Hot Glue Yule!

Hello Pudding Pops!*
Can you believe it--Yule! Already! It was Just Halloween! Like, YESTERDAY. Since I'm recovering from the soul-sucking time-travel-Hell known as 5-Year-College, I've been feeling festive and getting the apartment spruced up for a handmade Yule!

Yule Ribbon Tree*Vintage Fabric Garlands*Felt Wreathe*
Fresh Pine Boughs*Cozy Fairylight Boudoir*Candy!*

And Now for a hot toddy and a front row seat for the Eclipse with Muffin!
How are you preparing for your holidays?

Until Next Time--
Much Joy & Merry Making!

Happy Yule: Joy to You!

Warm Yule Wishes of Comfort
and Joy to You and Yours.~*

Wishing You A Blessed Yule

***HerSpeak Wishes you the Happiest of Yules!***

May you find a moment to know the Magick of the Season-
May where ever you are be Home-
May the New Year bring you Many Blissings.

Blessed Be, Friends!~*

Cool Yule Recap

When I woke up Sunday morning every surface of my apartment was sticky--the sign of a good shindig! With the help of my Muffin, I've been able to get apartment #5 back into a functioning state--order has been restored to the Universe. :) Here are a couple snapshots from this weekends Cool Yule!

My mantle before and after:

I borrowed some sparkly white poinsettias from my mother, stuffed them into brandy snifters, and plugged in a few strings of white lights. I do love the icicles hanging from the antlers! It felt finished once I put some Eartha Kitt on the turn table.





My kitchen before and after:

This was fun to put together. I hung mini silver doilies and icicles from the dollar store by thread pinned to the ceiling and dressed the table with a copy of the New York Times. The beautiful pink deer was printed courtesy of my mother and put into a 75 cent Good Will frame.





My sitting area before and after: (Staring my Muffin)


I dismantled my studio (which is behind the birch tree curtain) to make for some extra seating. I covered up my book and supply shelves with some great retro plastic table cloths from my grandma's house. I had some of these metallic sequined pillows strewn about. (I also stapled together a few shag covers--No one knew the better. Take THAT, Martha!)

The Guests:


It was a swingin' time! Everyone ate, drank and was very merry. :)

Now it's back to the grindstone--one week of classes left! I'm not sure whether to say "EEP!" or "Hooray!" I'm printing away on my final book. It's slow but steady work, a few more nights of serious studio time and it will be completed. I'm still debating exactly what materials I'd like to use for the illustration cover page. I figure I will use the highly technical method of waiting until I get to it and seeing what strikes my fancy. Now I'm off to the metals lab to finish some sanding on my collar. We're supposed to be getting The Snow Storm of The Century here, I'm hoping it doesn't interfere too much with getting back and forth from the school studio!

Wishing everyone wondrous winter weather and a marvelous Monday!
Blissings~*

Cool Yule!

It's snowing a beautiful snow as we speak and it's getting me geared up for my Cool Yule! I've been planning a hip retro cocktail party and tonight is the night! I have this inexplicable adoration for all thing kitsch and corn-ball so this year I decided to expand the wardrobe protocol from "sassy retro attire" to include hideous holiday sweaters. I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of puff-painted sequined monstrosities everyone came up with! I feel like it's the perfect time for a party: it's cold, everyone is getting homesick and everyone is wigged out from finals. Time for an energy shift! So, I'm up this morning to finish scrubbing, sweeping and decking the halls with shag pillows, glittered poinsettias and my favorite--my vintage tin tree. (It's just TOO funky!) It's also become an interesting experiment--I'm going to try to throw the schmatlzy-est Cheesiest shindig I can for $50. Can she do it?? Tune in next time for the exciting conclusion!! (I plan to post a series of before & after photos of how this whole wingding goes down!)

I'm off to wiggle the fingers, crack the knuckles and make a little Yule magick!
Saturday Blissings everyone!~*

Anyone up to any shenanigans or have plans this beautiful winter weekend?

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