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A Primitive Christmas Blog Hop
Thank you Stacy for all your work to put this together!!
A Primitive Christmas Blog Hop
Monday November 26th
Tara Darr
Wednesday November 28th
Debbie Busby
Friday November 30
JoAnn Mullaly
Monday December 3rd
Lori Brechlin
Wednesday December 5th
Lynda Hall
Friday December 7th
Cheri Payne
Monday December 10
Stacy Nash
Wednesday December 12th
Ali Strebel
Friday December 14
Kathy Schmitz
Monday December 17th
Jeni
Wednesday December 19th
Lisa Bongean
Friday December 21st
Stacy West
Thank you Stacy for all your work to put this together!!
This is only the 2nd post of the blog hop so jump right in and don't miss a hop!!
my dads long wool socks with a red stripe and red toes hanging somewhere
in the house filled with oranges and nuts Christmas morning!!
I don't really remember anything else that was in them.....just that we always were excited to dump out all those different nuts and get to use the old nut cracker.
Shiny tinsel is a vivid memory along with a special gift from Santa!!!!
Depending on the shift my dad worked determined if we opened gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day!!
Its funny to sit and think about the past.....and realize that over half of it....... has been as a mom and a wife......which means I have memories of my own little family and our Christmas traditions like
hunting for the Christmas tree.
In the beginning it was just me and Jeff heading out on Hwy 26 to Mt Hood trekking through the woods and snow (ankle deep!!) in hunt of the perfect God grown Christmas tree!!!!
Several years later it involved outings in the woods with the kids in tow.....They were hunting for the tree and I was usually hunting for them (knee deep in snow)!!!
The years pass and I sent Jeff and the kids out to get the tree while I stayed home nice and warm waiting for them to return while making warm cookies and hot cocoa!! (I'm getting smarter!!)
As the kids left home it was back to me and Jeff at the corner tree lot spending way too much time and $$$ trying to find the PERFECT Christmas tree (usually in the rain) !!!!
Our kids now have their own kids (GRANDKIDS ...the JOY of my life!!!) ....
and new family traditions are being made.
So finally that brings us to our newest tradition....... I send the kids and grandkids out with money for the tree and a hunting they will go hunt (in the snow or in the rain) and bring the PERFECT tree to NANA!!
hunting for the Christmas tree.
In the beginning it was just me and Jeff heading out on Hwy 26 to Mt Hood trekking through the woods and snow (ankle deep!!) in hunt of the perfect God grown Christmas tree!!!!
The years pass and I sent Jeff and the kids out to get the tree while I stayed home nice and warm waiting for them to return while making warm cookies and hot cocoa!! (I'm getting smarter!!)
As the kids left home it was back to me and Jeff at the corner tree lot spending way too much time and $$$ trying to find the PERFECT Christmas tree (usually in the rain) !!!!
Our kids now have their own kids (GRANDKIDS ...the JOY of my life!!!) ....
and new family traditions are being made.
After all it doesnt matter what it looks like anymore
when the grandkids pick it out!!!!
We don't usually have a white christmas or even that much snow.....but when we do get it.... we always try and make an effort to make a snowman!!!
Last year my granddaughter Addison called and wanted to come up to Nana's house because we live at a higher elevation than she does and we had snow....she wanted to come make a snowman!!
So up she came....her mom dropped her off and out we went to make a snowman!!!
Well, she says, "Nana, I forgot my gloves.....so I have to keep my hands in my pockets!!!"
Yes.....that meant that Nana was buidling the snowman.....
and the next thing I knew she was up in house sitting on the back of the couch all cozy with a blanket watching ME through the window build her a snowman!!
So up she came....her mom dropped her off and out we went to make a snowman!!!
Yes.....that meant that Nana was buidling the snowman.....
and the next thing I knew she was up in house sitting on the back of the couch all cozy with a blanket watching ME through the window build her a snowman!!
So my gift to you this holiday season is this little snow angel ornament!!
Even when it's cold outside a snowman always warms your heart!!
And don't forget to add this to your holiday baking list!!!
And don't forget to add this to your holiday baking list!!!
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One of my favorite cookies at Christmas time!!
Easy to make.....Easy to eat!!!
Like little snowballs!!!!
Keep Hopping......
Up next my friend JoAnn Mullaly from
JAM - Wool Crazy
and
if you leave a comment including the word
"SNOW"
by noon Wednesday Dec 5th
you will be entered into a drawing
for a free SNOW ANGEL ORNAMENT KIT
Merry Christmas
www.woodenspooldesigns.com
Easy to make.....Easy to eat!!!
Like little snowballs!!!!
Keep Hopping......
Up next my friend JoAnn Mullaly from
JAM - Wool Crazy
and
if you leave a comment including the word
"SNOW"
by noon Wednesday Dec 5th
you will be entered into a drawing
for a free SNOW ANGEL ORNAMENT KIT
Merry Christmas
www.woodenspooldesigns.com
126 comments:
Well, I liked your post so much! In fact, you made me cry, it is so beautiful the way you have told us
Happy Christmas!
And why not? Snow
Hugs
Belen ( from Spain)
Your ornament is so lovely ! Thank you very much and merry season to you from a Wooden Spool fan ;-)
Anne / Tempus fugit
Thank you SNOW much for your wonderful ornament. I love it !!
Great to see the pictures of your childhood and thanks for the recipe.
We've already been "Dashing through the SNOW' - our first snow came a few days ago.
I love winter snow storms!
I also love your ornament.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Adorable ornie pattern! Love the recipe too!
I LOVE that snow angel! Thank you for sharing your memories of Christmas. :)
What a great post! Lots of changes over the years. We had a tiny bit of snow here in Nova Scotia this week, looking forward to more tomorrow!
This is my first visit to your blog but I enjoyed it very much - I love your header. I live in Arkansas so snow is a rarity for us but I'm worse than my grandkids I think; I'm always wishing for snow days! blessings, marlene
Thank you for sharing some Christmas memories. The *SNOW* angel is so adorable! Thank you for the pattern, the recipe, and the giveaway. Merry Christmas!
Julie
Oh, that little Snow Angel ornament is adorable. Loved reading your story, it brought back memories for me also. That first old photo...I think I have one very similar of my sister and I from years ago! We were suppose to have a coating of SNOW this morning but that didn't happen! Have a wonderful season and thank you for sharing!
Thanks for your wonderful ornament instructions. As a retired teacher, I know how time to do fun things like this. And, if you didn't know, teachers love SNOW days more than children!!! Let it snow. (I actually saw a few snow flakes mixed in the rain that we had yesterday.)
Blessings, Margaret
Thank you for sharing your Christmas past, present, and happiness in knowing that future Christmases will be special times as well. I too know the feeling of trudging through the deep snow -we always gets the wintery white stuff as we live in the snow-belt of western New York State. Your ornament is ever so cute, can't wait to make a few to keep and share.
What a lovely blog. I enjoyed my visit and I especially love the SNOW man ornament. Thank you.
I am hoping for Snow for christmas. For the grandkids of course!
Well I hope everyone else gets the snow this year. Love the snowman. The cookies are one of my favorite also. Thanks so much for sharing.
Such a cute snowman and a great story. The cookie recipe looks yummy. I am hoping for snow - I love having a white Christmas.
I would love to have snow this year, but living in Texas, we rarely get snow....thanks for the great story and lovely ornament!
beautiful story and I love the snowman ornament!My Mom use to make the cookies when I was a child!
What a lovely post - I really enjoyed reading it. :) Thanks for the cute ornament!
Love your wonderful SNOW man!!
Snow, Snow, Blessed Snow. Fall down from heaven above and cover us with your love.
Blessed Christmas to you and yours!
Jaja
Love the part where you got to build the snowman while she watched....Here in Iowa it is a 50/50 chance if we get snow on Christmas. Thanks for the snowman ornament.
So cute!: the snow stories AND the little snowman ornament! Thanks for sharing and for the chance for a kit. Merry Christas
Loved your story and it sounds like something that would happen to me!!! Snowmen are my favorite and yours is so cute! I will be making some of these for sure!! Thank you so much for sharing this pattern!!
My parents used to make snow ice cream on the first day of snow fall,
Thanks for the "Snow"man!! Have a wonderful Christmas season!
The snow angel is darling! I had forgotten about pecan sandies. Thanks for the recipe.
I love your SNOW angel ornament!!! I have made these snow ball cookies for many years and they are my kid's favorite....I add mini chocolate chips to mine.
There's SNOW place like home at Christmas :-)
Oregon's got some great trees to choose from!! I'm in Central Oregon and hope we have SNOW before Christmas. Thanks for the ornament pattern.
I live in southern CA and miss the snow that we had when I lived in the midwest.
Love the snow angel. SEW cute.
Charlotte S.
Really loving the progress of your holidays. We should have *SNOW* tonight up here in the Rockies. Thank you for the great goodies! Happy Holidays to you.
Thank you for that wonderful snowing post. Your snow ornament is adorable.
Thank you for the ornie pattern and the cookie recipe - I shall try both. I enjoyed your pix of Christmas as a child and your memories ... reminded me of my own childhood. Memories are Snow good to have! Enjoy your Christmas.
Thank you for posting the cookie recipe. It seems to be the one which was a childhood favorite - and I'd lost the recipe. Can't wait to try it. We're still looking forward to our first SNOW of the season!
I love having SNOW for the holidays but it always brings concerns for my holiday travelers. There are +s and -s for everything!!
I snow would like to be included in your drawing!!! Such wonderful Christmas memories, i am soon to be a Grandmother myself, so reading your post made me laugh regarding building the snowman...
Merry Holidays, Tammy
I LOVED your snowman and also share the joy of grandchildren! As a teacher, I LOVE snow because with it comes the excitement of a spontaneous vacation day!
Jackie
Oh how I loved to read about your traditions...some of which Phil and I did when we were back in MI. We didn't have the mountain but SNOW was aplenty. I love the SNOW angel as well. Can't wait to make her for my SNOWman display. Love and hugs to you, my friend.
Thanks Debbie... I loved your Christmas story. Your family pictures looked a lot like mine. Love the old T.V. set. Thanks for bringing back my memories.
I can't wait to make the Pecan Sandies and I love the ornament!
Thanks so much,
Susy from San Diego
How sweet your "snow" angel is. Thank you so much for the pattern, I just love it. Going to make a few for the family for Christmas.
Love your snow angel and yummy looking cookies. It might be cold here, but little snow has arrived in the Rockies so far this year. Thanks for sharing your memories and have a wonderful Happy Holidays!
The ornament is darling and it goes with such a special story!
Perfect recipe - pecan sandies are the cookie that Christmas tastes like to me. Thanks for posting both.
Oh so cute!! I have so many memories, thanx for walking me down that lane. Also thanx for the pattern and recipe.
Hi Debbie! The ornament is very cute, thank you for sharing. Also great to see your beautiful family. Your Troutdale neighbor, Susan
Beautiful post!! Waiting on our first snow here in Wisconsin. Thanks for the pattern & cookie recipe.
Have a wonderful day~Becky
We don't get much snow either. But who can really resist a snowman?
Thanks for the giveaway!
Thank you for the pattern. Love the old pictures of Christmas' past!!!
Still waiting for SNOW here, (WI) supposed to be 58 next week Monday!
Have a Merry Christmas
Kathy
Your childhood Christmas pix look a lot like mine-same rug and all that tinsel! Love the ornament! Sometimes I wish for SNOW here in Florida but usually that passe quickly when I remember the shoveling! But it's so pretty! Happy holidays!
I enjoyed reading your post and I have always loved snowmen. thanks for the chance to win your kit. loved the cookie recipe thanks kathy
Thanks for the Snow Angel pattern, very sweet. I love it when we get snow for Christmas, it makes it all so special.
Sue
I love snow and snowmen and adore your pattern. Too cute! Thanks for the chance to win.
Kathy in LA
What a beautiful SNOWman you built for your granddaughter!
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Simply amazing! :)))))) XOXO
Simply AMAZING! XOXOX
Someday you kids will look back at these pics and think about 'the olden days'...especially in all that SNOW!
P
I really enjoyed your story and thread of generational changes in it. It read like a journal. Merry Xmas
Loved your post! And how sweet to play in the SNOW for your granddaughter. :-) Love the ornament! Thank you!
I love your little snow angel ornament. I'm off to
Colorado Springs for the birth of my newest grand-daughter. These will be fun to make with her big
brothers and sisters.
I love that you ended up building your granddaughters snowman. What nanas won't do for the grands!
Debby thank you so much for the pattern. Why I just saw you at Homespun and Holly making your SNOWman tag!! Have a great xmas with all of your grandbabies!!
As I'm leaving for Northern Sweden to celebrate Xmas with my children and grandchildren i'm guaranteed snow.
Thanks for you post. I liked it
Carpe Diem
The first picture on your Wed blog sure looks like one from my childhood :) Your ornament is adorable. Merry Christmas!
Debbie,
Thank you for your walk down memory lane. It's amazing how much your childhood front room looked like mine with the tinsel laced tree in the corner and the TV against the wall. Your ornament is delightful!
Thanks for the memories as I too remember going with my parents to cut down a tree in the woods...oh how I wish for one more trip with them..Cindy
Thank you so much for the ornie! love him. wish you were there for the Sat. group at Homespun and Holly!!!
Love the little snowangel. We never see snow in our part of the world. Thanks for the giveaway.
lyn.robyn.smith@gmail.com
Thank you so much for the SNOW Angel, she's beautiful!
I love your post and it brought many memories back to me of my childhood!! Your "SNOW"man is delightful, thanks for the chance to win. Carleen
I enjoyed your Christmas tradition and story. Thank you for the adorable "Snow" angel ornament. Angela
I wish we'd get some snow!! Last year it was a brown Christmas and I'm hoping this year will be white!!!'
That has to be the absolute most adorable Snow Angel I have ever seen. She is so sweet. Thanks for the chance to win. Daisy
Love the opportunity to win this delightful snow angel ornament. Thank you!
We don't get snow at this time of year, (it's 102 degrees here today), but I do love looking at snowmen. Always bring a smile to my face.
Thanks for a great post.
I really enjoyed reading about your Christmas trees over the years. Grandkids really do change our perspective, don't they? Hope you get some snow this year, and I think I would get an extra pair of gloves to have on hand!
Thanks for the neat ornament pattern.
I just happened to find your blog and enjoyed reading about all your wonderful memories. Brings back some of mine. In northeast Iowa we have snow during the winter and especially at Christmas. When we don't it is a rarety! So then it doesn't seem like a "true" holiday season without it. Keep up the good work! thanks for the recipe, the ornament, and a trip down memory lane.
Oh what JOY,what BLISS! Love your story! SNOW...? I can talk about SNOW all day and all night!!! They said we were to get SNOW yesterday in the forcast and I stayed up all night waiting for SNOW and here it is time for bed angain and still no SNOW... WHERE IS MY SNOW??? Merry Christmas to you and I hope you get lots of SNOW!
Very cute! Thanks for sharing :D
We NEVER have SNOW during Christmas.
your post was so nice and the cookies sound delicious. as I look out my window the snow is falling and you are putting me into the Christmas mood. Merry Christmas!
HELLO!
Thank you for sharing your sweet memories.
What a GREAT Nana you are! It's amazing what pickles we get ourselves into because of little ones. And hopefully we love every minute of those memories too.
Love your snowman ornament.
I would love to have "snow" one winter here in Southern California but I guess I'll just need to drive to the nearest mountain.
Thanks again.
I enjoyed your post and one of the best parts of Christmas are the memories. Your snow angel is so cute. I can't wait to make one. Thanks so much.
What an adorable Snow angel ornament! Thank you for sharing it with us!
The weatherman said today that we usually have 9 inches of snow all ready this year and so far we've had less tha an inch of snow and that snow fell on Thanksgiving. My grandchildren were able to make a mini snowman!
What a cute ornie! I'll have to make a few of these this year. I especially like the dictionary wings. Your grandkids are getting big. My trio is 17, driving, and looking at colleges. Where does time go???
Laura
Loved, loved your post today and the cute little snowman ornament. We lived in Portland and also enjoyed a trip to Mt. Hood for a tree. Spending time tromping through the woods to find a tree in the crisp air was an enjoyable start to the season. Now we hike in the snow of Yosemite National Park.
Your snowman is adorable. Thank you so much for the great pattern. I loved making snowmen & snow angels as a child. It was so much fun playing outside all day in the winter when school had snow days. My mother would even let us fill the kitchen sink with snow to play with if it was too cold to play outside.
The cookie recipe sounds yummy too. Thank you :)
Karen M
love the snowman. Thanks for the great post and have a Merry Christmas!
Thank you so much for sharing - your memories, the design and the recipe!
Here in Chicago sometimes we get too much SNOW, but it is fun to have at least one snow day each year...
Blessings, Patti
Love that little SNOW angel so much. I'll be making one for sure (unless I just happen to win one) LOL
We don't see much SNOW in this area which is just fine bt me!
Glad to see you're back! I miss you. What sweet memories and a sweet little snowman! I'm going to need to make that! Blessings to you and your family this Christmas. Hugs ~ Terri
we have a lot of the smae Christmas memories! Love the little snowman ornament. Thank you "Snow" much for participating in this blog hop! So far I am loving it!
Thanks again,
Wanda
Olde Crow Mercantile
The SNOW Angel ornament is just precious! And how sweet are you to include the "ephemera" to make the wings? Thanks so much!
We've seen our first snow already, but nothing that is sticking around yet.
Let it snow let it snow let it snow>
We are in NC and we are hoping to get some this year. :) Then I get SEW and watch the SNOW.
thanks for the yummy cookie recipe -
Oh, it has 'snow'ed a little each day since Thanksgiving, keeping the scenery, bright and white.
We never get snow here in Atlanta. Flurries, maybe! Love the snowman and cookie recipe!
Thank you so much for the great ornament pattern. I own soooo many of your patterns--they are all so adorable, I just can't get enough!! It is always a treat to get a new one. :) I loved your story in this post...awesome! I hope you and your family have a wonderful and blessed Christmas!
You've reminded me of lots of snow memories in my family:) Nothing like cutting your own tree!!
Your lil' SNOWman is adorable, but what I loved most about your post is how your little story led up to the freebie gift. Really clever!!
Thanks!
Tanya
I hope it doesn't SNOW until after the 1st of january!
Enjoyed your post from past to present!! SNOW is something I am very familiar with....only a dusting so far this year but last year we had a wet and heavy snow storm on Oct. 29th that left us without power for 8 days!! We are hoping for a lean SNOW year this year!! Love your wooly snow angel. Merry Christmas, Betsy
Isn't it amazing what we will do for our grandkids? Even build a SNOWman!
Thanks for your giveaway!
It's SNOW nice of you to do this. Thanks!
This designer blog hop is SNOW much fun. Thank you for sharing a bit about yourself and your family.
I so enjoyed reading your post today. I love snow and your little snow angel is so sweet. Thanks for sharing.
Sew Sweet and love the snow angle. Thank you for sharing..Judith, Texas
Debbie, I love your SNOW angel. She is adorable. I missed you this year at Hollyhill's Homespun and Holly. DianeK
I am having snow much fun making your angel! This is my kind of snow! Sharon
gritsgirlsc@sbcglobal.net
Thank you for the cute snowman pattern. Pecan Sandies are my fav too!! Have a great holiday season!!
I love your delightful snowman. Thanks so much. It's starting to feel like Christmas even though we don't get snow at Christmas here in Australia
Karen
Katoomba Australia
The snowangel is so cute! Thanks so much for sharing!
I loved reading your post and seeing your pictures from when you were young, reminded me alot of my early Christmases. I would love to have alot of SNOW this winter as we like to ride our snowmobiles and SNOW for Christmas always makes everything look beautiful!
Living east of 95 in North Carolina - we don't see much snow (especially the "sticking" kind!) However, we always hope for it so we can make snow cream!
Debby H.
Oh, no, SNOW!
SNOW. The snow angel ornament is darling. Can't wait to make one. Thanks for the pattern.
SNOWmen are wonderful are they not?
Thank you for sharing your memories, your pattern and your recipe.
When I was a little girl we would always make snow angels. Where I live now it never snows. Your angel is SOOO Stinkin Cute!!!
I cant wait to make myself one. Thank you for the pattern and the memories.
Such a cute "SNOW"man pattern. Thank you so much for sharing the pattern and for an opportunity for a give away
Thanks SNOW much for the Snow Angel!
Loved your post. Wish it would snow in our neck of the woods, just for the Christmas season. Not sure I could deal with it for months. Thanks giveaway !
Michelle
Your snowman ornament is adorable. It would be perfect on my tree as we don't get much snow in So. California.
:o)
Thank you for the cute ornament and recipe. I "SNOW" that I am going to enjoy making both!
I don't think my comment stuck! I love anything snowman. The cookies are making me hungry. Thanks. Connie
Thank you so much for he chance to win a SNOW ornament.
I know it is too late for the giveaway but I just I love the snowman pattern
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