~Twas Eleven Days Before Christmas and All through My House…~

 Twas 11 days before Christmas and all through my house, not a creature was stirring…not even this mouse.

The tweaking is now done, I hope…as Christmas will soon be here.

But I have visions of  sugar cookies dancing in my head…as I’ll be in my kitchen making so much clatter that I’m sure Mr. D will soon be in to see what is the matter. Well, he’ll be in to sneak a cookie or two!! (LOL…)

I still have lots of shopping to do…as all the stockings need filled and gifts to be put under the tree too.

So that there will be a Merry Christmas for all…the young ones and the young at heart too!!

Remember on my last post, I mentioned that I was going to a prim shop’s 12 days of Christmas sale. The shop is called “Country Blessings” and is about 20 minutes away. It’s the shop where I got my border for my craft/sewing room. I had not be there since before craft show season started…so I missed seeing it all decked out for fall, but I’m so glad that I got to see it decorated for the holidays. It was a “Prim Country Christmas” lovers’ delight!! Lots of goodies to purchase and great decorating ideas too!! And yes, I did get myself a couple of things… a prim Snow Angel and a fabric bird. I’ll show you the bird on another post. I got it to put in the bedroom and am still working on that grouping…but here is my Snow Angel.

She is in a little grouping that is behind the picket fence that goes around the trees. (Ooops…I need to hide those electrical cords.) Here is a close-up look at her…

She was made to hang on the wall. I had walked past some that were laying down and they were very flat. Didn’t really catch my eye, but then I saw one that was standing up and she was so adorable!! Hmmm….I wondered how the shop owner got her to stand up?

With a 2 liter pop bottle. Very clever indeed and as you see, the snow angel came home with me.  I have a few more pictures of my Christmas decorating, but I’m going to wait and share them on another post in a few days. 

Until then…..   Wishing you the blessing of memories and that the joy of this season be one that stays with you always, Cindy

~Little Prim Pillows and More Christmas Decorating~

Wow…has it been cold here the last few days! And I mean really cold!!…And windy!! I can’t believe it, but I went out in it both days. I made a couple of pillows for orders and needed to deliver them.

~Candy Cane Pillow~

A friend of mine order this to sit in a wooden box with a bunch of candy canes that are all different sizes. I’ll have to see if she will let me take a picture of it to share with you. The candy cane is machine embroidered and has a green checked homespun fabric on the back.

~Crow Pillow~

I made this for a customer that had purchased a crow pillow from me last year at one of my holiday shows and she was wanting another one.  The one she got last year had a  hand-stitched crow sitting on top of a pear, but on this one she just wanted an appliqued crow. The back fabric is red checked homespun.

I finally got all my Christmas decorating done, but I’m sure that I will be tweaking it between now and Christmas. I’m going to go to a prim shop this coming week and she is having a 12 days of Christmas sale…and you never know, I might come home with something. Which means…I’ll have to tweak my decor, but that’s ok cuz tweaking is fun!!

Remember this old cubby that I picked up at the prim shop near my sister’s home…

Well, I finally put it in the kitchen on my counter-top and have started to decorated it. I still need to put a few things in it, but I’m liking how it is looking.

I finished up decorating all the trees yesterday. One in the dining room…

and two in the living room.

This one is of my snowman tree…I will take the candy canes off of it after the holidays and leave it up until the end of January. 

I best be going for now…need to address my Christmas cards and get them sent out. I’ll be back in a few days to show you some more of my Christmas decorating. Did some grouping of items to sit near the tree…behind the picket fence the goes around the trees. Why the picket fence you ask? To keep this cute little angel, named Chloe, from playing with the ornaments.

 Until next time….    Wishing you the blessing of warmth and may it feel your hearts this Christmas Season, Cindy