MErry Christmas to All and Happy Crafting....

Hello my fellow bloggers. It has been awhile. I have been extremely busy with my groups and then in OCt I hurt my shoulder/arm and was unable to be on the computer too long. :(

 Alas my blogs suffered!  but I am back....so as to what the photo above it?????

They are called "Notes to Self" socks... have you heard of them??? Really cute....as some of you know I always get something funny, interesting, different for my adult children and this year for Christmas I got them all these socks....

The socks send messages to the wearer... with an explanation on the hanging card.....really clever...

For one of my parties and with my family I wore these light up Reindeer glasses too cute!

Now to crafting I made 2 new decorations this year....one was these really fun Christmas tree combo 

aren't they so cool? Pretty Ditty has a tutorial for them. I loved them and got so many compliments even from the kids which is unusal... they think I craft wayyyy too much!! LOL but really I want to make more for gifts for next year. I added gifts under the trees.. I thought it was a nice touch!

Then I saw this fun Santa wreath and had to try it. This was the easiest wreath to make... REALLY... try one you will be surprised and it looks so terrific.. see She Knows for the tutorial...

Christmas was a fun day at my house with my family. Everyone came and everyone got along! WOW!!! Isn't it true how all family gatherings there is usually always something to talk about for days afterwards????

So how was your Christmas? Did you make anything special? I would love to hear about it!!!

                                     Till 2014 Happy New Year to All!!!!!

Touring some of my Music Boxes and Photos

Hello...I have been working hard rearranging our home. phew....had to move a lot of things out of our guest room. plus I decided to take my roll-top desk and move it into the dining room and and make my office more roomy and added a shelve for my EBay stuff. Its quite a job to do it all! I thought I would also share a few of my music boxes that I have been collecting for over 30 years. I have a ton more in my curio cabinet upstairs but that is another tour...

the table moved from guest room

top of table hand painted

this is a very old music box

another old fabric music box

music box

music box "serenity"

my niece made this for me she is a florist
I love Victorian

my roll top it is a smaller one

I decided to add my photos to it

this is a photograph taken on our honeymoon long
ago in Martinique, Caribbean

an original print of Laguna Beach

a photograph I took in Florida at a park and yes its real

the alligator posed for me lol

one of my favorite music boxes

this lamp I got in the 80s at an antique shop and the
tea cart was my mom's

this is photo at a camp park in Morro Bay
that I love

you can't tell in the photo but we had to move this
mirror because it is so long the desk wouldn't fit and its
heavy too

my daughter gave me this apron for my "B" day
and it matches the flowers I have
but the real kicker are the spoon and fork hanging on
the wall, I saw them on a re-run of
"Everybody Loves Raymond" hanging
in his mom's kitchen...lol...I got them
in the 70s

and this is "Suzie-Q" my head
for taking photos of my handmade items. lol

Huge and Beautiful Trees with Moss

these trees are a few blocks from my home they are incredible

the moss hangs to the ground

these are fantastic looking trees