The Beginning of Tag Making

After all the "hoop-la" of my big craft show....I finally got to work on "paper" again........I have seen some beautiful projects out here in blogland, and this is not one of them...LOL....but its a start!!  I had this little "frame" with these snowmen from years ago of when I first started scrapbooking...you remember the ones, where you punch out the center and your photo goes in....in cleaning out and digging thru all my stuff I made a mess with, I found this and decided after 10 years or so I should use it up......so this is where these little creations came from...hey its a start......I still need to get my creative room back in order...and I am so NOT wanting to take time to do it...ugh!!
I make all my own tags now for Christmas....I love making them....though in Christmas shopping yesterday, I noticed there are some beautiful store tags out there, too...but I resisted!!!!!

Seasons Of My Mind Swap Party

I did several "swaps" the last few months....this one was a favorite of mine...well I guess they all were, but we had a "secret" swap partner and today is the "Big Reveal".......I am a little late in posting....but I LOVE what I received from my very sweet swap partner "Emily"....she sent me the most gorgeous cross stitched little snowman pillow and a beautiful cross stitch "Peace" bookmark...lovely items and awesome work!  I also received a wonderful mug for my coffee, three wood ornament hangers, a notepad, cute little snowman ornament, a beautiful snowman "scene" ornment.....I love the vintage looking snowman in it, a very pretty glass arrangement for my table........just look at all my goodies........and on top of that, and best of all...I met a new online "friend"......I love that....thanks so much Emily for such terrific goodies!!!!!.  Click on the links above to see all the other swaps and also to visit Emily at her blog.........

Almost...Almost Back!

Today is the last day of my craft Open House...what a ride it has been.......yesterday we had a thief....yes really...she ran out the door with our stuff....we weren't sure....but.....it became apparent later that we "had been robbed"....wow...even evil people that rip off hard working crafters...I lost a beautiful snow angel I had made.....I can't even imagine how some peoples minds work...evil I tell ya...evil!
After that being said, it has been fun.....but I am glad it is almost over til Spring at least...now I can get back to blogging...not on just my own, but visiting...I have lots of catching up to do...I am ready for it......my creative room looks like an explosion went off.....there is stuff everywhere...I will have to "dig it out" before I can even create again...I am the messiest crafter......"an artist at work".....thats what I call it......we had alot of people here....I love it, but its exhausting talking to everyone...and everyone wants to buy my house, I should of charged for all the pics they took of the outside...one even took a pic of my outside kitty (KittyWitty)...stalking and pouncing at a bird (no, she didn't get it).......the house has quite a history.....and it's exhausting to repeat it over and over, maybe I should print out its story and just hand that out...LOL......we open at noon today...I do enjoy my time with my sister, Mom and my niece though, its fun to "chat" ...well, will be back soon with my "creations"....I can hardly wait!!!

A Bit of What I Have Been Up To

It's that time of year again....time for my sister and I to have our "Cabin On The Creek" Christmas open house.......we haven't done it for 8 years, but this year we started back up...we did our Halloween show in Sept...it was a great success...so now we are onto Christmas...we named our show Frosty Flurry.......and a flurry it has been...a flurry of trying to get everything done.......we hold the event the weekend before Thanksgiving~here~at the cabin.....we are expecting it to be a "big" event this year....our mailing list is well over 1200.......plus "one of us" had the bright idea to place flyers on cars at a local craft show last weekend...we placed over 200 and are doing more this weekend......are we nuts...oh yeah!! 

Here is a small sampling (and not great pictures) of what I have been working on...a very small sample.....I did 72 of those chenille candy canes last night, and my neck and shoulders can account for it......I will be back to blogging (if I am still alive...lol) after the show...and I am looking forward to it!

Veterns Day Remembering To Say Thank YOU!

Remembering to say 'THANK YOU" to all that have served and are serving now!!  A picture of my Dad....we miss you...wish you could of known your grandchildren and great grandchildren...............

Ornament Exchange

I participated in an ornament exchange.....what fun......we had to either purchase an ornament or make one to exchange....my partner "Pam" from Late To The Party AND I, both decided to make ours.  This is my beautiful...vintage ornament Pam made for me...I LOVE that vintage look paper she used...and I LOVE the bling she put on it......so fun and so "me"....thanks Pam for such a wonderful "ornie".....loving it!!

We are having an ornament exchange reveal on Dec 1st HERE so be sure to stop by and take a peek..see!!

Do You See What I See????

Crazy~crazy weather here in the "snowbelt" of Michigan as they like to call us.......it was a lovely 20 degrees this morning....snow is all gone in 24 hours...and Tuesday predicted to be almost 70...crazy I tell ya...just crazy!!

I took the first pic on Friday night from my living room window...the other two are from the sunrise this morning...I stepped outside to take them...brrrrrrrrrr.......had to prove to my hubby that it really did snow here...he is out of town and I know won't believe me when it snowed while he was gone......the snow band is all the way from Lake Superior down to Kentucky.......just not ready for it!