Archive for December, 2016

handmade christmas

Posted on December 26th, 2016 by mountain girl  |  6 Comments »

Here’s a compilation of the exciting presents we’ve been making over the past two weeks. We opened them Christmas morning (and a few on Christmas Eve). Hope you enjoy them!! These little beanie animals are made from a sewing pattern I got from this girl who makes and sells patterns on Etsy. The instructions were […]



holiday art fairs

Posted on December 23rd, 2016 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

The art fairs I worked during the first two weeks of December are old news by now, but I never posted the pics, so here they are, at last! Zia and I did the Holiday Mountain Market in Nederland, then whipped up several dozen tiny animals and figurines and went to the Gilpin Winter Arts […]



what we’ve been doing

Posted on December 13th, 2016 by mountain girl  |  7 Comments »

We’ve been just a teensy bit busy around here. Zia and I worked three days of holiday mountain markets, and in preparation, carved, sculpted, and painted for hours on end over the past two weeks. I’ll post those market pics soon, but they were only the doorway to a whole new vista. Since then, Zia […]



mr. and mrs. jed delconte

Posted on December 9th, 2016 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »

Jedaiah and Karen got married today! Jed is my little brother and number nine in our little team of eleven siblings. Welcome to our crazy amazing family, Karen! Here is Jed with our sisters: Rahab, Ramah, Sarah, and Sahya (Hans’ girlfriend). Gianna and Maddie are Sarah’s and Rahab’s daughters. The ceremony took place in North […]



thanksgiving in kansas city

Posted on December 6th, 2016 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

I know it’s late for this, but I wanted to post some pics from our Thanksgiving trip to Kansas City. We went to Cindy’s house and hung out with her, our friends Darci and Chase and their four kids (and one on the way!), Crystal and her friend Malik, and Will and his friend Joanna. […]