It is the end of the year!

I can hardly believe it, but it is here, the end of the year and the new year..... sigh...... I will try to quickly summarize since my last posting....

The boys are doing very well in school, the chickens are doing well even with this very cold winter... which make me think that  my beautiful peonies most likely will die from the cold and no snow to insulate them.. sniff, sniff...   Sister Moka (the dog) is getting old and I am back making stamping classes!!

I have had a terribly busy last two or three weeks with filling in for my husband at the office, Christmas gifts and small company party, boys' piano recital, visiting employee and client that got in an car accident, company at home, and a birthday party!...... Today, after I gave breakfast to the boys, I went back to bed until about 1 pm..... (smile). I had accumulated lack of sleep and relaxation.

And with it all, I am planning to make my January 2013 Stamping class in less that a week! ... I started a stamping workshop in December and all by myself..... For about 2 years, a lady and I used to have a workshop a month at the Hearts and Hands building, but since last February we cancelled it. This Fall a  dear lady asked me to start classes again, so I send a letter to see if there will be more than one lady interested in, and it happens that there is more than 10!!! That is a wonderful star for me for which I am grateful...

January 3rd is going to be the second workshop all by myself.  I am delighted that all the ladies that attended the December class seemed very pleased with the projects we made!!

Here are the pictures of those projects.... hope you also like them as well as they did!

This is a little tag for a wrapped Giradheli chocolate. A small, fast and easy project. We used the crimper at the end, giving the gift a "like from factory look"!

 Our "man" project... a bit of Alaska style... those are salmon swimming by in the Pacific, getting ready for a guy to catch them this coming summer!

 A close up of the next card. The main image has been raised for dimension, and glittered for extra beauty.

 Our "girl" card... flowers in winter are very much appreciated when we can not dig in the garden!

 This is a "get well, sympathy, etc". The birch trees are from a die, and the background made with strait to the paper technique!

 I love this winter tree with this almost like Aurora Borealis background.

This is not exactly what we made, but very similar... the most interesting part is the inside; a bunch of standing balloons in the middle of the card as it opens.

Well, that is all folks (smile). There is lots of stuff that has gone under the bridge in my life but that might make for another post...

Hope you have enjoyed this holidays thinking of the miracle of life, and your heart have new springs of gratitude for all that is yours today!!

Hugs,

Susana