Lavender Ridge

Sewing frantically to get these two pillows done.
I had seen them on the CONFESSIONS OF A PLATE ADDICT, and I knew I had to have them.
Here is my inspiration  from BALLARD DESIGNS.   Now that looks super easy.
I had all the fabric , so I  went to my sewing studio and began to cut a finished 16 x 16 pillow.
Added the JOYEUX NOEL first with my iron on transfer then on went the tree. I used Jute for the trunk and a red ribbon bow for the top.
  Here is mine.
I THINK IT TURNED OUT GREAT FOR A FRACTION OF THE COST.  Mine O,
BALLARD DESIGNS 39.99. ,

Now I'm not done yet,  PB had a poinsettia pillow on line for 37.77 , made with burlap linen and felt.

You know where I'm going with this don't you.
Cut my burlap linen to size, cut out poinsettia leaves , adhered them to the fabric with my glue gun, added
the bells for the center, stitched the two together and stuffed it with poly fill..
This cute little pillow cost me O. Just my time.

Not finished yet..On to another project. I had these stars that I made years ago for a craft sale.
I printed off some sheet music  (courtesy of the graphic fairy) and went about glueing the torn pieces onto the star with Mod Podge. When the piece was still a little tacky I sprinkled on some glitter.
Here it is all finished and hanging inside a wreath.

I still am working on my snow people...I will post about them in a few days...
Until next time,
Linda

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

LINKING UP WITH,
SHABBY ART BOUTIQUE

WOODEN TOYS....

Mr. DH HAS BEEN BUSY IN HIS WORKSHOP.
Cutting , sanding, assembling all the parts he makes.

Here are his lastest creations...
                                  ROAD GRADER
                  FIRE TRUCK  TRIBUTE TO 9/11
                             THE EXCAVATOR
These wooden toys are all made from scratch.
These are not KITS.

While MR. DH is busy in his workshop I have been busy decorating, writing Christmas cards, baking, knitting ,
and wrapping. Don't you just love this time of year.

WE WISH YOU
A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Won't you come and take a tour. Our Christmas Nutcracker welcomes you.
Please go here to take the tour.


until next time
LINDA

Well the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful......
so, we decorated our tree.

Welcome to our home. Come on up FERGUS welcomes you  into our living room.
This year our tree is in our living room, rather than our family room.
Here are some more pics of
our living room.
We put up a white tree in our family room as you can see here.

Isn't Mr. Snowy Owl the cutest.

I decided to make good use of the day and did all my Christmas baking.
I made 7 doz shortbread cookies,
7 mini loaves of christmas bread, plus 1 reg size loaf of Christmas bread,
2 doz choc chip cookies,
4 doz pecan puffs,
then they went into the freezer.

and I  did down 3 jars of cranberries.

RECIPE FOR THE SHORTBREAD.  EASY..
1lb of butter soft,
1 cup of icing sugar,
3 cups of flour,
1/2 cup of cornstarch.
wHIP FOR 10 MINUTES. DROP BY SPOON ON UNGREASED COOKIE SHEET.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10 min.
melt in your mouth goodness...

In the meantime busy knitting for the grandkids. Neck cowls.

HAVE A FANTASTIC WEEKEND,

LINDA