Hope, Preparation and Joy

There is a darling little girl that turned 7 last week....

that sits with her family across the aisle from me in church most Sundays....

or somewhere close by...

and sometimes she comes and sits with my husband and I.

I made the little glitter house above for her last week.

It's on a box and I put some little girl things inside

(I just so happen to HAVE a lot of little girl things in my art room!! Don't we all?)

Below is my matchbox for the first day of Advent...

you saw that here.

Nathalie is showing each one of the matchboxes each day on her blog.

You really should visit her each day to see.

You should also visit Nathalie's Etsy Shop!

She finds the most wonderful treasures

and

she also makes some beautiful things she offers in her shop also.

Go forth and shop!

Early Morning Visitor

Upon getting a second cup of coffee and glancing out the back window...

I saw something strange on the fence.....

I took A LOT of pictures!

I'll spare you the ones with his head

turned totally around

and the ones

of him peering down.

Didn't get any of the annoying Texas State Bird

accosting him.... our noisy Mockingbird!

Mr. Owl could not be bothered by Mockingbirds

or by the woman in the window

with her camera!

I was hyperventilating when he flew down to the patio!

After grabbing the big bug and eating it...

he looked at me as if to say,

"Take a picture, why don't you?"





..and he left!

I'm still watching for him tho....

First the snow.... then an owl!
What's next?
Christmas!!!

Snow!

.... snow is quiet.... snow has almost melted... it was a good day in Houston!

Snow?

I've seen some snow in the kitchen the last few days....

I'm making a few little glitter houses for some friends!

And I received a wonderful package this week.... a sweet surprise from Cindy Ericsson!

You can tell by the outside of most packages you receive if it's from one of your art friends!

Inside was more wrapping....a beautiful map of Hawaii and

a photo card she had made!

I love the layered dress!

Isn't she pretty!

And...look..... snowflakes!!!

Could this be a foretelling of what's to come?

It's NEVER snowed two years in a row in Houston, Texas!

Really? Yep, never since they've kept records!

hmmmmmmmmmm!

Birthdays for little sisters

My little sister had a big birthday last week.....

She thinks she's old!

I should be so young!

Of course I had to MAKE something to commemorate the day!

Something with the NUMBER on it!

I knew when I was in Omaha at Silver Bella that

I was going home and make this for her....

I had already made the sewing machine cover.... I left some of the embellishing

up to her since she is a quilter! We'll see what she does!

All the crocheted flowers and trim were

done by our Mother. We lost her in 2003.

I cut up an old doily and edged the machine cover with it.

Some of the buttons and "stuff" are from her button box

and the pink felted wool bird is from an old family blanket.

Happy Birthday to Fonda!

Wreaths of Paper

I made this Saturday in the

middle of the kitchen

while my husband

started dinner.

I did throw some

salad stuff in a bowl!

I could not stop

rolling and gluing!

I love it!

This is where I saw it... Lindsay's and had to make one!

You know I didn't think of this on my own!!!

I hung it today...

What do you think?

It might not have taken me as long if I hadn't made my rolls so tight.

But I'm happy with it.

Here is another one

at Honeysuckle Lane

apparently there can

be variations on this!

I found both of these on

Dawn's wonderful blog -

she always has things to inspire me!

Have you started decorating yet?

Great Game on Thanksgiving!

Gig 'em, Aggies!

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving!