LOUISVILLE CARDINAL CARVING

I'm sorry the Baylor Bears lost, so now I am a Louisville Cardinal fan!

BAYLOR BEAR CARVING

I carved a Baylor bear for my friend's sister's surprise birthday and was quite pleased with the results. And now I see that they are still alive and well in the Elite 8 NCAA basketball tournament. GO BEARS!!!!!

MORE NEW VALENTINE HEART PLAQUES

After designing the red paisley heart plaque and
getting lots of wonderful feedback (thanks, everyone!),
I have done a white heart with black paisley (and would
like to paint a black one too), a heart with "love" in
different languages, and a heart lollipop. They each
cost $25. I am still working on an antique version
of the paisley, and a really grungy one, but they are
taking a little longer.

VALENTINE PAISLEY HEART

I have packed up all my Christmas decorations
and have moved on to valentines. My first new
item is a Paisley Heart plaque and I am really
thrilled with it. It actually was my husband's
idea and a good one at that. And he says he
isn't artistic. Hopefully I can come up with
a couple more for this year's holiday.

ALL THE TRIMMINGS HOLIDAY SHOW - DEC. 3

Hope you all can make it to our All the Trimmings
Holiday Show this Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10-4,
at Chelsea fairgrounds, 20501 Old U.S. 12,
Chelsea, Michigan 48118. It is a wonderful
artisan show featuring antiques, collectibles,
pastels, jewelry, handmade bears, rug hooking,
woodcarvings, counted cross-stitch birds, fiber
arts, bread boards, tiles, photography, folk
paintings, honey, cards, Christmas houses,
punch needlework and fresh greens. Free
refreshments, free parking and free admission.

SANTA'S ON HIS WAY!

I have been working hard on carving new Santas for

my upcoming show - All the Trimmings Holiday Show

on Dec. 3 at the Chelsea, Michigan, fairgrounds - and

finally finished enough for my postcard. It was a

choice between this one and another one with a white

background. I chose the white one for my postcard

and decided to put this one on the blog. Too many

items for one small postcard, even though I like that.

Last year I didn't have enough Belsnickels for my

show, so this year I am determined to have a much

better assortment! I am off to a good start, but need

to make many more, as well as all of my other new

Christmas items. As I finish more, I'll put them on

my blog. My Christmas trees are new this year,

too. I designed a simpler version, much like

bottle brush trees, either with a base or without.

Got to go! I just got another idea! I'll post it later.

FRAKTUR BIRDS

I had so much fun designing and carving my new

Fraktur birds for the open house! I have wanted

to carve them forever and finally decided to get

them done this year. They were a success, (yea!)

so I plan to carve a few more styles and paint them

in different color combinations for the Christmas

show. Luckily, I am in the mood for holiday

carving now! I already have carved more

Belsnickles than I had for the show last year!