Mel's Own Place

A couple of packages, just for ME!! Sherri's Christmas Cottage arrived safely! She even snuck in a charming Christmas Pot Holder! Don't you just love the colors?? Perfect Sherri, THANKS!! Of course I'll use the pot holder as a decoration in my studio as I am allergic to cooking!! ;) This little, darling, soft, owlie is from Nikki at Whimsy Love . I won it in one of her giveaways! She has plenty more in her Esty shop! I have a lodge pole pine (fake) behind me when I am sewing and I put all the homemade ornaments I acquire through the years on that tree for a permanent display of my love for all things homemade! I have become friends with a neat gal who does all the artsy stuff that I'm afraid to do. I live vicariously though Tessa and her blog: How to Make Art!! She has a whimsical vibe she puts into her art that I love! Tessa is also 'walking' me (and everyone else who reads her blog) through the steps of creating 'art' type art. I snapped up a couple of prints from her Esty shop for my husband to give to me for Christmas and Tessa let me pick a print as a gift from her! In Tessa's Esty shop I also found a wonderful companion to some gifts I'm going to be giving this year to my friends who sew. I'm not going to show the present now, because some of my readers will be receiving the little gift for Christmas and I don't want to ruin the surprise! Thanks to Sherri, Nikki, and Tessa for making my day brighter!!