~~MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE~~

I will be really busy until Christmas, so I wanted to make sure I wished you all a very Merry Christmas & a Blessed New Year!! I'd also like to thank all of you for your continued support of our work. I've met many new people on line this year & at the show. It's been a wonderful year for us, and I am looking forward to whatever the new year brings. God Bless You ALL!! ~~Jackie

~~Finally Finished~~

I am finally finished with all of my holiday orders!! Yippee!! I will be spending the rest of this week baking, wrapping the last of the presents and making a couple of gifts for family. Next week I will spend the week relaxing and enjoying family. I am going to try real hard not to pick up a piece of fabric, or a sketch pad & pencil, but it will be really hard for me. I always have so many things swirling around in my head that I want to do, and I hardly ever take time off anymore, but I will try! I won't be updating my Picture Trail or putting new things anywhere until probably mid to late Jan. I am going to work really hard at setting work hours and sticking to them in 2009. I have been getting up at 4 0'clock in the morning, and working until 9 o'clock at night including the week ends, and my old body is telling me I have to slow down a bit. I need to spend more time having fun with the kids & Derek as well. At least that is the plan!! We'll see if I can stick to it. I'll try to post at least a couple of times a week here to let everyone know what's going on and when updates will be. Well, that's all for today...I'm off to get some things done before the girls get up. They are on a 2 hr. delay for school, so I need to get busy!! Take care~~Jackie

**Ginger Bread House**

Well, usually every year I go and buy graham crackers, frosting, and a bunch of candy, and the kids make a little gingerbread house from scratch, but his year I saw a really cute little kit at the store, so I decided to go that route instead this year. We only have the 3 younger girls at home now, and the oldest (Courtney) is 17 & wasn't too into it this year, so while I was wrapping some gifts last night the 2 youngest (Hillary~11 & Gracie~9) dove into putting it together and decorating it. I think they did a pretty good job, don't you?? Usually we like to "display" their art work, but this year it looked so yummy that I thought....why not let them enjoy it before it gets hard as a rock!! So, after taking some pictures of them with it, I let them rip into it. We still have all the cookie decorating to do, so the fun will continue. Hope you all like seeing the pictures of my 2 littlest artists. Blessings~~Jackie

~2 New Patterns~

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!! We had a great time eating lots of food and visiting with family!! The only complaint that I have is that my two oldest children were not here with us, but they have to spread their wings and start to live their own lives even though it's tough on their old Mom!!

Well, on to the patterns~~I have finally finished 2 more patterns and have them listed on Ebay, Pattern Mart & my Picture Trail. They are the Christmas Garlands & Mr. Kringle, so if you get a chance hop over to one of those sites to take a look!!

Now I am off to get ready for some shopping with my sister....we are going to hit some antique shops & a primitive shop uptown. Have a blessed day~~Jackie

~~HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL~~

I just wanted to wish you all a great Thanksgiving Day filled with lots of laughter, food, family & fun!! I am thankful for so many things this year. I will be spending the day & night cooking and cleaning, because I will be having Thanksgiving dinner at my house this year!! YIPPEE!! As some of you know, last year we were in TN., and did not get to spend any holidays with our family, so this is extra special for us. I wish my whole family could be here, but I feel so blessed to have some of them coming to spend time with us. Take care & Blessings until next time~~Jackie

~~Update Reminder~~

Whew!!! I have everything all ready for tonight to hit the button at 7 p.m.!! Here's just a little peek!! I didn't know if I'd make it since I woke up yeaterday to a terrible head cold!! I usually don't get sick, but somehow managed to catch a cold this time around!! I just stayed in bed most of the day with my work and managed to get things done in spite of this little bug!! A 2 hour napped helped!! : ) That's usually something that I never get either, and it sure felt good!! I may just take another this afternoon!! I may just get out the old Christmas movies and curl up under the nice warm covers & fall asleep to my favorite Christmas movie~~ The Little Drummer Boy, or my second favorite animated movie~~The Charlie Brown Christmas. No matter how old I get, I still have to watch them every year. : ) Hopefully, I won't sleep through my update!! Just kidding~~I'll set the alarm if I have to! Hope to "see" you there!! Blessings~~Jackie

~Christmas Update~

We will be having a Christmas Update on our Picture Trail on Sunday, Nov. 23rd. at 7 P.M. Eastern Time. We will be adding Santas, Angels, Garlands, Candles & More!! We hope to see you there!! Blessings~Derek & Jackie