at St John the Evangelist Catholic School. This is the best craft fair in the region. This year, Adrienne and I went on Friday night, the only time when there’s a small entrance fee. To avoid parking a mile away on this somewhat rainy evening, we arrived early and tailgated. I made warm chicken cordon bleu sandwiches and brought some peanut butter whiskey (with a splash of half & half) to share ahead of time.

It seemed like everyone who went in ahead of us went to the Maus Haus. It was 3-deep, impossible to get close.

Every usable space at this school became vendor spaces: classrooms, hallways, cafeteria, gymnasium, lawn areas. And we visited every one of them. By the time we were ready to leave, we checked out the Maus Haus again. Every mouse is different and they are so well-made.

I didn’t blog all week because I didn’t do ANYthing. Except for slowly digging out all my Christmas decorations and figuring out where to put everything. Justin came by to put up my outside lights. Thank you!


The tree went up.

For the last few years, I save the Christmas cards I receive for exactly one year, then make this hanging ornament. It takes 20 cut-out circles.


Old friends coming out from storage for a month-long visit – Thais made this for me when she was in high school:

I’ll stop now. I could bore you with many more decorated spaces.