The elf is busy!

Little booklet journals done to record our memories of the winter woods and retreat fun.

And door name pendants waiting to be hung.

Now on to the next project!

A warm feeling

A warm greeting and a warm feeling always is there at the art cabin at The Center.

Now especially, being dressed in it's winter finery. I must remember this Red Pine needle is the one I used on my "Miss Hickory" collage for her sewing needle. It made a lovely sturdy one and I even was able to slit an "eye" in it and thread it.

Wednesday already!

Pendants completed yesterday and now to add the little wood hangers and some ribbon. Made a giant trip to Michaels in the afternoon to find goodies for the bottle snowmen session planned. Came out with bagfuls! Class this morning. Worked on my collage inbetween everything else yesterday and am searching my brain for the right image to add. I am concentrating on "what you are will be yours forever" as a theme. Think!

Getting ready!

Tomorrow is my collage class and this weekend is the retreat. Lots to do! This morning working on pendants, for the bedroom doors, using assorted Christmas papers. No problem! No scarcity of paper around here!

What's this?

Wow! What is this white stuff?

Henri thinks this is fun!

And Timber remembers it from last year and just wants to get back inside.

Snow!

It's December 1st and we've had a night of snowing! Some years we are still waiting on Christmas Day for snow. Maybe this year we will get our share. I hope we get some this coming weekend. It's the Christmas Retreat at The Center! The woods are extra beautiful all dressed in white. And, since I co-host this wonderful event, I will be calling Lois this morning to finalize the planned festivities of decorating and craft-making for the soon-to-be-arriving guests. I have been dreaming of red delicious apples with tapers for the dining table, collage pendants for the bedroom doors, little handmade booklets for woodland thoughts, peppermint stick yule logs with greetings, star garlands for the Christmas tree, cardinals and mice made from pinecones, frozen luminaries with cranberries and branches, evergreen swags, snowmen bottles, tinsel moon and star ornaments, Victorian calling cards, collaged fabric snow scenes, fabric balls, and more. I guess we could spend the week!

Yesterday was the beginning of that magical holiday feeling. We were invited to a 40th anniversary party for a favorite couple of ours, and it was a lovely affair. She, in her wedding dress and him, his tuxedo. A wet chilly day outside, their beautiful home was warm inside with the big stone fireplace blazing and a roomful of some of our favorite people. A memorable day.

Saturday evening

Turkey time and happy birthday to me!