Far Guy did an awesome job on this years ornament.
Here they look like cats...but they are not done yet!
They are reindeer...some of the noses are more sparkly than others.
I only woodcarved two or three of them, but I did the wood burning and together we painted them. I tied all the bows and Far Guy attached all the chenille stem antlers.
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The ornaments winners are; Val, Gemma's person, Jessica, Phyllis P and Sonja. Congratulations! It was fun to hear about all of your favorite Christmas Movies! I will be getting the ornaments in the mail to you soon! Gemma's person and Jessica please email me with your mailing address. captainconnie2001atyahoodotcom
The ornament will be revealed on the blog as soon as most of them have been received!
Far Guy and I had a quiet day yesterday...I cleaned out the junk drawer in the kitchen for the highlight of my day. It was a mess.
The Art Gallery where we took the mini classes last Saturday.
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It has turned cool here, it rained a bit late Thursday. It was frosty in the early morning Friday. I did not get up in time to see the frost but Far Guy assured me it was there.
We are finished with woodcarved Christmas Ornaments! Yeah us! I have a few that I will give away here on the blog. Please share something to be entered...how about sharing what your favorite Christmas Movie or Program was/is.
My favorite movie is A Christmas Story...where Ralphie almost shot his eye out! Share your favorite to be entered in the ornament giveaway. I will mail to the United States and Canada...so enter away until Monday night when I will draw some winners.
Here is a snowy old photo...that looks like my Dad and I think that is his car on the left...looks like he had a bunch of snow to shovel...and they had a really long drive way too! Photo taken at my paternal grandparents farm.
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I have been tying bows to beat the band. Our wood carved Christmas Ornament requires a bow and a string to hang the ornament. It is putzy work...it takes me about an hour to tie twelve bows and get them exactly right. Yes, I am a bit fussy!
Far Guy has been doing an awesome job painting the carvings. When the windy cold weather keeps him indoors he likes doing a project.
Some of the ornaments are headed out of the house this weekend...that way they won't have to be mailed!
I will guess that we are about half done with the project.
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Handy Andy our fantastic son in law installed a new garage side door for us. Yesterday I began painting ...of course I did not buy the correct size roller...but I did get one coat on the door frame. The door is steel and I will get it done in no time with a roller. The next week or so looks like good painting weather. I hope those stinky beetles stay away....they usually invade us after the beans are harvested.
I would also like to repaint the sauna...we will see what happens with that after I get the door done. ( I also have to clean the interior of the sauna before the snow flies...because we like a sauna when it turns cold outside)
It froze here yesterday morning. There was a real nip in the air.
Far Guy is rounding the bend on woodcarving the Christmas Ornaments. He has less than ten left to do. They have to be painted too...but that can be done indoors on not so nice days.
We went for a couple of trail rides with my other baby brother and she who sees robins first. I won't explain why they were both opening their doors going down the trail.
One night as we were returning home the moon was coming up.
In other activities, we worked on the Christmas Ornaments. I have decided how to paint them and have completed a sample. It will work. I made a list of the things I need to complete that project. Far Guy is not done carving yet...and I can paint them later in the Fall when the weather outside gets rotten.
I designed the outside of this years Christmas Card. I have yet to work out the inside. I ordered card stock and envelopes and made a list of what I need to finish the cards...a few brushes and some water color pencils. I hope to have everything in process so that I can put them together during the craft retreat in October.
We trimmed some branches that were bugging me when I was mowing the lawn. I hate the ones that I have to push out of the way with my arm! Far Guy and my other baby brother put new mulching blades on my lawn mower ...so when the leaves begin to fall I can mulch them. I mulch about ten different times before the leaves are all out of the trees.
We have a very busy week ahead of us. Lots of appointments and places we have to be. Next week isn't looking much better.
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I am making slow progress on my Costa Nova Mosaic crochet project. I can only crochet so long before I get real sleepy.
Cottages, beach umbrellas, light houses and fish. The next part is more cottages they will be green.
I am feeling a bit better...still tired. I can stay awake longer...so that is an improvement.
Yesterday I worked on fine sanding woodcarved Christmas Ornaments, twenty are ready to wood burn...then paint, then seal, then decorate and put names and year on them...it is a process. Far Guy has carved about 67 over the summer and has about 33 to go. So he will be busy until mid September.
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