My Christmas Angel

This Christmas I was visited by a Christmas Angel. Ten days before Christmas this basket appeared on my doorstep with a gift for me. I was instructed to leave the basket out each night and NOT TO PEEK. True to her word my angel filled the basket each and every night with a special gift just for me. I don't know what I did to deserve such generosity, but I can't tell you how much it was appreciated. At first I thought I knew who it might be, but toward the end, I decided I was wrong. So---I don't know who my angel was and don't know if I will ever know. I just hope she knows how much her selfless generosity meant to me. If you are a reader of my blog, just let me thank you once again. You made my Christmas very special this year. It has meant so much to me and I hope that I will be in a position soon to pass on your kindness to someone else.
Thank You!   Thank You!    Thank You!

Gifts Completed!

My pocketbook made it necessary for me to hand make the gifts for each of my girls this year and thankfully I got all three completed. I couldn't share the pictures until now, just in case one of them were to peek at my blog and spoil the surprise. For Matilda I made one of my rag quilts. A Tinkerbell themed one of course, and in her favorite color! I think she liked it. I saw a picture online of one of the wreaths that I made for Tracy. She is a great lover of books, so I was sure she would like this wreath made from book pages. I'm going to be making some of these to sell if it looks like something you might like. If it's for Christmas, it can boast a big red bow, but I didn't put one on in case it was something she wanted to hang up year round. She has decided to hang it in her office and wants a black bow added to it. Darn! Not quite finished with that one after all! And finally for Megan--I had saved the t-shirts from her cheer days with the intention of making a quilt out of them and this was the year I finally got it done. I think it turned out really nicely and I sure hope she likes it. I had also saved two of her sweatshirts which were too heavy to add to the quilt, so I made her a pillow out of those, putting one on each side.

Well that's it. During the next week, before New Year's, I plan on baking some cookies and whipping up some Muddie Buddies. Go Tonna!

Christmas in Tonnaland

I love Christmas and never love my home more than it is decorated for Christmas. That being said, it's not quite the same when you live alone. You can get a "What's the point?" attitude. Last year I let that attitude win and for the first time in my life, I did not put up my tree or any of my decorations. What a Scrooge! I must admit that I came very close to allowing it to happen again this year. In the end though, I got it together and got my decorations up, even if I am the only one who gets to enjoy them. I used to decorate two or three tress. My home is now much smaller and after passing my large tree and many of my ornaments and decorations on to my girls, this smaller tree is what remains. When Tracy stopped by and saw it, she asked if there was actually a tree somewhere under there. Ha! Yes, there is. The remaining ornaments are my most special and meaningful ones. I love them! Most are handmade and I can tell you who made each one. The ornaments purchased from a store were thoughtfully chosen especially for me and have their own special meaning. It is a tree full of memories that never fails to tug at my heartstrings.

My annual Christmas Crop was held today and I wanted to thank all of you who attended and all those who stopped by to do some Make-N-Takes. Thank you so much for bearing with me! It was very hectic, several things didn't go right and I really had to scramble. You were all so patient and understanding and I so appreciate it! In my frenzy and my haste I forgot to take even one picture, So just imagine us here having a good time playing with our paper and scissors. I still really love this wonderful hobby and I hope you all do to.