Happy Holidays............from the heart

Give beautifully......................from the heart.

The most precious gift wrapped presentation of them all.

Happy Holidays to my most wonderful readers. XO

Gorgeous Photos by Polly Wreford ~ Sarah Kaye

Let the holiday wrapping begin.......

I feel like a Christmas elf early this year...................wrapping, wrapping, and more wrapping. 

Gone to get my scissors sharpened and our Christmas tree.

Our son will be home on Friday....................let the holidays begin. 

Photos by Sande Chase ~ A Gift Wrapped Life

Still Wrapping..........in Holiday Red

Still wrapping................of course!

I am sure you are too.

Yards and yards of gorgeous satin ribbon....

and always a bit of sparkle.

This year's signature gift wrap.........

vintage & velvet orange poinsettas and red satin too.

Customer orders lined up and ready to go.

Then time to wrap up a few of my own.

Soon.

~

All photos by Sande Chase ~ A Gift Wrapped Life

I am so jealous of your turkey....

Mr. Poultry ~ Dutch Touch Art

I am actually quite envious of my American readers and friends this week. I much prefer the date of your Thanksgiving. Our low-key Canadian Thanksgiving is a much earlier (October) and much more sedate. Yes, the turkey dinner, but really that's about it, one big meal. Your timing is better, having it a month before Christmas is much more exciting, sort of a prep for the biggest holiday coming up as it opens the Christmas season. You get the added benefit of Christmas decorations in stores and streets which makes your celebration all the more festive. And you keep all the men out of the way with all those football games....genius! Even though our family lived on the Canadian side of a border town, my Dad worked in Michigan. We always celebrated American Thanksgiving so it was a day off school for us as we headed over to see the Thanksgiving parade, then headed home back across the bridge for turkey and pumpkin pie. For one day a year we pretended to be Americans (actually half of my siblings are) and we were always awed by the American way. You just seem to know how to have a party! You know, I can be ready at a moment's notice.

Mr. Wild Turkey ~ Dutch Touch Art

To all my American readers and friends, have a safe, warm, and wonderful Thanksgiving with your families.

I shall be thinking of you all.

Gobble....gobble

Both hand-painted oils from Dutch Touch Art