Happy December!

The first day of December welcomes a cold morning after a rainy and very windy night.  In this part of the world periods of cold aren't very long allowing no time to get acclimated to frigid temperatures.  It's that time of year to bundle up for a few days!  With a very warm Fall, my Mums are still blooming and I still have grape tomatoes and eggplant growing from Spring and Summer plantings.  After the next few cold nights, these plants will be ready for removal, I'm sure.

An extremely odd sounding bird has stopped to visit the last few days.  I hear it just at the tree line but haven't been able to get a sighting yet.  I hope to have camera in hand when I do as I would like to know what kind it is.  Maybe he knows I enjoy sculpting birds and has come to ask for a modeling job!!

I've been asked to join the new Etsy Wedding Divas team.  Etsy Wedding Divas is "by invitation" membership only for the best of the bests in the world of Etsy Wedding so it's an honor to be included in such an elite group.   Here's the blog link:  http://etsyweddingdivas.blogspot.com/ and at Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Etsy-Wedding-Divas/159582284083877.

I have seven new items I've listed at Country Squirrels-R-US.  Custom acorns as ornaments and cake toppers are handsculpted using real acorn caps.  The acorn nut is made out of colored clay for which I hand blend to a customer's color request(s).  Initials and names are engraved and the letters are painted.  I've received a lot of compliments and orders are coming in for these cute works of art. 

Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for your interest in my art!

Annette Bailey

Country Squirrels-R-US