It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas

I am not surprised that half our mall is already decorated for the holidays. I laughed this year around August in a store with a sales girl and said “I’m amazed Christmas decorations aren’t up yet.” And someone who overheard me said they were in their local dollar store. Wow! I thought let me get through back to school and Halloween and then…..

But the chill is in the air and it has that “cold snowy” smell outside, it doesn’t help that it is damp and rainy today but in any event. It is November 11th so Christmas is just around the corner. I love the holidays and all of the festivities that go around them. Time to decorate the house and cook, cook, cook! There is nothing like the holiday spirit!



I have made some wonderful Christmas ornaments this year and I am just about ready to put a few of the pictures up in my new shop. Which one do you like? Personally I love them all, that is how I got started in this biz! LOL. But I am happy to create your own personal ornament for you if one of these gems doesn’t hit your fancy. Just pop me an email: theuntraditionatopiary@gmail.com The sky is the limit! So come on don’t be shy I love meeting new friends, and I’m happy to share a piece of your Christmas with you!

I'd like to introduce you to the design girl!

I wanted to take a moment to thank Danielle alias the design girl for yet another wonderful site design! For those of you who don’t know Danielle, I have had the pleasure of working with her on several sites and she is a very conscientious designer who has wonderful taste. So yet again, here here Danielle, thank you for another wonderful design!



The design girl does more than blog designs, she will work on graphics for you, create stationery and her newest and most colorful designs come from her digital scrapbook kits. My family knows I am a “scrapbook-aholic” and I know if they get wind of this new kind of scrapbooking they will fear. LOL Check out her wonderful designs, and if you do stop by let her know I said “hi!”