries to the tips of the branches and placed a 20pc light set on the tree. I am using it in my bathroom as a decorative nightlight for the holidays.

A True Sign The Holidays Are Here!

Where I come from, you know Thanksgiving is just a few days away and soon the downtown sidewalks will be filled with holiday shoppers when you see the stars on the lampposts. The storefronts will be twinkling with Christmas decor and the evening atmosphere will be festive.
I always get a little excited when I see the stars as I know the holiday season is just beginning.
These stars have been placed in the lampposts ever since I can remember and they are always the same.

This week, we celebrate Thanksgiving. A time to give thanks for the harvest and be thankful in general. Some will celebrate with loved ones and friends, some will be alone, some will need to work and help others. Some will have an empty place setting because a member of the family is gone and some will have extra settings to welcome a newcomer to the group.
Thanksgiving will be a little different for me this year, but I am thankful nonetheless.

Have a great week
Gobble Gobble

I'm Back Once Again...Hopefully for Good This Time!

Life in the past several months have been a little bit of a roller coaster ride...I have begun a new chapter in my life and things are beginning to settle down a bit. I live in a new location...same town...different dwelling.
My love of the holidays keep my spirits high and today I want to share with you what I have been up to these past few weeks. I started my holiday decorating and crafting. Below are some pics of a few things that I have accomplished.

I love feather trees.
This is my Christmas tree so far and a few holiday decorations.

I took some boxes and filled them with greens/small Christmas trees and decorated them.

Hopefully, I will be able to continue to blog at least once a week, as I miss it so.

I'M BACK!

Life happens and it sometmes keeps me from blogging. BUT, today, I am back and crafting and blogging away. I thank you to some of my readers for the emails and concerns as to where in the world I have been! It is nice to be missed and cared about.

A few friends and I went out on an excursion this past Friday night to our local shoppes here in Lititz, Pa. I saw the cutest nightlight and said "I can make that!"

So I did!

It is a glass wasp catcher and inside is a clip nightlight bulb and I sat it on top of a candle wreath.

I thought this was cool and different....here is mine...

The light clips underneath at the hole in the bottom of the wasp catcher...

I will try to stay on top of my blogging and post some new crafts and ideas for the upcoming spring season.

Have a great week everyone!!!

A Foot of Snow?

Last night, we were blanketed with about a foot of snow. According to the local weather man, my town had about 12 inches. WOW. I was NOT expecting that. I don't think the weatherman was either. SURPRISE in the morning.

Yes, I still have some of my Christmas decor out front...Everytime I have the time to do it, it is either raining, sleeting, snowing or bitter cold.

It does look beautiful on the trees though.

The sun is peeking through blue skies. Hopefully some of it will melt before I have to go to work this afternoon.

Groundhog Day

Well....Punxsutawny Phil saw his shadow.....6 more blasted weeks of winter.

Maybe next year Phil....

Thank You Martha!

Ever since I saw a Martha Stewart episode on making a scarf out of fleece, I knew I had to make one. I finally did it! Here is how I made mine.I purchased a yard of fleece and trimmed the edges to make them straight.
I divided the fabric into 3 even pieces.

At each end, I used a guide and measured about 5 inches up and made some fringing.

Here is one completed end.

Here is the completed scarf.

Very easy and only took me about 20 minutes to make one scarf. I have 2 more to do.

These will make great gifts for next Christmas!

As an added bonus, I am keeping one to keep me warm this bitter, cold, snowy winter. I tried it on and it is cozy!

Just to note, this fleece cost me $6.50/yard, so with 3 scarves, it comes to about a little over $2 a scarf.