Family Affair!

My friend, Lana, gifted to her daughter, sister in law and nieces an evening at Queenie's to paint door hangers for Christmas! Only one niece chose to do a winter themed hanger...the rest were summer themed and I found that amusing! 

There were mason jars, my colorful daisy in striped vase,

and this precious camper...she knew exactly what she wanted to do here 

and executed her own design.

Look how adorable and well they all turned out! Lana painted something to hang in her craft room for inspiration.  See that picture below... Love this!   Now, the cup of hot chocolate in the middle was the winner that night...in keeping with the winter theme, it snowed that night and we all had a snow day the next morning!!

Lana sent me a picture of her sign in her craft room...and the gate on the wall?  It came from her childhood home and she wanted to save it forever.  AWESOME idea!  

Welcome to My Mardi Gras World...

 Just moments after I have wrapped the last Christmas present and stashed it under the tree and have finished the dessert for our Christmas Eve dinner, the orders start to ping their way into my Etsy account.  

Louisianans never get depressed about taking down their Christmas decorations, because they are eager to put on their Mardi Gras finery for carnival season...I am blessed to have this to look forward to every year and it brings joy to my heart to get these painted and shipped out!  

Here's what's cooking...

a stately single initial royal sign...

and a lovely monogrammed hanger...

I featured a version of this jester mask a few years ago in my Etsy Shop...have given it a makeover with Mardi Gras beads, crowns and doubloons...

I included large New Orleans Krewe names on the doubloons.

 and lots and lots of King Cake Babies...small...

 and huge!

 And, a few of these...

Love is painted into every one of them...can't ever have enough purple, green and gold!

And, yes...I decorate my house for Mardi Gras on the afternoon of January 6th after I have taken down all the Christmas decorations in the morning, kissed that baby Jesus and put Him back in his place in the attic...He remains in my heart each and every minute of the day.