DIY Christmas Crafts | DIY Rustic Farmhouse Christmas Crafts | DIY Christmas Home Decor 2023

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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
  • In this video, I share a start to finish process, how to, DIY craft tutorial featuring TWO budget friendly Rustic Farmhouse Style Christmas Home Décor Crafts using fabric!
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  • @loriclarke1142
    @loriclarke1142 10 місяців тому

    Again I come for your crafts, but wait for your inspiring message of how great God is, and how he is always with us and knows us by name. ✨🙏

  • @sheliadenova8315
    @sheliadenova8315 10 місяців тому

    The slip on shoes, the snow globes and the big hanging ornaments

  • @lynnsniger5439
    @lynnsniger5439 10 місяців тому

    Linda I am a snow man person!! I do love all of your videos.
    As a believer in Jesus Christ I especially love your final comments.
    Sorry for the loss of your precious fir baby Marley. 😢
    Myself I would like the cookies glued in but I could do that if I were to buy them.
    Thank you ❤
    Sisters in Christ!!

  • @tonihasson9418
    @tonihasson9418 10 місяців тому

    Oh my sweetness, hello little Miss Bella, you are such a sweetie!!!! Linda, thank you for ALWAYS reminding me that my Faith is strong and not to get discouraged etc., I hope you know just how much joy, peace and laughter you bring to my heart.. Thank you so much!!!

  • @gailketch8644
    @gailketch8644 10 місяців тому

    I think the cookies should be loose, very cute!!!

  • @vivianbunch1963
    @vivianbunch1963 10 місяців тому +2

    That snowman is so cute! Now I am on the lookout for an old channel bedspread☺️👍❤️

  • @KarenGendron
    @KarenGendron 10 місяців тому

    Ohhh Bella is adorable

  • @ursulapeine3862
    @ursulapeine3862 10 місяців тому

    Your devotionals so bless me. Thank you. Sniffle sniffle.

  • @adriennetownley3375
    @adriennetownley3375 10 місяців тому

    Hello Bella, you are absolutely beautiful and you have such a talented mom. Love what you do and thank you for your encouraging words.❤🐱🙏🏼

  • @susanruppel434
    @susanruppel434 10 місяців тому

    Welcome Bella! You're adorable❤. I can't get over your fabric snowman. He's so beautiful!

  • @number1nanaof2
    @number1nanaof2 10 місяців тому

    Bella is just darling. I had a tortie but she was darker She was my Mighty Sock Hunter. We lost her at age 19.

  • @marystaples5869
    @marystaples5869 10 місяців тому

    Linda I'm so sorry for your loss. Pets have a piece of our hearts and when we loose them they take a piece of our heart with them.
    I absolutely love today's projects. The no face snowman is adorable. Love the rusted bucket and the little cookies, to cute. Happy Thanksgiving! Have a fabulous week. Take care. Blessings

  • @RobbinMcCrumb
    @RobbinMcCrumb 10 місяців тому

    Beautiful projects and beautiful new baby❤

  • @jeanscroggins5520
    @jeanscroggins5520 Місяць тому

    ❤i love them. Don't see the cookies in. Thank you for sharing ❤ Have a blessed day 🙏🙏🙏

  • @shellycoon7674
    @shellycoon7674 10 місяців тому

    Welcome Bella. She is a cutie, I so love watching your videos. What a cute snowman. I like your bucket of cookies, For me, I would NOT glue them in just so I could arrange how I wanted, But either way it would not matter to me how you did it.

  • @johnandkarencraig2459
    @johnandkarencraig2459 10 місяців тому

    I love seeing your sweet Bella . ❤

  • @nobodyaskedbut
    @nobodyaskedbut 10 місяців тому

    Bella is so sweet and beautiful! Love this weeks creations (as usual) I would want the cookies glued in😊

  • @TerriNeville
    @TerriNeville 10 місяців тому

    I love them both. I think you should not glue in.your messages are beautiful! Thanks,Terri

  • @mcadoovicky6465
    @mcadoovicky6465 10 місяців тому

    It’s funny you’re one of my favorite crafters so when Aldi’s got a little expensive sewing machine, I bought it so I could do some of your crafts, but I’m terrified to open the box cuz I don’t know how to sew. Bella is adorable.

  • @bethpaxton
    @bethpaxton 10 місяців тому

    Bella is a doll! God gives you what you need when you need it. As someone once told me, "people plan, and God laughs". He knew you needed Miss Bella.

  • @dianamccullough1736
    @dianamccullough1736 10 місяців тому

    Oh Linda you are awesome creator. Your crafts are always beautiful. Thank you for sharing Gods love and wisdom.♥️🙏

  • @janluter114
    @janluter114 10 місяців тому

    Loved the projects. You are so talented. Thank you for sharing. Definitely leave the cookies loose.

  • @martymattoon7231
    @martymattoon7231 8 місяців тому

    Hi Linda, Have been out of thr loop for awhile and enjoying this today. Just making the little snowman hat with a few embellishments would work as a tree ornament. Like.

  • @tonyak.7974
    @tonyak.7974 10 місяців тому +4

    I love your channel. You are a wonderful artist! Thank you also for the encouragement….I really needed it today. ❤️

  • @lauraadrianasalvatierragarcia
    @lauraadrianasalvatierragarcia 10 місяців тому

    Bella is really bella😻Se won't substitute Marley, but she'll make her own place in your hearts ❤

  • @JoeyOlson-ob4gh
    @JoeyOlson-ob4gh 10 місяців тому +1

    I love what you do! Such great fabric projects and you give the choice of gluing or sewing. I was so sorry to hear of your loss, may Bella help your heart heal. I look forward to seeing her in your videos. Thank you so much for your inspiration and thinking enough of us, your viewers, to share Marley & Bella's story.❤❤

  • @irenemajor8974
    @irenemajor8974 10 місяців тому

    I'm so sorry for the loss of Marley and Bella is cuteness overload 😍 You never disappoint loved them both 😍

  • @katherinejones7007
    @katherinejones7007 10 місяців тому +1

    Love all your projects. You never disappoint. I opt for leaving the cookies loose. It allows for other uses of the bucket.

  • @deborahmoore8458
    @deborahmoore8458 10 місяців тому

    Linda where do you get all of your beautiful fabric? It is so unique and it all coordinates together so well.

  • @babethebuilder1
    @babethebuilder1 10 місяців тому

    We just lost our 14 year old Siamese mix (yet she's got Persian in her so she doesn't look like a Siamese. She was all black and white. 4 white paws, crooked white all down the bridge of her nose and her entire belly. My favorite was the soft white fur on her chest. ) And her name was BELLA as well! It's only been a month and I'm telling you I am DEVASTATED. I knew my 21 year old daughter would be (my son as well but not like her) and I was AFRAID she was going to fall her last year of college over it. It's something she's dreaded for years now. When we lost Bella's dad Tom when she was 11 she was a mess for a good year. She's got a huge heart. But I didn't realize how much I would be affected. I should have though as she was primarily my cat bc I was the one home with her everyday and she imprinted on me. She died of squamous cell carcinoma. Had a massive huge bloody scabbed over mass on her ear. She was obese at 27lbs and has asthma so there's no way she would've survived amputation bc of the anesthesia they said. We took her home for a month and loved on her and I had to eat sleep and breathe Bella for four or five weeks bc she wouldn't leave her ear alone and would scratch it. We realized a paper plate around her neck helped but it was so miserable for her. The day we took her in to put her down was one of the top 3 hardest days of my life. The only thing worse was when my mom died at 59 of lung liver and bone cancer two years ago suddenly. We had only known for 11 days. She chose to do in home hospice but we were the ones that took care of her. Though that wasn't much as she she was not awake except for a few minutes crying in pain. I still think my step father over dosed her on all the meds they gave her plus I found out afterwards he was giving her even more. I wish I had been able to have a conversation with my momma before her soul left this world. That's the hardest part of losing her and Bella. I am a Christian and so was she. But we weren't perfect christians by no means. Here lately I've been more and more trying to get closer to God but I don't know if my momma is in heaven and I'm not for sure about Bella and there was a point when she died I wanted to go with her. I knew the second Bella left her body bc I was holding her and she went limp in my arms and my kids and I let out the must heartbreaking wail you'd ever hear. It's been a month now and I'm so lost. I see her everywhere. After losing her dad and now her I swore on my mom I would never have another. Plus (and I knew everyone says this) there will NEVER be another cat like her. She was so attached to us and she would sit there holding your hand for hours. My daughter would study in my bed and hold Bella's hand for ever and her paw ALWAYS had to be on top lol. As soon as anyone would set their hand down she'd immediately put hers on top of theirs. But mostly Haley and I. She loved to play with and rub her face in my son's curly hair lol. She acted like she was in love with him lol😂. I started making her a beautiful wooden HUGE COFFIN box but my dad(who we have lived with since I left my children's father after 19 years of abuse and cheating) told me we didn't have a choice and had to cremate her. We didn't have anywhere to bury her that wasn't on public land and was good enough for her. So now all I have is a little bad of her ashes. I wanted to lay her down in beautiful jewel green velvet in the coffin I made. But he told us if we didn't figure it out the first two hours I was awake (and I have chronic pain from fibromyalgia anda plethora of other health problems) and go dig her a hole that he would throw her out on the side of the road in a ditch. I'm still furious with him and I don't know if I can ever forgive him for all he's put us through. Just like my ex who hasn't even been in our two children's lives since the day I caught him and kicked him out for good and he moved in with the affair partner That same day and hasn't even tried to contact my kids to be in their lives and hasn't paid a dime of child support to help though he knows I am not capable of working full time with my heath. That's why we are at my dad's. Who begged me to come here and leave my ex for years but I was trying to stay with him forGod. Anyways I'm getting way way too personal here. My point is I saw a video that said your pet will give you sure they are still around you afterwards and the first sign is you'll hear their name everywhere. And my Lord have I! I bet I have seen it heard it online 60-70 times this last month! And go figure that's what you named your new one! But can you tell me Something Linda, do you believe they go to heaven? It's something that has bothered me the most. Just like my mom. I don't know if she's there bc she never forever her ex who was abusive either for 18 years. Yeah I know I know .. We have almost the exact same lives. And now I'm here scared next week I'm going to find out I have cancer myself. Been putting off seeking a regular Dr for seven years. I only have a pain Dr now. Please pray for me? And please pray for my Bella and my momma? We never even got to have a memorial for her bc nobody had the money and the rest of her family didn't care one bit and my mum was good to everyone. She overcame so much in her life with little too no support and I'm so proud of her! I wish I had told her that more.

    • @LindasDIYbyDesign
      @LindasDIYbyDesign  9 місяців тому

      Hey Jennifer. I’m sorry it’s been die time but I am just catching up after a busy craft season, but then again, I think God does things for a reason and maybe today I was supposed to see this vs. earlier. I’m sooo sorry for all the things going on around you. As I read through, I couldn’t help but notice similarities. I too, lost my mom very suddenly. We were going visit her for a week. And the night before we were due to leave, I came home from work to all sorts of messages on my machine from aunts and uncles I hadn’t heard from in years. Mom had died of a heart attack. Luckily I had spoken to her a few days earlier at least. But in the end we still drove to her home on our vacation but only for a different purpose of packing up her house, planning a funeral, writing an obituary, closing accounts. It seemed surreal to be driving home at the end pulling a trailer with her belongings because my grandmother didn’t want her stuff…and that’s another story. I am like you, in that I don’t know if my mom is in Heaven because she didn’t know whether she believed or not. I hope I see her there. On another subject, I hope our pets are up there when we get there. I just don’t know, but I will choose to believe it. Because when God walked and talked with Adam and Eve in the garden which was located on God’s mountain, I am sure with all the beauty of where they were, there were animals and stuff too. God made those right, so why wouldn’t they be there? My thoughts anyway. I pray that your Dr appointment went ok. Let me know the news, but whatever has happened or will happen, know that you aren’t alone in any of it and just take it one day at a time. It’s easier to take small steps with God through moments like this. Prayers for you sweet lady! 💛

  • @zo1164
    @zo1164 Місяць тому

    😺😺😺😺😺😺💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

  • @barbaragarfield5402
    @barbaragarfield5402 10 місяців тому +9

    I think Marley had a hand (Paw) in bringing Bella to you too. She’s adorable. Enjoy her Linda. Love her markings.

  • @iamtheglass3744
    @iamtheglass3744 10 місяців тому

    "B e l l a a a !"
    [you know like ‘Stella!"]
    🪄⛄️✨💨

  • @PattiJGood
    @PattiJGood 10 місяців тому +1

    All of these are beautiful Linda. I love your style. Your little fur baby was cracking me up. Such a cutie. Great personality. TFS

  • @MM-yl3eb
    @MM-yl3eb 10 місяців тому +1

    Hey Linda
    I guess first things first welcome Bella to the family so stinking cute so sorry my condolences to you and your family on Marley. Anyways, on a happier note your projects are always so stinking cute. You’re so talented and such an inspiration. I love the snowman and the little stuffed cookies are just absolutely adorable. I wish you were closer and I could go see you at your craft fair but if I were buying those little cookies, I think I would probably not want them glued in.

  • @jeannepickens359
    @jeannepickens359 10 місяців тому +3

    Praise is coming hard today. Last night I learned that my mom has breast cancer. Last week they decided she is diabetic. She has already been fighting Parkinson’s and Lupus. It’s a lot but I know God lives her more. Thanks for your word!

    • @delmariesnyder2739
      @delmariesnyder2739 10 місяців тому +1

      Praying for your mom and your family ❤

    • @lisaaustin9824
      @lisaaustin9824 10 місяців тому +1

      I have had breast cancer, and now I am a 7 year survivor. Satan pours out all the problems he can on God's children. He's fighting as hard as he can against us to keep us from telling the story of Jesus and how to be saved. If your mom knows Jesus, regardless of how it turns out, she will be just fine.

    • @LindasDIYbyDesign
      @LindasDIYbyDesign  9 місяців тому +2

      Jeanne, I pray your praise is getting easier and that Jesus will continue to be your guiding light as you face this with your mom. I pray that she knows Jesus is with her and to just take it one step at a time. He will never leave you or her and that is something to cling to. I’m sorry I did see this comment earlier, but it’s been a busy craft season…although, I think Jesus has us see things at just the right time.
      Jesus, I just pray right now that you would wrap your arms around this family as they walk through something that can be very difficult , but with you, all things are possible to overcome. I pray you guide Jeanne’s mom in everything she faces. I pray you guide the drs thoughts in treatment plans and how to bring her out of this as a survivor. Thank you that you are always with us and never forsaking us. I pray that you would provide strength and grace and mercy to this family. Thank you for allowing us to come before your throne with our problems as you hold us tight! I also pray that this family and their faith is not seeded with any doubt but relies heavily on you in this time. In Jesus Name.

  • @kimalston1004
    @kimalston1004 10 місяців тому +2

    I love the snowmen!! I think I would like the cookies to stay unglued, because I could see my grandbabies playing with them and put them in and out of the bucket. Sooooo cute-as usual!

  • @traceymichael1449
    @traceymichael1449 10 місяців тому +1

    New fur baby is stunningly beautiful. We have a purebred Pixiebob. Looks kind a bobcat. He's a big boy, 20lbs❤

  • @krisdonner8961
    @krisdonner8961 10 місяців тому +2

    Bella is adorable! So very sorry for the loss of your fur baby.

  • @onthegowithcrazynazzie9755
    @onthegowithcrazynazzie9755 10 місяців тому +1

    Welcome bella❤️ So precious!! (( Hugs)) so very sorry for your loss of your baby… Its been 3 years and at times, I still tear up.

  • @taunyawinn3729
    @taunyawinn3729 10 місяців тому +4

    Love the no face snowman. I usually do eyes and cheeks but never add a mouth to mine. Gingies are super cute and I would not glue them down. Thanks for all your inspiration ❤ p.s. Bella is beautiful

    • @maggiepadilla6915
      @maggiepadilla6915 10 місяців тому

      Very cute snowmen and the gingers are adorable ❤

  • @loisshelton5182
    @loisshelton5182 10 місяців тому +2

    Stella is absolutely beautiful. Welcome to the family cutie!!!!!

  • @CallyRose
    @CallyRose 5 днів тому

    I just watched this again and I absolutely love both projects but the cookies are cute as a button! Bella melts my heart, she is so adorable❣️ Merry Christmas once again.
    From the rising of the sun to the going down, I will praise the Lord! Bless you sweet lady… ❤️🌲🐈‍⬛

  • @annkarr1591
    @annkarr1591 10 місяців тому +1

    Welcome Bella❤️ She’s adorable! It takes time for the heart to heal, I’m sure she will help. Thank you for your words of encouragement, even when you were hurting, you reached out to help others. You are a blessing.

  • @rachelhernandez4219
    @rachelhernandez4219 8 днів тому

    I love both beautiful projects! ❤❤❤ God bless you! Thank you. Amen 🙏

  • @rickyclark4870
    @rickyclark4870 22 дні тому

    Thank you so much for sharing, Will look Beautiful in any Decor.... Simply Beautiful. *ellen*

  • @shohreheilbeig4024
    @shohreheilbeig4024 10 місяців тому

    Of course she's very cute but The snowman is very very beautiful❤️🥰❤️🥰❤️🥰😍🤩😍🤩😍🤩👌👍👌👍👌👍🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹, thank you very much for your beautiful dolls.🙏🌹🙏🌹👍👌👍👌

  • @CraftingMyBestLifewithLisa
    @CraftingMyBestLifewithLisa 9 місяців тому

    These are so adorable! I’d call them cozy farmhouse Christmas! I love your creativity friend. 🥰🤗

    • @LindasDIYbyDesign
      @LindasDIYbyDesign  9 місяців тому +1

      Thank you 😊 my sweet friend! Merry Christmas 🎄 💛

  • @delmariesnyder2739
    @delmariesnyder2739 10 місяців тому +1

    I’m so happy to see Bella! Welcome, sweet little fur baby.

  • @jackielucchesi6654
    @jackielucchesi6654 10 місяців тому

    Love the snowman.......My favorite!!!!!!! Oh Linda she is so precious......what a cutie patootie ....Love the name Bella......Hi Bella!!!!!!

  • @the_heavenly_patch
    @the_heavenly_patch 10 місяців тому

    Linda Sweetie, Wow Those Are Amazing As Always 😊 Pray That U Have A Very Blessed & Prosperous Day & Weekend 😇 "I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear.I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me."
    John 5:30 (NKJV)
    Have A Righteously Blessed Day!
    🥰 Truly Blessed 🥰

  • @traceymichael1449
    @traceymichael1449 10 місяців тому +1

    Good morning crafty family, greetings from Big Sky Country. . . aka Montana

  • @catherineoconnell1026
    @catherineoconnell1026 10 місяців тому

    After Christmas last year, one of the department stores put their Chenille bedspreads / with shams for less than $20.00.... KING size. I bought two!!

  • @connietowler3725
    @connietowler3725 10 місяців тому

    Don't glue, they look good just as is. The snowman is very cute too. Bella is a sweetie. Sorry for your loss 😔 Oct 31st., Piper, my best friend for 12 years passed, got her at 5 weeks. Doxipoo.

  • @sherylthomas4768
    @sherylthomas4768 10 місяців тому

    I lost my kitty of 13 years a few weeks ago. THE PAIN IS REAL!! Glad you are enjoying your new kitty,she is adorable.

  • @tammiekenpaschen3884
    @tammiekenpaschen3884 10 місяців тому

    Oh boy! A teeny kitty crafting buddy! Always makes crafting interesting!
    I think with your cookies, I wouldn’t glue any of it together! That way the bucket could be used other seasons… and pin the bow on. I like thing interchangeable! And grand babies would love to play with them!

  • @missy5587
    @missy5587 10 місяців тому

    Personally, if it were me, I'd like to have the gingies glued or stitched together. To fit in the bucket. Don't necessarily glue them into the bucket. If that makes sense. 😊 I love your crafts and inspiration! Ms. Bella makes your videos more precious. ❤

  • @junerobbins6871
    @junerobbins6871 10 місяців тому

    Love the snowman. He's splendid.
    Sorry that you lost your fur baby, but Bella is adorable !!
    I'd glue the cookies into the basket.

  • @candiceb_mat
    @candiceb_mat 10 місяців тому

    Hi Linda, don't glue the cookies. If i were to buy it, i'd like to, eventually, use the container with some other fillers, for a change.
    I can't take my eyes off of Bella 😂. She is so darn cuuuuutee... i want to kiss and squeeze her so badly 'cos she looks so fluffy and chunky that i can't resist! 😂 She is your perfect companion. 😊❤

  • @kellyadams332
    @kellyadams332 10 місяців тому

    Welcome Bella❤ Don't glue them in. If I bought it, I would like to rearrange them myself at home. Thanks for making me happy, Linda ❤❤

  • @cindyballard7585
    @cindyballard7585 10 місяців тому

    Hey, where's the face on that snowman? Just kidding 😂! Love all the goodies you made! Bella is adorable! I'd prefer the cookies glued in as I lose everything! 😊

  • @vickiequinney4268
    @vickiequinney4268 10 місяців тому

    Yeah for Bella! Really cute projects! Happy Thanksgiving!

  • @sharonhendrix9539
    @sharonhendrix9539 10 місяців тому

    Love your little fur baby, She’s beautiful She reminds me of my fur baby I lost back in the summer she was a rag doll Stella has similar colors she had. I just got a new fur baby my 3year old grandson I’ve have custody of named her cookie dough I don’t have the heart to tell him we can’t name her that , so it stuck and you made cookies so I guess that’s a sign .Love your DIYs.💕🥰👍🏻

  • @lisaconnelly7731
    @lisaconnelly7731 10 місяців тому

    Hello Linda👋 I love your ideas and channel. Whenever I need to make a face on something I just put eyes. Usually round, black eyes proportioned to the item. It gives it such an innocent look. Sometimes I find that "dolls" look a bit creepy with a full face.

  • @kimberlyelkins8150
    @kimberlyelkins8150 10 місяців тому

    I watch all your videos, start to finish, multiple times. I LOVE LOVE the crafts you do as well as the messages at the end. You are the only one that has said these things in a way that makes sense in my brain! That said... How in the world did I miss you losing Marley!! I was devastated when I had to put my Oliver down!! I am so sorry for your loss!!
    It was about a year after Oliver passed that my daughter was home from college, went to her dads for the weekend and came home with five adorable, but filthy, flea infested, fluff balls, about 3 weeks old, and put them on my bed! 😲She wanted to take them back to San Diego with her because they have a Humane Society that will take all cats and not harm them. They will live at this amazing preschool type place for cats until they are adopted, or forever. My baby, Annie had gotten used to having the house to herself and was NOT happy! So I gave all 5 a good scrubbing, 2-3 times per kitten, with dawn dish soap, treated them with some Capstar flea medication by breaking one pill into 5 little pieces, and bundled them all up in old dish towels/rags and told her to keep them in her bath tub. We made it into a soft fluffy bed for all 5. We fed them chicken pate, and water, and liter box was at the opposite end of the tub. She and I both used my shower so their home was never disturbed. Sacrifices right. LOL
    About 2-3 weeks later, my daughter was out with friends and I came home to a house with all my craft stuff drug out all over the living and dining room floor and five of the cutest fluffy faces popping up form the mess! I could not be mad at all! It was too cute. But for the next month we could not keep them safely confined when we weren't home because this little feisty guy could not only slide the shower doors open, but he could also open the bathroom door!! Which is how they came to live in my room and this feisty little calico, siamese mix came to be Milo. He has the same feisty personality as my Oliver who was a Siamese Himalayan mix and both are so smart! They both talk, and follow directions quite well. Very trainable, like a dog. They both play fetch, and have TONS of energy!! But last night was the best!!! Annie and milo greet me at the door when I come home from work. Thats when I feed them. Annie is a grumpy, but lovable 10 year old calico mix, also a stray that I bottle fed from one week old. She has been the baby and spoiled by me and she was not liking this new baby in the house. So sometimes she is a bit of a diva and wont come to eat until Milo has settled in to the end of my bed for the night. Last night was different because she never came. It was pouring rain and I couldn't find her anywhere in the house. They are both indoor only cats. So thinking she had to have run outside when I came home from work, something she NEVER did, I kept getting up and going to the porch and calling for her. Milo would try to go out but I wouldn't let him and every time I came back to bed he would charge at my feet and bite me! Hard!! There was blood all over my feet. I couldn't figure out what he wanted. I knew he was trying to tell me something and I did all the usual things. Nothing made him happy. Finally he got so mad that he kept charging at me, biting and biting! I thought something was wrong with him. I was thinking he need to go to the vet. I was scared that if he wouldn't stop I would have to put him down!! Why wasn't he telling me what he wanted?? He usually leads me to what he wants. So finally I had to shut him out of my room so he laid in the kitchen next to my room and cried and cried! Still, obviously, not able to sleep, the sun starting to rise, and the rain the hardest I had heard it all night, I made one final attempt to find Annie. I searched the entire house, again, and even though I had not been in the garage at all I opened the door to the garage and called her name. She wasn't there, but she finally heard me calling her and by the time I got to the front door she was on the porch soaked from head to toe and crying!! She ran straight to her food, and as she inhaled it, I dried her off with those old dish towel/rags, wrapped her up in her favorite blanket and bundled her up in my bed with me... exhausted, we both slept there for a few hours, and Milo, who got lots of love and praise after he just had to go on to the porch to smell around and come back in to smell Annie, and accept the slap on the head she gives him when he has to smell her behind, I try to tell him girls don't like when boys smell their behind but he doesn't seem to care, lol, laid in his spot at the end of my bed watching over her the whole time. About 15 hours later, he is still watching her every move. 🥰 💞💞💞
    Anyway.... after that long novel, I think you should keep the cookies loose. I think it would be adorable to display next to a Santa cookie plate and put a cookie or two on the plate. The no faced snow man is super cute too! He has his own personality. Definitely need to find a blanket like that. My grandma had one when I was a kid. Wish I knew where it was now!

  • @tweetybird16
    @tweetybird16 10 місяців тому

    Super cute projects. I would not glue the cookies in. Children might enjoy playing with them or someone might want to use the tin for something else. I have a friend who paints rocks. They looked like that to me. Very cute! Just an observation and I don't mean to sound negative. Your kitty is adorable. Some people are highly allergic to cats. Do you mention you had a kitty helper when you sell your products? Or has that ever been a problem?

  • @patriciarice3851
    @patriciarice3851 10 місяців тому

    Love your crafts!!!…….I wouldn’t glue the cookies down that way I can take them and store away but still be able to use the basket to make valentine cookies and can use it for Fourth of July….. can use this ideal multiple times!!!

  • @stacierisen8870
    @stacierisen8870 10 місяців тому

    Love the makes ❤ and that sweet ball of Bella fluff! I wouldn't glue the gingers in. Great message today 🙏 Hoping for a tutorial on the pillow candy canes next time. Tfs ❤

  • @senyagwynn8121
    @senyagwynn8121 10 місяців тому

    These are so cute Linda!! Great idea using the damaged bedspread!! I love watching your little Bella play!!🩷 I am glad she is helping heal yours and your husbands hearts. 🩵🩷 Tfs

  • @cathyeestes3028
    @cathyeestes3028 10 місяців тому

    Beautiful. How much do you sell the items for? Have a “Blessed” Fair and for God to guide your day to success.
    Thank you for the message.
    I like the cookies laying in the basket

  • @jeanclark1815
    @jeanclark1815 10 місяців тому

    Linda, I would leave the cookies loose. Also I would have added a face to that lovely snowman! Miss Bella is sooo beautiful! So sorry for your loss of Marley...I know that sad feeling...but also know Bella will help with the pain! Tfs !

  • @debbiegreen2414
    @debbiegreen2414 10 місяців тому

    I ordered that quilt. I have so many craft items planned. Inspired by you. Thank you. Bless you.

  • @victoriabried131
    @victoriabried131 10 місяців тому

    If I were buying the bucket o' cookies, I'd want them glued in sin e the fabric is glued in, it's not that much more storage and easier to keep it together, and, as far as the faceless snowman...I love it! So different, so original! Anyone can buy a snowman w a face,, but not one without! Keep up thr great ideas Linda! I love everything you create!

  • @redtrain210
    @redtrain210 10 місяців тому

    You do so much extras on everything....I just don't know how you can part with your projects...I love them

  • @denisezimmerman5797
    @denisezimmerman5797 10 місяців тому

    Bella is so sweet. Love them both, but I ❤ the snowman ☃. I would glue the gingerbread down. Thank you for your inspiration!

  • @victoriabried131
    @victoriabried131 10 місяців тому

    Oh my gosh Linda! Melt my heart! Yur new fur baby is adorable! I know its not Marley, but this is a new journey on your path, enjoy every minute, I lost my Punt around the same time as your loss, and I too have a new fur baby peeps, different, but still enjoy him! God bless you & yours!

  • @nagrabagra4924
    @nagrabagra4924 10 місяців тому

    Congratulations on finding another sweetie pie kitty so soon!! She's adorable! TY for the great ideas on crafting, I love love love a snowman in my decor, I can't get enough of them!

  • @Lindaleegarcia
    @Lindaleegarcia 10 місяців тому

    Love both ideas 😊…don’t glue the ginger cookies …thank you for the beautiful message…God bless 🙏🏼

  • @patriciakirkpatrick7933
    @patriciakirkpatrick7933 10 місяців тому +1

    Don't glue the cookies. Love these items! 🥰

  • @BrendaBench
    @BrendaBench 10 місяців тому

    I would prefer my cookie loose . Makes it easier to keep clean before packing away. Love all these crafts,sad I can't keep up with you😅. Keep up the good work.

  • @9catsandcraftsticks
    @9catsandcraftsticks 10 місяців тому

    My favorite was Bella, and the cookies😂 I like them loose. Great video!! Enjoy your new baby!!

  • @SuzetteJennings-p7h
    @SuzetteJennings-p7h 10 місяців тому

    I love them both. I don't know if I would glue the cookies. You place them so nice I would probably have you glue them.

  • @nancymangels6519
    @nancymangels6519 10 місяців тому

    Loved the crafts, but loved the message even more! Thank you so much for that uplifting message. I would rather the cookies not be glued in.

  • @pamelataylor3537
    @pamelataylor3537 10 місяців тому

    I love all your projects, the snowmen are gorgeous and I love the bucket and the cookies. I need them glued in because I’d lose them lol. But no I wouldn’t glue them in as it’s easier to store them or let grandchildren play with them etc. TFS. Thank you for your beautiful message, our sermon in church this morning was very similar, I’m beginning to think that it means something for me, hearing it twice today and once from across the other side of the world.

  • @mcadoovicky6465
    @mcadoovicky6465 10 місяців тому

    I think you do not do the cookies down. If I may ask because I think I underpriced everything I make how much would you sell your projects for these two projects?

  • @joycebeilman211
    @joycebeilman211 10 місяців тому

    She is beautiful! It took me almost 3 years before I could bring myself to look for another pug. So, enjoy your kitten!❤️

  • @teresaowen8050
    @teresaowen8050 10 місяців тому

    Love your work. You asked about glueing cookies in. I was thinking of kids and how they like to put things in their mouths. With the glitter in mind perhaps glueing them in would avoid that. Thank you.

  • @darlenekrisak2962
    @darlenekrisak2962 10 місяців тому +1

    You are such an inspiration … not just in crafting but spiritually and emotionally - thank you so very much ❤️

  • @terryciavola5962
    @terryciavola5962 10 місяців тому

    So beautiful! Bella is so adorable! Love everything. Cookies are cute. ❤️

  • @denisepope8599
    @denisepope8599 10 місяців тому

    Bella is so cute.
    Your crafts are beautiful as always.
    I think you need to glue the cookie in the bucket. My reasoning. Children don’t need to play with them because of the glitter glass. Just a little piece of the glitter stuck in the stomach or the intestines can cause an irritation and then a medical problem. Just like nuts and diverticulitis. A friend had a tiny piece of a wire brush from a grill cleaning cause the same thing to happen and she had to have a major surgery and almost died. I have also had gangrene of the large intestine and almost died. Mine was from a blood clot.
    Thank you for your message. I have started going back to church. We have got a cold front come through and I have been in horrible pain with this fibromyalgia and arthritis. I missed church last week and my grandson’s birthday. I felt so bad he turned one.

  • @lindabarrington5400
    @lindabarrington5400 10 місяців тому

    Love your little fur buddy. My cat of 14 years died in his bed a few weeks ago, I’m heartbroken, but not ready to open my heart to another at this time. Love the snowman.

  • @DeniCowdell
    @DeniCowdell 10 місяців тому

    Love your projects adorable!! I wouldn't glue the cookies in keep them loose😊

  • @lucyschaefer2144
    @lucyschaefer2144 10 місяців тому

    Love this snowman. I would need a face. I thought your cookies were actually rocks at first. I think they're too fat. But they are really cute.

  • @louhoggard2822
    @louhoggard2822 10 місяців тому

    Love them loose. Your videos make me happy. The last part is best though. Thank you for the videos. God bless and keep you.

  • @catherineoconnell1026
    @catherineoconnell1026 10 місяців тому

    I love the cookies. Bella is adorable. I would prefer the cookies glued in so I can wrap them for storage. I love you.

  • @wendy621000
    @wendy621000 10 місяців тому

    Love them, thanks for sharing! Please ck your settings so I can"like" this video! ☃

  • @gizmo7877
    @gizmo7877 10 місяців тому

    Why not make the cookies smaller, more of them, and glue just the cookies together so you can take them out and exchange other things in the container for other holidays. Use the muslin to wrap around the container and bow in the center to keep the cookies from falling out. I just love your style!!

  • @whoohoo7
    @whoohoo7 10 місяців тому

    No glue, I'd like to store them. Love the projects the snowman was my fav!

  • @ms.krueger2660
    @ms.krueger2660 10 місяців тому

    I think you should have fixed it where all the prices could be washed. It will get so dusty.
    Love the basket of cookies.🌟

  • @susancollins4864
    @susancollins4864 10 місяців тому

    Your kitty is adorable! I would not want the cookies glued in. The snowman is my favorite of the two, as usual both are cute.