Backtracking a bit here, to the promised Christmas crafting project....
What would you make if you had a whole bag of corks to work with? Before coming here, Jess went around begging their neighbors for corks for a special craft project. She hit the jackpot and got all of these from generous friends who had been saving them for a very long time! Thanks, J & T!
I didn't even think to take photos during the actual making (which covered a couple of days), but here are the resulting creatures.
Courtney and Auntie Jess made them all.
Aren't they just the cutest? I did manage to get some individual pics, so I put them into a collage. If you click on it to enlarge it, you can get a better look.
Meanwhile, in another part of the kitchen, there was this going on.
This was one of the hardest puzzles I've ever worked on. It took years to complete! Ha - we started it maybe 4 years ago when Jess and Alex were home for Christmas and couldn't finish it, so we put it away and forgot about it till now. We were determined to finish it this time. So determined, in fact, that we didn't put it away for anything... even meals! LOL
We did it!! With the help of eyeglasses and some yummy coctails, we made it through, and here is the completed puzzle. There were soooo many little details in there, which you'd think would help, but they sure did not. Lots of time and patience was needed, as well as different pairs of eyes occasionally. It was great fun!
There. We're done with Christmas now. I have two completed sewing projects and another one under way, so I'll be back to show you soon. "Soon" is a relative term, you know. ;)
