I went to my very first parade in person. I have seen them on television many times but I have never seen what it’s like to stand around and watch as decorated floats and vehicles come slowly down a street. I have to say it was pretty cool. Whoops, I just remembered I have been…
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Blogmas day 18…DIY a little Tomte
Supplies needed: Twigs and branches cut down into 3 inch little logs. I picked mine up walking by the creek the other day and had my husband cut them down into tiny logs. These will be the body pieces for your gnomes. Faux fur- Sometimes you can find some on old stockings that you can…
Blogmas day 17….Crafts I would love to learn.
I would love to try my hand at Spun cotton. I have some of the supplies in my home for this but I haven’t had a chance to create anything yet. I’m not sure what that item would be. Maybe some sort of woodland animal. Maybe a little bird. I love hearts, that might be…
Blogmas day 16…something is going on with the cream.
It’s cocoa time, and that means whip cream and marshmallows too. But for awhile now, at least here in my country…well, things aren’t acting the same or tasting the same. It’s like over night some really terrible elves decided to change things up a bit. Well it looks like we got some of that weird…
Blogmas day 14…little gnome shopping.
Last week I went shopping for Christmas decor. Not a lot though. I have my typical traditions of those colorful wooden ornaments I enjoy finding and buying, at the right price of course, and I sometimes will pick up a cute little gnome if I find one. Before we moved we donated a lot of…
Blogmas day 13…Putting up outside lights.
I finished with the outside lights. I may add a giant star to one house though, I haven’t decided yet. I went a little overboard in some areas. I got that great deal on Christmas lights so I ended up putting lights everywhere. I still have lights left over so I may end up donating…
Blogmas day 12…a surprise gift.
We got a box in the mail this week. My husband saw where it was from and got so excited, a huge smile on his face. “Where’s it from?” I asked “Italy, it’s from Italy.” he answered When he opened it, inside the box so lovingly and carefully wrapped was pure virgin olive oil from…
Blogmas day 11…Shopping for Christmas ornaments.
I’m always on the hunt for Christmas ornaments to add to my gift wrapped packages or bags. They always look so pretty added to a gift box. Tie a candy cane to them too. Here are a few I came across. Copyright Our Little Red house 2025
Blogmas day 10…There’s ice out there.
It was very cold to this Arizona native the day I decided to put our trees up. We are pretty much finished with the outside decorations and now we have to put up the Christmas trees and decorations around the house. I made some paper snowflakes to tape up on the window. I don’t know…
Blogmas day 9….A visit to Candyland.
It sure felt like Candyland. We went to a candy store this weekend to search for items to use for our gingerbread houses. We found the coolest candy store I have ever been to. It reminds me of a store I used to go to called Yummers, which had all kinds of old fashioned types…
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