Moving On

It seems that without missing a beat, many bloggers have moved on from Christmas to Valentine's Day creations. I still have unpainted wooden snowmen, unpainted light bulbs, unglittered Christmas cards and a few other projects, yet to be finished. They are now in the basement. I want to finish them, but honestly I am all "Christmased Out". I spent part of New Year's Day looking for Valentine ideas on "the net". My other issue is that I like having a clean kitchen counter. It has been a "craft supply free zone " for over a week now. I do know that it is only a matter of time before pretty papers, scissors, glue sticks and buttons start to make their 2009 appearance. One more weekend of a clean counter maybe just what I need. As you can see I went out Friday and bought a few Valentine supplies, took a picture and put them back into the bags. A clean counter for a few more days, yes. Then, I have to start making things or I may have to stop blogging!

Happy New Year 2009

We had another snow storm yesterday. Not as big as the one before Christmas, just about 5 inches fell. It is so bright out right now, that I could wear my sun glasses in the house. The bright sun shine and all the white snow! I will enjoy all the pretty snow, for the next few days. Monday I will start my unofficial countdown to spring! I hope everyone will have a wonderful 2009. I have not been feeling very creative since Christmas. I hope I will have something to offer next week, I am just not that sure! Again, Happy New Year 2009!

Merry Christmas to All

I would like to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas! I hope everyone enjoys the day. We are having a low key Christmas Eve, grilled pizzas, games and family. Tomorrow, we start early and end late. Every year I say I am going to be more prepared, but I like being out on Christmas Eve Day. I have a little more baking to do. I am sure I can find a few things to wrap! I am taking a blog break until January 1. Taking some time to be with my family and friends and oh yes, do a little shopping. Merry Christmas!!!

December 23, 2008

So much to do today.

White Chocolate Cranberry Pistachio Treat

Friday, during the fist day of our three day snow storm I made a batch of this tasty white chocolate treat. It is really easy to do. There are many recipes on the Internet. I just combined a few and I was happy with the final product.

Earlier in the day I painted these small pots. Please visit "Cobblestone Farms" blog. Cathy posted them a few days ago. She did such a great job with the ones she made. She is very talented. I have not painted in a while and I had one small brush to paint the snowmen and do the details. Believe me these almost went into the garbage a few times. I had hoped to be a bit more whimsical with them, maybe next year. This year simple snowmen. There was a lot of touching up, I mean a lot. I will certainly buy new brushes. The bags are full of the white chocolate treats. They will be delivered later this week.

Have a wonderful Weekend!

I would like to send everyone who visits my blog a Christmas card. This is the card I sent out this year. The cards I usually make have a snowman or bird on them. This year I wanted to do something a little different. It may not be a conventional card, but I just love this stamp! It reminds me of a dress someone would of worn to a Christmas dance during the 50's. So, since I can not send each and everyone of you a card, I hope this will do.

I took this picture last night about 5:00. I have stated several times that I love the summer. That is still very true. But, there is something about the first snowstorm that just can not be put into words. When it comes a few days before Christmas, even better! After January 1st all I think about is summer. However, for now I will enjoy our snow covered yard. There is another storm predicted for Sunday. We now have ten inches of snow on the ground. I hope it will stay for Christmas. Here in New England, you just never know. It could melt away in a few days.

Snowflakes

I want to share a picture of a cute sign that hangs in my dinning room. My sister-in-law made it a few years back. It is one of my favorite Christmas decorations. I share it with you today because we are expecting our first major snowstorm of the season. They have already closed schools for tomorrow. That is very unusual. So, maybe the weathermen are going to be right and we will get 8-10" they have predicted. I need a snow day!