Is it February yet?

Holy crackers!

So far we've had death, birth, sickness, celebration and all of the stuff in between and we're not even through the first month of 2011! If I owe you an email, or dinner, or anything please know that I'm not ignoring or avoiding you, it's just that life has been a bit nutty these past few weeks.

Giveaway winners, your winnings will be popped in the mailbox tomorrow evening directly between dinner and swim lessons. I'm really sorry for the delay but every single time I get set to send, something pops up. Barring a freak snowstorm (fingers crossed that doesn't happen) your goodies will be on the way quick as can be.

I haven't really been doing very much crafting but I will let you peek at these...

Wee pixie houses! I'm pretty pleased with the direction of them... we'll just have to wait and see how far I'll get with my grand ideas for improvement :)

Anyway, here's hoping that all the drama for 2011 decided to get itself out of the way quickly and that it's smooth sailing and cotton candy kisses from here on out.

The Stargazers Cottage

She's finally done (except for a few minor paint touch ups)!

This is the stargazers house.

To see more photos hop on over to my craftster post

CHECK IT OUT HERE!

P.S. Attention giveaway winners: Your prizes will be on the way next week. We've had a bit of a 'to do' beyond our control but everything should be sorted by the end of the weekend!

The Star Gazers House sneak peek

Sorry for the silence... I've taken all my spare moments from the past two days to work on my second wee house. She'll need another day or so but here's a sneek peek...

And the winner is....

Using a random number generator VooDoo Queen wins the big bundle!

The winners of the three herb packs are...
Jennie, D. Suplicki and Moon Daughter

Congrats all! I'll be contacting you for your info and your giveaway prizes will be on their way shortly.

Phew!

Yule, Christmas and Boxing Day feasts... done. There's just New Years with the in-laws and birthday celebrations for the husband and the festivities will be complete.

For all the worry and stress, all the crazy over-doing, we finally managed to step back and have had a grand time.

Hope your holiday was just as sweet :)



Yuletide Blessings

It's been a fantastic day :) We just finished a fab Yule feast and I wanted to send out our brightest Yuletide blessings to all of you from our wee family. Here are our wishes to you and yours...

May you find beauty in simple things, 

notice the magic that surrounds you,

and know that some things that glitter are more precious than gold.

We hope that the faeries and other wee folk take care of you, and you them.

May you be blessed with many treats and good things for the year to come.

May your home be filled with warmth and smiles,

memories that are light and lovely,

and bellies full of yummy things.

We hope you remain a wee bit cheeky too :)

Most of all, we hope that that you always have a wee bit left over,

& that you are as happy as can be.

You are a lovely bunch :)
xoxox

The Dirty Secret

I'd like to share some pictures of my pretty Christmassy house.

Our mantle, lovingly decorated and waiting for three perfect furry red Christmas stockings to be hung with care on Christmas eve.

Our dining room where we'll have our Yule and Christmas and Boxing day feasts.

The pretty view from my kitchen where I keep an eye on the kids sledding down the toboggan hill.

Home made cookies...

there's even some dinosaur sugar cookies!

It's all quite wonderful, no?

The thing is, while there's all that pretty stuff there's also some of this going on...

dishes on the counter...

laundry begging to be done...

a desk full of projects...

runny, sticky jam...

that ruined my perfectly lovely sugar cookie Christmas trees...

Over the past few days I've been reading a lot of bloggers who are feeling overwhelmed at the mo' and I just wanted to say ... it's hard, I know, and I feel all that pressure too.

If you're feeling the holiday crazies over the next couple of weeks please try remember that it's ok not to be perfect... in fact, I like you better that way :)

Much love and big hugs to all of you!

xoxoxo