Joy to the World

This year's Holiday Card...the friends & fam will all be getting one, but the rest of the world can too, here -----> My Etsy Shop!

it's rather bare at the moment but i will be adding more things to want & buy.
Who knows, maybe hawking my crap via the internets will be my Next Big Thing!

I drew this card over Thanksgiving holidays, intending it for Christmas & such. It's somewhat open to interpretation; I was going to put "Happy Dies Natalis Solis Invictus" inside but that might eliminate a lot of potential shoppers. I personally like Thankful-for-Photosynthesis Day.

and since I'm rambling, I'll also mention my heartfelt thankfulness that Mom is home from hospital & doing just fine, thanks, and when did you say the turkey will be done? She missed Thanksgiving AND the Black Friday sales, poor thing...We will be on each other's nerves again in no time, but I sure am glad she's back.

Very Thankful

Things Lily Makes

Science has been Fun this Year!

above, Tree of the Life of the Mind

Solar system

(pronounced Your Anus)

the Brain Hat.

She made the headband a size larger so it would fit me. What a great Kid.

A Homemade Soul

On an even keel....

ReAdjusted the legs of the cobbled-together easel so it stands Straight.

 This looks like something to make Soulful Soles from...

Trace the old stinky ones.

Embellished for Love, Luck, Health, Wealth, Beauty and Kindness

These are the most Economical Shoes I've ever met; they are nearly 30 years old & only require slight soulful maintenance. Used to belong to my Dad. I think the hairy part might come from a Horse as I've never seen a Cow that Color.

Also Made the best Sourdough Bread I've Baked So Far. Just needed a bit more Salt than it got; Otherwise lovely.

Recent Doings

A Great Idea

Clothespins to keep the three ends of a braid from entangling. Probably somebody thought of this already but it made me feel clever. It works best like in the picture, with one long and two short. Adjust as needed.

A Thing I Made for Myself

A vest from one of my old baby blankets, a very thin worn fleece(felt?)

lined with satin from a cut-down bridesmaid's dress from the 25cent rack at the resale shop. Sewn entirely by hand, because it was good for my soul. Might add front closures. Bonus points for not including the toilet in this picture. Also, Serious Face.

A Thing I Found

Cardboard backing for a trio of smoke detectors sealed in one of those nearly-impossible-to-open plastic packages. Faces with a beauty mark? Masks to be made.

Passing of a friend

Not dead, just gone, for reasons I don't entirely Understand.

But I think she'll be OK.