*<];{> Santa comes early for me with pretty pink birdies and a fairy land delight!

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Mess_043 I got pretties in the mail!!!!!

My Sissy made these pink paper birds for me, and I ripped open the package immediately. Hope I wasn’t supposed to wait till Xmas!Mess_044

Aren’t they sweet????Mess_046

And look at the cute box that Barbara sent to me.  This is a whimsical box as it is, and who would have thought to use something this fun to mail a package in??Mess_047

But look at the magical creation inside!Mess_053

Twinkle and Sparkle Fairies, in a glittered floral wonderland.Mess_054

Next to the princess of all the fairies, Sugarwings!Mess_067

Every detail is perfectly wonderful from the rainbow paper the banner at the top is made of to the vintage pink ribbon bow.Mess_064

I hung this fairy filled glitter ball of delight on the silver wreath next to the other gifts Barbara sent a while back, silver snow flakes that say Twinkle and Sparkle. Oh, I owe this lady big time!

Christmas is catching up to me and I know I won’t be able to make something for her by then, but Barbara, watch out when Valentine’s Day rolls around! And thanks so much!Mess_063

Here is an update on how far behind I am in getting ready for Christmas.  My studio is a jumbled up mess from the sale I had in here the 2nd.  I had over 600 people come through here and haven’t recovered since.

I do have a menu for Christmas day brunch and for dinner that night, but I don’t have any place to seat the people till I get a bulldozer and shove some of this out of the way.

Here is my menu-

  • a professional ham (that is what I call food from Vermont Street BBQ where my son works)
  • 4 pans of Rhodes cinnamon rolls (yum)
  • fruit and cheese by Beth
  • sausage gravy and biscuits (not from a can)
  • egg casserole from Lori
  • tomato salad from our garden tomatoes that I have been babying along to ripen by Xmas and made it just in time! And they really taste good too.
  • fudge and cookies (if I don’t eat them first)
  • maybe more desserts or muffins or something??
juicy juice boxes, bottled water and coffee in to go style cups
all served on paper plates with plastic forks
and most important- a Forest of bleached and hand dyed bottle brush trees as a centerpieceMess_072
At least I have my priorities right- the trees are done! Sugarwings and I made 4 packages of them the other night.  Mess_074
They were not easy to glitter.
I ended up dunking them into a can of water based poly and then holding them upside down to drain off, then sprinkling them with glitter.
The problem was that after being left to dry overnight, the poly still dripped onto the craft table, and dried the trees solid to its surface! I had to pry many of them up.  ooopsMess_059
But, back to the mail- I ordered myself a little Christmas gift.  Beautiful wallpapers from Donna Layton on Etsy.Mess_060
Can’t you see me using some of these for the covers of my cook books for the Swap that Beth and I are doing for Valentines Day??
Mess_061 I wish I had time to play with them now, but Christmas is getting closer and closer and closer and I am far from ready. (see above studio photo!)
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This big box of goodies came from my brother-in-law Randy in Florida. That cylindrical shaped package on top is for ME. I am crossing my fingers that it is more vintage wallpaper, from the heft and shape of it, my chances are good.
Randy’s husband, Kevin, is a master junk shopper and I think he might have found a roll for me. I’ll wait til Christmas and won’t peek, but it will be hard.Mess_035
Sugarwings and I have been having some tea parties. She is very good at feeding imaginary treats her teddy bears.Mess_040
And the fairies on her tea table Christmas tree.
Mess_016 I am off to run errands and mail packages.
Oh- I put Sugarwing’s room on HGTV’s Rate My Space.
That site is addictive, so I try to stay away from it, it is too much fun. Here is the site, if you want to give her a rating:

16 thoughts on “*<];{> Santa comes early for me with pretty pink birdies and a fairy land delight!”

  7. Lori

    your little angel is the cutest, and the ornament with her and the pups is over the top SWEET!!! love your bottle brush trees, i forgot to get dye when i was out so mine have just gotten the bleach treatment and are various shades of improved green!!!

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  9. Marina Capano

    Hi Karla!
    I hope you and your family have a lovely Christmas and New Year! Thank you for your funny virtual party , it was so beautiful and so cute!!!
    Regards and Blessing
    Marina your Argentinian friends
    Xo xo

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  11. Kim Caldwell

    Such wonderful pictures Karla! I always love to come by and pour through your posts. Bummed I missed the Valentine’s swap — just became too busy to remember to sign up. Maybe next time. Happy holidays to you!
    Hugs, Kim

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  12. crystal

    That is so sweet that Sugarwings shares her tea with her bear and fairies:)
    wishes for you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas 🙂
    I have a new sign-up for a drawing-it’s pink bling 🙂
    crystal:)

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  13. vivianneroni

    Hi! I’m not quite sure how I ended up here, but here I am.. love your blog! please would you share with me how you did your bottle brush trees.. you said you bleached and dyed them.. How? they are wonderful!
    vivian

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