Recycle Plastic Bottle From Linda (Linners)

These are so cute.What a wonderful way to recycle plastic bottles.This is a water bottle snowman. Bottle was spray painted white. Head is a styrofoam ball. Fleece hat/scarf

Painted plastic peanut butter jar pumpkin.

Linners Christmas Creations

Cuttlebugged photo ornaments:The one on the left is my first greatgrandchild. On the right is me in white top and my daughter, the grandma of the little fella.

From Linners

Here it is on my quad cane. I decorate my cane for every holiday and season.It's a felt yo yo, stuffed. Pin on back. Beak and feathers are felt. Wattle is a petal from a silk poinsettia. Black bead eyes.

Temari Balls

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Crafts shared From Tinycoco

Just finished by tinycoco this Beautiful fall basket She made these in two sizes

From Ginny (Surfing) Just Made

There beautiful Ginny !

The Christmas Spider

Once upon a time a gentle mother was busily cleaning the house for the most wonderful day of the year. Not a speck of dust was left. Even the spiders had left their cozy corner in the ceiling and had fled to the attic to avoid the housewife's busy cleaning.

At last, it was Christmas Eve. The tree was decorated and waiting for the children to see it. The poor spiders were frantic, for they could not see the tree, nor the presents that waited for dawn. The oldest and wisest spider suggested that perhaps they could peep through the crack in the door to see this glorious sight. Silently, they crept out of their attic, down the stairs and across the floor to wait in the crack in the threshold. Suddenly, the door opened a wee bit and quickly the spiders scurried into the room. The tree was breathtaking and certainly more than their eyes were accustomed to seeing. So, they crept all over the tree, up and down, over every branch and twig and saw every one of the pretty things. At last they were satisfied with the Christmas tree's beauty.

But alas! Everywhere they went they had left their webs. Now seeing what they had done, they became very afraid that they would be killed; so they prayed for mercy. Suddenly, an angel appeared and said, "I'll save you, but I will need some help. One of you must stay to save the rest." It was agreed who would stay, and then the angel touched the spider and turned it to ice, and the webs became shimmering silver and gold.

Since that time, we have hung tinsel on our Christmas trees to remind us of the sacrifice of one to save many. According to the legend, it has become a custom to include the spider among the decorations on the tree.

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