A cardinal..
A squirrel..........
A deer with her fawn..........
and a turtle! This one is for my sister.
I was also really excited to buy some new art supplies -- just some pencils, blenders, and an eraser, but still! It's going to make drawing more fun to have new supplies to work with!
I found this when we went shopping at an antique shop almost as soon as I walked through the door. This store has lots of neat things, but tends to be rather pricey, for me anyway. I just knew the price was going to be $50, but she was only $10!! I was so excited. She is just so pretty. She is actually a nightlight, but she doesn't work, of course. I just like using having her to sit on my bookshelf.
Aunt Sherry brought these figurines for me when she came. She bought them at a florist shop that happened to have a few antique figurines near the door. They remind me so much of the figurines my Grandma used to collect.
When it was associate shop day this time, I went a little crazy. After all, I got 30% off all the sale prices and I needed some new fall clothes. I love these shoes. These heels are just the right height -- about 1 1/2 inches -- and the way they are made, I can actually walk in them without pain. :) That's an accomplishment for me in a pair of heels.
When my sister saw this picture, she said "Where did you get DIAMONDS!?!" Unfortunately, they're not diamonds. They aren't even sterling silver. The way the metal is cut makes the medallions sparkle and there are almost microscopic rhinestones as well.
You can't see them well in the picture, but I really love this shirt and skirt. And they match my shoes. :)
I love the colors in this top.
And this burgundy is really nice. I like the way the shirt fits. It's not too clingy, but not shapeless either.
I'm on the fence about keeping this shirt. It is my favorite bright pink color, but I don't have any dark brown bottoms to go with it and it is one of those shirts I have to layer with a camisole. So I'll have to think about this one.
Aunt Sherry bought this purse for me. Usually, this name brand hardly ever goes on sale, so it's hard to find a good price, but this one was on clearance for 70% off. I love the colors and pattern. 
I handmade this quilt three years. It is completely hand-pieced and hand-quilted. The pattern is a Virginia Star with a lattice border. I love this particular star pattern. The tiny pieces could be annoying to work with at times, but I think the result was worth the extra trouble. There were definitely lessons learned in this quilt. The center pieces of the red star are made of a certain material which, when I bought it, was a really vibrant red color. After I prewashed it, it faded a lot, but I was so excited about getting my Christmas quilt together that I didn't even notice until I had made several stars. I thought about taking them apart even then, but I couldn't find another complementary red fabric with a muted pattern as hard as that is to believe. So I went ahead and used it.
Another mistake I made was going with "by the book" measurements for a queen sized bed. I discovered after I completed the quilting and binding that this quilt is about six inches too short for my bed. I could have solved the whole problem if I had just lain the quilt top across my mattress before I finished it, but I didn't even think about it. Despite its flaws, I really love this quilt. I love the bright colors and the stars. I put in on my bed in November and keep it on through January.
This is a little wallhanging I made about four years ago.I think it was my second quilting project. It's cute, but I didn't construct it very well. I learned one thing, though -- I hate applique!
This is my Christmas tree skirt. I think I made it three years ago. I was having a hard time finding fabrics I liked for this project in the store -- if I found a cute print, I couldn't find anything to match it or there wasn't enough of it. Finally, I saw these three coordinating fabrics with gold patterns and thought they would work really well together. The pattern was very simple to make. I wish I had made the skirt itself a little larger, though. I want to make another one sometime with different colors, just for a change. 
We finished getting the house decorated this weekend. I love to set up all the decorations and see the tree light up. For the first time in ten years, we have a live tree! Last year, we threw away our artificial tree. It was about ten years old and was beginning to look worn out. There is a Christmas tree lot just down the road from our house, so we stopped by there last week and picked out a tree. I was surprised at how much I like having a real one. It was definitely a lot easier to set up than our old artificial one that I had to put together one branch at a time. Anyway, we put the lights and all of our ornaments on the tree. Some are store bought, some are handmade, and some are hand-painted. It's a pretty and interesting combination!
This is our nativity scene. I remember picking it out in the store when I was about five years old.
This is our piano and all the little figurines on top. Some are gifts from both my grandmas and from my Aunt Sherry. My favorites are the little bears on the front row holding up a present and a Christmas tree.
http://kellishouse.blogspot.com/ hosts Show and Tell Friday every week. This is the first time I have participated in it. It is so neat to visit different blogs and see what people have to share. Since we have brought out the Christmas decorations this week, I decided to share a picture of these little plates that are so special to me.
