TT/Winter Landscape

I can't take much credit for my Tag Tuesday tag this week.  Since the theme is "Winter Landscape," I thought of an old Christmas card I had.  I purchased a packet of these cards on Ebay about 12 years ago.  The image was so perfect, I didn't feel I needed to improve upon it very much.

I added paper to the right and left sides, a couple snowflake sequins, the "winter" letters on the bottom, and some gesso to the snow (which is hardly noticeable).  The wild trim is a fringy yarn I bought at a thrift store.  Knew it would come in handy someday.

And, no, I didn't put up my Christmas tree yet.  The tag is hanging in a yew bush outside!

Enjoy!

Little Fur Family

Since I posted a grown-up type book yesterday, I thought I would share another of my childhood books today.  Little Fur Family is by Margaret Wise Brown who also wrote the popular Goodnight Moon. It is a simple story, perfect for bedtime reading. This copy was printed in 1970 and was purchased by me from the very fun school bookmobile.

The illustrations were always my favorite part of this book.  Nice colors and good detail for a picture book.

I noticed there is a "deluxe hardcover" edition available at Amazon which also means this is considered a classic now.  Gee, I had good taste as a child.

Enjoy!

The Image Makers

I haven't posted one of my "Hollywood" books in quite a long time so here we go. The Image Makers is one of my older books-- received in 1983 from my folks for Christmas. A great coffee table type book with tons of photos.  I used many of these famous faces in this book to draw ebony pictures years ago.  I was a portrait artist in another life.  

Here is a small sampling of the wonderful photos:

 Marlene Dietrich on the cover

 Hedy Lamarr

 Ann Sheridan

 Charles Chaplin

 Rita Hayworth

 Jean Arthur

Marlene Dietrich

Enjoy!

Advent Calendar 2012

Since this is December First, I am sharing the annual Advent calendar at my house. My mother always bought one for us kids, and I carried on the tradition even before I had a kid.  This year's comes from Bronner's online store.  Love the detail!  It's fairly big too, about 10" x 14".

I'm sharing this lovely calendar with "A Favorite Thing" at Mockingbird Hill Cottage.

Do you have an Advent calendar this year?

Enjoy!

What's One More?

Guess what I found at an estate sale? Yep, another macrame owl.  I like the color of this one.

I got a "bulk" deal on everything I bought which included my eight-year-old's must have trinkets.  So the owl averaged out to about twenty cents.  Fine by me. Although I doubt the original crafter would be thrilled.

If you missed it, here is a previous post about my other owls.

Enjoy!

Gurley Wednesday

With December getting closer every minute (obviously), I am giving Wacky Pack Wednesday a well deserved vacation for the rest of the year.  In its place, I bring you "Gurley Wednesday." For anyone unfamiliar with Gurley candles, you can read a brief history here when I posted a couple of Easter candles.  If you want a detailed history, check out Wikipedia.

Ninety-nine percent of these candles I inherited from from grandmother, and about ninety percent of those were purchased by my mother to give to her mother in the 1950s.

Enough groundwork, I give you Gurley candle #1:

This was always one of my favorites.  Notice Rudolph is wearing Santa's hat?  Cute.

And as I have said before-- these original prices just kill me!

Enjoy!

TT/Keeping Warm

The Tag Tuesday theme this week is "Keeping Warm." I usually freeze all winter since I keep the thermostat fairly low, and the one thing that warms me up for about a cozy half hour is hot chocolate. I pour boiling water into one of those packets (I know-- how gauche) and hold the mug in my hands for awhile before drinking it. So I shot a picture of said chocolate in one of my favorite mugs (was my mom's) and made a tag out of it.

And, no, I don't like marshmallows (real or fake) in my (real or fake) hot chocolate.

Enjoy and stay warm!