Rednesday is Here Again

Gee, I haven't posted much this month and not since my birthday 3 weeks ago!

I have been busy at work and also just not very energetic when I am at home.

So not much going on.

I go to work today, but I will have the

next four days off.

I hope to get a start on decluttering and cleaning

which I need to do very badly around here.

That is what I mean about no energy,

I can't even get stuff done around here.

But I do have a few RED things to show you.

Thank you to Sue over at

It's A Very Cheery World!

for hosting today.

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In November our church had a Fair Trade Festival.

There were things to purchase made in other countries.

I bought three things.

This interesting bowl with a lid was made in Vietnam.

I was very intrigued by it when I realized it was

made out of magazine pages.

See how it starts in a small coil and continues

until it is the size the craftsperson wanted it to be.


The inside of the lid and the inside of the bowl.

Look how the lid is made to fit perfectly on the bowl.

I find that amazing!

Notice the RED in it too!

Not sure how I will use the bowl though.

This is not really RED but I loved it anyway.

I am going to use it as a pencil cup by the phone.

I have a corn can there at the moment.

I think it is time to change it to something more interesting.

This pencil cup is from Asante Network.

This bowl is from the Asante Network also.

It is actually more RED than orange for real.

But against the RED tablecloth it looks more orange.

The underside of the bowl.

Notice the blue loop on the left side.

I did not realize that loop was there at first.

That gives me a way to hang it on the wall if I want to.

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We did not put up a big tree this year.

Actually I did not even get my boxes of decorations out either.

For some reason I was just not up to it this year.

When Christmas came, I kind of wished I did get some out.

Perhaps next year will be better.

I did get this small tree from JoAnn's and

hung my cookie cutters on it with RED and white ribbon.

Also bought the RED mini tree skirt to go around it.

The cookie jar and pitcher are from Hallmark.

I bought them after Christmas last year.

They were still in their bag so I pulled those out.

I have candy in them.

Another thing I bought at JoAnn's was this Debbie Mumm tray.

I love her designs.

Two Debbies I love.

Debbie Mumm the designer and

Debbie Macomber the author.

Any other Debbies out there to love?

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Anyway, that was as far as I got for Christmas this year.

I really hope 2010 will be a good year for all of us.

Happy REDnesday and

Happy New Year!

~Linnea~