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busy busy week..........glad it's the weekend.........

Thanks to these girls we had a wonderful evening creating Christmas Trays...........this was a big class and we had 5 that couldn't make it because of sickness or etc...... but we made it and all turned out great.......a good thing my niece has a nice sized garage to accompany this many.......we also had the most delicious meal made by Chef Carla.....anyway it was a great time to start the Holiday season.....I have a few photos of their trays but some of the girls took off before I could get all of them......

One of my many nieces and grand nieces who is only 15........ look how great her tray turned out....she told me Aunt Jackie I love old looking old school things and her tray was exactly that....good job Kayden.......

One last photo of my sweet niece's tray who hosted the class/party........she didn't quite finish hers but when she does it will be lovely.........Thank You Katie Lou ( Kayla) for a wonderful time.......you really know how to entertain and I know all the others feel the same as I do even though I am a little prejudice ..............THANK YOU to all who attended ..this made the last class of 2021 one for the books!

 

Hope you all enjoy this first weekend in December enjoying your house full of Christmas traditions and decorations.............this past week was so busy and went by all too fast so hoping we can slow things down and enjoy the most wonderful time of the year! 

 

Happy Saturday all...........

dolls for sale........

Earlier in the week I had a post about my moms Garage/moving sale and for those of you who love porcelain dolls she has a few that she is selling......different sizes and most of them come with a stand and wig......she has a lot of other things but I told her I would blog about the dolls........she has no where to put these in her sized down place she is in now so these are the ones she decided to sell.....the sale is tomorrow and saturday from 8-4 and the address is 3029 Eagle Lane Oklahoma City...... 

my mom and sisters moving garage sale this weekend.........

a little burry.......... thought I would let all those who live in this area that my mom and sister are having a big moving garage sale this weekend the 3 and 4 from 8am-4.pm at 3029 Eagle Lane in Oklahoma City .....close to Lake Overholser..........

slow stitching sunday...........

Worked on the Nut Cracker Stitch group from the new Noodle and Lou Christmas Girl Ornaments.........far from being finished but having fun with these......

these little curly things on her tu tu are called Drizzle stitches........these take a little bit of time because you take the thread out of the needle and depending on how long you want the drizzles you count how ever many times around the needle you want........I did 15, 18 and the long ones have 25 wraps.......but look how fun they are on this particular application!!!!

I used a lot of my wool thread on these because it looked a little more wintery and fuzzy........also some fun metallic threads ( they are a pain but really add a lot of texture)!  Some velvet as always...............

And this little guy took a little time to do since it is so tiny.........but it absolutely makes this girl pop! I still have a way to go with all the little details..........hope to finish these up soon o I can enjoy them whether I use them as small pillows, wall hanging or ornaments......we will see and I will take some photos when I do.

 

Anyway just thought I would share what I did yesterday on a super lazy sunday........slow stitching!!!!  

 

 

Happy Monday and have a great week to start this December 2021..................

 

Happy Friday EVERYONE.............

I have a big class coming up next week and I am trying to get everything ready......a few months ago my niece asked if I could have a class for about 19 of her friends and family.....of course I can but what do you want me to teach for a young and mature group together......hmmmm.......the last time I had this large group we made the large Martini Decoupage candy dishes and they all seemed to enjoy .........so this time we wanted it to be a Christmas theme so I remembered one year at the Paper Crown we did a Christmas themed Tray out of old frames and handles...below is the one I did for that class....

So I have collected old frames that will work . I have also painted some and left some in their original color....... they all need handles so those have been purchased and collected to match each frame.......the content under the glass is ephemera like old Christmas cards, ledger paper, old book pages, stickers, some new scrapbook paper, dresden pieces, ribbon, lace .......before you finish the back you sprinkle some mica flakes or snow glitter to make it sparkle and look like snow.........the photo below is the one I made for this class and will give it for one of the door prizes......

Anyway it should be fun with this group........hopefully I will have photos of their finished trays.........and this will also be my last class for 2021...........hopefully 2022 will be a little different and we can squeeze a few more classes in than we did last year!   

 

Hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving Day yesterday and ready for the holiday season to begin.........Hello Christmas..........

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

 

 

Wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving Day..........have fun, be safe and eat as much as you want.........

noodle and lou has done it again.....

One more of Jenn McGlon's ( aka noodle and lou) wonderful girl embroidery patterns.............how cute is this Christmas darling......I really tried hard to make the dress christmas plaid but it is a little wonky because if you try to do any kind of embroidery on velvet it is so tricky.....but I left it wonky and with the green ruffle it kind of hides all of the messy looking plaid.......anyway it was so much fun as usual......... one more panel I can add to the other girls and one day made into a quilt......

hope you all are enjoying this fall weekend before Thanksgiving getting ready for the big day.............looking forward to hopefully a normal holiday once again!!!

 

HAPPY SATURDAY.........

thank you.....

Thanks to all of you who came out last saturday to support our Church's Christmas Market.......this was so much fun and a huge success! Thank You!  I loved seeing so many familiar faces and visiting with you face to face. By talking to the other vendors it seemed liked people were ready to get out and to do some shopping........thank you once again.......

 

Happy Tuesday..............

happy friday.........

Yesterday I found these old fashion Santa's I had put together last year .......they are all jointed and all they needed was a little tinsel, garland, bulbs, snowflakes and a pic and they are ready for tomorrow......

 

See you all tomorrow..........

BFC Christmas Market this saturday.........

this is a few photos of some of the things I will be selling on saturday........see you bright and early 9-3....