Christmas Cuteness

Sushi ornaments look so cute on the Christmas tree..



My level of excitement is indirectly proportional to my actual production. I should have gotten started earlier. These are hard work! I have been pulling them off my Christmas tree to send to Etsy ladies too. It's a happy feeling knowing that something you thought of, designed, and created is appreciated by other people. I felt especially happy sending a set to Honolulu. What a pretty place far, far away. And now a part of me is there.


My neice loves them too. Her reaction to Spicy Tuna Maki was "Mimi! You have a paw print ornament! Hahahhahahahahha. You're so funny. You know? When the dog goes outside and gets in the mud and just makes a mess..." Why yes, dear, that is exactly what I was going for.

Homegirl can spot a Barbie doll from a mile away. Wrapped in paper. Hidden under some stuff. Waaaaay back behind the Christmas tree.

We decorated some Christmas cookies. I made this Avatar Gingerbread Man Sugar Cookie..


I have been so busy. I painted a blue wall in my apartment..




And I dug this out. I've had it forever. That little mouse has a spaghetti stain on his face from, like, 1992 probably. And yes, I am moving him every morning.

Pretty Wintry Durham

It snowed here Saturday and it was so pretty. I took these pictures in the American Tobacco district. It was insanely cold but I was nearby and couldn't resist a snowy walkthrough of pretty Christmas lights and white dust.







Lifesize paper Hillary for Julie


The paper attached to this lifesize Sarah Palin says something like - Taking over the entire world of Alaska. Or something like that. And her earrings are teabags.




Icey tree at home..

A Glittery Thanksgiving

I finally got most of the glitter cleaned up and I'm really scared to break it out again. And I need to. I have a few sushi ornaments to finish and I need to paint/glitter my Chopstick Star. It got really bad there for a few days when I was really busy. I have a nice finishing spray for my ornaments/other crafts I have in mind that involve glitter but the actual process of working with it will be saved for moments of optimum TIME availability in the future. I mean we had to shampoo the carpet... just to get my point across.

I've made two Chopstick Stars, one small and one larger. I think I will paint/glitter them two different colors and put them both atop the tree if it's big enough. Here's the small unpainted star..


I just tied a bunch of chopsticks with wire to make a star shape. I think the paint/glitter/tree branches will do a good job hiding the ugly wire.

Thanksgiving Day involved a road trip to Wilmington and much excitement over recieving sushi ornament orders on Etsy on my iPhone! I don't know the name of it but we detoured through a small town where people were shopping outside in the streets flea-market style. There were so many people in the streets that we had to drive slowly and I got a chance to observe the shoppers. It's kind of interesting the things people will buy from Dollar General on Thanksgiving Day. I laughed at the man with the toilet plunger.

Downtown Wilmington is cute with a few Christmas decorations. These are iPhone pics.


It was cloudy and on the edge of rain all day, and pretty desolate due to the holiday.



This dusty workshop caught my attention..


Black Friday I skipped shopping and visited my Gma who made me try each of her Thanksgiving Day pies. Kidding. I didn't resist too much. Chocolate, pumpkin, pecan, and pound cake.