12 Days of Christmas

I'm up early this morning getting ready to dye wool....so while the wool is soaking I decided to have a little fun!

On the 1st day of Christmas my true love gave to me

a partidge in a pear tree

from Unicorn Kids Studios

On the 2nd day of Christmas my true love gave to me

two turle doves

from Candace Jean

On the 3rd day of Christmas my true love gave to me

three French hens

from Harrilu

On the 4th day of Christmas my true love gave to me

four calling birds

from Betsy Walton

On the 5th day of Christmas my true love gave to me

five golden rings

from Natasha Wozniak

On the 6th day of Christmas my true love gave to me

six geese a laying (okay...these geese are flying)

from Project 8256

On the 7th day of Christmas my true love gave to me

seven swans a swimming
from Tempest Studios

On the eight day of Christmas my true love gave to me

eight maids a milking from EthelCat

On the 9th day of Christmas my true love gave to me

nine ladies dancing from Curvy

On the 10th day of Christmas my true love gave to me

ten lords a leaping

from Pat Buckley Moss

On the 11th day of Christmas my true love gave to me

11 pipers piping

from MundoGominola

On the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me

12 drummers drumming

from Hide N Seek

Go forth and be creative,

Tammy

Yoo Hoo.....

If you'd like to hear a great rendition of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" be sure to click on my video over to the right to listen along as you read.

(garden stepping stone from Steve Hess)

Especially when it's icy and rainy outside. Oh my gosh.....can I just say how lucky we are that it is not sticking to the streets.....mainly raining now, but it's quite a mess and will probably just get messier as the temps drop tonight.

Just popping in to say hi!

I've been a bit neglectful of my blog lately......when I try to figure out why I haven't been on here.....





....well...





....I guess I've just been busy living my life....






....work has been busy as usual...



I've had a new group of students who have started rotating through out nuclear cardiology lab, so that has totally left me with NO computer time at work.




....and then you throw in some Christmas decorating at home....





.....Christmas shopping and making.....



....dreaming up new projects.....




....and finishing the ones that are "in progress" and it seems like there just hasn't been much computer time lately.






If you need some last minute gift ideas, here are a few handmade things that I think are just great!

Just click on the pictures to go to that item.





Go forth and be creative,

Tammy

Ever changing

Is it driving you as crazy as it is me?

I keep changing the background colors of my blog....just can't seem to find a color scheme that I'm happy with.

Christmas in bloom

Yes, they are everywhere and they are so beautiful! For those of you who have followed my blog for a while now, you know that my husband, Kenny, is a psycho gardener. He is passionate about plants like I'm passionate about wool....yes we are both addicts!!!

Right now the Christmas cactus' are in full bloom and he has them set out all over the house....truly beautiful!

The one above is on the island in the kitchen.

This one below is in the den....I've decided that at night our home must have a yellow glow to it....all of these pics were taken last night.

This one here, in my opinion, is the most beautiful. It graces our dining room table along with Kenny's collection of antique Christmas tree stands.

I think this is one of the smallest ones....it sits on the divider between the kitchen and den. Oh yeah, have I told you about Kenny's fascination with glittering everything for the holidays? This is his glittered card holder that he made from an old cigar box...yes, he's very creative!!!

Decopauge and glitter....amazing how it can transform something ordinary into something extraordinary!

Go forth and be creative,

Tammy

Kismet

kis·met

A noun meaning fortune or fate.

That is what led me to this wonderful eBay seller.

humblecrowprimwares

She asked me a question about one of my items for sale yesterday.

Yesterday was a busy day and night....

...decorating the tree,

...shopping at Winterfest...

....getting the laundry caught up....

...making appetizers for the Mizzou game, watching the game and watching them lose....Kenny was so sad....poor Tigers.

However, they still had a really great season and we're waiting to see what bowl game they are going to play in.

Kenny couldn't resist taking a picture of me knitting (like an old lady is what he said) while I watched the game.

So I've digressed.......

I went to the store sight for humblecrowprimwares this morning and found all of these luscious delights that she makes!

That's where the kismet comes in....if she wouldn't have asked me a question I probably never would have found her stuff!!!

Fate I tell you!

This delightful mohair duck pull toy that is for auction right now.

As well as these past items.

Go forth and be creative,

Tammy

Getting to know you

This is a challenge from Bren over at That Thing I Do....

The challenge is to answer these questions by typing in the answer to a google image search and posting a picture from the first page of results.....


Age you will be on your next birthday

Place you would like to visit

One of your favorite places

Your favorite object (mine is a different shape than this, but I just LOVE it...it's a desk lamp made of seashells)

Your favorite food

Your favorite animal

Your favorite color

Name of a past pet

Where you live

1st grade teacher's last name

Middle name?

A bad habit of yours.

Favorite flower

Favorite holiday

Now, if you happen to blog your favorites let me know so I can visit you!

Go forth and be creative,

Tammy