My daughter made this tree completely from fuzzy pipe cleaners.

Pipe cleaner candy cane pairs.
One each color, cut in half, for each pair.
Twist, bend crook, twist together with scrap red pipe cleaner then formed into a bow.

More Christmas ornaments;
Paddlewheel and bead wreaths, strung on pipe cleaners.

Ah, what lovely madness Christmas has been.
People popping in and out; in person, over the phone and even web cam!
This is what holidays are for - to stop the mad dash of normal days, and let folks know you love and appreciate them.
Gives one a chance to pause for a moment and say 'Where did the year go?'
Even with holidays, the years spin by so fast - How the heck did I get to be this age already?! I am still 26 - SO THERE! (When things don't hurt, LOL )
HOPE ALL HAD A GOOD HOLIDAY, WHICHEVER YOU CELEBRATE!

Pipe cleaner and bead wreaths.

Fishing bobber candy canes. Strung on pipe cleaners.

Wreath ornaments made from fishing bobbers strung on pipe cleaners.

Some 'gold', 'crystal' and 'pearl' dangling ornament baubles.
I always liked the Victorian trees with the jewelry on them, so I made some. Several look like they would make nice earrings, with different hangers.

Perler bead snowfolk.
The bodies are supposed to look like fabric.

Christmas cookies for the apartment house. Red and green sparkling sugar flattened balls; the red ornaments on the trees are colored dough added before baking, the white garlands are frosting.
There were also red-dough stockings, yellow-sugared bells, and green-frosted mittens.

Doily peace doves. Every doily will make 2 doves.
Step 1. Cut each doily in half.
Step 2. Fold corners to middle, creating a 90 degree triangle.
Step 3. Fold triangle in half, making a 45 degree triangle.
Step 4. Cut Slit Parallel To Open Side To Create Wings.
Step 5. Fold Each Wing Up & Out.
Step 6. Bend Tip Down To Create Head.

Christmas card #19. Wishing you a merry Christmas; foil.
I wish these showed up here as pretty as they look in real life.

Winter Tree in Perler beads, 2008.

Perler bead quilt-inspired pieces. The pink flowers are really translucent red beads.

Perler bead angels.

Christmas card #18.
Tree is green foil with gold foil splashes and filigree, red foil words.

Christmas card #17. Merry grunge Christmas.
All marks are foil - words are gold, slashes are sparkling red, green and gold.
You can see the colors better on the large size. Just click to see.

Christmas card #16. Make a wish snow dancer.
Words are pale blue extra-fine glitter, flame is gold foil.

Christmas card #15. Snowfolk Joy. The words are metallic.
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Posting this recipe, because I keep losing the silly thing.
Coconut Macaroons - bake 8-10 minutes at 350.

1 can Eagle Brand Condensed Milk
14 oz. Shredded Coconut
2 teaspoon Vanilla
1 1/2 teaspoon Almond Extract
Cherries, Pecans etc for garnish.

Mix all ingredients together.
Make balls or drop on greased cookie sheet.
Top with 1/2 cherry or Pecan etc. if desired.
Remove immediately. Don't cool on cookie sheet. Cookies will stick.
Store loosely covered at room temperature.

Christmas card #14. Joy in patchwork.

Christmas card #13. Merry Christmas teardrop ornament.
The gold leaf words are showing up as black. I guess it was too shiny.

Christmas card #12. All hearts come home for Christmas.
I'm not quite sure why the top right looks bent, the card is fine. It must have been a little crooked on the scanner.

Christmas card #11. You light up my life 2.

Christmas card #10 . You light up my life, #1

Christmas card #9. Oh Christmas Tree 2.

Christmas card #8. Yuletide joy! Snowman in a snowglobe.

Christmas card #7, Triangle Tree.
I'm not sure if I should leave it alone, or put a star on top.

Christmas card #6. Three red birds. Eh, 3 French hens have been done to death.

Christmas card #5 - Oh Christmas tree(s).

Christmas card #4 - Hooray for snow days!

Christmas card #3 - While visions of sugarplums...

Back to Perler bead ornaments - gingerbread hearts and a star.

Finished cards #1 and 2.

Here are the finished ornaments for the swap. Hubby made the little candy ribbon ones, the dolls are mine.

Making a few prototypes for our Christmas cards.
Don't laugh now, I've never made iris folding cards before.

A little tired of posting Perler beads, so I'm putting last year's fall peanut butter cookies.
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Those are supposed to be schoolkids, not clowns, LOL. Used a gingerbread person cutter and a maple leaf pancake ring. They're covered with peanut butter buttercream, the heads of the turkeys had added cocoa and powdered sugar to make a dough, the eyes and feet are whole cloves.

Four little Perler bead gingerbread boys and girls. I like the dark brown boys best.
The basic shape came from a cookie cutter.

Here are some Christmas Stockings.
They look about like they would be anklets.
I created these first, and then adapted them into the witch shoes.

Continuing the Perler beads with some evergreen trees.

Our Cat Ginger sitting on the rug in the front room window.
Created on the large hexagon board.

Two little winter birds in the snow.

Back to Perler beads.
This is a funny little moose.
Not my design, adapted from a piece of fabric.

Yet another fuse bead black cat, this one with a pumpkin.

Mummy cupcakes with buttercream bandages and gummy Lifesavers for eyes.

I came across this picture of some paper twist ladies I made a few years ago. I had found a little sisal (I think) witch at the store, and recreated her in paper twist. These three went around a cauldron for Halloween, then the two on the right went in my Thanksgiving display.
There were a bunch of them for a while, but most have been given away. These are the only ones left. The witches hair is a sheet of paper twist, the blond has hair from a fraying Christmas ornament, and the gray hair is from my hairbrush!

The matching scarecrow smilie to the devil.

A Devilish Smilie. It looks splotchy from the scanner; but is, in reality, solid red.

Been working on some backgrounds. Here's Autumn Tile and Night Sky.