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Farewell Christmas

I can’t believe it’s already over and I am just now posting about it!  How sad.  Before everyone is 100% ready to be done with the holiday, I will share a few pics of mine.  I’m very relieved that the hustle is over, but we did have lots of fun.

Here is the ugliest sweater winner in the middle.  That would be my sister.  :)  I just looked like a dork.  Her sweater seriously gives me a stomach ache!   Ellie looked really wacky because she also had crazy Christmas pants on that you can’t see in the pic.  The Salvation Army can have their sweaters back now.

Next for a little carriage ride around the village.   I didn’t actually go on,  I stayed back and took the pictures.

Me, Molly, Abby, Santa and pony dressed as a reindeer.  This little event funded a wild horse rescue, hence the horse activities.  It was very cute.

Here’s some tree decorating.  It feels so weird to be putting these up right now when we are preparing to take it down! 

Abby fighting with some beads.

 

Finally, the girls playing in one of the new toys.

Ok, I feel better that I got something up here.  I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday and is de-stressed and catching up on rest and relaxation.

Cheers!

Snow Time

The snow, and frigid temperatures have arrived.  Molly is in her glory.  I am not.  Well, I do really like the snow.  I just wish it could co-exist with 70 degree temperatures.

Molly has so much fun outside.  I remember when I was like that- a million years ago.  Abby had her first adventures out in the snow and loves it.  We had a hard time getting her back in the house.  Well, that was after she figured out that she could actually move in that suit.  For a very long time she just stood there with her arms sticking out to the sides (the classic baby in snow suit pose).  What a cutie.  I still find myself trying hard not to bite her chubby marshmallowy cheeks off.

Every year we have an auction at work for our holiday party.  This year the money we raise will go to the WNY food bank.   For this year’s party I contributed two things: 1. a bag/purse with a matching checkbook cover and key fob and 2.  a doll.  This isn’t just any doll though.  This is my boss and former CEO of our company. 

This would be so much more funny for you if you knew him.  I wanted to put a picture of the real man here too, but I figured I shouldn’t do that without his permission.  Anyways, he looks just like doll!

I also made a new little girly out of the fabulous Andalucia fabrics.

I made this weird ruffle bag too.  I had something different in mind, but this is what came out…. 

Ah yes, and some new cute hair clips.

Other than that we have decorated the house and are just trying to stay warm in these negative wind chill temps.  I haven’t gotten any presents for the kids yet, so I guess shopping better fit into the schedule sometime soon!

I did add a few things to my Etsy shop too.  It takes me forever to list these items though, so it’s gonna be a slow process filling the shop up!

Hope everyone else is warm and in the holiday spirit! 

Let the Gasps Begin

Ok, I have been tagged by the lovely Amber of Amber’s Ambry.  Oh boy.  This is a slightly embarrassing one.  First I am to show a picture of something as I normally would.  For me that would be a clean, crisp, neat picture of one of my creations up close.  You can see her above.

For the next picture, you are to take a step back and get the full surrounding.  I guess we are supposed to make each other feel better knowing that everyone has a mess.  Mine is by far the worst, so I am not feeling it.

Yes people, I have a big mess.  I swear I am going to make it better soon.  Go ahead, take a look for yourself.

Oh my.  Do you think differently of me now?!  This is the creative room.  It used to be the playroom until Mommy decided to learn to sew and then needed a spot to go.  We haven’t quite shared the space so well yet.  I just moved into this room a couple months ago so organizing is on the way, sometime.

So, here’s what we have…

a.  Notice the laptop sitting on top of a rickety ironing board.  Amber, it’s your blog on that screen!

b.  Our newest (and fabulous) purchase.  A nice tv right in front of my face so I don’t have to miss my shows when I am sewing.  It only takes me double the time to sew now because I have to keep stopping so I can hear!

c.  Poor little dolly is still sleeping on the chair amongst all the mess.

d.  Boxes and baskets of stuff that goes with me to shows.  I haven’t quite unpacked since the last show or found a good spot to put any of this stuff.

e. It’s hard to see, but that is a rotting Osage orange.  Andrew bought it for me because a farmer told him it would repel spiders.  I am very afraid of spiders.  I think I can throw it out now that it is shriveled and rotting.  Isn’t he so thoughtful?  He is, except for the story he posted on his blog about me in my half delirious state, waking from an anesthesia episode.

f.  Yikes. This is obviously the largest issue.  This was a bookshelf full of cute toys.  Then I moved in and started pushing toys out of the way and cramming fabric scraps on them.  Mess, mess, mess…

The funny part about all of this is that the other half of the room is even worse. 

I am supposed to tag 2 people so I guess I’ll try to embarrass Shannon.  If she doesn’t have a mess with 4 kids then I should really be ashamed.   Caren, I can always count on you for a mess.  :) And it may even involve Carter doing something that should’ve been done on toilet, but wasn’t.

I think I’ll end this with my dear Penelope peacefully resting on my fabric.  This is all fabric that hasn’t even been cut into yet.  Oh the fabulous Andalucia.  I love it so much that I can’t even decide what I want to do with it!