It's looking a lot like Christmas in our home!

It's looking a lot more like Christmas in our house now, finally!  I decorated the Christmas tree today and I put up a few decorations.  I LOVE how the tree turned out this year and it smells SO good and fresh.  Thanks Brad you picked out a beauty!  I have a lot more to do around here until I can say I'm ready for Christmas but at least I've started.  I'm not finished Christmas shopping and not to mention wrapping the presents or mailing them out to family out of state!  I'm still busy finishing up some orders for special customers! 

I got myself a new digital camera this weekend so WOW it's always so hard to figure out the picture loading process and a new picture file program.  Hopefully this camera will take nicer pictures for me, I got a Kodak easy share M340.  Not sure if I like it yet or not. 

Well I gotta go for now, hope your week is going good so far!

Two new dollies!

I just finished up these two new dollies!  They are two sided, on one side Annie is sad and the other side she is happy.  The top Christmas Annie has a tag on the sad side that says "Santa I can explain" then the other side she is smiling because she got a present.  The next Birthday Annie has a tag that says "Turn that frown around"  and the other side she is smiling because she has a present.  I got a special request order to make one of these at my last show so I thought I would make a few extra.  I think they turned out really cute, what do you think?

 Winter has started here in MN it's been brrrrrrrrrr cold the last few days and sounds like some snow is on it's way for the middle of the week.  That should put people in the mood to buy recycled wool mittens on Thursday, I've made 5 new pairs to sell. 

Hope you all are having a great weekend!

Wow how the year flew by!

Wow, I can't believe how fast 2009 has gone by, it's already December 1st, WHAT!!!  It snuck up on me!  This picture is of some of the lights Gordy and I put up on Saturday afternoon in the shrubs in front of our house.  I just LOVE the way white lights twinkle in trees and shrubs!  We buy a real Christmas tree every year, mostly at a local farm that you cut your own.  Last year my son Brad got us one at the place he works, it was so pretty that we asked him to PLEASE get us another one this year.  We will wait a week or so before we get it though since it is a  real one we don't want to have it up for too long or it will dry out too much an be a fire hazard.  A lot of my family and friends have artifical trees but we still prefer the real ones, awe the smell, love it!  I read the other day in O magazine that it takes 20 years of using an artifical tree before it becomes a lower carbon footprint than a real tree.  What do you prefer real or artificial?

I'm working on making happy/sad Annie dolls right now.  They're gonna be so cute!  I am making one for a customer which was a special request so I thought I would make extra to sell on Etsy or my shows.  I'll post pictures of them when they're done. 

Hope you're all having a great and productive week!

Beautiful sunset!

This is the beautiful sunset we had in my backyard Thanksgiving evening, a nice colorful scene to end a wonderful day.  Hope all of you had a great day of thanks.  I am most thankful for my family and friends and their good health. 
I have put a bunch of new things in my Etsy shop so please go check it out. 
Hope you all have a terrific weekend!

New things for the Arts Fest on Saturday!

These are the new things I have finished for the North Branch Arts Fest on Saturday it's from 9 am to 4 pm at the North Branch High School.  Get there early for first choice of these cuties, hope you can be there!  Well off to work now, have a wonderful day!

Happy Birthday Luke!

Happy 26th Birthday Luke!  Time sure flies, my youngest son Luke is turning 26 years old tomorrow!  I hope being 26 is good for you Luke and that you accomplish your dream of being a Pro fishermen.  We are very proud of you and love you so much!

Piles of dollies!

I'm working now on getting some new dollies done.  There will be 2 Santa's, 5 snowgirls, and a bunch of other cuties.  I got sidetracked from my work last week because my daughter from Colorado was home for a visit.  We had a great time together!  Now I need to get back to work and get all of these done for my art fair in North Branch in 2 weeks. 
Our weather has been gorgeous here in central MN so that makes it really hard to stay inside to work.  November is usually our cloudy dreary month but it's been beautiful so far, lots of sunshine and temps in the high 50's.  I will take time out to go for a nice walk though, Zoe will make me!