Ringing in the New Year

Wishing you all a year full of joy, happiness and good health!

We were looking ahead on the calendar and there are a few fun dates

tomorrow will be 1/1/11

and in a few weeks 1/11/11

and in November 11/1/11

and later that month 11/11/11

Lots of ones...maybe one should be my new lucky number!

Cheers,

Leanne

Sharing Some Christmas Decorating Pictures

Now that Christmas is over I have a little time to share some pictures of my decorated house.

I love decorating for Christmas!

Bringing out all the decorations that I have collected over the years and adding some new finds.

This is the top of the refrigerator.

The little elf was made by me about 15 years ago and the polka dot present cookie jar is new this year. I love polka dots!The top of the hutch in the kitchen. The cookie jar that the tree is in was my grandmas it didn't have a cover when I got it so it makes a perfect pot for the mini tree to go in.
Nutcrackers that were painted by my mom. She painted them for Jack.... what a wonderful gift.
The Santa sign behind the nutcrackers was painted by me.

The top of the hutch in the dining room.

On Christmas Eve before our guests were about to arrive I needed some kind of decoration for the kitchen island. I cut the cedar from the tree outside and placed it on the bottom of a plate. Then I took the tangerines that were in a fruit basket and sprinkled them with cranberries...the perfect decoration. It took me about 5 minutes to put together and I got so many compliments on it. See I do work best under pressure.

The dining room table before dishes.

The Christmas tree after Santa came.

The dining room table all set and ready for guests. I had the kitchen table set too but didn't take any pictures. Notice the color of the walls and the new drapes. If you look back to some of my earlier posts you can see the room with wallpaper.

That's all I have for now. I'm keeping everything up until January 6th when I have Bunco. I'm not sure we'll play Bunco...maybe we'll have game night. We played Tabu, Catch Phrase and Apples to Apples over the holidays and had so much fun I though it would be fun for the Bunco girls too.

Enjoy the rest of the holidays!

Leanne

Dining Room Makeover

Dining room with wallpaper....

I have to say I loved this wallpaper but it was time for a change.

Below the chair rail was a burgundy sponge painted looking wallpaper.

Burgundy valances cover the top part of the windows.

What was under the wallpaper...

Pink Walls!

and more pink walls...

not a good color for the dining room.

Bring in the painters...yaaa right!

Did I mention I started this project December 1st.

I will post pictures of the after soon.

I will also share Christmas pictures too.

Wishing You All A Happy Thanksgiving

Enjoy your time with family and friends!

Leanne

More Stitching...

I just love to stitch!The colder the weather the more I like to stitch!
I just had to share this table runner with you.
I didn't like putting this piece down...I just couldn't wait to finish it.
This runner is so long I couldn't get it all in one picture.
I have a few finishing touches but I couldn't wait to show you.
I want to offer this runner to you before I list it on ebay.

This "We Can Build" table runner is all hand stitched by me.
The size is about 32 inches long by 11 inches wide and
is made of solid navy blue wool.
The writing and snowflakes are hand stitched.
The snowman and his scarf are wool and blanket stitched on.
I added button eyes, stitched eyebrows and mouth with buttons down his front.
I blanket stitched all around the runner in black.
The back of the runner is grey plaid wool.

The cost is $29 plus priority shipping of $5

If you are interested in this "We Can Built" table runner please contact me.
You can pay thru paypal or personal check.
If paying with paypal I will send you an invoice.


When I'm not stitching I've been ripping the wallpaper down from our dining room.
Why did I start this project in the middle of craft season?
I don't know! Maybe because I'm a little crazy!
You wouldn't believe the color it is now...it's primer that I put on before the wallpaper.
I'm not going to tell you because I will take pictures and show you in another post.
Until then.....
Have a Happy Day,
Leanne

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!!!!!

Green Bay Packer Fans were the hottest costume this year!

I hope your bags are full of good candy!!!

Enjoy the night,

Leanne

Warm Woolen Mittens

It's dark, it's raining, the wind is blowing, the leaves are falling off the trees and the temperature is dropping....yes, I think winter will soon be here!

What comes with winter?

Snow!

What do you wear in the snow?

Mittens!

I made these penny rugs on the way home from our long weekend trip up north.

It's a 6 1/2 hour drive so I had LOTS of time to stitch.

I was stitching a penny rug with circles when I thought I should make something new.

Mittens! I love Mittens! What goes on mittens but stitched snowflakes and of course they need a string to keep the pair together.

Do you remember when our mittens had strings attached?

The string would go up one sleeve of your jacket around the back and down the other sleeve.
We never lost our mittens.

The penny rug looked a little bare so I stitched the words "Warm Woolen Mittens" and sprinkled a few stitched snowflakes around.

I love it!

The penny rug turned out just like I wanted.

Get your warm woolen mittens ready....

Winter is near!