Happy December to you!

It's that beautiful time of year....Christmas is coming and Hanukkah too.  All the lovely holidays.

We just got a ton of snow here in Eastern Washington.  It's like a winter wonderland.  We got a snow blower just in time.

Things are feeling much more calm for me....so thankful for that.

I love peace and tranquility.

The above calendar is great for your Ipad, tablet or phone.  Click here for the download.

This is the desktop version.... it comes from my own retro style artwork. 

I tried  some unusual colors.

Click here for this download calendar.

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I made a new christmas collage sheet called Christmas is...

I hand drew all these on procreate....some of my process videos are on my instagram.

They are in my etsy shop now

You can print them off and use them over and over. Print these on photo paper, sticker paper or matte presentation paper for best results.

This is a sheet with super cute characters: a Santa girl with her cat, Frosty the snowman, candy cane tree, retro angel, stocking, happy tree, candles, gingerbread man, baby its cold outside snowman, lil ornament, fun sayings and words.

I made them into fun ornaments

Sweet Santa girl and her kitty

my favorite ... the snowman with candy cane tree...

Retro Angel...

Happy tree..

I have made a fun free video on how to make them into ornaments....the example is an easter collage sheet of mine , but the tips are the same 

Supplies you may need are: scraps of cardboard (from a box), glue stick, scissors, glue that dries clear, trims and glitter.

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I also made some really cute gift tags...

You can print these however many times you like and use them for years.

I drew all kinds of shapes and sizes.

I printed mine on sticker paper and cut them out.

Then I started wrapping and used the gift tags ....peeled off the sticker back and all done.

They are fine on regular card stock too. I keep my gift tags in a little box on the table when wrapping.

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These are some other pieces I have been working on...

Snow miser and heat miser from "The year without a Santa Claus".  

I love that show when I was a little kid.

They cracked me up!  

I loved how they would fight until mother nature stepped in...lol.

This is part of my candles and my snowman.... I took classes on procreate on skillshare and have really learned alot.  I have never had an Ipad before.  I have had a lot of adobe illustrator though.

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I just made another rug...a snowman and tree.

I have the rug tufting gun to do it...look on Amazon for the supplies or Youtube to see people's videos.

You put your fabric on a frame and draw the design...and get your yarn out and rewind it into a cake ball.

Here is mine next to selina's one.... she made her cat Midnight. See the yarn balls?

After completing the design you have to glue it.

I add a nonskid backing and shave it.

Crazy huh?

It's so much fun.

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Then I made...

I hand painted some ornaments....

they are in my etsy shop now.  If they sell out I will make more.

Santa kitty.

Rudolph...

Elf

Lil girl..Do you want to build a snowman?

Frosty the snowman.

These are plastic so they won't break.

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Lil Davy is wishing you a wonderful holiday season...

Trix says to be careful when driving in the snow.

I'm wishing you JOY!

Hot August!

It's hot August!

It's the last month of full summertime.

It's so hot here in the PNW that it is hard to enjoy it.

Thank goodness for air conditioning and fans!

We have been kayaking for fun and peacefulness... but staying in a lot too.

Above is the phone/tablet calendar for august...click here for the download.

Click here for the desktop version for your computer or laptop.

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Spooky times!

This is a digital book of 13 different Halloween drawings/scenes and 7 different sayings for embroidery and crafting....a PDF instant download....designed by me...Hudson's Holidays. This digital book is 11 pages....print on regular paper.

These are great for stitcheries, wool projects, needlepunch, coasters, pillow tucks, ornies, pinkeeps, painting projects, coloring pages for kids, wallhangings, table mats, scrapbooking, wearable pins and quilt projects.

Simply print and do what you want with them. There are basic embroidery instructions...create what you want to. There is no floss color list, you choose your colors. Color the pages too.

There are pumpkins, jack o lanterns, haunted scenes, Frankenstein, dracula, the mummy, pumpkin patch, Ghosts, vintage vignettes, owl, cats, sayings to stitch and more.

I bound my example...print all the pages and bind or staple together.
The pictures above show some of the designs...more are included.

The bound and printed for you version is also available.

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My daughter Selina and I got into rug tufting this past month.We saw a tiktok video and you tube videos too....that were fun and fascinating. It's the super fast way to make rugs....

We bought a frame kit (Amazon)and put it together....it has strips of nails on all sides to hold rug tufting fabric to the frame.   It is as tight as a drum. You mark your design on the cloth.  We used a projector and a sharpie pen.

Here is a close up.

We outlined the shape with black yarn.

Here is a shot of the rug tufting gun.....it is like a sewing machine in a way....just poke it in the fabric, pull trigger and tuft upwards.

Any yarn can be used. It cuts the yarn for you.

Here is the back, which is the right side.  After....you can shave and trim it.  Also you seal the back with rug glue. 

We had a helper...Davy!

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We had a wonderful bridal shower for Selina....she is getting married in September!

I am so excited!  

Maybe I will be a grand-mother some day!

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This picture was from my first book signing.

I have another one soon!

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It's been a rough past month... with my father having some hospital stays and I was sick too....but I'm hoping things will be more calm this month.

Enjoy the rest of summer!