Inchie Countdown

I found this advent calendar project in a magazine. I decided to make it for a friend as soon as I realized it would be perfect for displaying Christmas inchies!

I wish I had used a bit darker ink to stamp the numbered pockets in. I started this during the storm, when our electricity was out and found out later that colors just don't look the same when stamped by candlelight, LOL.

The inchies fit onto the top part of each tag and the bottom of the tag tucks into the pocket perfectly displaying the inchies.

I glued inchies to three of the tags and left the others blank so my friend could add her favorites to the countdown.

I have a lot more stuff to post over the next week so keep checking back.

Decking the Halls!

This is my Christmas present from mom and dad. I saw this 3 foot tall iron Eiffel Tower on sale for half price in Hobby Lobby in September and talked mom into getting it for me. I am glad we bought it when we did, as they were sold out soon afterwards. I've decorated it for Christmas with an antique tree topper and lights. It would look better if the lights didn't have white cords/wiring but that was all I could find in our cupboard.

Somewhere under there is an actual Christmas tree... However it is fake, so it doesn't need to show, LOL.



Our friend Kelly, sent mom and me these beautiful bird ornaments that are perfect for our tree!

Here is an unhappy Cricket posing in Santa hat in front of the Christmas tree.

She is a talented pouter!

Ice Storm

It's been a while since I have posted. We have been dealing with the aftermath of the major ice storms that came through Oklahoma two weeks ago. These pictures were taken after the first wave of the storms came through. We just thought it looked bad then.... After two more rounds of ice it looked like a huge bomb had detonated in the area. I didn't get photos of the later damage as, by then, we were without power and I was trying to conserve the digital camera's AA batteries in case we needed them for something else.

The saddest loss was our beautiful Willow tree. It was split in two after later rounds of ice...

Looking down our street.

This is a view of the back of the property. Dad's shop and our storage building are completely hidden from view by the fallen tree limbs on the right side of the photo. After the ice finally melted we were able to determine that the falling limbs had miraculously missed both buildings.

This is the only tree on the property that was not destroyed by the storms. A few limbs on the right side of the tree were broken after the second wave of ice hit, but it is still standing strong and beautiful.