It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like...

We put up our little Christmas tree! Raoul helped organize my vintage Christmas treasures. I think they look especially great this year!






My mom gave me these reindeer and Santa Claus. I have had these since I was little. They are some of my favorite decorations. We could not fit all the reindeer on the rooftop, so there are two more in a box!


I really love the knee hugger elves!




We have all Hallmark ornaments on our Christmas tree. My family has always collected these, and my mom even buys my brothers and I a new ornament each year. She even gets Raoul one now! I just love them and I love remembering all of them since I was little. Now we are ready for Christmas at the Ranch! Are you ready?

Nilla One-Hundred And Thirty Five

It only took her a couple of years, but NILLA finally figured out how to get on the very top of the bookcases in our craft room (and yes, that's a SQUIRREL wearing a dress).

HollyDay Handmade Artist Market 2012

We had a lot of fun this past weekend at the HOLLYDAY HANDMADE ARTIST MARKET, hosted by the always awesome TREEHOUSE KID & CRAFT here in Athens, GA...We arrived at Treehouse around 8:30am to set up and had to figure out how to condense two-tables' worth of stuff onto one table. Our solution was to build up and to selectively leave some things off the table in favor of our "best-sellers"...

















The sale started at 10am with a BANG - literally! A three-car accident happened out on the street right in front of Treehouse. This was the scene after the cars pulled off the road and a bunch of us cleared debris off the road and made sure everyone in the accident were okay...you can see folks milling about the corner where the accident just happened, a cop across the street making an accident report, and Treehouse owner, Kristen, in the street sweeping up broken glass:



Though it was a nice day, it was still a little chilly in the shade of the awning. The inside of the store offered a nice break from the cold and more opportunities for holiday shopping...







The sun came out in full around noon, just as the FARM CART arrived in time to serve up hot chocolate and lunch. Between the warm sun and the Farm Cart, it was finally time to venture out past the shade...

New Wood Pins Are Here

I have been busy making, making, making these days - the holidays are so close! Here are some of my new wood pins that I created from my original illustrations. They are inspired by woodland walks, animals, and winter itself. I love how they turned out!






I love this little lamb, what a sweet face!


And this bundled bunny is ready to go sledding! I added a wooly felt scarf for a bit of color on this wood pin.


This snow bunny is ready to build a snowman! These are all ready in my Shoppe Sugar Cookie! Please take a look.