FIRST REAL SNOW OF THE SEASON, et al

 

Here's our view from the  tv room on the

East side of our house...

I love how my climbing rose looks with

its snow frosting;)))

Tom put up those solar "flaming" lights

on each post--at night they just glow

and really do look like flames!! 

[My "10 yr old self" just loves to

watch them hahahaha].

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Two of my Christmas Cacti are just

beginning to set bloom:

This lovely white one...

and

I am not sure if this is the yellow one???

We shall see...

The other two are stubbornly just 

waiting......👿

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After yesterday's post--

here are the 3 I have finally

chosen to work on...

Early this morning, before I ventured out

into our frigid weather (Brrr 6 windchill),

I found what I think can be the backings for the

Christmas Strawberries

16" wide tablerunner.  

The rest of the red berries print used on the front

and this lovely leftover Christmas landscape

I found at the bottom of my Christmas box...

I am going for Christmassy prints as

these Strawberries do look like 

Christmas in their reds and greens...

to me...

I hope to sew this backing together

and layer 

this up 

this afternoon...

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On this cold cold day I am cooking

us a chicken dinner with

all the fixins'--

[I cheated by purchasing 

a pre-cooked bird just

big enough for the two

of us with enough left

over for sandwiches

tomorrow...]

:'))))))

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(hoping-to-just-be-"whelmed"-

per-you-,Naan,-euse)

;)))

WINTER HAS ARRIVED, et al

 

My version of a Jan Patek pattern from last year...

this is hanging on my dining room wall to

herald the coming of Christmas

and

with this really cold North wind and

actual (be still my 💓) snow flurries

yesterday!!!:))))

I had a lot of fun making this one--

especially that little flying Angel..

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We lit our little Maple Sugar scented

candle and placed it on my

little Christmas Ojos mat

and watched the sun go down at 

4:20 yesterday with early

darkening skies and wind lashed

trees...

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I spy some little bits of greenery on the base--

just maybe (fingers crossed) my amaryllis

will bloom?????

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I call this "Christmas Strawberries"

I began making these a while back

after seeing Melisa's  quilt

(click)

So....

I drafted my own pattern 

(shamelessly copying hers--

she ok'ed it hahaha).

**Note the skewed strawberry cap on

the topmost one--should I undo it??

Or just let it go its own way???

Her full sized quilt is such a beauty,

I couldn't resist trying a few blocks...

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A sure sign of winter is my 

December Daily Journal [above]

making its debut

that I

work in every year....

Here are a few pages to be 

journaled on....

They are all made from magazine images, my own

stamped images, and various scrappy leftovers

which include any junk mail and scraps--

Only my "Rudebecka" Reindeer is made

from fabric and one of my dies...

I add lots of sparkley stuff for fun....

(you can click on images to enlarge)

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Both Tom and I are under the

weather with head colds..

so we are mostly napping and

taking it easy...

Until next time..

hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(sniffling-and-sneezing-euse!!)