Happy New Year Everyone !

Santa is on his way....

A Very Merry Vintage Christmas #3....

I love vintage Christmas images, so each year I share some here...

Tis' the Season for Holiday Wreaths

We are starting the winter holidaze...so here are some non-traditional Holiday Wreath DYI ideas from around the web....

A lovely snow flake wreath

a fun paper straw wreath

a Holiday Wreath to hold your holiday cards

a button wreath

a cookie cutter wreath (to let them know the cookies are coming!?)

Cork Holiday wreath---(here's good use for all those wine corks you've been saving)

Hey! a Marshmellow wreath! (hang this one out of the rain)

a paper chain (box chain) wreath

 

Aren't these fun?? I'm sure you--my creative reader--can come up with your own crafty DYI holiday wreath....so put on some holiday music, get craftin' and have fun!!! of course, if you want to try and make any of these----just follow the links provided.

 

Track Santa's Progress with NORAD'S help...

Every year NORAD --- the bi-national U.S.-Canadian military organization responsible for the aerospace and maritime defense of the United States and Canada----tracks Santa's progress on Christmas eve and you can watch it at their website : NORAD TRACKS SANTA.

"For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s flight. The tradition began in 1955 after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement for children to call Santa misprinted the telephone number. Instead of reaching Santa, the phone number put kids through to the CONAD Commander-in-Chief’s operations "hotline." The Director of Operations at the time, Colonel Harry Shoup, had his staff check the radar for indications of Santa making his way south from the North Pole. Children who called were given updates on his location, and a tradition was born.... media from all over the world rely on NORAD as a trusted source to provide updates on Santa’s journey."

Harry Shoup sure had the Christmas spirit!!--my hat is off to him! the folks at NORAD who continue this tradition. May they have a very Merry Christmas and may Santa bring them whatever they want....

A Merry Vintage Christmas to you!

Wreaths.....

A few crafty wreaths from around the net....

Every Christmas for many years I would go out into the woods around my house and  cut cedar branches to make fragrant wreaths...usually we had a wreath making day and many of the women in our small town (pop. maybe 60-80? in the winter) would all get together in our community hall and make wreaths...then we would send them in on the mailplane to the Pioneer Home in Sitka for all the elders to enjoy. Sometimes I really miss those community activities. I haven't really lived here in my new home in a new (to me) city long enough to have a community to create wreaths with...but I certainly have some great ideas for wreath making (next year) now !

Hand knit HATS make Great Holiday Gifts...

I just listed these hand knit hats at my Etsy Shop - BOREALIS BEADS - for sale...my hats are always unique...no two alike! (so the creatress never gets bored...:-)

 a lovely pink and brown wool and angora  hat--oh! so soft....perfect for your favorite sister or girlfriend! hand knit from my own original design.     

 and for the man in your life---that comfy hand knit alpaca gray beanie...

 and for someone who just loves color...peach, green and wine...warm and fuzzy alpaca/wool hand knit from my own original design.
All hats reasonably priced...visit my Etsy shop here and get your holiday shopping done early!

L is for lights

and for the annual RETURN OF THE LIGHT (winter solstice)...which I didn't really acknowledge here on the 21st of December...the part of me that becomes a bear in hibernation each winter is now very happy our days are getting longer....and the light is returning
so a much BELATED

to EVERYONE!