The Fifth Day of Christmas

On the Fifth Day of Christmas 

My true love gave to me,

Five O N I O N rings!

(along with a Papa Burger and A&W root beer in a mug)

Four Caring Words,

Three Wrench Pens,

Two Turtled Gloves,

And a Cartridge in a Bare Tree.

And here is my true love enjoying lunch.  We rarely get a chance to have lunch together, just the two of us, so it was extra fun to bring his gift for day five and have 45 whole minutes with my true love!  (And isn't he a handsome dude! )

And the song goes on......... 

The Fourth Day of Christmas

On the fourth day of Christmas 

My true love gave to me,

Four Caring Words,

I Really Love You!

Three Wrench Pens,

Two Turtled Gloves,

And a Cartridge in a Bare Tree.

1 bag of Kisses for my true love in a nice jar....  hope he'll share!   XXXOOO

The Third Day of Christmas

On the third day of Christmas

My true love gave to me...

Three Wrench Pens,

(great for the times things need fixing and white-out won't cut it)

Two Turtled Gloves,

And a Cartridge in a Bare Tree.

12 Days of Christmas Day 2

On the second day of Christmas

My true love gave to me,

Two Turtled Gloves,

And a Cartridge in a Bare Tree.

(Turtle Candy stuffed inside a pair of gloves)

12 Days of Christmas for Fun Day 1

I've been thinking my amazing husband needs some extra love this Christmas season for all the hard work he does for our family. (and for putting up with me!)  I decided to do a 12 Days of Christmas countdown TO Christmas for him.  (I do realize that the actual dates would be from Christmas until Jan. 6th - but this is just for fun.)   I'm trying to not spend much, and he has a great sense of humor so he'll "get it" with my sillyness! 

I'll post a picture of each day as it happens:

On the first day of Christmas 

My true love gave to me,

A Cartridge in a Bare Tree.

(An empty shotgun shell "cartridge" tied to a branch from my lilac bush worked wonderfully!)



More pics to follow!  I could post more now but Dave follows my blog. :)

Ruffle Pillow

I tried my hand at making a pillow for the couch in my dining room.  It didn't turn out too bad...  I might have preferred a square pillow, but pillow forms were more money than I wanted to practice with.  This was a little travel sized pillow from Walmart that cost me $3.  I used a strip of crushed velvet left from making a dress for the flower...  just cut a strip, it rolled together and I just twisted it as I wound it around to create the flower.  Glued to a circle of felt - and added a button.

I see a lot more ruffles coming in the future.  They're fun and easy to make!

Scripture Bag

Nicole (9) liked my ruffled bag, but didn't want so many ruffles on hers.  She designed it herself.... chose the fabric and ribbon, assembled the flower the way she wanted. :)

The bag fits her scriptures, a pencil and a pack of tissue just perfect for toting to church!