Out of Chaos

Out of chaos, occasionally we get something pretty nice.

Chaos: Three rooms are in chaos right now.  Hopefully by the end of the day, my dining room will be back to normal for a day or two:

Dining room table as of 2PM today

Staging:  Putting tissue paper, decorated bag, card and bookmark together...

Card, bookmark, gift bag and tissue

Please don't look at my spoon racks.  They are in dire need of polishing....and it ain't happening until after the charity fashion show.

And, "Voila!"

Ready to go into a transport box....

Done and ready to move back to the guest bedroom -- which of course, has no room for a guest at this point.

40 of the 100 bags already done...

We're right on target for this project.  The bag I just completed is number "100" of 250.  And we still have 6 weeks and 3 days before we have to transport them to the Safety Harbor Resort and Spa.  Plenty of time.  The cards are all done.  The bookmarks are 2/3 done.  Bags 40% there.

It hasn't been stressful YET.  Just lots of creative fun.

And Beau?

He is such a good boy.  He never gets into anything that doesn't belong to him.  He doesn't eat or chew on anything that isn't food or one of his own toys.  I could never do a project like this if he were not such a well behaved little pup. I took this picture earlier this week when he was waiting for his morning treat.  That intense look is saying, "Put that thing away and give me my treat."