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12.22.11

A long time ago I made these ornaments. I really enjoyed making them. I have since seen half a dozen tutorials to do similar kinds of things to clear glass ornaments. If I see any on clearance after Christmas, may be tempted to pick them up and make some more.

Hey, did you know you can put day-old homemade waffles in the toaster and they are GREAT? I just found that out. They are so good, they do not even need syrup or butter. I don't put butter on mine anyway but it is hard to resist real maple syrup.

12.21.11

My $5 wreath from Rose Department store. It looks like I could encourage it to be heart shaped. Maybe I will do that next year. When I hung it up, it looked fine because, you know, wreaths are round, that is what I expected to see, so that is what I saw.

12.20.11

One bear is not enough for a tea party.

Unfortunately, they will all need their heads examined.

12.19.11

One Monday in November, I wrote about my little Brown Betty. Since then, I have found that I enjoy looking at pictures of teapots and tea kettles and teacups so I have decided to share tea related pictures on Mondays.

It is lovely, isn't it? It is called a Forget-Me-Not Infuser Mug. I probably would not use it but if you want to buy one, you can go HERE.

12.18.11

The deadline for my Christmas Stocking Swap via AUNT PITTY PAT has come and gone. I have received my package from Maria B but when I mailed hers Tuesday, the post mistress said I should have sent it out on December 9 to guarantee its arrival by Christmas. It might still get there on time! I thought 13 days would surely be enough time to get to Ontario. I think I could get there in 5 myself.

12.17.11

HECK. I can't get this post to wait until tomorrow and I have already lost and rewritten it twice. Also, I hate the way the photos are difficult to place within the text. There has to be a better blogging system out there somewhere.

I am making bears. I am using felt and doing a lot of machine stitching, some hand stitching, and thoroughly enjoying it. I wish I had all wool felt to work with but this crafty quality is workable. I wanted a bear to be just the right size to enjoy this little tea party. Do you see the price? I found it at CVS.

Oops, it isn't Monday Tea Time and I have a tea related post. I will try to save all my other tea-set pictures for Mondays. This tea pot is about 2 inches tall, so I thought a 6-7 inch bear would be just about right. I looked through my patterns but didn't see exactly what I wanted, so, of course, I reinvented the wheel--that is, I drafted my own pattern.

I wanted a slimmer sort of style but I wanted it to be be proportional.

I don't know if you can tell, but the head turned out much too large and required a lot of retro-fitting.

She looks a little cold. I will have to make her a dress.

12.16.11

You have not seen anything new here for a couple of days because I have been busy entering contests. Sometimes the contest has given me an extra entry if I "like" them on FaceBook or mention them here on my OWN blog. Well, here is the main one I have been doing.

It is sponsored by The Quilting Gallery.

As part of their BLOG HOP, I went HERE to BEAQUILTER where she is giving away this:

Wouldn't it be wonderful if I won?

I have a backlog of pictures to share but they are still in the camera. Maybe I can come up with something you might like