~Christmas Comes to TDIPT~

On Nov. 1st TDIPT Mercantile will open the doors on our annual Christmas Open House. Look for lots of new and exciting Holiday designs on the Mercantile and a Christmas Open House Give-Away on our TDIPT Blog.

Plus, we will be offering ~Fall Into Christmas~Recipes, Tips & Patterns to Celebrate Harvest, Halloween and Christmas. This is a TDIPT Group project we've been working on most of the year to sell and donate all of our proceeds to Charity. In fact we'll be donating to two charities, The Make A Wish Foundation for children and the ASPCA for our animal friends.
So I hope you'll check out the Mercantile or the Blog on Nov. 1st for details on ordering your copy and possibly a copy for a primitive-loving friend.

I also wanted to let you know I have my first Santa of the year currently on Ebay.

The auction will end Thurs. night Oct. 29th around 9:30 p.m. eastern time. I'm now working on a Snowgirl Make-Do that I hope to list either Mon. or Tues. night.
I hope you get to check out some of our upcoming events and possibly find something you want or a gift for a friend.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a great week.

~Diane

Happy Birthday TDIPT!

Our TDIPT Ebay group is turning 3 years old October 13th. To celebrate we'll be giving you the gifts! Some of the talented TDIPT Artists are offering one of their handmades for special prizes . All you have to do is stop by the TDIPT Blog and leave a comment for one chance to win. For a second chance all you have to do is become a follower of the TDIPT Blog.

Be sure to stop by, starting October the 13th and enter our Birthday Give-Away, hope to see you at the party!

~Diane

My first Holiday/Winter design of 2009

~SNOWMAN HANGER~

You can find this Snowman Hanger on
Ebay until Sunday evening.



~~~~Remembering~~~~

Today is the sixth anniversary of my Mom's death. In some ways it seems like yesterday and in others so very long ago. I just know that I miss her as much today as I did that terrible October morning in 2003. Her death was sudden and unexpected. I was the only other person in the room with her and remember feeling so frightened and scared but to me it is truly amazing that death can be so utterly quiet and peaceful and yes, so final.
Six years on I still feel the tremendous loss of my best friend and Mom but also realize I was fortunate to be with her in her final moments.

I debated about even mentioning the day's significance to me on my blog. But, my Mom loved helping me with my work and I think she would have really enjoyed seeing me expand my sales to the internet. Together, she and I made handmades for a couple of shops here in Virginia. I sewed, she stuffed (much better than I'll ever be able to do), I might add! If we were painting something she base-coated and I did the detail painting. We just worked perfectly together, laughing and talking as we worked. I truly miss her companionship and advice. She was a wonderful Mom and my best friend.

Diane