Pretty Pictures

Last fall, Paul and I took a walk around our neighborhood, and Paul, who is MUCH better with a a camera than I am, took some pictures. Here are a couple of my favorites!

Autumn is here!

Finally, autumn is here! To celebrated the autumnal equinox (try saying that five times fast!) we had an awesome bonfire, complete with cider, donuts and smores. And of course home made pizza...kilbasa, spinach, French cheese, peppers, onions, lobster...it was awesome.

Of course, in the middle of all this, I caught a cold. And I have all these awesome ideas for things to make -- but the sinus pressure slowed down all brain waves, and I sat on the couch all weekend. But I did find enough brain cells to make a list, so creative crafty things should be coming soon!

Perhaps I should blog about some of these crazy recipes we're trying and inventing. Anyone have any ideas for things to try??

Superheros

I just got my first gig for the fall! I'm doing Superhero decorations for a very special birthday party. Don't want to give too much away, but I'm uber stoked, and of course, pictures will come later!

Peonies....in August?

I love peonies...they just burst forth happiness the first of June. And then the die the second week of June. Well, thanks to Design*Sponge, you can have them all year long!

After seeing this on their website last week, I decided I had to try.http://www.designspongeonline.com/2010/08/diy-project-peaches-coffee-filter-flowers.html

Now, mine are quite as good just yet, but this was my first try! And I'm pretty proud of it!

Now, I used a silk stem cut off some silk flowers I was playing with earlier. And since I was using el cheapo-scotch tape, I stuck a straight pin through the middle for a little stability. I also tucked a bobby pin around the base to keep it pinched. The strength of the masking tape would probably alleviate this need, however. My colors aren't quite as bright since I used food coloring instead of paint, but the pale colors are pretty too.

What do you think of my hypo allergenic posies??

Trash to treasure

Dumpster diving yields all sorts of fun things -- like Alpha bulletin boards. I made it prettier. :)

Opinions, please!

Okay, this is by far one of the projects I'm most proud of this summer. And it all came about quite by accident. Mom and I were discussing "short" knitting projects, since knitting takes so long. And honestly, knitting is a winter activity for me. But I thought, what about napkin rings...that wouldn't take long? So I had to try it, and this blue fuzzy yarn was just too fun. (Paul says it looked like I skinned Cookie Monster....I say, what better skin for a napkin ring?) With just a little white button to "hold" it all together.....what do you think???

Creature Comforts

My muscles are sore from moving ALL of our furniture around this weekend. Thanks to my Uncle we got a gorgeous dining room table as an early Christmas present -- and it wasn't a Kitchen table, mind you, it was a Dining room table. So we had to make a dining room to put it in! There will be pictures to follow, I promise. But for now...a little something I was working on last month.

It was a wooden book, a little decorative piece. And now, it's a pretty decorative piece! It is now sitting on my kitchen counter...until I get the nerve up to redecorate my desk at work! I wasn't sure I liked it at first, but now I'm quite in love with it. Any thoughts?