Thanksgiving On...

Thank you for celebrating the birth of my newest Grand Girl, Rose, with me!  I appreciate your loving comments so much!  Can you believe she is already six weeks old?!?

Our family celebrated Thanksgiving with a dinner on the day after the official USA holiday so that all in our household could attend. In the following days I lit Hanukkah candles and the first candle in my Advent wreath. I have much for which to be thankful: home, health, happy relationships with God and others, and much beauty in the world around me.

The ice has been growing thicker on our ponds, and this morning a dusting of snow made them even more outstanding. Mt. Hood is collecting a thicker snow white cape which we get glimpses of as the clouds lift from time to time.  When I have gone out to the car the leaves have crunched under my feet due to the shards of ice hiding among them, and my favorite neighborhood holly tree is full of bright red berries.

In between attending gatherings at church, shopping, and swimming, I am getting a bit of stitching done.  I love this time of year...my cozy electric fire in the fireplace, tea, and cocoa, and toast.  I am crocheting some Christmas wreath ornaments.

What are you celebrating and creating?

Gracie xx

Crafting Circles

Weeks ago I visited Sophie's blog, A Good Year, and admired a wreath she made using a vine twisted into  a circle as the base. I especially like to hang an evergreen wreath to remind me of everlasting life that I believe is available through Christ. This year I decided to use my grapevine wreath and poke some greenery in it.  I still want to add  some holly to it but have not made it out behind the pond to cut a sprig yet, but I hung a jingle bell wreath on the front door to merrily ring and remind me of the joy I can know in Christ in all my comings and goings in my faith and in fellowship with others and with family and friends.

It was fun to make single crochets around ponytail holder rings for the grand girls to decorate their ponytails although they were not needed when the Advent wreath was a full circle of light Christmas morning and my oldest grand-daughter raced into my room.

This afternoon I enjoyed experimenting with my pencils and pens...an exercise of faith... and I finished making a wreath ornament similar to the pin wreath that Teresa typed about several days ago.  I used a one inch plastic ring as a base and single crocheted around it as row one. The second row I crocheted through both loops of each single crochet, chained 7 and slip stitched into the next single crochet all around the ring then stitched on three little jingle bells and a bow.

I am hoping to get lots of crafting done during the twelve days of Christmas and beyond...not exclusively in circles although I am especially fond of circles :)

What shape is your favorite for crafting?

xx from Gracie