Merry Christmas to all, 

and to all a Good Night.

"Here Comes Suzy Snowflake...."

Oh the weather outside's been frightful... holy snow Batman!  What a weekend it was.  The wee sister, that would be me... was without power for most of the weekend... so, sadly she was away from the the shop! But I had time to start making my list... and I checked it twice... to see just who's been naughty and nice.  Geez, I'm full of Christmas, and Halloween was only just yesterday... and we haven't had Thanksgiving yet... maybe I should sing "over the river and through the woods", instead!  Anyway - check out The Shop Sister's etsy shop for Thanksgiving products... and keep your eye out as Christmas starts showing up... word has it that a few elves snuck into the mix when we weren't looking!

Seeing isn't believing. Believing is seeing.

"Oh look! Over there! I see one! Oh no, you missed them again."

Ha, this is what my mother would say to us in the car to keep us awake, she had us looking for elves everywhere. She was a firm believer in the wee little folk. You see, her initials are "E.L.F." 

And we believe that set the tone for her love of fantasy, teaching we sisters to have a special affection for elves, yes...Mom was quite the imaginative play lady.


We grew up believing in elves, fairies, Jack Frost and Suzy Snowflake, although we never saw them, our mother always prompted us to keep the faith. I even remember setting my dolls up at night in certain positions, so that I could check them the next morning...to see if they moved during the night when they played!!


Come over to the Sisters Shop on etsy and see our silhouettes, we have started creating some fun items for the holidays. The Shop Sisters 

Oh no, don't go yet! Wait...I see one...look over there!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh rats, you just missed them, there were elves over there... really.

    

Well, we Shop Sisters, contrary to popular belief, do not just draw and snip away all day.  No, in fact we two "hate to exercise" girls are still at it - huffing and puffing our way through the early days of Fall. Though -- the lovely Lesley is sidelined for a day or two after stretching too far while measuring for window shades - I'm sure she'll be off and running... walking any day now.  And me... well... what was I thinking training for a half marathon... oh my.  I have 11 miles to do this weekend and several small runs starting with today's... and yet... ha, ha... I lied...  here I sit.. drawing and snipping away... hard not to play with these silhouette creations in The Shop Sisters "lab".    Stop by our etsy store and see how things are going.  We are very excited to have been open for two months now and have just hit a landmark for ourselves... our shop has been visited more than 1,000 times.  Halloween has always been our favorite holiday and we've had a blast filling the shop with witches and cats... bats and all manner of scary friends. On to Thanksgiving and Christmas... oh my, careful what you wish for... the leaves have yet to fall, and we're thinking about over the river and through the woods already!  Let's just stick with Happy Haunting for now! 

Well.  Here we are the day after 9/11.  How to be light and airy on a blog, I ask?  Well... it came to me as I walked up our street and saw the Statue of Liberty framed between buildings and flags... I do what I do every day... because I can.  That has been my motto since my first ferry ride back to work in Manhattan after that fateful day.  Because I can.  So here I sit, with my unfinished "Patriot Gang" of saluting kids.  I'm ready to seize the day and be lighthearted, ready to snip, snip here, snip, snip there and offer a couple of tra la la's... because I can.  

Too early for Halloween? NO!!!

Love, love, love Halloween colors and all the spooky characters.  We have been busy loading up the shop with our spooky silhouettes, having so much fun.  We have more ideas in the works.  This picture is one of my favorite silhouettes we have in our shop.  It is actually cut from a photo taken years ago of the wee younger half of this sisterhood.  This was taken when she truly was a wee one. Funny, she thought she was sooooooo scary, when really she just looked so sweet.  The pumpkins shown (they were in the photo too) were carved by my father, and the costume was made by my mother.  I am so pleased we can share it with you...if you aren't too afraid to look at her scary self.  Gee, I hope she doesn't read what I wrote, it will destroy her memory of being a frightful wicked witch.  Click here to see her really scary (ya...right) witch silhouette in the shop.  SCARY SISTER WITCH

Shop is Open

Finally, the shop is open, hear the bell ring when you walk in? It has been a slow start, but the shop is filling up with Halloween goodies...I know, I know, it is early, but you have to keep up with the Joneses.
Lots of cute tags, so fun to make, the best part is cutting out the silhouettes. The wee young sister has been off on a vacation...go figure, she leaves me here to clean the shop. Everyone knows that is why you have little sisters...they do the cleaning, right?!?  But, she is back now and will be filling the shop with more of her creations. More to come, not just tags. Our shop on Zazzle has a variety of things to see. Check it out!! ETSY SHOP