N and I just returned from spending the 4th of July in Texas with his family. They have a tradition of giving white elephant gifts for a Christmas in July exchange. I picked up these two beauties at the Little Shop Around the Corner. They were a pretty big hit. 
Lights a the Pedernales Electric Cooperative in Johnson City, Texas. It was very pretty.
Candy from the previously mentioned Whole Foods. From clockwise from top left, we have: Marzipan, a green tea truffle, vodka orange truffle, salted dark-chocolate covered caramel, basil truffle, and another salted dark-chocolate truffle...they're really good.
I just finished knitting this Christmas stocking for a child I have not had, and am not planning to have anytime soon. But I figured that when I have a child, I won't have time to knit a stocking to match our other knit Christmas stockings so I better get on the stick now. Of course, this is a masculine stocking, so I'll have to knit another, more feminine one just in case. Weird, I know.
For Christmas this year, my sweet momma got me a subscription to my favorite magazine, Cabinet. It is "a quarterly (magazine) of art and culture" full of wide ranging articles, and no topic is off limits. Even their website is full of cool stuff, like this article on Sigmund Freud and porcupines (one of my favorites), and just look at the nice, heavy cardboard envelope it's delivered in! This is truly one of the luxuries of my life right now, and it's not even that expensive. 
Here's the ornament for this week. I do so love the wedding ring quilt pattern--especially in metal, and especially with a little piercing.
So, my goal is to publish pics of at least one different ornament per week until Christmas--we'll see how well that goes since I'm getting married next week....wait, no, I mean it...I'm going to do this...really...
...to think about the Holidays. So I made this cute little tab-fit copper ornament. It is for sale now in my Etsy shop (coreyackelmire.etsy.com) for $30--and there will be more to come. Also keep an eye out for upcoming copper wall pockets! 
