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I participated in the Spring/Easter Cloche Swap, hosted by <a href="http://521lakestreet-sandy.blogspot.com/">Sandy at 521 Lake St</a>.</div>
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Make a miniature Spring or Easter Cloche for your partner and include a few extras! </div>
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My partners were Michelle and Ashley, who blog at <a href="http://thetatteredquiltcottage.blogspot.com/">A Tattered Quilt Cottage</a>. </div>
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I had not traded with Michelle and Ashley before...it's always fun to trade with new gals!.</div>
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I forgot to take a picture of how the cloche was packaged.....they used a plastic strawberry container, you know the kind you buy the large strawberries in, and filled it with pink Easter grass! So clever!!</div>
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How sweet is this????? Michelle and Ashley used vintage Easter treasures to make this!</div>
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They also created a darling clothespin doll....she's dressed in her Easter best, holding on tight to her Easter bunny!!</div>
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Love this Easter button!! The paper is darling and the duckie is just too cute!!</div>
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Michelle and Ashley also sent me hand wash, lotion and a must have for every flea marketer.....anti bacterial hand wash!!<br />
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Thanks to Sandy for hosting such a fun swap, and to Michelle and Ashley for wonderful Easter treats!<br />
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Two weeks ago, the ladies club at St. Thomas hosted the 11th annual Ladies Spring Tea.</div>
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I offered to host two tables........I wasn't sure what my theme would be, but I knew I wanted the tables to have a theme that went together.</div>
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peanut butter and jelly, ice cream and cake, salt and pepper</div>
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I decided on......a little drum roll please......</div>
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Sweet and Sour!</div>
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As a hostess you are asked to provide the table decorations, the place settings, tea cups, and favors if you want.<br />
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The centerpiece goes home with one of the ladies at your table.<br />
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I made sugar hand scrub for each table....the sweet table had grapefruit fragrance added to it...not really sweet, but the color worked and the sour table had lemon scrub.<br />
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I created a mini candy bar for each table....pink and white candy for the sweet table, and yellow and white for the sour table.<br />
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My two favorite tea pots at the event<br />
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And my favorite table at tea this year.....a centerpiece with a wonderful pot full of herb plants....embellished with gnomes and lady bugs.<br />
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Hosting a table for the St. Thomas luncheon is one of my favorite things to do! </div>
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Perfectly Printedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07131220541872302088noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549373930092083349.post-66309733230445971132014-03-26T13:39:00.001-07:002014-03-26T13:39:31.301-07:00The Storm Door Is Open!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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The weatherman says the storm door is open!</div>
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That means the Bay Area will be getting some much needed rain! If the weatherman is correct, we should be seeing a few days of rain!</div>
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I know there are a lot of you out in blogland that are hoping to see the end of winter storms, but we need the rain so badly here, I say bring it on!</div>
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This was the view from my desk this morning!</div>
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I haven't seen this is a very long time!</div>
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I'm hoping the patio cushions that I forgot to move in will dry.....I didn't really believe the weatherman when he said we would be getting rain this week!</div>
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Perfectly Printedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07131220541872302088noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549373930092083349.post-51562151735615438082014-03-21T14:22:00.001-07:002014-03-21T14:22:05.725-07:00A Little Card Making!<div style="text-align: center;">
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I spent an evening this week crafting two birthday cards.....</div>
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I'm way behind in sharing the wonderful St. Paddy's Day treat's <a href="http://virginiaretro.blogspot.com/">Pam</a> sent me. No excuses but between work and celebrating Mr. Math's 60th birthday last weekend I just couldn't find the time....I know, you are thinking what a lucky guy Mr. Math is to have married someone so much younger than he is!! TeHe! All the girls, and their families were home for a long weekend...he was so happy to have them home to celebrate with us...the best present he could ask for! Getting ready for them to visit and then cleaning up after they've all gone home keeps me busy!</div>
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Pam who blogs at <a href="http://virginiaretro.blogspot.com/">Virginia Retro</a> was my Secret Leprechaun in the swap Vivian who blogs at <a href="http://vivs-whimsy.blogspot.com/">Viv Out On A Whim</a> hosted.</div>
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The box that my secret leprechaun sent was wearin' the green!<br />
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This past Saturday night daughter number 4, Kate, sent me a text asking if I wanted to go to the Treasure Island Flea Market on Sunday.</div>
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Flea Market friend and I have talked about going to the Treasure Island Flea Market but never have been able to make it work..</div>
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<a href="http://www.ask.com/wiki/Treasure_Island,_San_Francisco?o=2800&qsrc=999&ad=doubleDown&an=apn&ap=ask.com">Treasure Island</a> is a man made Island in the San Francisco Bay. It was built in 1936 and 1937 for the Golden Gate International Exposition.</div>
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So a couple of different things about the Treasure Island Flea Market......<br />
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The market was packed! Lots of vintage goodies, tons vintage shoes, but also lots of new, artsy stuff.<br />
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Kate and her roommate were looking for small patio furniture for the house they share in San Francisco. And their boyfriends, who are also roommates were looking for bar stools.<br />
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The boys found their vintage bar stools....nice and sturdy, they look like they could survive living in a house with 4 young men. And they only paid $30.00 a chair...not too bad!<br />
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The girls found two vintage patio chairs! I think the vendor was tired of them asking if he could do better on the price..... he finally said give me $30.00 for the two and just take them!<br />
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Looking from Treasure Island toward San Francisco and the Bay Bridge<br />
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The San Francisco Bay Bridge heading from Treasure Island to downtown San Francisco.<br />
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I swapped Valentine treasures with Chris who blogs at <a href="http://alittlecreations.blogspot.com/">A Little Creation</a>.</div>
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And Chris thought of everything!!</div>
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Two cute pooches looking at me!!</div>
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She printed pictures of my dogs off my blog to make this sweet Valentine! Chris sent Chloe and Cassidy a soft toy to play with and some Yummy dog treats! </div>
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Just like chocolate in our house the dog treats did not last long!</div>
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Chris printed pictures from previous posts and used them in her wrapping. Such a clever idea!!</div>
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Sudoku is right up his alley!! He still takes about the other Chris who thought of sending him something for Valentine's Day!!</div>
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Some wonderful vintage Valentine's, lace, a vintage hankie, a jar of red and white buttons, and lots of special papers for crafting had my name written all over it!</div>
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I participated in the Valentine Spoolie Swap hosted by Sue, who blogs at <a href="http://suelovescherries.blogspot.com/">It's A Very Cherry World</a>.......and guess who my partner was???</div>
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If you guessed the hostess, Sue, you were right!</div>
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So nicely wrapped, and a vintage Hallmark paper coaster too!! I do love the vintage paper coasters!</div>
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Love the details around the window!</div>
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Things are getting back to normal here at the Xavier Ct. House.....my daughter and granddaughter flew back to Arizona yesterday. Today is the day for putting Miss M's toys away, and getting the bedding and towels washed.</div>
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A couple of weeks ago, my imaginary friend, <a href="http://tammysloves.blogspot.com/">Tammy</a>, sent me a Valentine!</div>
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I did not get it until Monday night......Tammy sent an email asking if I'd gotten it....she couldn't remember if she'd mailed it. You know how it is...we all have so much going on! When I saw her email I knew what had happened....the neighbors around the block have the same house number as we do and sometimes our mail gets delivered to there. I went over and guess what???? They had my Valentine! They apologized for not bringing it over sooner but they'd been on vacation for almost a month!<br />
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Tammy and I were partners in a Christmas swap a couple of years ago and have kept in touch. Every once in awhile a package shows up in my mailbox......or an unexpected email is delivered to my inbox.<br />
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"Hey imaginary friend", what's new? Just checking in...<br />
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, blog pals are the best!!<br />
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I'm behind I sharing my valentine swaps, I will try and get a post up tomorrow and one Sunday..<br />
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My oldest daughter and my grand Miss Margaret have been here for a week....I've been enjoying my time with my girls from Arizona! Between going to the park everyday and the library for toddler story time and crafts, there hasn't been much time for blogging!<br />
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Our Valentine Tea that was scheduled for this past Saturday had to be cancelled!</div>
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Our hostess and her family came down with the stomach flu......so no Valentine Tea.</div>
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We missed seeing each other, but no one wants to get sick and no one who is sick wants to host a tea party!</div>
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I spent my time Saturday, putting a few Valentine's out.</div>
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I did a few smaller vignettes...In the past I would decorate my sideboard, but one of our girls gave us her flat panel TV, (who could say no to a gift like that), but it did not fit in our entertainment center and I ended up using my sideboard for the TV.</div>
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I may still switch things around but I did not want to buy something for the flat panel just to buy....one, I didn't really want to spend the money. and two, I couldn't find something that I just loved!</div>
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A favorite Valentine of mine.....one my Dad gave to my Mom!</div>
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I've seen some wonderful Valentine displays on other blogs! </div>
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I decide to go with simple displays this year, just don't have quite the energy to get to put out too much. Work is very busy, and it feels like I just got Christmas put away!</div>
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Are you doing much Valentine decorating this year?</div>
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To a Valentine Tea!!</div>
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Aren't these the cutest invitations? The invitation maker out did herself!<br />
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Don't they look delicious???<br />
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Perfectly Printedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07131220541872302088noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549373930092083349.post-33283693521833092882014-01-15T12:46:00.000-08:002014-01-15T12:46:41.899-08:00We Are Planning A Wedding!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
Daughter number four, Miss Liz has announced her engagement to a wonderful young man!!</div>
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We couldn't be happier!!</div>
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Liz's future in laws live in Incline Village Nevada. Rob grew up in Incline Village.....the neighbors across the street offered their house on the Lake for the wedding.....as you can imagine Liz and Rob jumped at the chance!<br />
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It was cold,raining and windy on Lake Tahoe last Saturday!<br />
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The reception will be across the street at Rob's parents house. Cocktail hour in the front yard and dinner will be in the backyard.<br />
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Our planning is moving right along....we have a photographer, and Liz has picked out her wedding dress. I went to Reno this past weekend to meet with a caterer. We loved them and are on their calendar!<br />
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Perfectly Printedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07131220541872302088noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549373930092083349.post-89381301147917436132014-01-09T13:33:00.000-08:002014-01-09T13:33:41.732-08:00Finished Quilts!<div style="text-align: center;">
I worked on two quilts this holiday season....one was a baby quilt and one was a Christmas quilt for Miss Margaret.</div>
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Years ago I bought a few panels of fabric because I loved the Santa's on it and I loved the sayings.</div>
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Of course I never did anything with panels...until this year when I decided to make a Christmas quilt for Miss M. </div>
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Can you believe 2013 is gone and 2014 is here?</div>
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Mr. Math is visiting our Miss Margaret in Phoenix and my local girls had big plans to spend New Year's Eve in San Francisco.</div>
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I know a lot of folks pick a word for the year.....I have never done that....but this year if I was going to choose a word it would be......<br />
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My plan for 2014 is to make time for myself.......spending more time at the YMCA working out, and joining weight watchers. <br />
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I'm also planning on taking a beginning quilting class....I consider myself to be sort of a beginner and a half quilter....I have a few weakness when it comes to quilting...I tend to feel rushed, I need to be a better cutter, and I need help with sewing triangles, my points are always just a little off....I'm a visual learner and thought a class would be helpful.<br />
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It is funny how the start of a new year makes me feel....a bit like I have a new opportunity to start fresh!<br />
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Cheers to a wonderful and exciting 2014!!<br />
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Love these little angels....I found them at a garage sale around the block....and a favorite tag of mine made by Tammy who blogs at Tammy's in Love...she's on a little blog break...sure miss her blog!<br />
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For several years in a row, my girlfriends and I went to a Christmas tea held in a historical home in my hometown of Campbell.....and they always decorated the bathtub.....<br />
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Every year I looked forward to seeing how the tub was decorated.....the first year I came home and immediately decorated the Xavier Ct. House bathtub. Over the years I have displayed a Christmas village, a Christmas tree with presents and a snowman.......<br />
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This year I decided to something simple.....I think the swan swimming in a lake, surrounded by snow is my favorite!</div>
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Christmas Eve, I heard one of my young guests, a four year old, ask his mom where the bathroom was....she said you remember it's the room with the swan in it!<br />
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I found this idea on Pinterest....you use three different sized wreaths to make a snowman....I made his hat out of black felt, added two twigs from my backyard for arms and a red scarf finished him off! I was pretty happy with how he turned out!<br />
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We had a wonderful Christmas! We were missing my oldest daughter and her husband and of course their daughter Miss Margaret! All the other girls were home.<br />
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All I can say is thank goodness for Facetime! We were able to Facetime with them Christmas morning and enjoyed watching Margaret with her presents from us!<br />
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Like many of you, I have my favorite Christmas decorations....ones I look forward to unpacking every year.</div>
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I've shared this manger scene before.....it is so very special to me because my Dad made it! </div>
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I know, I've told you that before too but...... I tell the story every year to anyone who will listen.....</div>
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When I was 6 or 7 my Dad decided to make a manger scene for us.....</div>
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He used two very special models.....my Barbie and Ken dolls! He cut the shapes out of Styrofoam and then wrapped them in gold wrapping paper. I had so much fun watching him create this! They have been given new clothes over the fifty years, and one of the wise men has lost his gift.</div>
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After my Dad passed away and my Mom moved in with us she said it was time to pass this set on to our family.</div>
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We do treasure it!</div>
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Another family favorite is a set of Mickey Mouse Christmas lights!<br />
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My Dad bought these for his family in 1937.<br />
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a little gift for Minnie!<br />
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Our first Christmas together Mr. Math's Mom gave him two special decorations that had been gifts to him from his babysitter....<br />
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They both held candy....the boot had flavored candy canes and the Santa held taffy.<br />
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Both the boot and the Santa were sent from Knott's Berry Farm in Southern California.<br />
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The Santa is missing an arm...every Christmas I think about trying fix his broken arm......I've never done it, nothing has come to mind on how to give this big guy a new arm.......<br />
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I'm sure you have favorite ornaments or decorations that you put out year after year.....<br />
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These are just a few of my favorite things!<br />
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If you've read my blog for awhile, you know that a few times a year I get together with two girlfriends and host tea parties for our little group of friends.</div>
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Our annual Christmas Tea was last Sunday. For this event there were a total of four of us who put this tea together. The Christmas Tea is the biggest tea party of the year! We open up the guest list to include our daughters!</div>
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My self and the flea market friend alternate years hosting and this year it was my turn.</div>
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The invitations were sent and we had twenty four ladies attending!</div>
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I set three tables of eight......I used our dining room/kitchen table, and put two more tables in the living room.....I move out my couch, end tables, and side chairs in order to make room for the tables. The furniture all gets moved into the master bedroom....no peeking in there during the tea party!</div>
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When it comes time for the gift exchange we head upstairs to the family room.</div>
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We started off with a salad, and served five different types of tea sandwiches. Of course, no tea is complete without scones, lemon curd and devonshire cream!</div>
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One thing that is always at the top of my list is Christmas Tea with my girlfriends!</div>
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A month or so ago I read a post about the Country Living Fair in Atlanta this past fall on a blog called <a href="http://confessionsofaplateaddict.blogspot.com/2013/10/at-country-living-fair.html">Confessions of a Plate Addict</a>.</div>
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And this is what they made me!<br />
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At first I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it....I really didn't want to put it outside...I thought maybe it could be a Christmas card holder, but I don't have anywhere downstairs to put it......<br />
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I still wasn't sure what I would do with it though....<br />
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You know how it works.....all of a sudden a light bulb goes off and BAM!! You've got an idea!<br />
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I decided to use it to display all my Christmas tags and shadow boxes from previous Christmas swaps!<br />
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I wrapped a red and white quilt around the bottom, added a few vintage Christmas books, a rocker and teddy bear to finish it off.<br />
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If you look upstairs from the entry way you can see it at the top of the stairs. I still need to add this year's White Christmas Swap Tags to the tree.<br />
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I'm really happy with how it turned out!<br />
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This year I was determined not to spend any money on new.....well I guess I should say new for me...Like most of you my favorites are vintage.....Christmas decorations.<br />
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The tree didn't cost me anything but a batch of cookies, and it was using up the extra wood....a pretty good deal if I do say so myself!<br />
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I had to keep it by my desk until I could have my daughter pick it up for me, it would not fit in my car......I had more comments about the wood tree as it sat by my desk waiting to be picked up....so far the packers have made 6 for co-workers!!<br />
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Have you added any new Christmas decorations to your supply this year or are you changing up the decorations you already have?<br />
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Perfectly Printedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07131220541872302088noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549373930092083349.post-77752360743943796232013-12-10T12:46:00.000-08:002013-12-10T12:46:27.877-08:00Gingerbread Houses!!<div style="text-align: center;">
It's funny how Christmas traditions start....for years a close friend hosted a Gingerbread House party. </div>
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The last year she hosted she built over 300 Gingerbread Houses! Can you believe it? It was an open house that started at 10am and went until 5pm. </div>
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A few years ago Maria asked me if I would mind hosting.....I said of course not, but on a much smaller scale.<br />
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Every year Maria drops off the molds, she has 3 of them...so you get a house and a half out of each oven session. As you can see the molds have a lot love on them!<br />
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This past Friday I made 17 gingerbread houses in anticipation of children coming over to decorate on Sunday.<br />
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We had 14 attend this year.....and we made 3 kits to take to kids who almost gave up a trip to Disneyland just to decorate Gingerbread Houses! How crazy is that!!<br />
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Hunter and Jax, the two youngest decorators this year, hard at work making the perfect house!<br />
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Rebecca and Dan just starting...these two put in some long hours decorating their houses,<br />
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Perfectly Printedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07131220541872302088noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549373930092083349.post-59661352568175390762013-12-04T11:22:00.000-08:002013-12-04T11:22:11.542-08:00A Little Late Night Crafting!<div style="text-align: center;">
My daughter Meredith is leaving today for East Lansing Michigan......one of her closest college friends lives there with her family.</div>
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Meredith had lived in Seattle for 4 years and it just so happened that her job there was ending at the same time my daughter Meghann needed someone to help her in Phoenix for two months while she got settled after moving from Atlanta.<br />
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She played nanny to Miss Margaret until Meghann's husband was able to join them. While Meghann was busy with her new job Meredith and Margaret did a lot of exploring in the Phoenix area.<br />
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It did not surprise me when Meredith said she had collected some feathers while hiking....she has always loved feathers.....She said they were Turkey feathers....we decided that they would make perfect wings for the angels! </div>
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Meredith learned how to blanket stitch late last night and I think she had fun sorting through my collections looking for embellishments.<br />
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She also decided to make Miss Margaret an angel when she gets back next week......Meredith said Margaret loved helping collect the Turkey feathers and thought this would be a nice remembrance of their time together.<br />
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Meredith is staying with us until after the first of the year when she's moving to Portland.<br />
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What I really should have been doing is pulling out my tablecloths and napkins for Thanksgiving... Oh, and I had cleaning the bathrooms on my to do list as well.....</div>
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A few weeks ago at the local flea market, I saw one....I didn't take a picture because the seller was right there and I felt a little awkward taking a picture.<br />
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I had a wonderful Sunday afternoon, Building The Night Before Christmas house, while watching Miracle on 34th Street...<br />
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And my finished bowl! I used Christmas fabric scraps for mine. </div>
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A wonderful way to spend an afternoon!!</div>
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I finally got Halloween put away and my small Thanksgiving box out.</div>
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I started with a Thanksgiving platter that my folks used every time we had a turkey dinner!</div>
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It's hard to tell from this picture but I found an Indian Gurley candle in a box of my mom's.....Love this special guy too! I don't remember my mom using this for her Thanksgiving table growing up, but she loved garage sales too so I'm guessing she picked it up somewhere along the way.</div>
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Can you believe Thanksgiving is just around the corner???</div>
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I had promised myself that I would finish the <a href="http://perfectlyprinted.blogspot.com/2013/08/one-little-two-little-three-little.html">Halloween quilt</a> that I started several years ago by Halloween this year.</div>
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I took off the few embellishments that I had added so the long arm quilting wouldn't get caught on them.<br />
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I haven't added any of them back yet, so maybe it doesn't really qualify as finished yet....<br />
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I don't really have a place to hang the quilt as a display, and I thought if someone ended up using it as a quilt to warm up with, the buttons and snaps might keep it from feeling cozy. I'll have to think about it.<br />
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I also finished up a little felted black cat. I used dental floss for his whiskers and gave him orange eyes and a little bell.<br />
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That about does it for Halloween for the Xavier Ct. House.<br />
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Are you still decorating for Halloween?<br />
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