RIP Princess Carrie Fisher

Tarcil is sad to hear that Carrie Fisher passed away.  She will always be a princess in his heart!  

Completed Table Settings!

As promised, here is a sample of my completed DIY table settings!  I made the table runner, centerpieces, silverware holders, coasters, place mats, and napkin rings.  I love them all!  I especially love how amazing they all look together!  Tarcil enjoyed seeing the completed project.  It was a long time in the making, but it feels good to have it done!!  Now on to more projects!!  :)  

Santa

Merry Christmas!  I hope you are all having a wonderful day with your families and friends!  I dressed Tarcil up as Santa!  Isn't he just the cutest??!!?  To be honest, I took these pictures months ago.  Tarcil is over 2 and a half years old and I didn't know if he would make it to Christmas, but I wanted to make sure I had cute pictures to share with you all.  Enjoy!  :)

Pink Blanket

So for those that have been keeping up with my blog for a while, you may recognize this yarn I bought a long time ago.  I got this back in September to be more precise.  You can see that first post about it by going to: http://talesoftarcil.blogspot.com/2016/09/pretty-pink-baby-blanket-yarn.html.  Well, over thanksgiving, I finally was able to sit down with my sister and pick a pattern for me to use for this blanket.  I ended up buying more and more yarn to get it to be the size I wanted, but it is done now, just in time for Christmas!  I really like how it turned out and I am sure that my niece will love it!  :)  Tarcil wanted to keep it so he could snuggle in it all day.  Haha!  :)

Home is Where the Heart Is Plate

So this might get long and sappy, but I just have to share this story.  When my husband and I first got married, we were blessed by some wonderful friends who let us rent their house for a great price.  Seriously, it was such a blessing to have a house when we first got married.  However, we always knew it wasn't ours and that we weren't there to stay.  We did end up living there for 4 years, and yet we only met one of the neighbors once in that whole time.  It just wasn't a very friendly neighborhood.  So when my husband and I bought a house and moved, I was very interested in meeting the new neighbors.  I am really not good at meeting new people because I am pretty shy, but this just felt too important to let my fears get in the way.  Well, I didn't have to wait long at all to start meeting the neighbors as they all were very friendly and quick to say hi.  Not only are they all very nice, but I quickly became comfortable with all of them, and I love whenever I see them!  They are all such a blessing to me in their own ways.  This plate is from our backyard neighbors and was full of yummy treats!  Not only are they some of the sweetest people, but I love that Beren can burn some of his energy by running and playing with their dogs!  :)

Napkins

So I decided I didn't have time to make napkins, especially after I found some that I really like!  Unfortunately, I was only able to get six, but I should be able to get the last 4 soon so that I will have my full table settings for 10.  This has been such a long process from the start when I first had this idea and vision of what I wanted, to end when I finally have all the different pieces made.  I will say that once I actually started making the various pieces, it did go very quickly!  Check back next week to see it all put together!  :)

Nativity Plate

A wonderful friend of mine got me this beautiful plate for Christmas!  I love it!  :)