A Peek Back!

Since it's been a million years

since I posted anything I thought it 

would be fun to show you a couple of pictures of one of 

my big projects I worked on this fall.

I was lucky to be able to cut out some fun Nativity's for a local gal

here in town who is a very talented painter as well.

Yes, I've begged for lessons!

The patterns were from books she said she's had for a couple of decades

so I had so much fun just seeing the patterns!

She was kind enough to let Avery and I sneak over and 

snag some pictures of the finished results.

Bare with me and my lame camera, the lighting was not optimal.:)

Each set had over 30 ish pieces to it and I did 9 sets of them

so I was pretty busy with these.

I am just amazed at all the detail these ladies were able to

put on each piece.

Now that's a Christmas gift I would have loved to get!

Hopefully in the next couple of weeks I'll get my stuff together and

my little blog will get an over haul from Krystal over at Sassy Sanctuary.

She said she would help me and she did such a great job

with Crafty Sisters for us that it was an easy choice

for me to get help.

I've been cutting out some fun new Valentine stuff

so stay tuned for pictures in the next couple of days!

A Sassy Sanctuary Giveaway

Krystal over at Sassy Sanctuary

is doing the funnest giveaway today

and you don't want to miss out!

Krystal is one of our Wood You Like To Craft buddies

plus she did a phenomenal blog make over for us at Crafty Sisters!

Plus I'm gonna have her work her magic here too

to make Sweet Pickles a bit friendlier to access.

She is featuring my little wood craft business

and one, yes I said one of the 10 items being given away

is one of our fun Family letter picture blocks!

We always love visiting Krystal's blog

and especially seeing all the fun home projects she's doing.

Don't miss out on your chance to win some sweet stuff!



Christ Wood Letters

Well the last of my boutiques finished on Wednesday

and I can say I survived!

Thank you to everyone for all your kindness and support!

Here is my favorite I did this year.

I have the cutest little elderly couple that live across the street from me.

They come and check on me to make sure I'm not working too hard

and a couple of years ago the wife gave me

an old flannel block pattern she had used for her own kids and grand kids

and also now for her great grand kids.

So I'm guessing it's about 50 years old.

I saw a Super Saturday idea for these but it seems

no one on the internet can track down the source

so I knew this pattern would be perfect to create some of my own.

I am a huge fan of making "Christ" the center of Christmas

and I'm always glad for an excuse to decorate that way.

Now if I can just summon the courage to get out the Christmas decorations....

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday!

My little family and I went and hibernated over at my parents house,

where I was grateful for medicine for the lovely ulcer I've accumulated over this season,

for yummy food I was able to help cook with my family,

for the peaceful and loving home my parents provide

where I received the rest and comfort I needed.

Happy Holidays!

Holiday House Christmas Boutique

I can hardly believe the Christmas boutiques are already here!

Here's the invite for my favorite one

Holiday House Boutique!

It's only about a week and a half away and I'm

busy busy trying to put the finishing touches on everything.

I did pull out of another fabulous one that starts tomorrow

that you don't want to miss either!

The Brookwood Bazaar

out in Eagle off of Floating Feather and Eagle Road

is a great bazaar with so many talented gals!

I had too many irons in the fire this week

with my baby girl turning 8!

Can you believe it?

So with birthdays and in-laws, school fundraiser and Halloween

all in one week....I decided I wanted to keep my sanity.:)

I promise to post some pictures soon, and not just over at Crafty Sisters.

I've got some really fun elf shoes I'm working on......

Happy Crafting everyone!:)

Christmas, Ready Or Not....

I make myself the same promise every year to be better organized,

more on the ball, better prepared,

and the list goes on.....

Every year I'm in the same boat though

and I've learned not to be frustrated

but to rejoice in the fact that I work well under pressure.:)

I finally got my class samples done!

I just love the paper on the NOEL!

I wanted simple, classic and this paper from

Jillibean Soup (Christmas Chestnut Soup) was perfect!

Next up is Santa!

This is a pattern I altered a bit from

a magazine pattern I bought for a tea towel several years ago.

I just love the Santa!

I'll have to go back through my stash and find exactly

where he came from.

The NOEL and SANTA will be offered as

a class or kit to go down at Paper Cottage

and I'll try to get them posted over in my Etsy store too!

Both sets can also be ordered as Wood Only.

Boutique #2 is up this week!

My Crafty Sister and I are scrambling to get everything ready in time

but it will sure be fun!

I'm just hoping that my little girls cold doesn't feel like befriending me!

Santa, the elves need to work faster!

I love making things for people, love seeing their excitement when they get it, love hearing about how much fun they have making things and memories together!  It makes my day!  So this "Santa" has been pretty busy out in her little workshop making some fun stuff and apologizes that her camera doesn't get much use to show all the fun things I've been working on!

 Here's a few snap shots my hubby got for me before they went out the door....

Made up this snowman as a door hanger! 

He looks so cute on my door I've got to make one for me too!

These Noel letters are done in the St. Nicholas font!

I love how cute and wavy the letters are!

Here's a couple of snap shots of a couple or ornaments I made for the bazaar.

I love the simple shapes of things and I come to appreciate how

just the shape of something simple in itself is just as

pretty as the paper that goes on it!

I do love the baby Jesus ornaments! 

My little girl Avery doesn't like it when they don't have eyes on them!:)

What made my day on Monday while I was out shoveling snow was a cute lady

who stopped in front of my house to tell me that she loved my "barn" nativity as I call it. 

She told me that she had seen it last year and had been waiting for me to put it out this year. 

My sister Candace and I made these the last two years for our bazaar.  This was last year's version that I tweaked a little.  I love how it turned out and it is my favorite Christmas decoration to put out!

So I'm off to my little shed to start chopping again!  Don't forget to send me your cute pictures of your finished projects!  My oh so talented Sister-in-law Autumn posted hers on her blog Here!

I love to see what you can do!