Late Christmas...
I know it is Dark, Dear Readers, but here is a glimpse of the snow on the Folly Lilac! We had a very very small amount of snow over here just in time for Christmas Eve in the Real World.... and Lo and Behold, suddenly there was snowfall on the Folly too! It became very cold so nothing melted for days and we had an officially "snowy" Christmas. I know some of you were worried about the storms in the News... but that was all West of where I live. But yes, it snowed for Christmas!
Here it is in the light of Christmas Morning...
Nobody is thinking about shoveling anything!
And an even better Gift, Dear Readers,
was a Day after Christmas visit with my Sister!
She was visiting her grandchildren not too far away
and I was able to borrow her for a night.
You know we played with the dollhouses....
I had been lucky enough to get one of
Doll maker Sandra Morris's 12 Days of Christmas kits....
A box filled with twelve neatly packaged and numbered tiny kits!....
well, there Were Twelve....
but it is several days into Christmas now
and I am striving to keep up!
I had help from my Sister!
The colored pencils are just for adding special effects...
She got a kit to make two boxes filled with vintage
Fairy Tale and Alice in Wonderland cards!
I got a game board with little Jumeau Dolls for player pieces....
Here they are being glued to their magnetic bases.
Everything comes in the kits...
including a gluing jig (shown above!)
Here they are on the "Eiffel Tower" game board....
they are French dolls, after all.
And there is even a die for rolling!
The game is being tested by the Ladies in the Castle...
Meanwhile, my sister only got one box of cards made...
That's a lot of cards to cut out.... for each box!
These are the Fairy Tale ones...
you can play "Snap" with them.
The antique illustrations are gorgeous...
I wish I had had time to look closer at all of them.
But we had to pack up and take her back to her grandchildren...
the cards all went with her!
So that was Christmas here, Dear Readers,
a Little Late with a touch of Folly Snow...
And a Wonderful Sister Visit!
I hope you all have a Wonderful Happy New Year!
(Yes, I am still working on the Christmas Card....
delayed but not forgotten!)
