My Santa, what a lovely beard you have. I love the rustic wood background & the variety of pretty paper strips. Tis always the season for glitter.

What an absolutely stunning photo and extraction. I lave the clean simplicity of this as well as the stitched circles & tangled threads

I love, LOVE your avatar! That goat with his festive horns is just too cute.

What a fun festive avatar. I love the patterned background with just. the bit of red showing around the edges.

Thank you for the fun challenge, Sylvia!! Here's mine. Gift #3

Who knew the difference between 6 & 8 years old and 13 & 15 years old would be that many inches and that many wrinkles. Uff dah!

I'd like gift #3 please, Sylvia.

Thank you so much Twin !

Thank you so much! It was fun.

You are always gentle on my mind, but especially so now, with the holidays here, a time that overflows with emotions even in the best of times and these are not those for you. It's just the first of a year of firsts of the worst kind and especially since you had the best of a lifetime. Those...

Trust me, Bubby, I still ask them they still tell me they aren't stupid, so they aren't kidding. Besides, would one of Santa's elves, lie? N O O O way .. -.

Thank you so much!

OMG ! Christy! I absolutely LOVE this! So many things struck me at once, I don't know where to begin. I feel like it's a portrait of me, especially, the Bird Brain part :floorlaugh: :floorlaugh:I love the colors, they are so me and then add glitter and I am over the moon happy. If I had a waist...

Did the fireplace give it away? Thank you for your sweet words.

Anyone who knows me knows I'm more than a little obsessed with minions. My darling grands gave this to me for Christmas one year. Of course, he dances and sings, I mean it's only natural.....

Hi Buddy, this is my first Christmas at the O, and I am very excited to meet you. You must not be in Minnesota because it was 6 degrees when I got up at 4 this morning. I just went up for a second cup of coffee and now it's 5!! I start decorating on November 11 which is Veteran's Day in the...

OMG, this in so cute. That's a very satisfied looking kitty, like maybe those paws had been in the cookie jar. I love the cluster.

That photo is positively spectacular. This is like peering into a magical moment. The placement of the cluster is perfect the way it's joining your hands.