SNOWMEN Here Snowmen there I love Snowmen!

I love Snowmen and living in Texas the only snowfolks we see around here are the one that we create ourselves. We decided to hold a Surprise Deck the Walls party for my Mother In Law. We lost our beloved Dad in July and this will be our first holiday season without him. Thanksgiving we can handle but we wanted to start the Christmas season out in on new note. Since Dad was always really big on decorating the outside of the house Mom decided she was NOT going to do that any more. Just the inside. We decided to invite all our family and friends who have helped his this year over to a Deck the Walls party. Everyone is invited to come and bring one small thing to decorate the INSIDE of Mom's house.
We will be playing holiday music, eating cookies and just having family fun.
Sooooo, I saw this Honey and Me snowman on a website. Well I am more of a "play by ear" sewer so I decided to make a huge snowman for mom. This is my version of a welcoming snowman. He is not a little fella ....60 INCHES TALL and over 10 pounds!
He was a lot of fun to make especially knowing he is going to be surprising Mom on Sunday.


While I was working on him I decided to draw up some snowmen ornies/bowlfillers... Here are a couple I finished durning the Cowboy game on Sunday...




I'll be adding them to ebay and my Always Crafty 2 shoppe in the next day or two.

The past year and a half my family as lost 2 very special folks ...my mom and my fil who i call Dad. I know they are still with us in spirit and that is one thing that keeps me going and creating!
Please take the time to tell those around you how much they mean to you. You never know if it will be the last time you can tell them you love them. I told Dad to flicker the lights when he comes to visit and he did just that at his rosary. Several times since then while working on special things for Mom the lights will dim and then come back on full brightness. I know it is Dad letting me know he is here and likes what I am creating!

Have a happy and safe Holiday season and remember Family and Friends ARE the gifts in your life!

Sandi

Okay my mind is going

WOW i set this all up and forgot how to get back in here. Don't know if it is my age or my meds I'm on. Been a rough few months in our family...Mom is very sick with congestive heart failure and in and out of hospitals, care faculties and home. But through it all she has inspired new ideas and creations from us. Jamie is home now from Iraq and that makes her feel so much better. His newest baby was born while he was away and he will be headed to see her and his family soon. Megan and Charlie tied the knot and Jim left for college ..poor Beth I know she misses him. Lesley graduated and she is off to OSU! Wonder how the other Greens will handle one less Green in the house. Keelee got an awesome job with a great after school program and Kassy spent the summer learning new dances for yet another Quinceanera. Marty has been busy with his DJ business and Me well I've been working on new soaps and since i finally got my sewing machine back I am creating dolls ...dolls...dolls.

We started our business chats back up at http://www.canwetalkcrafts.com and thanks to a wonderful idea from Elizabeth with http://www.craftfrommyheart.com we have a created a new **FREE** way to advertise and get our friends websites out there. If you check out her shoppe and look for the Just Doodlin' Around button you can see what we have going on.

I also used the past few months and joined etsy and I have a cool shoppe there. Come by and check it out http://www.sassysoapsnsuch.etsy.com

Well that's it for today Now that I remember my sign in I'll be blogging with the best of you from now on!

Remember to check out my websites http://www.alwayscrafty2.com and http://www.sassysoapsnsuch.com When you buy any 3 soaps get a 4th soap FREE!

wanna see my lastest soaps not even listed yet? http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=10447660&uid=1919010