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Category Archives: Christmas
Stuffed Frog for Christmas
We’re nearly there! One week to go and working on the plans. It’s fun to remember the old get-togethers, and to look forward to the new. This year we’ll have a mixed family—no, not the type you might think of, … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, crafts, sewing
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Christmas Buttons for Fun
Take a break from baking and buying and wrapping and decorating and . . . and just take a break for a minute or two to look at some new Christmas buttons—
Posted in buttons, Christmas, crafts
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Christmas Puzzles . . .
First we do the old standby– the puzzle that is the shape of a Christmas tree . . . Now another is finished . . . … Continue reading
A Christmas Memoir
This is the street I grew up on. There was usually snow on it from December to March. That’s my sister walking up the street. We lived in upstate New York and winters were cold. Continue to see photos and … Continue reading
A Christmas Button for You
I have a special button to show you today. It is an antique Christmas button with a mistletoe pattern!
Christmas Shopping on Cyber Monday
What would we do without the internet? How would Santa cope? Even I, who decided not to touch Cyber Monday, succumbed to browsing on amazon just a bit . . .
Happy New Year 2014
Well, what would YOU have done with them? Imagine the surprise, to put it mildly, when fond family opened this Christmas packet and found three strange knitted something-or-others.
Posted in Christmas, holiday, knitting, puzzle
Tagged Happy New Year, The Arcade puzzle, three French hens
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Christmas Snapshots 1953
This was my Christmas tree when I was growing up in 1953. You can see the upright piano on the left where I played The Girl at the Piano. We had the tree in the dining room because that is … Continue reading
December 18th
Yikes! December 18th—seven days to go! I’ve left sunny Florida: (click to enlarge) and am back up north in dear old Pennsylvania . . . and I’m about to run the roads to finish up some Christmas shopping! And you’re … Continue reading
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