Christmas decorations 2023

well it took me almost a week, but I finally have my decorations all out! Well inside the house anyway. I did put a few outside today but I have more. This is what my house looks like at night... there will be more things in the yard but this is what I have so far... also some stills from inside my living room I might add more pictures later...

Nov 2..DDLM

Today is the last day of DDLM. Halloween is officially over. I thought I would post a couple of pics from Halloween. Here is Rebel and Pixie on Halloween...

Here is my outdoor decor...most of it...

and here is Luci....he is from "Disenchantment"

some of my indoor decor...

Halloween's a comin"

I have finished up my swaps and such, I know I can work on some Halloween crafts for myself. First off is this adorable little Day of the dead bat ornament.. I made the mouse on the left for a swap partner and I loved it so much that I decided to make myself a bat… On the right. no pattern I just came up with them on my own.

I also made these cute little adoptable ghosts. Though they were very simple to make, they were a big hit with my swap partners.

I created this granny square with a skull in the center, because I wanted to make a Halloween Afghan. My own pattern… Here is my finished afghan I love it!

I also created these skull granny square earrings. I actually created normal sized granny squares first and made my Afghan, but then I used thread to create the earrings. The earrings are approximately 1/9 of a square size.

I am working on a couple of other things and I will post more pictures when I get them finished.

Zed the Zombie!

Trying to get a jump on my Halloween crafting. I got the pattern for this sweet little guy off of Ravelry. He is about 17 inches tall, which is larger than he was supposed to be, but that's fine. More of the little guy to love. He might also be going to the Fair next year.

2023 Fair results!

So I just got back from the Fair... and here are my entries with photos.

Fair results!

I went out to the fair last night to see how I did on my crafts. I was very happily surprised! I do not have them back yet so I cannot post pictures with ribbons yet, but if you look at the previous post you can see the items I will mention here. Tatted sandworm first prize blue ribbon Mrs. Claus 1st prize blue ribbon Zombie candy corn first prize blue ribbon Mad hatter Best of show, Sweepstakes, and first prize!!!!!! Absolem caterpillar… No prize … Sad face (the judge said they didn't like as much is the one I made last year...so I guess they were judging it according to previous entries? I don't think they are supposed to do that) Seas and greetings… Sweepstakes and first prize Sandworm earrings… First prize Doorknocker earrings… First prize Christmas striped slippers… First prize Lucas the spider first prize Baby phoenix third prize Happy the unicorn second prize And some tatted baby booties for third place no photo yet Recycle garden bug… First prize(this was meant for my recycled soda bottle)no photo yet In my antiques that I entered… I received a sweepstakes and first prize for a Christmas ornament, price for a tea cup and saucer and a third price for a decorated plate. So, to tally up, I got a Best of show, three sweepstakes, Eleven 1st place, two 2nd place & three 3rd Pl.

County Fair 2023!

Well, it is Fair time again! I have been working furiously to finish up my entries. I was very happy to learn that the fair committee has added sculpting categories this year! Finally a place to actually put sculpting in its own right! So here are some of the entries I am putting in the fair this year. Let me know which are your favorites.... Tatting...

sculpted creations in various categories

crochet and knit