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About twenty-five years ago I bought my first plaster Christmas Village piece from Michael’s Craft Store. When I went to the store that day, I wasn’t looking to start painting a Christmas Village. But when I spotted a small plaster Bookstore on the shelf, I was in. I’ve always had a love of books andContinue reading “Plaster Christmas Village Re-Do”

Every January I feel a sense of sadness come over me as all the Christmas decorations get put away and we prepare for the cold months ahead. To help quell this feeling, I like to have some decorations to make the house feel warm again. Last year I made a lighted Winter Box for my hearth thatContinue reading “Sparkly Snowflake Wreath”

For the last couple of months, I’ve been working on knitting spooky squares in different colors of cotton yarn. My plan was to assemble all the squares to make into a table runner. The first square was a Bat, the second was a Skull & Crossbones, the third was a Spider, the fourth was aContinue reading “Knitted Halloween Table Runner”

It’s finally done! After knitting for most of the summer, I completed my last square in my Halloween table runner: a jack-o-lantern. Between work and other commitments, it took me a while to finish this one, but I’m glad I did. Like the other squares, I used Sugar’n Cream cotton yarn. The color I usedContinue reading “Knitted Jack-O-Lantern Dish Towel”

Time for the fourth square in my Halloween series. This one was a tough one to figure out, and I’m not sure I like how it turned out. There are so many ways to make a ghost, and I wasn’t sure which one to go with. It turned out rather menacing looking instead of theContinue reading “Knitted Ghost Dish Towel”

It’s time for my third knitted towel in my Halloween series. So far, I’ve knitted a bat and a skull & crossbones towel square in what I hope will be a festive and spooky Halloween table runner. For this towel square, I used Sugar’n Cream cotton yarn in hot purple. US size 7 knitting needlesContinue reading “Knitted Spider Towel”

It’s time for square two in my series of knitted pieces for Halloween. The first piece I completed was a bat. I am hoping to link all the pieces together to create a fun and colorful table runner for Halloween. Fingers crossed that it comes together. The hardest part so far was coming up withContinue reading “Knitted Skull & Crossbones Towel”

Sometimes I get the strangest ideas in my head. I wanted to create a knitted table runner for Halloween, but I didn’t want to knit one long piece. Instead, I wanted to knit several squares in different colors and connect them to make a colorful Halloween runner. Of course, the idea seemed great at theContinue reading “Knitted Bat Dish Towel”

Recently, my father decided to sell his vacation home in Vermont. The house was filled with old furniture that we helped him haul back to his house. Some were family relics, but most were yard sale finds. Both my parents are avid yard salers, always looking for deals. I took most of the stuff toContinue reading “Re-Purposing an Old TV Stand”

I found this sad Santa at the Salvation Army. I passed by him three times before grabbing him on my way to the register. His odd colored coat and silver boots really took me aback. He was made of plastic and looked dirty and sad. Where did he come from? Could I give him aContinue reading “Purple Santa”