Twas the Night Before....

You know the drill. I wonder how many out in blogger land will be using that phrase tonight. I am late today. That's my excuse. Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, there was a mess. OK. I know that's not how it's supposed to go. This is my version.


I have been cooking and wrapping presents since the crack of dawn. Literally. There is now a big old chocolate cake ready to eat and lots of other partially fixed foodstuffs. So.....I am doing something that a friend asked for. Debi, who lives in Canada and is up to her ears in cold. She is at about -32 degrees or so!!! That just plain scares this desert rat. She asked for closer photos of the Christmas Island. Here you go Debi.


Tonight I wish my house looked like this. You don't want to see mine. Believe me!



I guess you might want a few specifics about what is in the cupboard. All of the tinned food was purchased. I don't know if they still sell these. I haven't seen them around for a while. The box that the eggs are in is made of perforated paper for cross stitching. The eggs are tiny beans. The canning jar with peaches are some that a friend made. They are poly clay and resin. The potholders are some that I made from tatting thread with a # 14 needle. The jars with flour and other things are really those things. I sealed them tightly and have never had a problem with them.


That darned cat is at it again. There isn't going to be much turkey left if he has anything to say.


The dish towel is some fabric that a friend gave me. I just fringed the edge and folded it over the towel bar.The coffee pot is real pewter from England. The rolls on the bottom shelf are poly clay. I think that there is a little of my influence on the lady that owns this kitchen. Otherwise why would she have a Christmas present in with the coffee pot?



From this view you can barely see that the drawers actually open. I should have taken the photo from higher up. They are actually made like shallow boxes. I simply added 1/16" double bead molding all around the front to fancy them up a bit. If you could see down into that drawer, you would see that it's the towel drawer. Her towels are much cleaner than mine. As you can see, I am there helping out. My coffee cup is on the counter. The contraption on the lower right is a coffee mill from England.


That's about it for the tour tonight. I have to go mash potatoes now.


See you tomorrow. Merry Christmas Eve!