Gingerbread Sunday

 I really should call it Gingerbread Week! I start a few days ahead

 making the four sides of the houses. We started cheating a bit a few years ago and we use graham crackers for the roof. They are lighter weight and the house will set up quicker.

 I have the dining room table covered with plastic to make clean up quicker.

 As my family comes in the candy pile gets larger and larger.....

 So many decisions to be made, which candies to place where....

 It is very serious at times.

 Everyone get involved with ideas to share and sometimes a bit of a competition starts!

It's always a super fun day of eating and creating and enjoying each others company.

p.s.      and they all leave with a sugar high!!!

p.p.s.   please note my clean chandelier!!!

Busy Times....

 This is my good boy Rocky who at this moment in time is very upset because.....

 this spoiled kitty Thomas is on my lap. Every night it is the same thing. Rocky upset that Thomas is on my lap. I wish that I could get Rocky's whining on video, but he stops as soon as I pick up the phone to record. I think that he is camera shy!

 Two turkeys are needed for the crowd that comes for Thanksgiving every year and these two are expert carvers!

 My poor husband was raking leaves on Tuesday and shoveling snow on Wednesday.

 The Northern Virginia Christmas Market was fun and I met some fantastic people.

A few more small shows and then a nice quiet January.

The Christmas Market in Chantilly, VA

 A major push to finish many projects...

 I looked like a hurricane blew through my studio!

 Everything did get packed securely.

 The beltway traffic around DC was horrible!!!

It was a lovely three days, I met some fantastic people

and I miss them already!

Preparations for the Northern Virginia Christmas Market

I set up an additional table to hold projects in the works.....

My Curiosity Boxes in various stages of completion.

The bigger the mess, the more creativity going on.

Halloween, Autumn and New ETSY Listings

I love this time of year, the fun of Halloween and the

perfect autumn days. I even love November...once the 

leaves have all dropped the trees are bare, the beautiful lines

that the branches make against the sky never fail to fascinate me. 

But that will be another blog post :)

Today I have been busy photographing my owls to list on ETSY.

Good old Houndstooth has a new friend.

 

Another owl made from that vintage coat fabric.

 

This guy Ollie is all set for his Halloween Celebrating.

 

Along with his friend Olivia!

 

Their celebratory hats and pendants are removable

so that they can stay around for the rest of the year. 

 

 

 

Houndstooth the Owl

Finished....almost.

I tried to use almost every part of the old coat.

The buttons on the front and back.

The interfacing on the top of the wings and around the face. 

The satin lining under the wings.

Still a bit more tweaking to do but

I am excited for how he looks so far.

I thought that this old coat was a tweed, but a good friend reminded me that it is houndstooth.

So I am calling him:

Houndstooth the Owl

Old Tweed Coat..... New Project

Working all day on a new pattern. What was an old tweed coat

that I purchased at an estate sale has been deconstructed....

 

 

What was a bag of clay, has been molded and baked and painted.....

I can't wait to get to put it all together.