Well shut my mouth, PEEPS!

What do you give the girl that has everything for Christmas?

You give her plush peeps. I love Peeps, I wait for Easter to come

because I know I get to treat myself to those pure sugar confections.

Its like eating sugar from the sugar bowl. Sometimes my Momma

buys them for me, isn't she special? I only buy one box, honestly.

My friend Tammi gave them to me, Bev pointed them out to her

on a shopping trip. Thanks Tammi...that's so SWEET. I also got

2 very cool pairs of fingerless mitts that Bev made me,and she gave

me a bead mat that folds up to hold your seed bead projects.

Beads from Heather...yummy. A digital picture frame from

Hubby that I have been begging for...everybody gave him

suggestions and this was one year he really listened!

Geary has this thing about not giving me something that I

might know about. An apple pie from Amiee.

A candle from Jerusalem that my mom got me.

AND I've had lots of time to spend with my family.

Beverly heads back to New Orleans today. Its sad, but I know it

won't be long and we will all be sailing the Seven Seas on the

Bead Cruise. We made a trip to the bead store yesterday and all

made a bracelet when we got back. Its fun to sit and bead with the

whole family. Amiee made her first bracelet ever and Heather was

finessing her Ndebele techniques.

I'll take more pictures later for show and tell.

Eartha Kitt

Isn't it strange? There we were all laughing
about Santa Baby and Eartha Kitt's
YouTube video most of the day yesterday.
We all tried to sing it in that sultry sexy way,
even Jess (Heather's husband) likes to sing it.
And then today I find out she died on Christmas Day.
Didn't know much about her, except she was
the Catwoman in the Batman series that we always
watched as kids. I liked that song Santa Baby so much
I downloaded it for a ring on my cell phone.....sad.

Waiting for our Christmas baby

This is my sister-in-law and the arrow pointing
at the not so little looking one that's gonna
be here any day. We don't know if its a boy
or girl but we got names.
Dane Anthony if its a boy, (which by the way
she carried it I would guess that is what it could be).
Madeline Grace or Emma Carolyn if its a girl.
In a way I hope it doesn't come for Christmas,
then it would miss the fun of birthdays.
But I don't have a say in any of that.
I just feel sorry for J and having to carry around
that package. I think the little thing looks like
its mooning us under her shirt...lol!
As long as its healthy that's all we really want.
Merry Christmas baby!

My favorite Christmas Jingle...

The Bead Star winner is coming...

The Bead Star winner is coming!

Bought my magazine yesterday.

Won't be long and Heather (a winner)

and family will be starting out for the

Great White Frozen Tundra. I love

this time of year. All of the family

hanging out and doing stuff. We're

all having a sleep over one night in

GR. Movies to watch, Wall E, Kung Fu Panda,

and Return to Narnia...We're all big kids at heart

around here. Ornaments to make.

I got some patterns for elf shoe ornaments,

gingerbread people and Bev got some

ornament kits too. Sledding and skating...

none of which I'm participating in.

We'll put together jigsaw puzzles.

A trip to the bead store is planned.

Card games to play.

I'm feeling the Christmas love, now if the

weather would just cooperate it would

be perfect. Its looking like a white

Christmas for sure.

Did you think I forgot?

Well, I didn't! The winner of this ornament...drum roll please is ...

Heather from Humblebeads! Way to go girl.

But don't despair, I want to give another one away this week.

Just tell me in tomorrow's post, what your most favorite

Holiday decoration is. I have a Santa Claus that I just love.

I'll take a picture and post him tomorrow. Actually he is more

of an Art Doll. Today my sister and niece and two aunts braved

the elements and drove to Kalamazoo to Wings.

It was their annual Christmas craft show.

Wings is the hockey rink that they turn into a show room.

Actually its both rinks and the annexes also. Stuff everywhere.

Usually I can find something that I like and I did today.

Its a sheep ornament, with the cutest face I've ever seen.

I know attendance was way down from other years. Not sure if

it was the weather or just the state of our state. I do believe that

after 4 years of going I'm getting tired of it. You would think

they would at least throw in some new vendors just to shake it up.

And with my back hurting like it does I wasn't having much fun.

But we ended the day at Olive Garden. :^)

And the winner is...

ME!

Melissa at Chinook Jewelry had a give away over the

Thanksgiving weekend. It was for a beautiful pair of

earrings. Her blond buddy helped with the drawing.

And looky there. Its my name that came out

of the box! Thanks Melissa! Give that girl a big

hug for me. See dog's know...haha!

These are the earrings I get. In one

of my favorite colors from Melissa's store.

Thanks again, I'm really excited.

And speaking of give aways. Don't forget to

leave a message in my first Dec. post for that

felt dove. She's a beauty up close! Just tell what

you love best about the Christmas season.

Oh, the weather outside is frightful

But the fire is so delightful,
And since we’ve no place to go,

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

Now its really feeling like the season is upon us!

Lots of snow today.

Once the old Thanksgiving turkey carcass is thrown out

the door, its time to think of Christmas.

I love this time of year. I love the lights, the trees,

pulling out my Christmas decorations.

I love going to Church and listening about

the birth of Christ...I'll never be tired of that story.

Hanging of the greens, the beautiful songs.

I love that warm feeling in my chest and the tears

I get in my eyes when I hear "Oh, Holy Night" or "Ave Maria".

I love the parties, getting together with my friends and family.

Is that enough mush for you guys?

I'm feeling warm and fuzzy here...

Tell me what you love best about the Christmas season.

I have a beautiful dove ornament, made par moi,

and I want to give it away. Its very three dimensional,

made from felt, hand sewn and stuffed.

I'll randomly draw a name on Saturday. Merry Christmas, to all!

Yarn Christmas trees

Looking for something fun and pretty much

inexpensive to make? How about these yarn

Christmas trees? I found this pattern on the

Berroco website. But last year there was a

vendor at a craft show that had these for sale.

It was one of those "I can make it myself" for a

lot less things. I know...I hate when people would

do it to me, but come on, if you have a stash of

yarn like I do, it seems ludicrous to buy one.

I love them in the white fibers.

A Christmas Annie

I've put up my beads for a while and dragged out my sewing
machine. I'm thinking of Christmas and using up my stash
of materials. I got this really cute pattern from an Etsy shop
called bowlsnannies . De is the designer and she makes the
sweetest dolls and offers the patterns for sale.
So I got the one below:

Cyndy Ann...
Isn't she just the sweetest thing? How can you not want one?
Another favorite of mine is this little one, My Annie:

I love her pink hair! It's so sweet. like cotton candy.
So, I have most of the stuff I need, except in all my HUGE stash
of yarn, can you believe that I have NOTHING that could
serve for hair? So I thought I would go to town and check out
the new yarn shop. Needle in a Haystack, keep it local like
I should. It's really a nice shop and the people are so helpful.
I found two patterns that I had to have. Felted slippers like the
flip flops you wear around the swimming pool.
(Remember... warm sunny days:0)
And a pattern for a sweet pair of baby booties.
And yes, I found the two perfect yarns for hair on the Annies.

These are the best colors. But I had a bit of sticker shock when I
paid for the two. Oh well, it's for the Annies....