I Am Decking Them Halls...

Fa, la, la, la, la...la, la, la, la!

So we were vendors at a local Park and Rec bazaar last weekend...it was fun....even with a tooth ache that I have been dealing with ever since....it was still a beautiful and memorable day with my girls....here...take a gander...

Dickens Carolers...Fa, la, la~ing...

Drop Cloth pillows...filled with buckwheat hulls...

A closer peek...

This tree pillow and it's brothers were very popular...

We starting setting up before dawn...and then....{angels singing...} here is the sun streaming through the windows....glorious!

A bit of this, that and the other thing...

The gals...

This one....was in the middle of working on a 30!!! page paper for her class but still joined in the festivities for a spell...

And the other one pretty much ran the booth on her own...it was fun to watch her...as I have been dragging her to these bazaars since before she could walk!

And a good time was had by all...

So back to decking these halls....I will be joining Julia over at Hooked on Houses for her Holiday House Tour beginning Monday the 15th.....THE 15TH!!! Yikes...better step it up 'round these parts...I can almost hear Santa's reindeer being attached to his sleigh!

Smiles ~ Ramona

A Bowl Of Bells ~ Simple Delight ~ Silly Gal Am I

Getting a tad goof ~ balls around here of late...with my bazaar just two days away....yikes...I am on overload! And then some. I craft in the heart of our house....the kitchen/nook area...always have. Even when I have a craft room....I tend to sew and craft where the family is....told ya, silly gal am I.

So I have pieces of pillows hanging here there and everywhere...waiting to be filled with buckwheat hulls and, of course, love. Bird houses to be sanded and snow~gals patiently hanging about waiting for twig arms, baby carrot noses and crazy, crazy curly girly hair...after all, where would a snow~gal be without crazy, curly girly hair? Nowhere, that's where!

Just hanging 'round...

That about says it all...

I heart me a lot of tree pillows...

Clothespins standing at attention...

Ready or not....it's a coming...

...by the way...I am NOT ready!

I just had to share this....the simple sights of the season

really do give me lots of smiles...today...a bowl of bells did the trick!

Have a wonderful Thursday...gonna be windy around here....that

should help with my crazy, crazy, curly girly hair~do that

I will be sporting....just another way of looking at bad hair days and

having a good 'tude about it!

Smiles ~ Ramona

And On The Farm They Had A Tree ~ EIEIO

I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We had a very nice day and wonderful weekend. Some of us have been a bit under the weather 'round these parts....but we are on the mend and preparing for lots of Ho~Ho~Ho's and jolly times.

So our family tradition, since the older siblings were in early grade school...is to go to a wonderful Christmas tree farm called Sleighbells on the day after Thanksgiving. Located in Sherwood, Oregon...we have gone to this place, on this day, for years and years. And good grief the world would cease to exist if we decided to go on another weekend....so this is what we do, and we love it and I wouldn't have it any other way...cha, cha, cha!

Welcome to Sleighbells...



Inside this ol' house is a gift shop, tea room, Halloween room,

free hot chocolate, homemade fudge, a wreath house....and....

Santa Claus!

Our third born....he was our " baby" for a long time

before the real baby of the fam came along 9 years later...

I couldn't be prouder of this handsome guy...a Specialist in

the U.S. Army....he deploys this coming year....that makes this Christmas

more important than ever...

And to think...it only took 45 minutes to pick one...

5 minutes to flag down the dudes with the chainsaws...

No words...just wet boots...

and some songs of delight...

This is what memory making looks like on the face

of an 11 year old...

There are some hot chocolates with your names
on 'em down yonder folks...notice the hats on these guys...one for Oregon St. Beavers (smile)
and one for University of Oregon Ducks....big time rivals...but still loving brother~in~laws...



Chubby tree 'o love...


Lights....now on with the ornaments...this, of course,
will take allllllll week...

The every changing view from the house...love it.

So on with my week of madness....the bazaar is this Saturday...and I
am having a blast preparing for it. As usual all of my good
ideas come at the last minute....frustrating and wonderfully, creatively,
yummy all at the same time.

I will share as the week goes on.

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Smiles ~ Ramona

Almost Ready To Go Over The River...

Less than a week to Thanksgiving....and I am so excited! I have the "bones" of the menu ready to go....I just have to cross the "t's" and dot the "i's" and we will be ready to go over that ol' river and through the woods...well maybe not the woods....I just saw "Twilight" and I don't thinks I'll be hanging 'bout any woods any time soon...and that is all I have to say about that!

So tonight, as my Thanksgiving tweaking continues...how about a gathering of turkeys...

Or as I just discovered on Google ~ a rafter of turkeys...

Next weeks they will be vessels for gravy and soup and cranberries...

But today I used them for my amusement....

Do I seem amused....yep, I am amused...

So on a final note this fine Friday eve....take a gander at

Mr. Squirrely Fussy Pants....great mug shot...

this guy, single handed~ly {squirrel paw~ed~ly} turned

my Indian corn into lovely cobs....time to make some pipes!

Have a wonderful weekend...I am the mayor of Craft Central around these parts...the bazaar I am involved in is happening in two weeks....ready or not...and I will be ready and that there is a promise.

Start thawing your turkeys ladies!

Smiles ~ Ramona

If You Decorate It....They Will Come!

Our Northwest rain has finally passed by and we have
been left with sweet, sweet brisk and sunny

autumn days! Glory, glory...it is beautiful outside.

So counting today we have 15 days to go till we are basting big birds and planning trips to tree farms...I can't wait. I have not kept my promise to blog daily....unless writing blogs in your mind and virtually posting them count. I will step it up for the next couple of weeks and wrap my arms around this upcoming holiday and give it the hugs that it deserves.

Before I share a tid~bit or two....take a gander at what Mr. Squirrel Fuzzy Pants did to my Halloween display....

Remember this from a couple of weeks ago?

If you decorate it....

...they will come...

Now...I do not remember placing corn in the boxwood hedge...

I have big plans for these cobs....I think there is

a snowman in our future that may need a pipe...

And onto a bit of Thanksgiving putz~ing...my can
of brown spray paint and I make quite a pair...

No pumpkin can hide from the wrath of paint that sprays from a can...

Ripening acorn squash and stray pine cones ~ safe inside

from Mr. Squirrel...

The simple beauty and natural~ness

of this wee display really speaks

to the spirit of Thanksgiving...

and you can eat it too...

I am now off to paint some drop cloth remnants to use on

our Thanksgiving table...and but of course I will share...after all

that is what this season is all about.

Merry fall to all and to all a good weekend!

Smiles ~ Ramona