Holiday Party at Lily House

 A Holiday Party at Lily house. 

Pumpkin Pie is ready.

William needs a cold beer.

Willow spinning some Christmas vinyl. 

A Christmas feast.

Gatsby is hopeful for leftovers.

Good Times at Lily House.

Baby it's cold outside

So I made a Christmas sign. Excuse me Buster. Tryin' to take a photo here.

 I copied the idea from a pin on Pinterest and I am so pleased with the way it turned out.

The one problem is that it has created the most persistent earworm ever!

I cannot get that song out of my head.

Christmas Vignette 2

A few jars, a few Christmas miniatures and some sugar and Voila! Christmas vignette #2

Lily House #13



                                                    

Merry Christmas Blogland! 

                                                     I hope you all had a wonderful morning
                                      and are getting ready to chow down with friends and family.

                                      Willow, Will, and Beth are currently sitting down for dinner.
                                                        Super cute don't you think? :0)

                                  Bethany can't wait to dive in. She can't move until I leave though.

I think William's mind is on the dessert table behind him.

Oh and look who's under the table. Willow's new cat!

Merry Christmas!

It's a Plaid Christmas

I decided this Christmas would be a warm cozy tartan Christmas and I think I pulled it off. I did pull it off. 

I started with our wonky green tree and whipped up a huge plaid bow for the topper. I added a few tendrils of wide ribbon to cascade down the tree.

I made a few homemade ornaments myself such as this local pine cone with a bit of plaid ribbon and burlap ribbon.

These ornaments are oldies but goodies except the little shoe on the left just became an ornament this year. It is my son's baby shoe and it happens to have plaid trim. ;0)

                                     These fabulous fuzzy plaid skates are new and so awesome.

The plaid quilt square ornament is new and handmade (not by me). 

This sweet birdie in a wreath fits right into the natural feel of the tree. 

Jessica Rabbit has been with us for eight years now but this cute little plaid tree was handmade by an ETSY artisan and is new to us. It is made with yo-yo circles. I love it. 

To top off the whole Cozy plaid Christmas I bought a new slip cover for the sofa and made new pillow covers. Rugby approves of the Tartan theme and I am so pleased with the results.

 Have a Happy Christmas Eve. 

Lily House #12

                     Willow's friend Bethany came over for a little Christmas Tree trimming party.

The new Gramophone pumped out the Christmas carols.

We really need to do something about that entry.

Ugh! maybe that will be the next room to get a makeover.

The tree was trimmed and cheer was shared.

                                                   Now Lily House is ready for Christmas.

Lily House #11

Lily House has come a very long way.

This shot above was taken last Christmas.

The one below was taken last night.

Amazing what every little addition does

 to the overall feel of the room.

I am having so much fun with it.

Willow's friend William came over to see her new place

and enjoy some thumbprint cookies and cocoa. 

Happy Holidays

Christmas Striped Afghan

I started this Christmas striped afghan back in October and I am so pleased to say I am done!

It was fun to work on over the holidays but once they were over I was tired of working on it!

 It is big. Huge in fact, maybe too big. It is big enough for a queen sized bed which is why I became so tired of it, too heavy to have piled up on my lap. It kept me warm though! I think I need to stick to smaller afghans for awhile.

It is now for sale in the shop.

Beatrix Potter Christmas

Check out the date on this piece of fabric....

yep... 1985. A fine year. This fabulous panel of Beatrix Potter critters came to me from my Mother a few years ago after many long years sitting in her stash. I decided this year was its time to shine. I mean it has been waiting nearly 30 years. There is a history with me, my Mom and Beatrix Potter. I'll have to write about it someday. 

The panel was originally meant to become Christmas ornaments but I have way too many ornaments as it is
and so a cozy country Christmasy quilt it will be. I am saving the "Noel" squares for another project already in the works. My super stash supplied the miss matched yule tide fabric strips. This has turned out to be one of those projects that is just meant to be...no hang ups...no new money spent...no money spent by me!

Some of the best Potter creations are included. Such as Squirrel Nutkin.

Tom Kitten

Two Bad Mice

Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail

Benjamin Bunny

Mrs. Tittlemouse

Jemima Puddle-Duck

and last but never least, Peter Rabbit

As you can see they all came out quite nice so next up is choose a sashing fabric... to be continued... ;0)

Christmas at our house

Today is the first day of the new year and I am full of fresh new ideas. That seems to be the way it works for me, New Year = New Inspirations. Before I post about the new quilt and afghan I have started...yep can't wait to show you, I want to get a few shots from our Happy Little Christmas. Our holidays were filled with friends, family,joy, food and lots of snow. Oh and crafts but I was too busy to blog. That seems to be the way it works for me as well. The more I create the less I want to spend time blogging about it.

Happy New Year!

A bit of Christmas

Although I didn't blog about anything Christmasy this year, I did make a few new things for the Holidays. One exciting new project was a custom order for Tie Dyed Dresses. They came out so cute, I am going to start carrying them in the shop very soon.
I made a few new pillow covers for the living room...
Don't you just love that fabric? I do.Lovey Dovey Peace and Joy... I may keep this one out all year.
To add some texture I whipped up a crocheted pillow cover made of sweet little Granny's on the front and...
stripes on the back. Yes, that is Rugby's freckled booty.

This beauty was a "hand me down" unfinished project from my Aunt.

At some point she painstakingly wove a whole lot of ribbons into a fabulous top so I just slapped a plain white back on it and Voila!

Gorgeous, no?

and there is more!

"til then XOXO