~Tis Thanksgiving~

~For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends.~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

Wishing You & Yours A Day Filled With Love, Laughter & Joy.

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours.

Love Doreen

~A Smidge Of A Re-schedule~

Good afternoon. Tis a cold one here in Vermont with a possible big snow storm on the way..I say possible because depending on which forecast you listen to...it may be a big snow maker or it may not..can you guess which one I am hoping for? Currently I have a cozy fire going, although Mr. Woodstove has been hassling me today..something that always happens when a storm is on the way...the drop in barometric pressure causes the stove to back-draft and puff rude bits of smoke now and again if you are not careful how you place the wood inside him! He is a temperamental little fellow though well worth his moody disposition. I've a small ham baking in the oven, glazed with maple syrup, clove and orange juice, which is lending itself to our delightful coziness.
Now, on to the reason for this post, I wanted to let you all know that due to a large volume of orders that has been filling my inbox these past three days, I find myself in need of rescheduling my next website offering.

~Brown Paper Packages~
Will now be available on Thursday, December 1st at 9:00 am.

These new orders alone would have made it extremely difficult, add to that mixture Thanksgiving and Kurt home on break and it becomes impossible. This project is very important to me, it is something close to my heart & I realized this morning that if things are rushed & I am unable to give it my full attention to make sure everything is perfect, it would not be what I want it to be. Therefore, I have decided to wait and offer it on December 1st. Which I probably should have done in the first place as, really..... isn't that the proper start to Christmas.

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I'm off now to work on this pile of orders and stuff a bear belly :) If you would be so kind....please keep your fingers crossed for us that we have all snow tonight and none of that pesky sleet and freezing rain!

Wishing you a delightful evening...Doreen

~Over The River & Through The Woods

Good afternoon. Gracious, it is rather nippy outside...damp, windy and raw! I was outside taking some photo's for the Yuletide project I am working on and my fingers froze! I could not wait to get back inside, put on my new slippers (what it is about a new pair of slippers that is sooo wonderful)


and fix myself a nice, hot creamy cup of cocoa... I am enjoying both..the slippers and the cocoa right now.

Can you believe Thanksgiving is next THURSDAY.... mmm...I can already taste those delectable delights!!! Goodness, how I love this time of year! The fire is now going 24 hours a day, my favorite pine candles are lit and you just never know when you will glance out the window & see snow gently falling from the sky. As usual, along with the hustle and bustle of filling orders and working on my yuletide project I have been gathering my recipes, scouring through my cook books for something new I might like to try, writing menu's and lists galore and preparing for the big day. It will be a bit different this year as Jenna will not be here :(..but we will be happy and thankful for those that are with us...

and be oh SO excited when she arrives for Christmas. We just purchased her plane ticket the other day!!! I can NOT wait to see her!!



Speaking of my Yuletide project..which will be available on my Website beginning November 26th (fingers crossed and prayers said that everything goes as planned)
I have been having SOOO much fun working on this. Besides the typical creating...It also involves a lot of writing, organizing and careful thinking to make sure everything comes together correctly and I am really loving everything it involves. I really hope it will be something that you will enjoy and not be a big fat flop...lol.


So anyway..back to wonderful and delicious Thanksgiving...will you be going over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house..or will you be staying home and cooking.


We do both actually...We have lunch at Mark's parents..dinner at my parents and then on Friday, I make a turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes so that we have a house full of leftovers to enjoy. Also on Friday I am having the girls over for an afternoon get together. I read a book recently (The Quilters Holiday by Jennifer Chiaverini) where a quilting group gathers on black Friday...skipping the frantic hustle and bustle of holiday shoppers... and spends the day stitching. Each guest has to bring a dish they have prepared using Thanksgiving leftovers.. it has to be a new dish..made from the leftovers..not something simply leftover from Thanksgiving...and a quilting project they are working on FOR Christmas. Doesn't that sound fun! Well, I am doing my own version of this. There will be six of us and we will all bring a hand made project we are working on for Christmas and a dish we've made from Thanksgiving leftovers (I have no idea what I am making yet). We will sit by the fire, perhaps while snow falls gently outside (fingers crossed) work on our projects and enjoy a delicious meal, each others company and a bit of mulled wine :) I am looking very forward to it.

Ok, I hate to run, but I must get back to work as there is much left to do before this day is done.

Wishing you a beautiful day. :)D

~As Winter Begins~

Greetings. Tis sunny and cold here in Vermont today. I was hoping for a few snowflakes but Mother Nature did not cooperate. Oh well, no matter, snowflakes will be flying once again in no time. Today I have been busy uploading photo's, writing description, sending my newsletter and now writing this blog post......I have literally been sitting at this computer since 9:30 this morning..whew am I tired....but happy. I am so very pleased with the amount of creations I am offering at today's web show..which begins at 4pm on My Website.

Mrs. Orwell is finally finished....gosh I love how she came out..she was a stubborn gal, as you know, and refused to be anything but what she wanted to be!!
Young Bloomfield....with his wee rabbit friends.

~Wee Winhall with his vintage sleigh bell and wooden block~



Young Strafford also with a vintage sleigh bell and wooden block.....

And speaking of wooden blocks...

I created these wooden blocks as accompaniments to my moppets but I just love how they came out so I am offering them on their own :)

~Waxed paper cone tree ornaments~
(In Medium and small)
And..several of my hand made cards. :)

I actually had several other things to offer...more cards and some beeswax offerings but the server keep freezing on me and I was running out of time so I decided to hold those until November 26th...when I will be offering my very special Holiday Offerings......I'm so excited.

Wishing you all a very wonderful day and if you have time, wont' you pop on over to My Website for...."As Winter Begins"

:)Hugs, doreen