We are finally exhaling around here. It was way busier up to pretty much the last minute with the businesses and now it’s time for us to relax for a bit.  Definitely crazier than expected, but in a good way.

I did treat myself to an early present after getting through the last show.  I had been following a fellow artisan on instagram  called Classic Clayworks and was coveting a mug. I got on her mailing list and ended up with a coupon and free shipping – so how could I not get something for myself?  My new latte mug:

It’s the perfect latte size at 12 ounces and I love the color.  My goal is to replace all of our dishes with handmade pottery. They don’t even have to match – I just love the color and shapes. It’s time to move on to getting plates next 😀

We went out with my folks on Saturday night to look at holiday lights.  There is a house that has a really big display that you are invited to walk around, so we stopped at that one.

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We are prepping for the Christmas Eve dinner.  Cookies being baked:

Plus the famous Cake.

No snow right now. It actually warmed up for a couple days and we got a ton of rain on Friday.  I hope the gardens are okay as they need a nice blanket of insulating snow for the winter and not water that will turn to ice.  However, we actually might get a bit of snow into tomorrow, so it could be a white Christmas – or a dusting of white anyway 😀

Have a wonderful Christmas everyone! Safe travels!