Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/chestnuts-roasting-24x36-chalkboard-download"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnsrx7SuNQflzNtVuzXlyfvKM9gr0syVcGG4Y6_G9Y1_MaaZFuwO7szCJ0Y4wx6y5XAhw9PEQcDGGF_7Qfs8-nhoiB1lyQESQaqIpYFL7L7ql7BAhjAhFN-WxCM8tqqvtylyCivBEVAkU/s640/sNovember_893.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last year I did this chalkboard for our hot cocoa bar. It was back before we were offering our chalk art as prints and downloads though, so I didn't photograph it in a way that we could reproduce. I tried to redraw it this year so we could offer it in our shop. Below is the 24 by 36 download that I printed off at Staples. (You can read about how we made our chalkboard frame and the process of printing the downloads in <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-to-download-print-and-frame.html">this post here</a>). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/chestnuts-roasting-24x36-chalkboard-download"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpkeCMaCFXqlGD4UD511mFegVfagCmqpQ4aXoQmI3ly3eTu0igok7ASHznsvhu6JwcIK_R-yBb81SUG40AcewxsoEik05W3kN14HcGeQq_nFWPR1QKViU1MmG649ajgV9Q1FcnaSLs44/s640/dJuly_3867.jpg" width="436" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then we have it available as an <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/chestnuts-roasting-11x14-chalkboard-print">11 by 14 chalkboard print</a>: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/chestnuts-roasting-11x14-chalkboard-print"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDWFvmDCoKudt1c30lRbu1uppG-8sfJJlKYKMQNG3ILXiMM5r4gDCTCGF-1QkRAIUHAAT9r9iNh_nn5Z-u4YsdBuRuhFTaBhKWZx_sFmkt2_rFHv8zn90frDLt0kLukVbc5pG7Z4pfuik/s640/dJuly_3849.jpg" width="436" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/chestnuts-roasting-11x14-chalkboard-print"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDlAiiOD1zenB6TPMG7MtvNyy-fKM0stF2g3QLDzLsAf4ZJPr4xm-aWm9zQWxCDT6wv1evccX8fSpCfZqJWIpsh3SEqar4BAGjAOYobwqkGcmsD-shdMVN8trnhAC2857DBXOipFfbLlk/s640/dJuly_3802.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And this <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/chestnuts-roasting-11x14-print-in-white">11 by 14 print in chocolate ink</a>:  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/chestnuts-roasting-11x14-print-in-white"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbzLvsmZBgDYhQ5f0zSaxE4ZUJIL4vyglum01J8FD7-ZBuWTARxLoxOf1KN5cBFGd_n_YPua7-c0U4_vT9h7ELNoOlTC4TCa0TtSRPbYkgpyUMbWBz7wUOJIfF3mItyx49yJduqA-f78/s640/dJuly_3817.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/chestnuts-roasting-11x14-print-in-white"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7K-cV6XcysuoQVp9hqtBjsHhMr1_fXlTjzocElsQ5heupcjmYcCR7hYQe62UyxdzdcCoXQ3I3el6A0LPWfo60AwzNDanDXnV3KOIYVAVPQbRHph5JE-IuyUE0qQIzNWqfs5h2t5T6GOc/s640/dJuly_3824.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/chestnuts-roasting-11x14-print-in-white"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHXa1KzMc8yArGvlIV8kAfnWnjwXWR4oiluMVZpCnobtSXeN1DygMIaVx3ZzqEyryZoDnPfK4tV7N7YLSdvhR0_4CHVFsZYghm_3sDtPf1fUwoEhcWi3gdw45OIrz4UNgUFw4cRm-Ffr0/s640/dJuly_3830.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> I hope you all are having a wonderful week.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxIgM9DBhJnqs1yqdUm2h0glK1cahaVtKnJGlMIdLUINVwqWjmp-XhKVcI4KIi7c44yekSO9vfeKAkQLT19Yyx4zqryO1VgNfqLD1e_xw_JlY5lPdFEKBztjXpA50kgq8Mm0NDjdlu1g/s1600/sig.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxIgM9DBhJnqs1yqdUm2h0glK1cahaVtKnJGlMIdLUINVwqWjmp-XhKVcI4KIi7c44yekSO9vfeKAkQLT19Yyx4zqryO1VgNfqLD1e_xw_JlY5lPdFEKBztjXpA50kgq8Mm0NDjdlu1g/s1600/sig.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />

Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire

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Have yourself a merry little christmas prints and download

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/merry-little-christmas-11x14-chalkboard-print"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggT1_obLTuVP-89paYbk15FtkA6GcwsrtzE8y_U8wvbLDJcN2vjbIibeX_FNRVCkG_6pJxAQ2dhZsmznnuJFMbTCturwXwXJIcJv7xGTXWY2O0tRgC1jSceyMVXOyasD43OrnsyfmMbh4/s640/cJuly_3724.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We finally have these in <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/merry-little-christmas-11x14-chalkboard-print">the shop</a>! We've had them ready for a couple of weeks now but I just finally got them photographed yesterday. Normally when I start decorating for Christmas early so I can get everything photographed it feels kind of weird. It's so cold out right now though, that this year I am actually getting excited as it's all coming together instead of worried that any neighbors might see through our windows and think I am crazy. I will have lots more Christmas decorating to show you over the coming weeks (and actually I still have at least two fall themed posts too including one last Thanksgiving item to share that I am excited about!) but to start with I wanted to introduce our <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/merry-little-christmas-11x14-chalkboard-print">newest print</a>, "Have yourself a merry little Christmas..."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> It is available in the <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/merry-little-christmas-11x14-chalkboard-print">11 by 14 chalkboard</a> style: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/merry-little-christmas-11x14-chalkboard-print"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_5byw4tdq_-8QRPjksa7CUCOX35felWM-EGeP0nbtxlmscn_IV-LuM59yIgwD0rytbVL8Yh-yMaKN2AvP8kpHyloZDrCvVxW1jLxZDTLq8Z6xZ5Ep3kO0QwvAkQYlyQ3A3NBFrSP558/s640/cJuly_3734.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/merry-little-christmas-11x14-chalkboard-print"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKj1LvG8wMOwM1voFBq0OCWwskvrTpRv2WIFPOcpFsylQZi7BFaiAk-KacZYfOZmxWdZcSDMReL_chatrGkkPt4wctafH14q5PokXSFS29-VFPBkVtW8ev1hb0wvuYm8LFTsSu8PquNk/s640/c.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">And we also have it in <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/merry-little-christmas-11x14-print-in-cranberry">white on cranberry</a> in that 11 by 14 size: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/merry-little-christmas-11x14-print-in-cranberry"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibp2Q5EfRjl7HtgcYLoC5YjzhL10je1PiJ_Jex85wbFmZ97oX2sFOVwo9JC_zJmKNOzzn71HtfgpJmCXLyWJLQUUpRMyep_mPTl0UB3Qh2gOw0oxj5Xd96A91mTcQd21hd00yfVQyPRfY/s640/cJuly_3774.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/merry-little-christmas-11x14-print-in-white">green and red on white</a> as well in 11 by 14:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/merry-little-christmas-11x14-print-in-white"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd9ZWwlBwkxzvBL88w3APFWc5rG86h0u2zc6V9PxoXWq-yaPnFepprbN77DsPflc7z0vEUu-G3UxxbHhYu9GOlW3s7WL5YgYwRDm3lKrCguQpjn_VDO3CAQpOTlhJ-UzDeWaiLOx-VNsw/s640/cJuly_3790.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And we have this Christmas design available as a <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/merry-little-christmas-24x36-chalkboard-download">24 by 36 download</a> as well! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/merry-little-christmas-24x36-chalkboard-download"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlHIOCbPREVS4tQ0NZoKKKfJGGjWyPaw_saucrdWP-GXj9MmSK-CFgGdeUTiwDcb7SuE0S6jGi1ZRd9b7yA8I5l-3wgMeo0zskek9NRFrkk55XxbwT4PBQPdGkSO4mqr3sU0ldMxTGig/s640/cJuly_3914.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/merry-little-christmas-24x36-chalkboard-download"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_2VG0HE64u4bDcOQWT2rDsnsgHne2q4OJ1cs_ctwjw2P9YSTEgCPH5Zm_YHBvFJwhRpv54VpnVNZq7rYdD5dfK36GKe36vLQesvOMlV3TDTVEz3GvwiY2APa0BEIWWtNW0uKYTPgv7c/s640/cJuly_3912.jpg" width="436" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/merry-little-christmas-24x36-chalkboard-download"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTroznJ6vV19AMTYMtmvtf33y2NGHqsdQrC6xxfzqb-TjmOU-u1-SJ5l4wTVNg802FrhotIk8q8r3EgMaSFq2Ia5kS_Mj4CJZ4Wpr1X5Did1Up0btg1bYkMyo7AqiNii349ZF5rxpycAU/s640/cJuly_3910.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you are looking for a download that goes the other direction don't worry - we have "chestnuts roasting on an open fire coming later this week, and I am still working on "and His name shall be called..." which I am hoping will be ready by December.  (Both of those designs can be seen on chalkboards in our last home last Christmas. I didn't photograph them last year in a way that we could make them into prints or downloads but we've gotten a lot of requests for them so I am redrawing them so they can be reproduced this year). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I didn't have much access to my computer today and won't again tomorrow but will get back to work on e-mails Thursday night. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Have a blessed week!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxIgM9DBhJnqs1yqdUm2h0glK1cahaVtKnJGlMIdLUINVwqWjmp-XhKVcI4KIi7c44yekSO9vfeKAkQLT19Yyx4zqryO1VgNfqLD1e_xw_JlY5lPdFEKBztjXpA50kgq8Mm0NDjdlu1g/s1600/sig.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxIgM9DBhJnqs1yqdUm2h0glK1cahaVtKnJGlMIdLUINVwqWjmp-XhKVcI4KIi7c44yekSO9vfeKAkQLT19Yyx4zqryO1VgNfqLD1e_xw_JlY5lPdFEKBztjXpA50kgq8Mm0NDjdlu1g/s1600/sig.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Have yourself a merry little christmas prints and download

We finally have these in the shop ! We've had them ready for a couple of weeks now but I just finally got them photographed yesterday. N...

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'Twas the Night Before Christmas Prints

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm just popping in real quickly to let you know we have another one of our Christmas thermal designs now available as a print.  We have it available as a <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/reindeer-11x14-chalkboard-print">chalkboard print</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/reindeer-11x14-chalkboard-print"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKxeC8a4cHB7YYZRKooeBFWjMK4IyO_-VEbZpI4Fhe7JdLkqys6maaNLC5xx7ueu4X6LCMV_-N_V7rCJZwnR_RHtA54Sps31mNP_qlIzOC84CEiuMiAq7M7jBJ6-FQ-ggOfGio_yCQOQf/s640/cJuly_2661.jpg" width="436" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And also in <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/reindeer-11x14-print-in-white">black, gray and cranberry on white:</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/reindeer-11x14-print-in-white"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JHkpXKpNmn8xlngORcm2z8UeNwV4SWo9tVfqBLgNKe_3zeGv8VZe2wvyFMfSVUgSHIh6y-2gUbhxH9Kt74jhA8X7FtcCMnIblbFybM8HGBfKdvKRQVc9VelgCdkbtO-KxiCjOAcs_eCN/s640/cJuly_2651.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">and <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/reindeer-11x14-print-in-green">white and green</a> as well:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/reindeer-11x14-print-in-green"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazKGGduN8iSK2avf7RdAjG21guafBu-1GqZAqYUkety351eLCj9mBXpbpPQpUvKaaZt0fPq11F8ggZrhiNJE21546rvQA0_gtryPlzb-a_848BuGcJEf03ACeo1CaRP7WyeQyHjRNnj1H/s640/dJuly_2706.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br />We'll be back tomorrow with a guest post from my mom with one of our all-time favorite fall recipes and then seeing how the days and days and days of rain seemed to have finally stopped I am hoping to photograph our entryway and powder room in the next few days so I can share at least one of them next week (hopefully both of them!)<br /><br />Have a lovely Wednesday evening!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCbFFnCV0jWt6gELsz0PcXkWPbDL5iNn8r5HwYPad3lPWHfybTKwi_uV_3QaB__EoLjxUWyKA8Wb9z1mvpPzaJkRiQoh-SkDP7lshK0u4dmKbVFVOc1Vty8t667qBZb2zlyaR-9uc8Cok/s1600/NewSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCbFFnCV0jWt6gELsz0PcXkWPbDL5iNn8r5HwYPad3lPWHfybTKwi_uV_3QaB__EoLjxUWyKA8Wb9z1mvpPzaJkRiQoh-SkDP7lshK0u4dmKbVFVOc1Vty8t667qBZb2zlyaR-9uc8Cok/s1600/NewSignature.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

'Twas the Night Before Christmas Prints

I'm just popping in real quickly to let you know we have another one of our Christmas thermal designs now available as a print.  We have...

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