Decorating for St. Patrick"s Day

I now have my light box ready for March. I did the same thing to make this one as I did for Valentine's Day (directions are in a former post). I saw on another blog that instead of printing a picture
she bought cling-ons at the Dollar Store. She did her bow like mine and then just changed the cling-ons for each season or holiday. Have fun and use your imagination.

Love, Marie

Frosty the snowman

After Christmas, when I was putting away my decorations, I decided that I would use snowmen on the table for a while. We have had snow off and on for a while and are probably having more next week, so I thought the snowmen would work out well. The centerpiece was a gift from a friend and the plates were gifts years ago from my daughter's grandmother-in-law. The colors of the centerpiece and plates work well together. I am going to enjoy them a little longer and then pack them away and put out valentines.

Done except the Angel....

This is an Advent cross stitch that I did years ago. Each day you take one of the ornaments from the outside and place it on the tree. Even though it is just my husband and I here for Christmas, we still place this on the refrigerator each year and count down the days until Christmas day. It is all done now except for the angel that will go at the top of the tree tomorrow. I wish all of you a wonderful Christmas and a great New Year.
Love,
Marie

Gifts from other talented friends

I got this wonderful surprise from my friend, Celeste--we do watch bands together. She made this adorable snowman in a jar and placed white lights in it. It looks so sweet sitting on my kitchen counter with my other snowmen that can be seen in the post below. Thanks Celeste!
I love it.
These pretty little gift boxes were made by my friend, Naydine, my other watch band maker. Naydine used last years Christmas cards to make these neat little boxes and put a couple of pieces of candy inside. I think they are so neat. Thanks Naydine! My husband and I love them.

My Christmas Surprise....

We have these wonderful friends that we met through church. They have been such a blessing to us. All through the year, Pat has been bringing us meals to put in the freezer. These meals have been such a blessing. There are days that I am not able to prepare food for us and it is wonderful to go to the freezer and take out one of these meals and pop it into the oven or microwave. Gary, the husband, has helped with mowing the yard and other things that my husband needed. Yesterday, they came in the snow and brought us more meals for the freezer and one of Pat's works of art. She painted the snowman on the bottle and place a string of colored lights inside. I placed it on the kitchen counter beside my snowwoman cookie jar. Thank you Pat and Gary for your thoughtfulness!
Love,
Marie

Fourth of July at Melville Hill