Wishing You A Charmed Little Christmas!

Hi Everyone!

Jake and I wanted to wish you a very Merry Christmas and all the Best in 2013!  To all my customers, family, friends ... and new friends, I have met this year, "Thank You" for loving my art, encouraging me, and sharing in this wonderful new venture I call Charmed Confections!

Jake and I are finished with the preparations and we are ready to celebrate with our loved ones.  This will be Jake's first Christmas and he is doing it up right in his little elf hat.  He is all ready to go visit Grandma and Grandpa, as we are spending Christmas at their house.  He looks a little preoccupied in this picture ... must be visions of sugar plums going round his head ... or maybe he's just embarrassed by the hat.    :)

Regardless, we wanted to send you all some love today and hope that you make a lot of wonderful memories this holiday season.  As I look back on this year, so much has happened in my life.  I am so very grateful for all the blessings God has given me (including Jake).  Take time to hug your family tight, count your blessings and keep the true meaning of Christmas alive in your heart everyday!

May God bless you always!

XOXOXO -  LeeAnn & Jake

My New Favorite Christmas Song! (We'll maybe my second.)

Hi Everyone!

Christmas is fast approaching and I wanted to share a little ditty with you all, as I had never heard this until I heard it sung at my daughter's high school winter concert!  It is a funny take-off of The Twelve Days of Christmas!  Just don't ask me to sing it to you.  :)

The first day after Christmas my true love and I had a fight, 

And so I chopped the pear tree down and burned it just for spite. 

Then with a single cartridge, I shot that blasted partridge, 

My true love, my true love, my true love gave to me. 

The second day after Christmas, I pulled on the old rubber gloves, 

And very gently wrung the necks of both the turtle doves. 

My true love, my true love, my true love gave to me. 

The third day after Christmas, my mother caught the croup; 

I had to use the three French hens to make some chicken soup. 

The four calling birds were a big mistake, 

for their language was obscene. 

The five gold rings were completely fake and they turned my fingers green . 

The sixth day after Christmas, the six laying geese wouldn't lay, 

I gave the whole darn gaggle to the A.S.P.C.A. 

On the seventh day what a mess I found, 

All seven of the swimming swans had drowned. 

My true love, my true love, my true love gave to me. 

The eighth day after Christmas, before they could suspect, 

I bundled up the eight maids a milking, nine pipers piping, Ten ladies dancing, Eleven lords a leaping, Twelve drummers drumming and sent them back collect. 

I wrote my true love, "We are through, love", 

and I said in so many words, 

"Furthermore your Christmas gifts were for the birds!"

HAHAHAHAHAHA!  I laughed so hard when the choir sang it!  I am sure we could all use a little giggle about now.

I also would like to shout out to my favorite girl in the whole world - my daughter, Valerie!  
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY!!  I LOVE YOU WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING!  You are my Magnum Opus ... MY GREAT WORK!  The best thing I ever did or will ever make (with the help of God and your Dad!)  XOXOXO

Merry Christmas everyone!  (Two more days to shop! -- Hurry!)  

The Winner of the Holiday Blog Hop is ....

The winner is....(Drum Roll...)

Carol Stuck of Buttermilk Creek Farm!!!

A Big "Thank You" to all who entered and followed all the way through.  There were so many, many, 

we had to do a drawing...the old "names in the hat"method.  Hope you all will join us next year.  In 2013, we will have another Christmas giveaway and ....

a Halloween giveaway as well!

Congratulations Carol!!

Christmas Ornament Blog Hop Ending Soon / Thoughts for the day.

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to let you know that our multi-artist blog hop will be ending Sunday, December 16th at 5pm pacific time.  There is still  time left to enter.  I would like to thank all those who signed up for this giveaway and to wish each one of you a very blessed Christmas and New Year.

In the wake of the tragedy yesterday, all this seems senseless.  Please pray for the families and especially, all the children.  As a mother, my heart is broken ... as a human being who loves her fellow man, my heart is broken still.

LeeAnn

Mr. Snow -n- Flake are outta here!

Hi Everyone!  I am so excited, not only about this wonderful Blog Hop that is going on, but I sold my Christmas Pfatt Marketplace offering for December.  Mr. Snow -n- Flake will be traveling to their new home tomorrow.  Thanks so much, Sherry, for adopting these chilly boys.  :)  You have warmed my heart with this purchase.  (Sherry is a wonderful customer of mine and has several of my pieces.)  Thank you!  Thank you!!

YAY!  I'm going to live with Sherry!  This is the BEST Christmas EVER!!!