Our holiday open house

I am back from our holiday open house this weekend.  Next year we have decided to do only friday and sat no sunday!! YIPPEE!! sunday was 10-3 and it was very very quiet.  Overall we did about 1/2 of what we did last year which is ok since we had a very good busy show last year and things are different this year as we all are aware of!  So here are some pics of our offerings.  My friend Laura does all the hypertufa leaves and stones and they all look amazing!! 

I did have about 15 altered books I got done and also some altered frames. 

Here is her waterfall and I just love this one!! 

We offer some grubby candles in all sizes and some very cool candle holders.

grubby votives that smell amazing!

My mom and brother and I made up some fresh pine centerpieces with and without candles.

And my friend Bonnie had a few antiquey pieces like this old chair.

homemade rugs

all natural soaps and lotions

some fixins and essential oils

more of my signs

lots of candles, pip berries and refill bulbs

one of my bake shoppe tables

A snowman in a basket filled with twigs, berries, and pods and some cones. 

I have to say as much fun as it is I am so so SO so glad to be back home with my guys!!  It was great today I packed up all the fall decorations around, started  decorating outside for xmas.  I put some pine branches around the farmstand, filled some window boxes with pines, cones and some red ornaments and made a couple of pine swags to hang around.  It really was almost 50 outside today and a perfect day for it now all i have yet is to put lights around and then can sit back and enjoy the white shimmering lights.   As much as I love colored c9 lights I absolutely love all white!!  I have lots of ideas of some new things I would like to make next year for our show and am for NOTHING doing a show the weekend before ours!!  LOL i say that now!! 

So this week is gonna be a bit crazy!!!  Thursday I am at Allegan market in the am with Dave from Young Earth Farm, South Haven in the afternoon and then off to Douglas to Everyday People Cafe to do their evening open house of artists!! Friday is Bronson Market then Saturday is Saugatuck Green Market I am in and then Sunday is the artists show at Saugatuck Brewery!!  So BUSY week ahead of me so it was nice to slack around a bit today and not do alot!!  even though I have to do double time tomorrow and wed!! 

Well have a great week I will try to get back on here and take pics of the cookies for my cookie boxes I will be makin this week!! 

HUGS

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Busy Busy days this week

These are packages of my newest chocolate bark. White chocolate bark filled with chopped pistachios and almonds and dried cranberries!! SO YUMMO!

I like the way the little tags turned out too. They are perfect to gift someone like your mail carrier, teacher, friends, coworkers you get my idea!!

These are 4 oz bags and sell for $3.25 a bag. (plus their travel expenses) IF you would like one PLEASE EMAIL ME OR LEAVE ME A COMMENT HERE~

Now on to what I have been doin up at 3.00 am the last few mornings! Cant sleep I am too excited to paint!! LOL

Ok i do have 5 more that just need the finishing touches so will post those pics later or tomorrow!!

The snowmen decorating the tree is my absolute favorite one! BUT i do like the one i am finishing up this am with a snowman and a deer... well no the tree one is my favo!! I am goin to do it with a darker tan backround too i think.

These are all my hp designs, no patterns just paint-n-go!!LOL

I am off to finish signs and then to the kitchen. I signed up for a few more shows. NEXT weekend is the Lowell MI christmas thru Lowell with like over 200 exhibitors!! Will post more on that too. BUT THIS SAT!!! DONT FORGET MOUNT PLEASANT West Intermediate School show!!! SOME GREAT TREASURES THERE! and yours truly will be there with lots of sweet treats and primitives for yall!~

Have a blessed day!!

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~