Showing posts with label Elves. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elves. Show all posts



§ Right Jolly Ol' Elves...



The two above are the ones that collaberated to get me to change the scene taking place! They are peering through the fireplace glass doors, watching Santa take off safely on his journey...

The other elves are happily taking a break from the strenuous work! By the way, the one with the white beard [2nd one from last], wearing spectacles, is the oldest of old...ancient one. A supervisor; I'm told!! And, it is said, the supervisor hired a Santa look-alike [seen in the first small images below] to keep the mischievousness at bay so the little ones remain hard at work in his absence.






After seeing the movie, the Polar Express years ago, I asked Bud to carve me the word "BELIEVE". I then painted and decorated it. It then became a traditional addition to our holidays!  Seventeen years now!!
    Believe in what your heart is saying
    Hear the melody that's playing
    There's no time to waste
    There's so much to celebrate
    Believe in what you feel inside
    And give your dreams the wings to fly
    You have everything you need
    If you just believe!

Josh Groban BELIEVE



§ ...And Laying His Finger Aside of His Nose, And Giving a Nod, Up the Chimney He Rose!


Not surprisingly, the majority guessed correctly!! I guess you could say GMTA!!

Y'all know the poem by Clement C. Moore I'm sure. Well, I was working on displaying my elves on the fireplace hearth and mantel.  I first worked on the mantel.  Adding my Santa candle holders with Santa candles.  And the jigsaw puzzle Bud and I finished [and I framed] last year.  Then...elves and a couple strings of lights from Dollar Tree.  Down to the hearth then.  I love these elves I have collected the past three years!  They're posable [or is it spelled poseable?]!!  No matter.  I had them all positioned and the two largest ones I made them standing.  They were now peeking into the firebox thru the glass doors.  As I stood back to inspect the work, I got an idea...like the Grinch, I got an awful idea!  I got a wonderful, awful idea!!  That entailed tearing them all down from the hearth, and starting over.  But first, I had to 'build' Santa Legs...  Rounding up all the 'materials I needed to make a soft sculpture set of legs, I started sewing and stuffing and stuffing some more.  Done.  Now, to get it to work.  Y'know that wonderful, awful idea...I opened the glass doors with the legs in hand.  Placed them just so after adding a light to light up the box.  Tied it to the flue handle...and voilĂ !  Next step was to place the elves in such a manner as before with the two largest peeking in... ...giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. At Hootin'  Anni's,  the hard working elves helping out [not just working at the North Pole as once thought -SOME elves do not like the cold of the North Pole and would prefer the balmy Texas Coast].  They were bidding him a safe journey as he flew off to other toy shoppes around the world!!!


One image is with the illumination to guide Santa upward to his sleigh... while the other is during the day without lighting.
With the strings of lights...



Next post will be close up images of the elves...


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