Prettiest Decorated House...

On the Whole Block!  Fibber McGee and Molly had a Christmas radio show where the classic comedy team had a bet that the first person viewing their Christmas lights would say, "You got the prettiest decorated house on the whole block!" 

Imagine my delight when I opened a package from Shirley Zetta's Aprons to find this pretty little Christmas cottage complete with candy, glitter and the sweetest details in each and every little nook!  I have 'the prettiest decorated house on the WHOLE block!'

Shirley sent 'incentives to craft', I mean sweet treats in the adorable specially made Santa treat box!  A vintage Christmas card, a candy striped Snowman tag...it made me so happy!  Look at the sugar cone tree!  Not missing a detail, Shirley sent a flameless candle to light up my house too!

The sweetest gift from a very sweet gal!

 

Tammy's in Love...Again!



In the Playroom...again!

Once upon a time there was craftroom, full of binders of vintage greeting cards and file folders of  calendar pages saved for years.  Next to that are tablets of scrapbooking paper and gluesticks and all kinds of garnishes.

I went into that room about a month ago, I started cutting and gluing and then all of a sudden, there were stacks of vintage redesigned cards for Christmas.  When there was an October Afternoon Warehouse Sale I found all kinds of new papers in adorable prints and embellishments to design with.

I played with paper and I took pictures that I wanted to show you!  But my laptop went on the fritz and Mr. Wonderful tried and tried and tried.  He put in a new part to connect to the network, he pointed in time (my words), he backed up the files on an external hard drive and then when he went to reload it all, IT DIED.  Insert the playing of "Taps".  This is not a good time for a computer to die (is it ever?).

I went to my blogs on HIS laptop and I replied to your emails but I couldn't POST!  My pictures needed to go in the file in MY laptop.  I was waiting, I thought I'd be right back to show you.  Instead, the piles of creations kept growing and I had lots of fun and now there are soooo many pictures!

 I was being very good, making sure I will be on the 'NICE' list.

 Because Santa Claus IS coming to town

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Oh, here he is again; he brought the good news that 100 Followers happened and as promised, drawing for the goodies from October Afternoon will be going to:

Renee of My Vintage Mending

 

Thank you all for your comments and for your friendship!  I didn't start this to collect followers, I started it to find friends, and I have!

In the Christmas Mood

The Glenn Miller Orchestra recorded a Christmas CD a few years ago that has been playing for the last ten days in my playroom!  I turn the tunes on and pull out the vintage papers, magazines and ephemera and don't come up for air till dinner! Well, there was a trip to the thrift store and more job hunting but that's just little stuff.

Remember the bare branches of my metal tree?  I had a vision and I made it a reality with about $1.50 worth of silver garland!  I do love those silver 1960s tinsel trees, Little Grama got one (at the time I thought it was hideous!) but it was gone from her attic when the treasures were divided.  So...here's my version.  It will be the perfect spot for vintage ornaments.  Let's start with some snowballs and just go from there, shall we?

While huddled at the craft table I have created more paper crafts than I thought myself possible!  I started with this WW II themed banner that is now hanging on a measuring tape (what else!?) on the wall.  Five year old grandson arrived last week, took a look at the papers and garnishes and said, "Hey!  Last time it was Halloween and now it's Christmas in here!"

I finished the Whitman's Candy Sampler ornament exchange boxes and headed straight into my binders of vintage cards and haven't been back to greet you for two weeks!  Not intentionally, the laptop needs a part to connect to the network.  Technical difficulties! After Mr. Wonderful ordered the gizmo I thought it would just be a couple of days... Well, wait till you see what I've been making, this is the TIP of the iceberg!

Merry Christmas Imaginary Friends!