The One and Only Marfalfa

  Every Christmas I receive at least one craft kit as a gift. This year I got a little plaster highland cow to paint.  I used acrylic paint ...

  I don't know about your family, but in mine craft kits are a standard Christmas gift. I got this squirrel punch needle kit this year. ...

  I've been known to occasionally do some painting. I'm not especially skilled, but when I'm inspired it's kind of fun. I ha...

  I've been trying to use up some of my yarn stash so I collected three balls of cotton yarn to make this knot bag . I used dice to dete...

  The last stand at the Christmas Market is the Manger Scene. It's my reminder to myself to keep my focus not on the material but the et...

  For our last regular stall in the Christmas Market I made a bakery stand. Christmas Day is better with fresh baked breads, cakes, pies, an...

  Today's addition to the Christmas Market is one of my personal favorites: the puppet show. I make no secret of my fondness for puppets...

  For our special Sunday addition to the Christmas market this week we're adding storytime. One of my favorite parts of Christmas Eve wh...

  I don't know about where you live, but it's been pretty cold and snowy around here, so our Christmas Market needs a hot cocoa stan...

  Today we're adding poinsettias to the Christmas Market. While that seems very specific to fill an entire stand, they have enough appea...

  Just one week left until Christmas! This feels like a good time to add the gift wrapping station to the Christmas Market. And I found this...

  Today we're adding a butcher stand to the Christmas Market. While it's not something I've personally encountered, it feels lik...

  Today we're adding what one might argue is one of the more important stands at the Christmas Market: the toy shop. On the stand I'...

  Today we're adding another tasty stand to our Christmas Market: Christmas cookies. I've added some cinnamon and spice scent to thi...

  Since today is Sunday I've added a gold stand to the market. This one is for donations. And it didn't seem in the spirit of the th...

Today in our Christmas Market we're adding a birdhouse stand. While perhaps a little narrow in it's focus, Christmas feels like a ti...

  Today's addition to our Christmas Market is an extra appealing one: the candy stand. When I'm wandering little shops I love to loo...

  For the Christmas Market stand today I'm adding wreaths. I love fresh greenery in December. We don't usually put up wreaths and I ...

Today's addition to the Christmas Market is a candle stand. Whether for gifts or seasonal decor, candles seem to be a common element in ...

  When I was a kid a major part of the Christmas season was my church's Sunday School program where each class would sing a song or do a...