04 Sunday Dec 2011
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We have our Christmas tree, but we haven’t put it up yet. In the meantime, I’ve been decorating around the house.
I usually hang ornaments from all the windows, but this year I wanted to do something different.
This year every thing gets a bow -
frames…
doorways…
stairways…
sconces…
plates…
even plates, sconces, and frames…
and when the ribbon is gone, put a garland on it…
01 Thursday Dec 2011
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The calendar is ready.
The kids were up bright and early and ready to put on the first decoration. Seriously, cj was up at 5 am. He came downstairs dressed for the day, asking about getting the house ready for Christmas. They both love peeking at the days ahead to see what ornament is next. All the while lulu reminding cj that they have to wait for each day before the ornament goes on the tree.
Their tree will be filled before we know it.
22 Wednesday Dec 2010
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teacher gifts…
…delivered
tree…
…decorated
cookies…
…frosted
more cookies…
…frosted
wish me luck getting all my Christmas to dos done with my helpers home from school
10 Friday Dec 2010
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Last year I made Christmas stockings for a couple of friends. It turned out that their dogs were jealous, so this year they will have their very own stockings for Santa to fill.
They are made with scraps of wool that have been machine pieced in a crazy quilt fashion. I used embroidery floss to hand stitch all the embellishments. I think my favorite stitch is the herringbone stitch on Izzy’s toe.
