The Elves and I have been busy

DO NOT PIN MY PHOTOS TO PINTEREST
Making the
MAGIC of Christmas
happen

takes A LOT of work and planning

It's no small feat!!!

An extra set of

HANDS

is 

always

HELPFUL

So I have hired myself an

ELF!!!!!!!!

NOW

isn't he the CUTEST little darn elf you ever did see??????

Brenda 

at 

The Rusty Thimble

has been on a little sewing vacation
after how hard she worked for her last big sale!

She didn't need this little Elf's helping HANDS anymore

so she laid him  off

and

sent him to me!!!!!!!

LOL!
I am just
so in LOVE with him!

As soon as my little Elf arrived

we got to work

Out came the mixer, flour and molasses

to make

Ornamental Gingerbread Dough

Click to ENLARGE recipe!

Lots of rolling, cutting

and baking going on here!

Don't these look good enough to eat?

we found some old tins

I designed ,cut out and painted some wood trees for my ornaments!

I anchored the trees in the tins with
Plaster of Paris

I added grungy tags, cheesecloth and pinned on tags with rusty bells

I needed to mix up some of my special
SANTA'S STOMACH REMEDY

FOR
 certain little Elf!

I'm hoping he will be feeling better tomorrow
and
be back on the job

BECAUSE
there is STILL
so much more left to do here
to
MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN!
Hugs,
Lynn