tree tour

I hope you all had a good weekend. Mike & I did a little Christmas shopping, just some last minute odds and ends. I baked some chocolate orange biscotti, which I had to hide after our son ate five in one sitting! The chocolate dipped shortbreads I made are already gone, so in hopes of having some cookies left for Christmas, I think I will do the rest of the baking towards the end of the week. Last night we wrapped some gifts while watching Polar Express, which I had not seen before ~ I loved it!

And here's a few more of our decorations...

I have several little artificial trees scattered around, and I try to come up with something interesting to set them in. This is a small tree on the dining room table, which I decorated with dried roses, baby's breath, and tiny pearl garland. It fits perfectly in this rose transferware that I found at a garage sale over the summer.

This little tree with some tiny china Dicken's type figures sits in another garage sale find...
...on top of a flea market stand that I painted white.
In the living room, this tree, in a black painted urn, sits next to our nativity...

Lotrrh Finished

Finally finished, sorry I cant quite afford a model yet so unfortunately its me! And my daughter took the photos.
Hope you like it! Not sure what ill get worn for but you just never know when your going to have a Lord of the Rings or Robin Hood day!

Recycling and an Arm cuff

This is going to be an arm cuff. I have crocheted this using a hook that came in one off those high light your hair kits (Gems hair a while back now) that you pull the hair through the cap.

Worked just the same, but I guess the end is a little sharper as it has to hook through plastic.

I am going to attach both edge with ribbon like a shoe laced up, to make an arm cuff they seem very in with the teenagers.