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. 

Valentine's Day Pinspiration

Valentine's Day will be here soon and so this quick little post is a collection of yummy heart shaped red and pink inspiration from Pinterest.

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I think these heart shaped beets will be a part of our Valentine's Day dinner.

Mouthwatering fun.



Festive July 4th

One of the best things about July 4th in our neighborhood is how the parade queues up just one street down from us.There is a festive community atmosphere and you may end up following a vehicle like this. The walk to the parade is always interesting and we see friends and family everywhere. Here is a quick tour of some of our Independence Day fun.There are a lot of patriotic dogs in Mammoth Lakes.

The parade always starts with America's finest

Rough Riders

Olympian Stacy Cook

Beer transportation

Beer Bear...

Pups...

Our fabulous friends S and C with their fellow Girl Scouts...

another super fab friend "K the amazing juggling unicyclist"

climbing/biking fun for the kiddies...

Ruggie loves a parade.

Bikes of all kinds...

Our town trolley

Copter Tours

The Sharks, our swim team.

Cowgirls.

Oh...here comes the squirt guns!

Felici Trio Chamber Music...

Mobile Custom Ski Shop...sooo cool.

Pack Mules...

The Johnson family chose "Troy" as their inspiration this year.

I love the Trojan Horse...Amazing.

Brilliant. The face that launched a thousand ships?

Smokey Bear

Love the water trucks.

Wheee...

As always the parade was small town fantastic. As it finished up we meandered down to the art show and I bought a few new garden stakes after which we took Rugby over to Doggiepalooza at the pet store for some treats and water play. Then through the forest back home to some yummy BBQ. Then to top off the entire day perfectly we spent the evening with fabulous friends, food and bouncy house fun for a gaggle of kids. The view of the firework show from our friend's front deck is nothing short of spectacular and best of all we get to spend the night and save the drive home for the next morning. Independence Day is one of my favorite holidays and this year we even had some long time friends stay the weekend with us which made for even more adventure. I hope you all had a great holiday too!

An Easter Candy First...I think

I have had a hard time in recent years with the commercialization of Easter. When my brother and I were kids, we had Easter Sunday Outfits

Easter baskets filled with candy and toys, Easter Egg Hunts and of course we went to church...in our new clothes.

I mean check out those faces and those sponge curlers. Easter Happiness.

As my son grew up we had fun with all of the usual Easter festivities but now it seems too cute and fuzzy.You know... with all the bunnies, chickies and lambs, although they are a super cute sign of Spring. As a result I don't really decorate for Easter. Which is weird for me because I decorate for every holiday...even Elvis Day.

Today I was at the Rite-Aide drugstore and found chocolate in the shape of a Cross! I don't think I have ever seen Easter candy that actually had something to do with the true meaning for Easter. Have you?

Maybe it is a sign of things to come? I hope so.

Rugby Rue

Happy Mardi Gras!!! I hope you all get to have a little or (a lot) of fun today in honor of Fat Tuesday. Laissez les bon temps rouler!

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