48 hours later.....

......I'm completely addicted.....

Can you guess what this is?

And thus ended wreath season....

Tonight we finished up the last 4 wreaths we had ordered for the season, and it's a good thing because there is next to nothing left in the wreath making supplies at any of the craft stores.  It's been really fun, but I'm glad to see the pile of unfinished wreaths gone now.  I don't know that we'll ever get all of the glitter out of our carpet though.  After making 20 or so wreaths and nearly severing my own finger (ok, that was really just for dramatic effect....really it was just a cut) we are officially retired for the season.  I'll leave you with what is probably one of my favorite wreaths of the whole bunch.  We made it for a lady whose husband and son are both serving in Iraq.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Chocolate.....

Don't think that by asking for a chocolate wreath you'll stump us.....

Funnies from the Festival of Trees...

We went to the Festival of Trees last night and saw just about a bazillion trees, but there were a couple that stood out in particular.  First of all we encountered a tree titled "Barbie's Winter Ball"  It had tons of Barbies decked out in their finest attire hopping in their 1 horse open sleighs and heading out to the open air disco.  I didn't get a pic of it, but apparently one of the Barbies had a hard time finding a Ken so she brought Aladdin instead.  Upon arriving at the ball it appears that a few couples hit the spiked punch one time too many because they passed out on the dance floor.  If you look closely you can see the culprits spiking another batch at the buffet table while some of the other lush Kens and Barbies wait to partake and tattle tale Barbie pointing them out to the rest of the group.

We also ran into an old friend at the festival.....or at least an effigy of an old friend.  Kind of reminded me of this guy.  

*editors note....someone has maliciously questioned my character and asked if I staged the Barbie picture.  Clearly they have not been to the Festival of Trees or they would know that there are nazi relief society ladies guarding the trees so I would not have the opportunity to create such a scene had I wanted to.  However to clear my name I will emphatically say, I did not.  Cross my heart and hope to die, that's exactly how it was when we came upon it.