{"id":988,"date":"2015-11-13T17:02:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T22:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?p=988"},"modified":"2015-12-01T10:12:08","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T15:12:08","slug":"holidays-are-near","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?p=988","title":{"rendered":"Holidays are near…."},"content":{"rendered":"

When I can spend an entire afternoon doing nothing but working in my studio I am so happy !!\u00a0 And that is what I did today I finished working on Christmas ornaments and some Santas .\u00a0 Since I had started them before my surgery I just had a few details to complete.\u00a0 ( big sigh !) Anyway here are a few completed, naturally the recycle\/up cycle ornaments and bottles are the most time consuming, and honestly, I think this is the last year for light bulb ornaments.\u00a0 Although I may create a pattern in case anyone wants to make one.<\/p>\n

\"Gourd<\/a>

Gourd Santa Ornaments<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Angel<\/a>

Angel Light Bulb Ornaments<\/p><\/div>\n

\"beer<\/a>

Beer Bottle Santas<\/p><\/div>\n

Thanks for visiting and comments or questions are always welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I can spend an entire afternoon doing nothing but working in my studio I am so happy !!\u00a0 And that is what I did today I finished working on Christmas ornaments and some Santas .\u00a0 Since I had started … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[138],"tags":[70,68,5,150,72,149,147,116],"class_list":["post-988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-christmas","tag-angels","tag-angels-of-light","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-crafts","tag-christmas-ornaments","tag-holiday-crafts","tag-santa","tag-santa-claus","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7jXmy-fW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1409,"url":"https:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?p=1409","url_meta":{"origin":988,"position":0},"title":"Christmas 2018","author":"Debra","date":"December 20, 2018","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Ornaments galore ! 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