Happy Holidays Everyone…
Most of you know I am from snowy Wisconsin…but as you read this I will be in sunny southern California near San Diego…hopefully starting work on our NEW Primitive Gatherings-Murrieta location. That is right!!! …we will have a permanent store in Murrieta, CA! Dru Farrell and my son Luke will be running it and I will be there almost every month…We are looking forward to this adventure and will be bringing CA Quilters a bunch of exciting things to look forward to…Now back to the HOP!!! Sorry…but we are all excited about that…
This year for the blog hop I was READY…I usually do something at the last minute…I’m just being real here..thats the way is it now… I stitch deadline to deadline…with a few things in-between…after the last Christmas blog hop I made some ornaments for the next time we did a blog hop so I wasn’t rushed… I hunted them down and I am writing this post about a week ahead of the due date!!! That is also exciting…for me at least…you all just want me to get to it… I know…
CHRISTMAS 2015….
This is going to be a not so traditional Christmas for me and I really don’t want to talk about any previous Holiday Memories at this time…. so I’m not going to pretend all is glittery, merry and bright.…I have my tree up…it is not decorated and It might not be at all this year…I’m thinking I will wait til the kids come home and talk them into it… There are way too many things going on with CA store and this will be the first year without our son, Lance… I am not real good with this but something pushes me everyday to be strong and go on with what I do best…another reason for not decorating is Nick and I are going on Vacation on December 27th…and when we get back…it is back to CA for me for a month (In January…don’t be Jealous my cold weather friends)… that is why I’m not in the mood to be decking the halls…and to be honest…I still have my house decorated for Spring!…again..being real…I’ll be set in a few months! lol….We will however have our annual Holiday Party…I will post about that after…so please don’t think I’m a “Debbie downer”…I still LOVE Christmas…but give me a pass this year…Here is a nice picture from last year…love how my eyes match my outfit…
Please read this post if you are new to my blog and need to know what my usual Christmas is like…Click this link: Christmas
Here are the cookies we make every year for the Christmas Gathering at the shop..my Mom makes about 20 dozen… she leaves some plain and some she dips in white chocolate…I promised several people I would share this recipe…it is that good.
Now my project…Oh Holy Night…Here are 4 ornaments…you could just make the manger scene…but the Shepard and the sheep are a set!!! These are very simple ornaments, but the statement is BIG…I hope you love them as much as I do…This FREE pattern has been removed and will now be offered in my newest book Christmas Gatherings out April 2016!
A special THANKS to Stacy at Buttermilk Basin for organizing all this fun for YOU the best customers/supporters/stalkers…(that last one was for you, Sue in GA) in all the land!!! And isn’t this a GREAT year! Every designers project was AWESOME!!! I wanted to make them ALL myself!
Take care my friends and see you when I see ya…come to CA…See what we’ve got going on!
Lisa
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