Another Christmas image

So many people on the world wide web are kind and share their images for free,

so here is another one for you.

Please click on the image, where it will show large, and save to your computer.

Isn't this darling? It's from the same little package of cards I described below.

Something from long ago

Many years ago, when I was a young girl, and there were no mega malls, we would go Christmas shopping along Kingsway, near Knight Street in Vancouver.

There were two rows of wonderful shops.

One of these shops was McLeod's.

The only way I remember the name is because it's on a label on a package of Christmas cards which I bought long, long ago, for 39 cents.

All these years I've kept them.

The above scan is of my favourite card in the lot.

The back says Red Farm Studio, Litho'd in Canada.

Please feel free to use the image for your special Christmas crafts.

(please click on the image, and then save to your computer)

McLeod's is long gone.

In its place is a row of Vietnamese stores.

A beautiful blog

There are so many lovely blogs out there in Blogland. I found a lovely one just now, by visiting someone else's site. One leads to another!
Here it is: http://athomewithpurvail.blogspot.com/ Elaine is having a give a way, if you post on her link for Nov 21. I hope I win!

A wonderful surprise for Bleuette!

Yvette Marie owns quite a few dresses now, all sewn by myself.

However today she received a package in the mail just for her.

I had purchased a Grab Bag with 3 un-seen dresses made by a talented seamstress

by the name of Pat Neff. She mostly sews all the dresses by hand.

Here they are, and it was a great price for all 3!

I had purchased this darling little handmade desk a few months ago.

My Bleuette friends have fantastic sales; this was only $10.

I had started a school smock for Yvette Marie, but haven't sewn the snaps on yet.

I absolutely dislike sewing on snaps...

I cleaned off the top shelf on Matthew's desk which he didn't want.

I arranged Yvette Marie's furniture on it, and it looks quite nice.

This is a temporary arrangement until I can figure out what to do next about a house for Yvette Marie.

Handmade Christmas cards

Here is a card I finished today. Tee...hee...I began it in August, in the blazing heat wave we had.

I made this while at Bernice's trailer home in Gibsons. Bernice kindly invited me to spend a night at her place, and I wound up staying 2 nights as it was so relaxing there.

She is a very kind hostess. We had such fun.

I made over 10 cards while there. I was on a roll.

Margaret didn't come down this year for card making, so these cards are all I've made so far.

I added the cute mitten and hat embellishments (from the $ store), and the stamped greeting.

This is a simple card to make.

A new hobby

I purchased a 1916 edition of "La Semaine de Suzette" from a seller in France, on eBay.

This magazine was started in 1905. Along with the first edition was the opportunity to purchase a new doll named Bleuette. She was 11" high. If little girls subscribed to the magazine for one year, they received Bleuette for free.

Each week's edition had a pattern for Bleuette.

Needless to say, the dolls sold out very quickly, and more were produced.

Today if you try to buy a Premiere Bleuette, you will have to mortgage your house!

I have a reproduction, and of course, being the "paper nut" that I am, I had to have a few copies of La Semaine de Suzette. They are tricky to win on eBay.

I scanned these ads in today, and couldn't resist colouring them in my computer program.

It was a lot of fun.

Becassine is Bleuette's nanny.

Matthew's wisdom teeth

Isn't this picture fascinating? These whoppers were removed from Matthew's mouth today.

The one on the right was impacted. Ugh.

I wonder why they're called "wisdom teeth".

And I wonder why we grow them, only to have them removed?

The mysteries of life abound.