Ribbonwood Cottage: November 2010

November 29, 2010

What's on your Table?

I've slowly been adding things here and there...wondering if I should dust first or just forget it till January. I'm kidding! My hubby and I sneeze way too much because of allergies so dusting is a necessary evil! Wink wink!

But for some (mom are you reading?) December is

'no dust month.' hmmmmm.....

We love to have family over, friends, our church....so we decorate and cook...collapse...and then start all over again! Hahahaha

I also wanted to show a preview of one of my cloches...that our own Marty herself made famous. Be sure you check her blog for the next Cloche party. I made these salt dough ornaments and then painted them to look like candy. Every one (hubby and boys) know not to eat anything! before asking....hahaha...I love it!

Did you notice the fake cinnamon roll? I got that off of Etsy.

I found this beautiful frame at Goodwill and printed off my computer

the saying to fit inside....loved it.

Be sure to visit Tabletop Tuesday with Marty as our wonderful hostess... visit her @

http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/

Thanks so much for stopping by! Happy Holidays.

Blessings,

Debbie

November 26, 2010

HOliday Decoupage Delights

Hey everyone!

I hope your Thanksgiving

was wonderful!

We cooked for 2 days

and baked....I loved it.

10 pies, and 40 people

later I can now look

forward to decorating

for Christmas.

Something in me

goes crazy when I

see everyone decorating

early for the Holidays

and I'm stuck because

I always have

company for Thanksgiving!

But the truth is I love it! Cooking, baking, washing a million dishes...

hahaha...and going without hours of sleep....always means company

and lots of laughing here at our home. Embarrassing stories...yep...

that's my kind of holiday fun!

I've been

experimenting

with decoupage

and decorating

Holiday~Christmas

frames for my

new Etsy shop.

This is soooo

much fun! More lost

sleep since there

aren't enough hours in a

day to do all the

things that are going

through my mind!

I love vintage papers, glitter

and snow sparkles....

Old fashioned

looking girls, and

trees, ornaments...

I'm just loving

it!

My favorite is the old

Santa Clauses...

If you get a chance

look over at my

new Etsy shop!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/DebbieCalif

Blessings,

Debbie

November 22, 2010

Going out in Style

This is the time

of year that I just

love! We always

do a lot of cooking,

have a lot of

family over, do

a lot....of dishes...

hahaha...I don't even

mind that because

having everyone over

is wonderful.

Lots of kids giggling,

funny stories between

family members...

gravy....mmmmm....

my hubby makes the

most amazing gravy

in the world.

He has the gift!

Big smile....

I'm not setting

my table since we will

serve buffet style...

we have 37 coming

to be exact...and I

don't have a table that

long!

Joining in with Marty

@http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/

Hope your Thanksgiving

is wonderful!

Blessings,

Debbie

November 19, 2010

Pink $1,000,000.00l Giftcard idea! Fake of course!

Hey everyone! I've been having so much fun sewing and

creating! I wanted to show you this craft in case you didn't see it last year...wink wink!

This is what I did for all the cousins and nieces and nephews. All 18 of them!

I bought small canning jars (of course I had hundreds of the large size but no small ones!)

bought inexpensive fake snow, felt for the Santa hats and a little fake fur.

Next I made on my computer fake $ 1,000,000.00 gift cards and had the real gift cards to Walmart or wherever taped on the other side. I also found the cute gingerbread graphics on

a site that I show you below. I used the puncher to punch some cute little pink snowflakes and

added those to the snow.