Sunday, December 17, 2006

A few pictures












I did bake some cookies that day, but I burned half of them and the rest flattened out too much and are too breakable. They still taste good though.

I fixed Kira's wings and halo. She's not too thrilled with wearing them, but she looks cute.

The ornament wreath is hanging in my bathroom.

And the slipcover for the couch is done. I was wishing someone could come and finish it for me when it came to fitting it around the arms, but I managed.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

A few bumps on the Christmas road

I have crossed a lot off my list, though nothing seems to be going exactly like it should. Nearly everything I do ends up with some problem or flaw. Like the ornament wreath. I filled in the gap with bows, and then started gluing some of the ornaments together to keep them bunched, but one side didn't turn out quite right.

I made a halo and wings for my dog with wire and white garland, and attached them to her harness, then realized that I put them on backwards.

I started cutting fabric pieces for my couch cover, then realized I didn't have enough. I got some more of a different pattern but I'm not sure when I will get back to that project.

I also drew a picture and I was going to scan it and paint it on the computer, but my scanner suddenly quit working.

At least my first batch of cookies turned out good. I think I will do another batch today.

Saturday, December 09, 2006

It's looking a lot like Christmas

Over the last few days I have done my Christmas decorating. I do quite a bit and my collection grows every year. All that's left is to finish the ornament wreath I started making. I didn't have enough ornaments to go around the base I have, so I will probably look for some ribbons to fill the gap. I also have an idea using a wine glass and glass pebbles.

I still want to make a couch cover with Christmas fabric. I gave up on trying to make a pattern and bought one. There are quite a few things I want to do for Christmas. I had to make a list yesterday because I would keep forgetting what those things are. I don't know how much I'll actually get done. The days are going by so fast I haven't even done any drawing lately. But at least I got around to trying an eggnog muffin recipe yesterday, which turned out quite yummy.

I have an album online of my decorations.
http://www.forest-of-dreams.com/Christmas.html