Tis the Season!

Twenty-one days til Christmas!

Family

Started the holiday season by spending Thanksgiving with Jordan, Candy, her son Jeffrey and his wife Tina. Highlight of the day was playing a mean game of Monopoly!  I remember being a kid playing the game with my siblings. Once I started losing, I'd pitch a fit and quit the game!  Yes, a bit of a sore loser!

Fun

Received two free tickets from work so invited my friend Janel to attend the Junior League Festival of Trees dinner.  Broke out the velvet leggings and sequin jacket to e joy the festivities.  My friends Stan and Susan were there dressed in twenties attire. The tickets were spendy - $150 for two. At that price the expectation for dinner was steak, salmon, or other high end item. And what did they serve? Pasta!  For dessert the table had to place a bid - the higher the amount, the greater chance you had of getting a yummy finish to the dinner. We would up getting cookies if that gives you any hint about how stingy was our table!

The event included a silent auction of tabletop trees, wreaths, and gift baskets; there was also a live auction of full-size trees decorated to the nines.  One even had a life-size robotic Santa!  The trees, diamond earrings, vacations, and entertainment packages cost from $800 on up.  The highlight of the evening was watching two bidders go back and forth on a Barbie tree, with the winning  price of $4,900!   

The best part of the evening was catching up with my friends and laughing!

Crafting

Recently discovered The Rusty Flea, a vintage store in Rose Valley.  Picked up various odds and ends for crafting, including old door knobs, alphabet blocks, fake foliage, thread spools, and holiday items.  Also visited an estate sale within walking distance from home.  There was an abundance of holiday items, glassware, lights, grapevine wreaths, tools, china, and so on.  Below are some creative creations made from the store and estate sale items.

Current project is vintage screwdrivers painted as snowmen. Oh the ideas one finds on Pinterest is neverending!

Decided to paint a small canvas Christmas picture for each of my teammates. Tried so hard to paint a caffienated squirrel - in the end, it looked like a cross between a sloth and a wood chuck so painted it black and swapped it out for a gingerbread man.

Upcoming Events

Looking forward to the company party in Tacoma on the 15th then meeting up with the Blue Jacket Divas for a holiday lunch on the 22nd.  It's going to be a packed month!!