The stockings are hung NEXT to the chimney with care....(no mantle!)
and so much more has come to our home since my last post.
All it takes is one good social event to light a fire under my decorating muse.
That event took place on Tuesday for the Tucson Swap Queens and our Altered Cigar Box Swap!
What a fun night...13 Queens swapped the most amazing altered boxes ~ shared our favorite appetizers ~ indulged in Nadine's famous Christmas cookies and peppermint ice cream with fudge sauce...does it get any better??? Yes it does, Virginia....Marfi's uber talented daughter, Gabriella, sang "O Holy Night" and "Ave Maria" for us. She is an aspiring opera diva and we will one day see her performing on stage at the Met. I'm sure of that!
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| from me to Shann |
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| inside ~ Shann's a country girl |
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| from Karina for Alex |
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| from Laura for Karina |
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| from Marfi for Geri |
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| from Sandra for Kiera |
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| from Shann for Marfi |
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| from Katie for Debbie |
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| from Geri for Sandra |
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| from Kathleen for Katie |
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| from Karey-Ann for Kathleen |
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| from Kiera for me |
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| from Debbie for Kiera |
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| from Alex for Laura |
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| The Queens! |
I promised to catch up on swaps and I'm keeping my promise....so, I will apologize in advance for the length of this post...good time now for a "station break!"
I swapped inchie fabric art for the 12 days of Christmas with a talented group of ladies, organized by Jeanelle Ricca. I'm showing the banner-in-the-making which hangs in our breakfast room, keeping our Christmas angels company.
Here are the close-ups and artists:
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| Partridge in a Pear Tree - Jami Miller ~ 2 Turtle Doves - Tamatha Kaplan ~ 3 French Hens - Hope Ellington |
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| 4 Calling Birds - Laurie Jackson ~ 5 Golden Rings - Mollie Morrison ~ 6 Geese a Laying - Karen Hess |
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| 7 Swans a Swimming - Nora Neely ~ 8 Maids a Milking - Mary Kahler ~ 9 Ladies Dancing - Lisa Hadja |
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| 10 Lords a Leaping - Sheila Rumney ~ 11 Pipers Piping - Robin Weins ~ 12 Drummers Drumming - Jeanelle Ricca |
These were all individually wrapped and packaged in the most amazing and creative ways!
The Button Floozies exchanged ornaments with 3 different people, so that made for a lot of buttons and gorgeous creations.
And Laurie also included this sweet inchie
The second to arrive was from the amazing Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart at
http://maryhelenfernandezstewart.blogspot.com
Next came this gorgeous package with the prettiest vintage button! The artist is Linda Olstad at
http://www.fancylinda.com/
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| the sweetest felt ornie deer with the teeniest MOP buttons I've ever seen! |
Here's what I created and sent to these lovely ladies...
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| a spoonful of sugar |
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| wrapped and ready to post |
There are a couple of other swaps I've received, but I'm waiting for some final ones to arrive and I will share all that with you next Monday. In the meantime....
- Blessings for your visit and bloglove
- Blessings for your friendship
- Peace and calm for you and your family
- 9 Days till Hanukkah and
- 13 Days till Christmas, so hang in there...it's all good!
- Have a beautiful week!
xoxo
Karen
Here are the close-ups and artists:
8 comments:
I loved seeing all your swaps! The banner you made from our inchie swap is adorable! It's fun to see what everyone did with them!
gosh karen... you are sure a lucky girl... such talented ladies and i sure love those cigar boxes.. and all the treasures made.. and the special part is that they were made by hand and more so special.. i loved seeing them all.. my favorite of all is that darling deer... so stinkin cute lol
wish i lived closer . id love to join in the fun..
have a great week and as always thanks for sharing with us..
much love and big hugs
lynn
WOW, it's all so gorgeous and your home looks so beautiful and the projects are fantastic!! I adore that button tree--so adorable!! Happy Holidays to you and your family~
XO
Cindy
Well this makes for an eventful week! :) What sweet swaps you ladies had, and the amount of creativity is astounding! :)
Hugs,
well I had some catching up to do!
what a lot of wonderfulness
ho ho ho
and
fa la la
thanks for sharing dear Karen
my tea post tomorrow is all about bottle brush trees...sweet collection you have along with all of the lovely vignettes you showed us
and those cigar boxes
ooh la laa!
oxo
Your home looks beautiful,Karen. Loved to see all the wonderful swaps.TFS.Have a lovely week.
XO Marie
Karen you are a rock star! and how blessed you are to be able to have kindred spirits over to your house!! Your house looks so pretty!! XO Fran.
Wow, you did some fabulous swaps. You need to tell me how you hear about these...I would love to join in sometime. And I would also love to hear about the inchies...I have seen them before and would love to try my hand at that too...sometime when you get a chance email me...lencar@cox.net....and your home looks great...I really liked all the little trees grouped together!
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