Workshop will be closing soon!

As you can see, we've been quite busy around here. The tree is up, my Annalee's in place and, the lights outside are on! The woodworking tools have been making loads of noise in my husband's garage workshop and my sewing machine has been whirring away like made.... not making bears or bear friends but Christmas pj's, twirly skirts, cooking aprons etc. I don't think my grandkids read my blog so I am safe posting a picture of some of my completed things!

We are having the kids and grandkids over Friday night for dessert and coffee or hot cocoa. We'll have a chance to talk without the excitement of presents....

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas ( or if you celebrate another holiday, hope that one is wonderful too!) !

The Christmas workshop is still open

today's task was biscuits for the grand-dogs Chloe and Floyd. ... a batch of doggie biscuits. The recipe included cheese, garlic powder, dry milk, an egg, flours ( several types) and chicken stock. They were in the oven for almost two hours and the house smelled good enough for Bob to give them a taste test!! Thumbs up!! Hope the dogs like them as well!
How shall I wrap them?

LiliBilli's in an etsy treasury!!

LiliBilli ( named after my granddaughter who also has red hair!) has been chosen for an etsy treasury !

My sewing machine has been whirring with the sounds of Christmas pj's and presents! I have finished 4 sets of pj's and a present for my son ( shh it's a secret!) . I can tell that the grandchildren are growing since now it takes 2 yds for Dominic's and 4 yds for Lili's ! Thank you JoAnne's for your Black Friday $1.49 sale on flannel!!

Back home....

We are back home and trying to get things organized for our second Thanksgiving on Saturday. This time it's with the Kansas City group!
I did manage to get a few things made ...here are three of them... There are a few more, but they aren't quite finished.... yet!

Happy Thanksgiving

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We are down in Tulsa, OK visiting our son. He was in charge of the turkey so we tried a new brine recipe... brown sugar, peppercorns, maple syrup, bourbon and fresh thyme. It made a wonderful moist turkey! We also tried a new mashed potato recipe from Better Homes and Gardens..... cream cheese, blue cheese, caramelized onions, butter , cream and fresh parsley. Great flavor combination! We are on leftovers till we head home! We actually have to do turkey day all over again next weekend for the Kansas City family members!
Whilest the men did their stuff I worked on some bears.... but forgot the cord to download pictures to our laptop! So I will have to post them on BearPile and etsy ( and this blog) when we get home!
The men went to their chosen store for Black Friday ( I styed home waiting for a new bed delivery) and when they returned I went to JoAnne's Fabric store.... I seen Christmas pj's in my future!
How many of you were out shopping?

Boy, it feels funny...

It really does feel funny seeing bears I made years ago ( anywhere from 1 to 20!) show up on eBay.
Has someone stopped collecting? Downsizing? or what? I watch to see what happens and hope the bears find new homes....

another treasury for Christopher

Christopher has been chosen for another treasury.... but really all he wants is to go home with someone!