Christmas

Christmas Cleaning

I don’t know if I can do this. I’m tired and frustrated and, well, just frustrated. Christmas Cleaning Part Two We are done for the day. I have watched and scrubbed boxes and repacked and repacked more. We moved tons of stuff and seconded handed and trashed. We have some order back but we stillContinue reading “Christmas Cleaning”

For the last week or so, we have been cleaning out Christmas. I thought it was going to be hard but it’s almost freeing. I know next year I can put out what I want. We even second handed Christmas dishes that belonged to my bio mom. It seems like such a long process butContinue reading “Christmas”

Booth Prep and Life

I am making progress with a quilt for the booth. Also have a bunch of bags to sew and figured out how to make another style of purse. Also did tons of cleaning out of Christmas items. It is going to be a long process. And emotional. Got rid of bio mother’s Christmas dishes today.Continue reading “Booth Prep and Life”

Villages

I love my Christmas villages. I think it comes from a place of insecurity for many years as a young adult. I can create a safe places with dreams and hopes. It is my favorite Christmas decoration…often going up in late September. This is only one street

Christmas at “Joyful Dog, Quilts”

Santas

My mother collected Santa with animals. And almost every other decorations for Christmas. We are sorting out things. A couple of things struck me this year. I am hating the chaos and I want to second hand a bunch of things. The mess is bothering me a lot this year. I just want it outContinue reading “Santas”

Christmas

I adore Christmas! My husband hates it. I am working on my villages. These are what I’ve done so far.

Joyful Healing and Christmas

I just received this for my Christmas village. I have worked to include houses that remind me of family members. I struggled to find anything for my bio mom who was an alcoholic. For a long time I couldn’t see beyond that but I spotted this and knew my village needed this. She was anContinue reading “Joyful Healing and Christmas”