Made my list, should have checked it twice...

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and nothing like a little panic to throw me into high gear. I checked my list of what I needed/wanted to get done for Christmas and realized that there was a lot more than one project a day that I needed to finish. Wow, a lot more than actually two a day. So I guess it is time to eliminate the "wanted" and just go with the "needed" I had both of these projects started so I decided to finish them. They are both for daughters' Christmas presents. The tavern board is interchangeable. It was not made that way, I bought it at Michael's and had John router the other side so that I could paint both sides of it. I am such a procrastinator, I need to paint really fast for a few days.





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Holly said…
Both projects look great!
December 18, 2008 at 12:11 AM
Suzanne said…
Oh, I love both of these projects. So. Much! The brown tones in the wreath speak to me!
December 21, 2008 at 8:21 AM
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