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Boy this week went by fast! That's what happens this time of year I guess. Tonight we lit the third Advent candle. One more week left and it is Christmas! Tonight is mostly a visual feast of the week past. Have a good night.
outdoor picnic lunch...
holiday party...
advent calendar fun....
making....
more making...
card making...
and now tomorrow starts another week!
I make my Christmas cards.....almost every year. I start planning them out -in my head- around August. Then usually it take several months of mulling idea after idea over, throwing out most. Eventually in November or December the whole thing comes together and I am sending them out (usually) the week before Christmas. It is a real production since I send out between 60-75 cards! Every year it is always the same. I get through the second or third round of production and I am swearing saying to myself, "these stupid cards are taking sooooo long to get done, what was I thinking when I have so many other things to do!" And then each year when I am done, I am soooo excited to send them out because there is alway a great response for all my effort.
This year is no different, except I now have a design partner. He doesn't come cheap. He has been payed well, in gingerbread cookies and yogurt. He loves yogurt, favorite food in the whole world!
Colin's original finger painting artwork is gracing the front cover of our annual Christmas card this year, and I couldn't be more proud. This was our first big project together, and it was so worth the paint splattered shirt (I even had an apron on!)...splattered floors...walls...chairs...smeared faces...oh, but what fun!! The older my babe gets, the more fun we have together!
Oh yeah...dirty dishes in the sink. Hmm. Just keep looking at that cute boy and you won't even notice the dishes, apparently that's what I do!
It has been a busy week, and today is already Sunday. Here and gone.
The second advent candle was lit tonight...
We went sledding and made more paths in the snow...
Decorated the tree...
My little helper with his snowman helping too. "He wants to help mama!"
Cookie baking, and holiday card creating, and homemade play-doh (recipe later) and.....
now I am tired, like this old girls is. Sleep tight.
Tis' the season! I have been making ornaments for the past several weeks. Here they are! I am going to snag a few for our tree and the rest are in my shop ready to hang on your trees around the world!
This chubby pompom snowman is a one-of-a-kind little guy and is so adorable! Colin already grabbed one for himself, "I be gentle, mama". Now, how gentle is a toddler boy? Well, actually he has been very good with them, but I still made him his own special one! His big smile was sooo worth it!
These folksy modern birds are so beautiful even just hanging on a cabinet knob! We will hang ours on the tree for now, then the rest of the winter on the china cabinet door, cheering us on to spring. There are five different color ways with these beautiful birds.
The flowers are another ornament that can be kept out for all seasons. After the holidays are over hang one in the window or on a door. Cheerful aren't they?
