Last Christmas Eve

Oh how time flies! This was Emilie last Christmas at the midnight mass with her mom..... playing the part of the baby Jesus... And this was her last Saturday at a family gathering
Do you think Baby Jesus would stay still this Christmas on the alter?I don't think so................

1969

For all of you who answered the quiz ....you were right on target to guess: Lordy Lordy looks who's 40 ... Happy Happy 4oth year Kelly.
1969 was a very good year!!! That was year I was married.... When Kelly was born I was decorating our first home for Christmas. From personal experience; as the birthdays are added on it is kind of fun to be considered an "expert".
Top 5 Hits on the charts in 1969

"Whole Lotta Love."...by Zed Zeppilin
"Proud Mary "...by Creedence Clearwater Rivival
"I Want You Back" ... by Jackson 5
"Honky Tonk Women"... by the Rolling Stones
"Bad Moon Rising".....by Creedence Clearwater Revival

An important event besides the birth of a remarkable woman.... Kelly,
... Neil Armstrong walk the first man to walk on the moon

Speaking of birthdays... the tradition in our home since I was a little girl has been to help my mother make homemade doughnuts... Her recipe is the best....
So yesterday in her little" granny" apartment, the tradition continued.



My mother ♥♥♥ who will be 90 years young in January!
Still making her delicious doughnuts

My children have come to know grandma's doughnuts to be part of their Christmas,
so Liette comes to help out...

and voilà... there will be some for everyone........

Pre-Christmas Sale

Don't forget to check out the Pre-Christmas sale at

Oh I know I am running late with this post but I wanted to make sure it was ok to post this.....Someone is having a special birthday today and for you Charming Girls if you can guess who it is, you will get another chance at winning one of the two $25.00 Gift certificates from Cotton Charm. Leave your answer here on my blog and for those who do not have a blog e-mail me. And if you guess her age it will give you another chance in the draw.

Happy birthday to:..............

Hint: She is a Charming Girl

Gifts...

I keep telling "Jay" that I feel Christmas came very fast. I am usually finished shopping, baking, wrapping and delivering my gifts by now but last week when I looked at the calender I realized I had a lots left to do.


I have three secretaries, or assistants; they are called now... and they are very dear to me.. on my to-do list were quilting projects for them... I got right to business and managed to get these table runners done. You know how when you get a pattern that works well you just need to get more that one done? Well that is the case with this Braid Runner by GE Designs. Three of them all done!


This one in "Christmas Presence" by April Cornell and other fabric from my stash

This one in the "Birchwoodlane" by Holly Taylor

And the third is made in "Trick or treat Smell my Feet" by Sandy Jarvais and matched other fabrics with it.

Now I can't decide which one should go to whom..Kathy, Shauna, or Laurie?.. so I put them in similar gift bags with no tags and will let them do the picking...

Christmas Party

Oh how exciting.... the Secret Santa gifts are being distributed..

Michelle was the first one to receive her gift and she is going to blog about it.

The question was... does she open it now or when???? I suggest we open them as we receive them, (if that is your wish) because at Christmas time we will be very busy with family... so why don't we allow this time for the Charming Girls' Christmas Party?

You are cordially invited to a Charming Girl Secret Santa Party

When... December 2009

Time: Anytime

What to bring: eye candy of your Secret Santa gift

Where: To your blog

R.S.V.P. : to my blog that you have posted your photo

Responsibility: to visit the CG's blogs and have a chat in the "comment" corner.

My favorite punch recipe (and easy to prepare)

1 bottle ginger ale (2 L)

1 bottle apple cider (1.82 L)

1/2 cup grenadine

Orange slices and ice chips

A Christmas Tag for the Charming Girls

When I was a little girl, (not too long ago) the week before Christmas my father would drive us all over the Community to see the Christmas decorations . What a magical moment for my two sisters and I!! This year I have relived those moments when I visited your blogs and admired your taste in Christmas décor...There are so many beautiful arrangements and in my book they would all be winners if there was a contest to pick the best..
So I am going to leave it up to you. A few of you have posted some of your decorated corners and it gave me the idea to tag you to post your special corner or your special decoration. You may have more than one, so by all means share them all..Of course your entries will be put in the draws for one of the two $25.00 gift certificates from Cotton Charm Here are mine...
This is my favourite corner.. Every year I display the pictures of my four grand-daughters on their first Christmas and in the book there are the photos of my children's Christmases when they were little. I have this on the end of my sideboard in the dining area of my kitchen with a miniature Nativity set. It is often the topic of discussion and certainly makes us reminisce the Christmases past.


This one is also one of my favourite in the living room where the book on the Birth of the Messiah encourages me to read about the meaning of Christmas.

I collect ♥Nativity Sets♥ ( can you tell?) and this one, in my family room, carved in wood, is very special. When my daughter Liette was 8 years old, she had gone with her cousin to the big city, Halifax, shopping and this is the Christmas gift she had bought me. I will cherish it forever!

Notice the little kitty cat figurine on the side? Just like my Christmas tree that is decorated with unbreakables at the bottom, on every table that I have ornaments I made sure I put a piece which would attract little Émilie to play with. She learnt immediately which ones she was allowed to touch and does not even look at the others on the tables. After all Christmas is not about Grandmas saying NO do not touch! To see their little faces light up is worth more than a figurine or a Christmas ball!

So I can't wait to see your favorite corner/decorations and a brief explanation as to why it is so important to you. Post your pictures on your blogs and leave me a message here that you have done so...

It is a perfect opportunity to visit all our CG blogs and to leave them a wish for a Merry Christmas all the while getting to know one another better.

May the Christmas spirit be with you always......

Santa's letter

Dear Santa,

It has been a long time since I wrote you a letter and my letters to you were all in french "en français". Along the years I have enjoyed helping my children write their letters to you and now my grand-daughters. If you remember my gift requests were always crafts supplies, coloring books, paint sets, sewing and knitting kits. I remember one year jewellery kits were on my list and even a basket weaving kit, well things have not changed with the passing of the years. I still would like a gift that would compliment my favourite craft.. quilting. And here is the gift I would absolutely love... a fat quarter ofOr a fat quarter of.....
Thank you Santa and a special thanks to

for providing the link so I can connect to you with my special request.

Un gros merci!

Joyenx Noël à tous/Merry Christmas to all