Andrew said I should post the Christmas Party Pictures right away. Well, I missed a few shots and it took me longer as I had to learn how to put the text next to the individual photos but here it is...
Emily crocheted Andrew a rug out of old plastic bags. Just hose it off and it will last forever! She had at least a dozen of us looking for "colorful plastic bags" in our bag stashes.
Note Bette's use for the tulle bow.
Darleen sewed pillowcases for Pete; seasonal fabrics and just some fun quilt prints. Pete commented he is afraid Jackie will one day see just the print she needs for a quilt block and he will find a hole in his pillowcase!
Jeff received a really cool wooden shelf filled with neatly marked containers of screws, nails and bolts. I think Pete took on the project partly to prove to Jackie that there really is a good use for all those Crystal Light contains that he has been saving for years. Jeff and I are hoping this shelf marks the beginning of a HUGE basement clean up at our house.
Rachel gave her Grandmother a pot she threw.
Bette got one of those fantastic glass blown pumpkins from MIT. We all admired the fancy stem.
Rachel opening some of her many gifts.
Gordon gave Jackie a collectible Disney Tea Table.
Jeff covered a picture frame in birch bark and used the frame for the picture above on Fresh Bait as a gift to Chris.
Chris painstakingly preserved dozens of beautiful fall leaves for me. She also make a book safe, by gluing all the pages of a book together and then cutting out a hole in the middle for me to hide treasures.
Joe cleverly got his Dad a few boxes of junior mints, popcorn and 6 months of NetFlix.
Deanna knit Emily a beautiful circular scarf of variegated yarn.
The design has a name but I don't recall what it is, basically it is one big circle of a scarf!
I heard the tale of Amanda's gift of beer from Andrew.... poor Jill had to stand in line for hours......
Bette gave Joe a bunch of old wooden pulleys and a duck decoy.
I didn't get to see Bryan's quilt. I saw the pattern and helped pick out the fabrics. Maybe we can see a picture of Bryan and Amanda cuddled under the throw drinking the famous beer!
