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Today & tomorrow will be spent in the kitchen. All preparations done a day or 2 early so that I can spend time with the family. Our plans are to eat and then go see "A Christmas Carol" in the afternoon. Just my son & daughter-in-law. Wishing my daughter and son-in-law a Happy Thanksgiving in Canada. (Thanksgiving was already celebrated there in October). I am seeing blogging friends decorating for Christmas already. We buy a live tree, so my decor will be done in Dec. I have one more show the first week of December. It is with antiques and collectibles. I am looking forward to this one. After that the decorations and the family cookie baking comes.Hope that everyone has a "Joyous Happy Thanksgiving!"
Have been still catching up with everything around the house between shows. My next show is in 2 weeks. I cleaned my email yesterday, which was about 400 in the inbox. You have to understand this about me. I try to stay on top of things around our house best as possible. I would check a few everyday. They got the best of me. Yesterday was a day of taking care of that.Wanted to show a few things I had made. Below is my snowman /star tree. You can barely see the little snowman on the tree. I made everything on the tree & the box also.
This is a picture of my little snowmen.
Here is a picture of some of my Santa pockets. Stuffed with a little reindeer , candy cane, & some greenery. They can hang on a tree or on a peg.
Was going through basement boxes again today. Found this dish. I may use it somehow this Christmas season. It is antique spongeware.
I also was remembering that I had another set of dishes in the basement in a trunk. I am in dire need of some everyday dishes. I found these Currier & Ives set of 7. Cleaned them up & we are eating off of them tonight. I have never used them. Bought them years ago at a flea market, so it will be a nice surprise at the table tonight.
I also was looking for something to put my some magazines in and found this tool box. The little old truck too. I think it will find a place in the office to put some things in it's back, like cards & such.
Also found this brown pitcher in a box to put on top of my cabinets with the rest of my crockery.
A gentlemen who works with my husband was kind enough to send me 2 of these striped gourds. I love them &I hope that they dry out for me. Does anyone else keep dried gourds besides me???? I use them for the next year & have painted on them in the past.
Mr. & Mrs. Pilgrim , were something that I sold at my fall shows. These 2 greet everyone in my living room. It is truly a time to be thankful. I am very greatful for the love of my family ,our health, our home, food at our table everyday, vehicles to drive, clothes on our back. If you will permit to say the BLOOD of my savior JESUS CHRIST, means more to me than you know. I am truly rich.
It has been a while since I have posted. I have been doing several local craft shows and it has kept me very busy. My house was running away from me with all the dust;that I had to make time to get it cleaned. Emails: I am so far behind with. I am usually a very organized person, but the shows have kept me from doing my usual things. This past Sat. was my second show . I thought I was going to take pictures & post them on the blog. When I went to get my camera, the battery was dead. So sorry, there were so many really cool primitive things there. Thought I would show you a few of my prims that I sell.
I have another show this Saturday at the local college. A few more in Dec. Doors have opened up to me for other projects by doing the shows. I have met so many nice people.Below is one of my Santa's that I do.
I have been busy getting ready for another Christmas Craft show. I thought I would show you one of the crafts I have been working on. It comes from the book, "Old Christmas" by Folk & Whimsy. If you desire to make these which are really simple & if I have not been clear on instructions, write me & I will clarify as best as I can. You will need; Sculpey Clay Batting or Felt Square Chenille Stems: Black & White Wool Roving for beard Sprigs of Greenery Glue , String to hang
You are also going to use this pattern as a template for the hood. The size of the hood really depends on the shape & size of the face. I found I had to adjust the hood according to my face size. Below is a basic pattern, on had to cut to fit around the face.
Taking a pinch of clay, shape into an egg shape oval. Mentally divide the egg into thirds. With the sides of your thumbs lightly press into the top third for the eye sockets. Leave a space between your thumbs & you will have a ridge for the nose. Push up from the chin to form the cheeks. Try to keep it like a flat button instead of a ball.
Then you will need to bake your clay according to instructions on the package. When they come out of oven & are cool, paint face with as much detail as you can in such a small space.
While they are baking; fold a 12"chenille in half with a 1/2" loop at the top. Twist 6"stem around neck for the arms.
Wrap 4 1/2" x 4" piece of felt or batting around his body (4 1/2" lengthwise) just under the arm pits. Lap right over left front edge, glue. Glue white chenille down the front of coat and around the hem. Because of the glue I used, I used clothespins as my clamps. Depends on glue that you use.
For the sleeves, make a 1"slit in the center of 5 X 1 1/2 " piece of felt or batting running lengthwise. Pull this over his head through slit.Glue felt or batting to front and back of his coat and around black arm stems. Glue white chenille stems for cuffs. Glue face to loop. I then put the beard on & added some wool for the eye brows also.
Next is the hood. Remember I told you that this really has a lot to do with the size & shape of his face, but the general pattern is a 3" x 4" size of felt or batting.Lap one side of hood over the other enclosing. Glue in place. Glue white chenille over curved front edge of hood. Fit this around his face. You may need to manipulate this a bit to fit right. Glue in place. Bend up the black chenille for the feet and mittens. Glue on a sprig of greenery. Your done!
I am back.... & running.
I have a Fall craft show this Saturday and in 3 weeks a Christmas show. For those of you who have done shows, you know I am in the countdown week. Had a wonderful time at our church "Harvestfest".The LORD showed up in a wonderful way. HE is restoring. I saw knees and backs healed, flatfeet healed, ringing in the ears, and a lot of other things , emotionally & physically. There were over a 1000 people there from different nations & 600 more people (than the 1000) showed up then expected. We were outside in a tent praying for people , but then the rain came. There were many vendors outside in tents also, but unfortunately , I did not have my camera with me to show you all the beautiful artwork & jewelry that I saw. Thought I would show you some pics from our church. Below is just some of the people that were there.
A balcony view of the cafe.
One of the nights of worship; love the words on the screen.
Worshipping one night at floor level. There were so many people there you could barely move.
My friend Linda's painting during worship, "The Lion of Judah."
On stage that night singing, was Ramey & Brian Whelan, along with Leonard Jones. Ricky Scaggs kids are also a part of our worship team. He came one night to do worship.
The people lined up around the balconies, worshipping. All 4 floors were completely filled.
This was one of the best "surprises" that the LORD gave us that weekend. Our daughter & son-in-law; whom we had not seen in a year, surprised us. They overcame a lot of circumstances to get there. They live in Ontario. Our son-in-law was a school of ministry student there, which is how they met.