Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season…. filled with family, friends & festivities!
A great time to relax & appreciate all of your “gifts” the whole year through.
A huge Thank You to all of you for being so faithful, encouraging & supportive
throughout the year. You guys are the BEST!!!

Merry Christmas to you ALL!!!

Looks like Bethany’s newest Christmas Tree arrived just in time…
making her wonderful & ever-growing tree collection even more special
for today’s festivities! Looks like someone might need a bigger table next year?!!!
Just sayin’…

Thanks for sharing Bethany… have a happy holiday!

Last minute touches… cheery cherries being added one-at-a-time
to today’s dessert headed to our family Christmas get-together!

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas… and all through the house…
I’m wrapping, packing & baking… and trying to take time to relax & enjoy my own holiday decorations. Appreciating a wide assortment of ceramic ornaments I’ve made over the years… and realizing I might “need” to make some NEW ornaments for new year. Keeping the “standard ornaments” of course… let’s not get crazy!

Finally a morning where the roads weren’t wet or shiny… and the clouds gave us a chance for a colorful morning. Well, the clouds had potential…. but the “cloud-ness” won out over a colorful skyshow. We got a brief splash of color… and then back to gray clouds. And it felt great to be back out on my bike… even if it was gray & cloudy!

And for those who might need a little more clarification of the main FESTIVUS festivities…. here’s some clarification from one of our favorites Frank Costanza… the “Father of Festivus.” So get your aluminum pole ready…

While everyone is frantically shopping, wrapping & cooking for Christmas…
don’t forget to take time out of your day to celebrate today
with a “FESTIVUS FOR THE REST OF US.” Today’s your day to let it out!!!

Looks like an amazing “invasion” of giant pastries down in Peoria!
Gotta love a good perspective shot… on a green stamped plate!!!
Thanks Matthew & team for the early morning photos!!!

So excited that this recent shipment of mugs made it safely to North Carolina… just in time for Mugshot Monday! And even better… it looks like they already have a shelf of their own to show them off!!! Thanks Gwynne for sharing your collection… that went from one mug to seven in a blink!

You know how I love a good texture… and I love a good cookie!!! So I had fun this evening doing a “practice run” with my new texture cookie stamps from Fun Food Tools!!! It was my first time so there was a bit of a learning curve… but fun the whole time! And I think this practice batch turned out pretty good… festive & yummy too!!!