Santa Baby

Have yourself a Very Merry Christmas

and a Happy 2012!

or else!

Love, Maria and Molly

xo

P.S.  I had to laugh when I saw Molly in this "vicious" shot!
She was barking at me because I was teasing her with cookies! HA

Christmas memories

The only thing on my Christmas list in 1966 was a Baby First Step.
Two of my favorite things in life back then were roller skating and baby dolls.
This doll could walk and skate! She was perfect...

What was your favorite childhood gift?

If you give a dog a cookie

If you give a dog a cookie...then she'll want a bag of them...

If you give a dog a bag of cookies...

...then she'll do almost anything, like pose for your Christmas card photo!

My son, Anthony came home to take pictures for this years Christmas cards.

I can't wait to show you them!

xo

Last but not least

The last snowman of the season is listed on my site.

Wearing blue winter scarf and sitting on a bottle of snow (German glass glitter)

You can find him here.

xo

Size matters

We have a "dog" cookie jar by the backdoor. Molly gets a little treat every time she does her business. Because Molly is a little dog I buy the small size milk bones and I break the cookies up in about 4 pieces. After all it's a treat, not a meal.

 

Last week I discovered they now make a MINI size milk-bone! The perfect size for Molly and so CUTE!

xo

It's raining

It's been raining leaves here this last week (so glad I don't clean the pool)

If you turn up the volume you can hear our kitty cat, Tina at the very end. Ha!

xo

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

I wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who placed bids on the Toys For Tots Charity Auction. (and Facebooked about the auction) It was a huge success! And because of you, many children will have a gift this holiday season. Thank you very much for your generosity.

Above is the Money Order for the amount of $258.00 which is now on it's way to the Toys For Tots!

~Bow Wow Bracelet~

I added a few new things to my site. Including this fun bracelet filled with lots of fun beads like- a food bowl, fire hydrant, a ball, dog bone and a heart dangle.

You can see them all  HERE.

 xo

Art Bead Scene Holiday Ornament Blog Hop

~Woodland Snowman Ornament~

I'm taking part in the Art Bead Scene Holiday Ornament Blog Hop.

This little woodland snowman ornament is made up of a lampwork snowman head bead (made by me) which sits on a tiny glass bottle filled with frosty flakes (glass beads, pearls and mica) I then added a tinsel collar (for a little holiday cheer)

A lampwork acorn and nest with eggs (by me), a lucite bloom, brass fern and a heart locket complete the ornament.

 

This month I'm offering a similar ornament (which is a kit) for the Design of the Month.

Here is the list of all the other participating ornament blog hoppers-  

Humblebeads

Suburban Girl Studio

Spirited Earth

Garden Path Beads

Life in the Lyon's Den

Blog by Salla

It's Been a While

Sue Beads

Artist At Work

Modern Nature Studio

WireWorked

Too Aquarius

Artfully Ornamental

Gem Rose Designs

Jewels by Ine

BeeTree by M.E.

Islandgirl's Insights

Angela Lund-Logan

Gem's PC Corner

Summers Studio

Sandy Volpe

The Next Bend

Skye Jewels

Janina Grigore

Elysian Studios

Art Bead Scene
Jeannie's Blog

The last day...

Today is the last day for the Toys for Tots Charity Auction.

If you haven't had a chance to check the goodies out yet, there is still time.

Bidding ends tonight at 6:00pm (PST) West coast time

xo

It's TIME!

The Toys for Tots Charity Auction starts today! 

I hope you'll take a moment to check them out.

All the money raised goes to a great cause!

The new Design of the Month (December) is now available! It's my first kit and I thought it might be fun! Click here to order yours.

Plus I will be adding new things to my website store over the next few weeks! Fun Fun Fun

I also added a new page on my site for my handmade paper clay ornaments, fun little things I make when ever the mood hits me (which is not often)

xo