Hands up!

Things have been a little chaotic around here lately and I almost forgot to share the ornaments I made out of the grandkids hands. Rather than trace around their hands multiple times I traced them each once on paper, then used it as a template on the dough. I used an exacto knife to cut the dough and a straw to make the hole for ribbon to be inserted. I then used a sharpie to write their name and Christmas 2009 on the back of the ornament.

A little angel (Macro Monday)

When Jientje visited from Belgium she brought this sweet little angel to live with me.

Such a sweet little face.

Hope you all had a wonderful, extended weekend, enjoying these first few days of the new year. :0)

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Happy Holidays!

Hoping everyone has a wonderful holiday!

Santa Claus comes tonight. :)

Feeling Festive

Thank you Betty!

I received this nice care package from Betty in Paraguay - from the Christmas Ornament Swap I hosted.  This wooden ornament is rather big, several inches tall and very pretty!

While this is technically a key chain I'm glad she included it and I hung it on my tree as well.  It seem rather fitting as we were in the US Philadelphia this year. lol

I love the colorful doily!  I have not yet decided where to put it but I have used it in the background of a few photos recently.  Love the happy colors!

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BTW - if you participated but still have not received anything please let me know.  I don't want anyone being left out!

Ho Ho Ho Happy Holidays (Macro Monday)

Can you believe how quickly the time is flying?! A few more days and Christmas is upon us!

We added this adorable mouse in a mailbox ornament last year. I love getting Christmas cards in my mailbox, don't you?!

When we got our tree this year we found animal couples. We decided to add a pair to our tree and we chose the alligators. Now that might seem an odd choice, but there were no appropriate Wisconsin animals. There were lions, giraffes, elephants, but no deer, bears or badgers. So we chose the alligators since we were married in south Texas and we were able to see them wild there.

I also found a Santa riding a dragonfly, who could resist such whimsy?

Have a Holly Jolly week! :)

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Birds of the tree (Macro Monday)

I love to add new ornaments to the Christmas tree each year and last year I added a few birds. This little bird clips onto the branch.

This year I added this flamingo, just because I thought he was zany!

They look pretty happy on the tree, no?

He's even smiling.

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