Sunday, January 1, 2012

Thursday, December 29, 2011



home made Christmas

One of my favorite things about Christmas is getting a home made gift.
I love the thought that goes behind a gift made with love.
We have a Christmas Eve tradition in our family.
We draw names at Thanksgiving, and everyone makes a home made gift
to be opened after dinner on Christmas Eve.
This year there were handcrafted pajama pants, a beautiful picture frame, a name plaque, a desk blotter, a lovely skirt and a sock monkey.  The stand-out, however, was the nerd garden
(made with love) by Enrique:
a nerd garden?

She LOVES it.

Also, under the tree this year were not one, but TWO surprises for me:
a hand pieced quilt from my piano student Louise
and
embroidered pillowcases from Lynn,
my friend Heather's mom who lives in upstate NY.

Christmas love.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

LoOk!
my Christmas Cactus bloomed for Christmas.
(things I love)

Tuesday, December 27, 2011