~merry christmas santa~

I listed this Santa tonight on Ebay. His auction will end next Sunday evening, hope you can check him out. Just click on my Ebay link to the right.



I'm busily sewing, making more Santas and will be working on some snow dolls soon.

Hope you've all had a good Hallowe'en. Our's is always quiet, we live in the country, back off the road so we don't get trick or treaters. I don't have a good excuse to go out and buy lots of candy, darn it!

Hope you all have a good start to November. Can you believe how quickly time is flying by?
Diane

~christmas joy~

Sunday night I listed this little Christmas Bunny on Ebay. The auction will end next Sunday night.

I'll be finishing some orders this week and also getting started on items for the PFATT Marketplace update for November 10th. It's so hard to believe Christmas is just 2 months from today! Scary when you consider everything that needs to be done by then. Oh well, back to work for me.

till next time...
Diane

~movin' on~

to Christmas designs.
Except for two orders I'm working on I'll be concentrating on things for the Holiday Season until shortly before Christmas. This Santa hanger will be my first Holiday 2010 piece listed on Ebay. I'm hoping to find time to get him listed tonight, you can click on my Ebay link at the top right to go to my auction listings.


I'm hoping to get my final two Fall orders finished and on their way this week. and then I'm going to try and make a couple of pieces for the PFATT Marketplace update on November 10th.

This has been a gorgeous Autumn weekend here in central Virginia, I've managed to make time and take my dog for a couple of long walks. We've both enjoyed ourselves, I've enjoyed the cooler weather and beautiful colors in the woods and Gypsy has enjoyed sniffing the damp leaves and smelling the tracks of deer, squirrels and other dogs. So we're both happy!

I baked some molasses spice cookies today so the house smells so good, can't wait to eat some after my dinner. Wishing you all a good Sunday evening...

Diane

~busy monday~

This week got off to a busy start. We had lots of small peppers in reds, greens and oranges, and small green tomatoes. So with some bought onions I turned it all into relish. It was enough for 12 jars, plenty for us and a few to share. I must say that a food processor makes this a breeze, in fact, it's one of the few times in a year I actually use mine.

I think the relish looks really pretty. It will taste so good this winter on beans, burgers and hotdogs. This finishes our garden for this year. It really was not a good year, it was so hot and dry during the best portion of the growing season.


Since relish making took up most of my day I haven't been able to sew any, hopefully I'll get back to it tomorrow so I can get a couple of orders done.

Til next time...
Diane

~howdy, pilgrim~

This is my doll for the PFATT Marketplace update which will take place tomorrow around noon eastern time. (Simply click on my PFATT Marketplace link to the right to go to my page.) Hope you can be there to check out all of the wonderful designs being offered by the many talented artists.

I spent this morning running some errands and this afternoon got started on a small black cat make-do (another special order). There was no time to cook today so dinner was leftover beef stew and slices of the apple cake I made yesterday.

..hope you're all having a fun Autumn weekend..
Diane

..odds and ends..

Today has been a pretty productive one for me. Most of my strength and energy have finally returned and I feel like I'm actually accomplishing something.

I hadn't done much Fall/Halloween decorating so with a couple of pieces given to me recently by two good friends I have my piesafe looking Fallish.

The witch sign and towel are the two new pieces. The gourd Jack-O-Lantern, gourd pear and plain gourd (in the yellowware bowl) are ones I've had for sometime. I love pulling out the seasonal things I've purchased over the years and rediscovering and using them to create vignettes all around my house.

One other thing I've done today is complete a doll that was a special order. I love her Fall colors and the feathered crow she holds. Hope her new owner is as happy with her.



I've also completed and sent my update for PFATT Marketplace. My offering will be one final Harvest piece. I'm not sharing a picture of her yet, the update will be a bit later than normal, still on the 10th but coming around noon Eastern time instead of overnight. I'll post a picture of her here either tomorrow evening or Sunday morning.

With the perfect Fall weather we've been having I'm in a baking mood so today I also made a fresh apple cake. I think a slice of that after the chicken and dumpling dinner I've made will be a nice finish to a good day.

...hope you've had a happy, productive, autumn friday too....
Diane