A Little Preview...................

.......of things to come. The EHAG (Eclectic Halloween Artist Group) eBay group is having a winter challenge on January 26th. The theme for this challenge is "The Weather Outside is Frightful". What could be more perfect..........no? lol The weather here in Ohio has been pretty frightful this past weekend with a mix of snow, sleet, winds and cold........brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. (Is spring here yet??????????) =o) Below is the piece that I just finished. This candlestick was in our shoppe, brought in by one of our consignment artists, and I had one of those light bulb moments when I saw it! A head could go on top of those knobs on the one side and that could be her arm holding the candle! =o) I hand crocheted her little Halloween scarf and her little hat out of fun fur yarn. Has anyone ever tried to actually crochet with this stuff? You cannot see your stitches at all! It's definitely not for amateur crocheters like me! LOL You just have to try to feel for your stitches amongst all those little furry things......heck, I should have taken my magnifying eyeglasses off to do it, since I couldn't see anything anyhow! hahaha!


So I sat down one night last week and got out the package of paper clay that my good friend JoycEE had her hubby pick up for us. He works in Cuyahoga Falls and there's a Michael's close by, so he's the designated paper clay picker upper............lol (Thanks Murph!) =D

You see, my first experience with paper clay was at the 1st PFATT Fest held in Berlin, OH at the Coblentz Country Cabins. It was taught by my dear friend Christy Meyers of Ccswhimsies. What wonderful memories I still have of that day! All of us sculpted snowman heads that day and they were all taken back home to be finished and listed on eBay. I still to this day wish that I had kept that first snowman............he was sooo cute!


Below is a pic of some of the unfinished heads that we sat in front of the firplace to dry.........


Well, I have since then only sculpted twice. Both were snowmen..........I just can't get past that little carrot nose! My second paper clay sculpt is pictured up above in my banner and below...........


I will make sure that I post the link when the EHAG challenge starts so you all can see the frightfully creative items that all the EHAG artists come up with this month!

A big THANK YOU to my friend................

Christy Meyers of Ccswhimsies for letting me use this gorgeous picture of one of her santa whimsies to make a banner for our Village Gift Shoppe's Christmas Open House. Isn't he absolutely the most gorgeous santa that you have ever seen???????????


Make sure that you go see her santa whimsies that she has on Pfatt Marketplace this month! And please visit the rest of the Pfatt Marketplace artists while you're there. There is SO much eye candy to be seen!! Better have a beverage of choice before you start shopping and your checkbook on hand too! ;o)

SO.........hop on over to my Village Gift Shoppe blog to see some of the goodies we have available and for more info about the upcoming Christmas Open House! If any of you live close by, I sure do hope that you will stop in and pay us a visit! Or leave me a message here! I would love to hear from you!!

"Tis the Season to be Jolly!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Two of my Favorite Christmas Gifts..........

The most fun gifts to get at Christmastime are the hand made ones........the ones that come from the heart and hands of some of my dearest friends. =o) The first one came to me in the mail from my dear friend Sandy or Sam (Samiamcreations). Her newest passion is these little objet d'art soldered necklaces that I absolutely ADORE and you can find in her etsy shop.........

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5076334&order=&section_id=&page=2

(Photo altered using Paint Shop Pro)

.......and the second treasured gift came from one of my best friend's JoycEE.....aka Enchanted Productions and was made by another best friend Christy.....aka Ccswhimsies. When Joyce gave my gift to me along with the sweetest hand written card.........all I could do was sob. I had seen this beautiful painting on PfattMarketplace only AFTER it had been purchased by Joyce. I scolded her for scooping it up first! lol So imagine my joy when I opened her package to find inside this sweet little angel staring up at me!!!! =o) I am so blessed to have such sweet and loving friends!!!!!!

I love you girls!!!!
HUGS!
*Nana