Mute Monday

Old Time Christmas

I went through some of my Christmas boxes a couple days ago to see what all was in them. I came across these ceramic ornaments....believe someone made them for my Mom once...

a festive Santa pin, the nose is supposed to light up...

various vintage things. I actually have several of those white bell looking things. They are made in part of sugar. can't believe they have not melted in the dungeon!

Some crafty things I made when I was a kid. I think some of these were 4-H projects....just sure the tin can lid wind chimes were from 4-H.  Can you imagine the uproar there would be now if you gave a bunch of kids sharp can lids to do crafts with?  We were told to be careful and I believe we were...there is a glittery Sycamore ball......the ornament on the left was made from egg carton parts....and the bottom middle ornament was made by using tiny pictures cut from Christmas Cards and pieced/glued together. I am thinking that must have taken a very long time to make! Ha!

These actually have a pretty sound when shaken against each other..

This was used by my Mom when she was Elem Sec. She would display it in the window of the office so the kids could see it from the hall. She said they really liked it and I bet they did. I am really liking it now, displayed on a little table by our dishwasher!

Colors

Pretty colors in this sunset a few nights ago..

and pretty colors of lights on the tree set up in the yard!

Tuesday Randoms

We had my Grandma Frieda's chicken and rice the other night....with green beans and a salad...good meal for a chilly night!

My comma shaped tree for the back deck! ha!

I cleaned out a drawer today and came across a few pages of gift tags....Isn't that clown scary?! Ha!

Vintage cards!

We went to the Lion's Club Christmas Dinner tonight and Richard won this huge flower arrangement...now what to do with it?

Mute Monday-Frosty Morning

Old Doll Stuff

I found these in the dungeon. I believe this is what is left of my "dollhouse" from when I was a girl....I have seen some of these pieces on Pinterest....here is the dresser

detail on the dresse

a television!

a radio and a record player...

a  movie projector!

media center! haha!

these little booklets came with dolls or doll clothes back in the day...

The dollhouse was made of sturdy cardboard I guess you would say. I remember the story of one of my aunts sitting up half the night on Christmas Eve piecing it together..I think I had lots of fun with it. Now, what to do with the pieces that survived?

Ring for Emily

Richard won a gift certificate from the Gold Nugget from a raffle to benefit the Senior Center. We redeemed it last Saturday. Harry let us pick out a little box to put it in...

We decided to get a birthstone ring to give to Emily at some point in the future. She was an August baby.  This ring is fairly small...kind of hard to tell in the picture.

Hope that someday Emily will enjoy wearing this!