On the 9th day of Christmas...

...my true love gave to me, a rest and a chance to pick my favorite so far.

On the 8th day of Christmas...

...my true love gave to me, a brand new pair of pink ice skates

On the 7th day of Christmas...

...my true love gave to me, A PUPPY!

On the 6th day of Christmas

...my true love gave to me, a new iPhone 6.

I inked the iphone messages after I took the picture and I forgot to take another pic.

Here's the conversations:

Gray message: whatcha doin?
Green message:  nothing, just chillin.  Get it...just chilling.
Gray message: LOL
Green message: n u?
Gray message: gettin ready to melt u later.
Green message: Whaaaa?!?!?!
Gray message: stupid autocorrect...MEET you later.
Green message: No worries, happens to the best of us.

On the 5th day of Christmas...

...my true love gave to me, winter berries to put under the tree.

On the 4th day of Christmas...

... my true love gave to me, a candy cane filled with love.

On the 3rd day of Christmas...

my true love gave to me...the Christmas shopping list for all our family and friends.

On the 2nd day of Christmas...

My true love gave to me, a marathon of my favorite Christmas movie.

On the 1st day of Christmas...

My true love gave to me a walk in a winter wonderland!

Christmas postCards (wait, what?)

For the first time in my life I made my very own Christmas cards!  Well, to be exact, Christmas postcards.  I know postcards, what an unusual way to send a holiday greeting.  I'm a real pioneer woman, a trailblazer....a maverick (thanks Palin & McCain for making that word 10x more awesome).  Not really, I'm just a woman who should always wear her glasses.

But, this was a lot of fun and here are the materials I used to create my cards.

 Picture 1 from left to right: Porcelain palette (for mixing ink), small & large white eraser, Strathmore Watercolor Postcards, Dr. Watson India Ink , 2H pencil & cheap acrylic 00 brush (for inking).

Picture 2: empty margarine tub (ink contaminates water pretty easily, so when I have a lot of inking to do, I like to have a large tub of water)

Not pictured: Watercolor paints!

Drawing with my nephew Tyler

It was so much fun!  I went home to help my family and I got to spend some time drawing with my nephew Ty (age 8).  Here's the picture he gave me.  I love the trees!
 

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