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/AVvXsEiM6q7mK3mdr6Tb9qu8_9E4o1YBdt33xLX2dN6CJQU4MmNOEj6qs_ykKXWdOj-Yc3SjPM3XyR6c0rACHR4TI1Rnu4PmPM5UW8JEI1reTUu8dFK8NbBbJVGttqOFKbQHBvTWrNziPgQLO0U/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/AVvXsEjvU3y2KhkHPp4OIC57hLlvm4yRdoMupkyNtEqGP0ls_7ijzz47wv3LLMrAUjh86yy3i9_VgWFOxpv_CDe8f-8vKbdmHHWHrRndp59Vj0a4ciLRLGN6GAJjvss1KZv3dhae-9PnnNJtrqQ/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/AVvXsEhSwtMgZt5YT5B5qN1JwKOwrxN-VO9ztKa2ezipfrgaqNi-mzPmYFra2v0t46qDI6ilcpi8oXVPUvnq5RLz0uKph9d3fAKmqdYVrPsK48LI9v5Hunfc1Gz1Flk03POA6ciLByfBie7i3Ic/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/AVvXsEgp_U94AVkldbVJWbfPW5Lc8IAoOAoeYk9IbzXOz4B3_XyZc-fqJdBrSmJeT-bP71a6sfwFuFXr8GIMPzro7gWqEjebIZsf8x8nE1xArGXEhXpAPPMIItwFemXQv0bvgFY4RUJPf80oqgQ/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/AVvXsEiRI11-u-ubi7qGDGQSGQYkp-kKqAm_GV4KyHsZoz4E1LTaeD0m-SQERXsUfII7qIWLx2fWnGthR3tu9uVOVXH2KETiPqCrw4I4avHHva9oiPR35QG55PqSWp2lt5gyL4P9SbzobJGXRL8/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/AVvXsEj690VzZCml7c4bV_ic6gpnSK_GzFLxkuhAcoytCRMaKIWbU8cK2nqgP02hwSEuaLMqoy7KraHn1aHvRxRUqrvPTQfTny2ZY4TsJAYZU9OO2rduscT0GC9ICPa3ilqVSbpIYsrNSXqgAnc/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/AVvXsEjSbOQrfqQ-ev7UCXvrU3XWLNEa2sleABPmWxcK0GfcB6wTqwNL_lw1k9kv7U9j47SSIyC5k7Kids3akktRO5BNusTcHanok8EmhwQKycYVdCEUmwA7WtLRgLHN19Ir1tqf5r6z62B0n6E/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/AVvXsEifeqWliHUcZUQsRimJo226ruWAEAg1JFwP1sTsQwy63HjypaCVggLpRHmkrzLN9FJYskXCVVCpe2l379B1EkevYxFyoq0DYEj1z520Nuttzl8zyz2A7r_adyYfFOF5ZGPlr_RsU7koPOs/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/AVvXsEifeqWliHUcZUQsRimJo226ruWAEAg1JFwP1sTsQwy63HjypaCVggLpRHmkrzLN9FJYskXCVVCpe2l379B1EkevYxFyoq0DYEj1z520Nuttzl8zyz2A7r_adyYfFOF5ZGPlr_RsU7koPOs/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/AVvXsEgP3DHQX20mKIzfXlLAAs3TUq1HdwSWCt-VsHr5gb210xO1RTG2hSWAidVR1VQkGXSJ8jwwWewLNyHPgHvOzLG_QBVKCwzGEE9bxMjZH2Ok-s-KbzuvII5k2hfkV88p-b6vycWppfdqljk/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/AVvXsEgj3w2_pMBms3TMn1eGSOPGfkCBQNFlfAp4yot2k9jzqdhSDhyphenhyphenPcx8VGCV9d7wZWgVPqVXCDleC24vVYL8uiebk4oSHFWniyMLh3-V8-JN4yA5oGTwDSQA3fbgB-wYwZHcXY0Ekp252hto/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/AVvXsEgbAqVuGBT80FjK-F6cTMqosdarEMCGMtaRPtdDN4XseRrq6TUyoZaQ8vnnEBQf8MWcyEAvJVxmwuGMwK6bDlX0kf-oxeixeZu7pWwhnz9VkOvuBPbRkZmwJk5mJ2m08zHm60RTzwKfzjI/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/AVvXsEjSLVvq3rlyjG_Lrl6l5R7-xtu0t-FxvvTkPEPdvRAyTaI9ipXGHcfzJJyjPj44NHiPpJOEHzZ_FtmpY-kXttsZ-bISlXQaqsfn49ZnxH6R4VxUP83RICS9IPavWt9yCak0_kyWDp7rpwk/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/AVvXsEjZylcqIFU4sbOi2Wob6ElTjc6leMWviUd0WvKthSdCMHCbmNWIZU1JAb3rrC0GcYVIZBn7xjVQJyI25j84mgbj9E4PN1bACUYR4hf6Hgphja9tG0Clx2SRvwf6WLJx5EOpBepKJlsTOsM/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/AVvXsEhwuiI1zD6SzZrbJnUT6x76fIA31UrejBUmSTKZdw2D-gr305wma6Y8BaE2ByZYpFTwTdIhFGSnGpCDenwmR9G68MSik0wy4M2UpmC_Qm3JOxuEPz7eeCpeRd4TTwgg9S4T5YdmYAAzGsg/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/AVvXsEiZPbDPILsJjxNouH7xx8zpIGk_7VkYyJATcK5jP8XkNfMQ-fxTN43BcB7qvP5lmYd0kb6FODHjfFtjwtBYi89XrN0398LAu8AvcGkUOuT2t1XWFsNXWYCt6DAOYw5UTw9fMQWjHbpicV8/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/AVvXsEgSZQn2Q7J0ZsnHrgFID07JqjW410XarkIOYehAsOwIq2DH_VTcZrqTJKDFaK-XkadOovLmI-kixx-GIe7mNGLQxbj2M-5ZaJ3Z1dXfSvyMQYDeRmGbHeiZKk3LAlhE7EBxTAigrOM_j0I/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/AVvXsEifeqWliHUcZUQsRimJo226ruWAEAg1JFwP1sTsQwy63HjypaCVggLpRHmkrzLN9FJYskXCVVCpe2l379B1EkevYxFyoq0DYEj1z520Nuttzl8zyz2A7r_adyYfFOF5ZGPlr_RsU7koPOs/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/AVvXsEifeqWliHUcZUQsRimJo226ruWAEAg1JFwP1sTsQwy63HjypaCVggLpRHmkrzLN9FJYskXCVVCpe2l379B1EkevYxFyoq0DYEj1z520Nuttzl8zyz2A7r_adyYfFOF5ZGPlr_RsU7koPOs/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/AVvXsEj2yvDvYIyMv8pIniOjlO0v8Y4HEkqQGpiYdVNxZVgbo9q6pwkohFhxDEsQE3OJ0QmXOluVXkvViNeeKR4PF-BKPecJcAvCXnOP-TEfI5HwB6HmUYTAoQADm4r7TtWGzk2yD5ZkOdWBfpqk/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/AVvXsEj0S3M7i6NDVIPf5ZKOnhyphenhyphentiR0sLBh9xkChTg8OQD_eeF_C81ikgKNbCOZ-NjNi_tj1t2T5SrPIrTqAO1gd2x5tbRjDzGATZ0Mo9eT3h0dQV13JhR9pZqDoQSx-Gqfy74H_18eqBvAtqbjk/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/AVvXsEiC5yalU6ZMSz8L4R67lH07cDlVh5lOXhX2Zj5iewjFmgfsuZR1Rw2Da_YdYr7bxsEOc2N1p_u8sKhXFylUYIqO0lJuSQJh7qSBjy7Fc-z-l3xmHPe47k9ShKm7mOzq8LsboojmMwtOWPZp/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/AVvXsEhubz9w_S5iiJNNaClQxEaXNKpGyMixiSYUlY67rZN7Qg0hLy_ouhEUsaMF2PKFobe4NW98K91Z8yuifi2DHXq4IuERaf7e7FChFyFiO0wfmuWiNwFxWq3tlsCbDLBYupcBpTG7DuTYFDb2/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/AVvXsEhubz9w_S5iiJNNaClQxEaXNKpGyMixiSYUlY67rZN7Qg0hLy_ouhEUsaMF2PKFobe4NW98K91Z8yuifi2DHXq4IuERaf7e7FChFyFiO0wfmuWiNwFxWq3tlsCbDLBYupcBpTG7DuTYFDb2/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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