Merry Christmas!

Christmas is just around the corner and this will be my last post until after the Holiday. 

I decided to show you a few photos of Christmas around here with some descriptions and best wishes to all of you! 

Christmas doesn't start until our annual trip to the local tea room! To honor my grandma we go and enjoy a lovely afternoon! 

 

The Tea Room

Tea Room window decorations!!

Tea Room table decor! So cute and simple!!

 As a family we go and cut down a tree and then decorate it!

Our beautiful tree!!

Presents beneath the tree!

There's nothing like the lights on the tree glowing off the ornaments!

 "In the beginning was the Word, 

and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 

The same was in the beginning with God. 

All things were made by Him; 

and without Him was nothing made that was made. 

In Him was the life; and the life was the light of men. 

And the light shines in darkness; 

and the darkness comprehended it not." 

John 1:1-4

We love candles!!

 One of our traditions is to make wine cakes and give to our family and friends.

Cakes packaged and ready for delivery.

We decorated the tops of the cakes with candy canes and Scriptures. 

 

 

Merry Christmas from my puppy Mandy!

Don't forget the heart of Christmas!

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given and the government shall be upon His shoulder; 

and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, 

the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace." 

Isaiah 9:6

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas! !

Bill of Rights Day

Bill of Rights Day-December 15

James Madison, the author the Constitution introduced it’s first twelve amendments.

The House of Representatives adopted them on August 21, 1789 and formally proposed them by joint        resolution of Congress on the twenty-fifth of September. On December 15, 1791 ten of the twelve were       ratified. Virginia’s ratification of these amendments created the necessary three-fourths majority vote of the twelve states to make it law.

The Anti-Federalists; those opposing the ratification of the Constitution; were concerned that the document gave too much power to the new national government without defining the rights of the people.

The Bill of Rights was penned in order to secure the rights of the people from a government that would try to remove or redefine them.

These first ten amendments enumerates the freedoms not explicitly indicated in the Constitution:

1.Freedom of religion, speech and assembly
2.Right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of a well-regulated militia
3.No forcible quartering of soldiers during peacetime
4.Freedom from unreasonable search and seizure
5.Right to a grand jury for capital crimes and due process. Protection from double jeopardy, self-incrimination and public confiscation of private property without just compensation.
6.Right to speedy and public trial by jury and a competent defense
7.Right to trial by jury for monetary cases above $20
8.Protection against excessive bail or fines and cruel and unusual punishments
9.Rights not enumerated are retained by the people
10.Rights not given to the federal government or prohibited the state governments by the Constitution, are reserved to the States... or to the people

Christmas Order

A Christmas Order That Is On It's Way...

I just mailed a twelve item order that a client placed. 

It's so much fun to be able to customize the order to fit the client's needs or the person's they are giving it to. This order had several new patterns that I learned. 

I LOVE learning new skills to add to my collection!!

The order:

pair of fingerless gloves (adult woman) in blue (knit)

small pair of fingerless gloves in light blue (knit)

small pair of fingerless gloves in purple (knit)

crocheted hat (3 yr. old) in pink

front

side view

crocheted hat (1 ½ yr. old) brown

crocheted hat (adult woman) in white

adult male hat (Dallas Cowboys) knit

scarf (8 yr. old boy) in brown and white (crocheted) front

back

stitch

scarf (adult male) in Green Bay colors (crocheted)

scarf (adult male) in Green Bay colors (crocheted)

scarf (adult male) in Green Bay colors (crocheted)

scarf (adult female) in Green Bay colors (knit)

close up, so pretty!!

             

           

           

           

           

Baby Girl Items

For the Baby Girl

Recently I made these items for a baby girl. 

The package included a crocheted baby blanket, hat, leggings, and baby sized fingerless gloves. 

Baby items are so fun to make!!

See pictures below:

baby blanket

overview

baby hat

close up of the flower

baby fingerless gloves

leggings

Dalmatian Baby

Dalmatian Hat and Diaper Cover Set for Baby

I had an order recently for a hat and diaper cover set. 

My client wanted it to look like a  dalmatian puppy. 

I think it turned out pretty cute! 

Take a look at let me know what you think!

front

back, complete with tail!

front of the hat

back of the hat

view of the hat from above

See something you like? 

Let me know!

The Histroy of Thanksgiving

The first recorded Thanksgiving occurred in 1621 between the Pilgrims and the Indians.

After a difficult first year, they decided to celebrate and give thanks to God for His blessings.

“And God be praised we had a good increase… Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors. They four in one day killed as much fowl as, with a little help beside, served the company almost a week. At which time, amongst other recreations, we exercised our arms, many of the Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest king Massasoit, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five deer, which they brought to the plantation and bestowed on our    governor, and upon the captain and others. And although it be not always so plentiful as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so far from want that we often wish you partakers of our plenty.”

 Edward Winslow

In 1777 the Continental Congress proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving.

“that servile labor and such recreations (although at other times innocent) may be unbecoming the purpose of this appointment [and should] be omitted on so solemn an occasion.”

National Thanksgivings were also proclaimed by Presidents Washington, Adams, and Monroe.

President Lincoln declared two national Thanksgivings during his presidency. His decision was influenced by Sarah Josepha Hale, the editor of the women’s magazine Godey’s Lady’s Book. She encouraged the President  to make Thanksgiving a national holiday; saying it would help to reunite the war torn country.

The holiday did not become a fixed annual event though. A President still had to proclaim Thanksgiving every year. The last Thursday in the month became the customary day.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared Thanksgiving for the next-to-last Thursday in November, in an     attempt to lengthen the Christmas shopping season.

Thanksgiving was not a fixed national holiday until Congress permanently established the holiday as the fourth Thursday in the month of November, in 1941.