Nan's Creating Place

Are you looking forward to our Christmas Luncheon this weekend?  This is always special where we take time to visit, share a meal, exchange gifts and enjoy being with each other and sharing life.  Thank you all for another great year of crafting, laughs and friendships.  Definition of a customer - a person or organization that buys goods or services from a store or business.  I would have to say you each are much more than that to me.  And though I am thankful to have you as customers that purchase goods from Close to My Heart through me, I am grateful to have come to know each of you over the years and to call you my friends.  Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your life. I wish you so much joy and happy times this Christmas season with family and friends. Merry Christmas to each of you. Nancy

Our Christmas Luncheon What has become a tradition with some of my dearest friends, who also happen to be my customers is that we meet in December each year for what we call our Christmas luncheon.  We get all Christmased up!! Make gifts for each other and meet in the private room of a local restaurant.  For the next several hours we followship and enjoy this time together.  Close to My Heart has brought many precious ladies into my life and I am grateful for each of them.  So while you are enjoying your weekend doing whatever you want to do, we will be enjoying "Our Christmas Luncheon". May your Christmas been merry and bright! Enjoy! Nan

Well here is more of the beautiful gifts I received a Sunday's luncheon.  Karen has such a gift for making center pieces.  I love it when she makes them for me!!! Then she gave me a sachi thermol bag that was filled with goodies and a box of chocolates.  Can you say spoiled? Jaunice made each of us this great apron that fits inside of a coffee mug!  It has little pockets to store pens, pencils, paint brushes so they are right at your fingertips.  Just the thing for a crafter to have.  Thank you Jaunice. Marv made up these great gift bags with treats including the cupcake die you see next to the bag.  On the back of the cupcake is a gift certificate for each of the ladies from CTMH <VBG>.  And she gave me a jar of buttons and these cute litte canisters for storage.  Oh I love containers!!  Thank you Marv! Lisa gave us each a beautiful crochet scarf and pin.  Perfect for these cold days.  Thank you Li...

This is the Rubber Ladies (as in rubber stamps) and we have been together a long time.  This marks our 13th year together.  We started having a Christmas luncheon like this one maybe 10 years ago.  We wait all year for this get together.  We exchange gifts, eat, laugh, eat and talk crafting!  It's a whole lot of fun.  These ladies are as much a part of my life as my family......wait maybe they are my family.  Each brings something different to our group that makes it unique.  Thanks ladies for sharing your lives with me.  It means the world! Merry Christmas! Nan Tomorrow I will show you some of the great gifts exchanged on Sunday.   this is a Christmas ornament my sister in law taught me how to make several years ago. and another one  And here is a beautiful card my friend Chelsea made.  It is made from an envelope. This is the insert The little brown bag is to hold a CTMH gi...

These are some of the gifts I received yesterday!  Maggi got a sewing machine and made each of us a beautiful tote!  It has pockets for stamp pad and all the other essentials for scrapbooking.  This will be great for carrying supplies to the crop in.  Thank you Maggi. Pam crocheted each of us a beautiful scarf in our favorite colors.  I love wearing scarfs. There were lots of other goodies in with the scarf.  Thank you Pam for all my gifts.  Fireside coffee!  Yum.  Kelli mix up this tasty brew to warm our bones.  Here's another cool thing that she did.  See the Christmas trees on the mug?  They are vinyl.  She cut them out using her new Close to My Heart Cricket Art Philosophy cartridge!!!  Great idea Kelli. Thank you so much.  Jean gave me this beautiful Christmas ornament.  Inside are tiny little shells and sand. ...

Yesterday we met at Triple J's Steakhouse for our annual Christmas luncheon.  It was a great day! These ladies are some of my most treasured friends.  We exchanged gifts, ate, and really enjoy the time together.  Thank you ladies for a great 2011!  Merry Christmas. Nan