Surprise

I had the NICEST surprise yesterday!

Deb Sposa at Artisun 

included me in her Featured Artist of the Month post.

:) Can't help but grin!

I'm thrilled to be in the company of her other featured artists!

I love Deb's blog,

and since her students are the real artists,

it is such fun to see what they are up to.

Wish I could be in her classes!

Thanks, Deb!

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For one reason or another,

my Christmas crafting has been almost 

non-existent this year.

I worked on these hearts for a while,

stuffing them with lavender.

There are quite a few more in progress,

but I haven't worked on them in over a week.

Because I don't like them as much

as I'd hoped.

But they do smell good!

Small heads for rabbit and cat eccentric figures.

The intention was to dress them

in a wintery/Christmas style,

but then I abandoned them and won't have time 

to finish them for Christmas.

This is as far as I got with these characters.

I'm thinking about dressing the cat

in an Asian style,

if I ever make her/him a body.

Two more heads in progress,

and two teeny, tiny dolls in progress.

You can see one of the tiny ones in the background.

The wee ones are all clay,

and arms and legs are done,

but not attached.

They, too, will have to wait until after Christmas.

I finally gave up on this large clay head 

for the rabbit I wanted to hang on the wall.
Used foil for the head, then covered with clay, 
but the head is too heavy,
and after painting it several times,
I gave up.

Yanked the head off and will make a cloth head...

sometime.

Have a puddle of fabrics on the floor

that I was auditioning for clothes,

but because I could never like the head,

I couldn't decide on clothing.

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An old cigar box filled with mostly vintage haberdashery items.

Covered the cigar logo with a vintage Christmas card.

Loving embroidery and textile art

as I do, a few favorite items from

 two old sewing baskets 

found at a flea market years ago

seemed appropriate for a Christmas decoration.

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Tomorrow, I'll show you a bit about

something that has taken hours more than

I anticipated:

a Christmas Treasure Hunt

for the grandkids.

Thinking is not one of my strengths,

and thinking of clues and how to lead from

one to another required more thought

than I imagined.

Aging the paper, writing the clues, deciding on activities, 

(because at certain points, they will have to

sing Christmas carols, answer questions,

and perform various silly stuff),

gathering supplies, finding prizes,

and assembling the Treasure Chest

has been great fun.

I hope to finish up the last details today.

Tomorrow:  more thought on what all

is needed for the "making a Snow Globe project" with the kids.

I purchased some Ball jars for this,

but I'm not happy with them.

May try the Dollar Tree for an alternative.

I am not accustomed to having a lot on mind!

Hope all of you are enjoying the holidays!