Festival of Trees Set Up is Today!

I can hardly believe it, the Festival of Trees set up day has come again ... I will be setting up the tree today, with my friends from We Can ... Our space is Q17 if you are local and want to come and see our work. Otherwise you can see these polka dot ornies and the rest of the tree when I post this evening.  

Thanksgiving Tables and People.

Hello all,  I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving.  Of course I had a blast, I got to use three sets of dishes, and set three tables.  We served dinner to 28 people!  Here are the three tables...

... And here are some of the people.

My sons Ben and Trevor, and Ben's friend Hannah.

My daughter Ashley and most of her family.

My daughter-in-lae, Brittneynand some friends she brought to share dinner.

My two oldest grandsons.

DIL and LuLu

Mr. P with our newest grandchild, McKenna, who is was a week old on Thanksgiving.

I hope you all enjoy getting ready for Christmas!

Christmas Crafting

Yep, Thanksgiving dinner will be here in two days, and I willl be serving 27 ... So was I baking pies?  Nope ... I was being driven by my internal craft minions ...  

I started with this flat bed spring, coiled into a 1 foot diameter ring ...

...added a dollar store wreath the same size ...

... Then I added vintage Christmas elements ... Fun and funky and green!

I also put together a few funky salt shaker 'cloches' .... Many thanks to Angie at The American Homemaker for providing the tiny kitsch, well, other than the tree, which I made from branches off the Dollar Store wreath, twisting together a couple of branches, then trimming them into a cone shape, before touching the branches with white paint ... They ended up looking pretty cute, don't you think?

Oh, and with the Primary Children's Festival of Tree set up on Monday, I spent a lot of the day with details for the tree, including painting white dots on red ornaments ...

I would like to thank my daughters and DILs for offering to help with thanksgiving ... It leaves me time for doing what I love best ... Happy crafting, and a lovely Thanksgiving!