Along Came A Spider

I just finished up this little Halloween spider! Cute, isn't she? She'll be available in my SHOP today! Hopefully she will be joined by some more spooky Halloween things soon!

Have a great Sunday!

A Little Self-Indulgence Never Hurt Anyone...

Right? After I stopped crying about turning 35, I quickly got over it and went shopping! I decided that since there is nothing that I collect, I should probably start! I am so in love with the Halloween Villages that are all over! I did a bunch of research on them {Ebay and Google totally qualify as tons of research} and decided that I love the Lemax Spooky Town Collection! I am all over it. Especially since they have it at Michaels and those pesky 40% off coupons come every week! Plus, they are much more economical than the Dept. 56 Villages. I bought these 2 to start my collection. My husband thinks I am nuts. Mainly because I will drive 10 extra minutes to a store that has a sale to save $5 or to use double coupons- but I thought nothing of spending money on these. BUT- that is what he thinks! They were on sale!! And I have wanted them for a long time. I just broke down and got them, finally. Also, on my way home from Michaels, I stopped and got this:

I just love my lattes...


I started some very cute {I mean, terribly spooky} Halloween spiders and ran out of black glass, so I have to head to the glass store in the next day or 2 so that I can finish these up & get them on Etsy in a timely Halloween manner!



Lastly, if there are any of you mothers who were wondering about this book, I bought it just so that I could trick my kids into eating vegetables! Mainly Jake, Zoey will eat anything I put in front of her {for now}. I wanted to make the Sweet Potato Pancakes, my kids love to eat waffles and pancakes for breakfast everyday. I ended up making about 5 dozen pancakes and freezing them. They love them, we all do! And I know they are getting some veggies, at least for breakfast. I haven't had too much time to make any of the other recipes, but there are tons and they are very kid friendly meals. Gotta love the retro/vintage look of the book. It reminds me of my moms old Betty Crocker books from when I was little!


That's all for now, hopefully my next post will be full of Halloween creations!!


Have a great Tuesday~ Lisa

35...really?

I guess that turning 35 is bothering me a little. Maybe it's because I remember my mom at 35 and it seemed that she was so much more of a super-mom. She seemed to have a much better handle on it all with 5 of her 6 children born, and I haven't quite figured it out yet with just 2. So, that is what I am going to work on this year. Being a better mom, wife, friend, co-worker, sister, daughter and all the other things that I am. I am going to be better at playing with the kids, better at cleaning the house, better at my job, a better everything. I am going to try. Maybe I'll even find some 'me' time in there somewhere.... so, Happy Birthday to me.

In other news, I started working on a little autumn purse for my sister to tote around this fall. This will be the front panel of the purse. Since I have never made a purse, this might be interesting getting it from this to something assembled {and usable}. I do have some old patterns I bought on Ebay awhile ago. Maybe I'll drag those out, but I don't even know how to read a pattern!

Here is the purse I started for myself. I am always on the search for the perfect purse. Maybe I just need to try to make one. HA! I'll post some pictures if I ever figure it out! Cute little dragonfly! Maybe he needs some beads for eyes...I think so!!!

We had a little family craft night last night. I bought these little wooden masks at JoAnn's and got out the poster paints and had fun! Now that they are all dry, Jake will put them in our 'garden'. That's what he calls the flower bed out front. Here's Jake modeling them.

Jake's Franklin-stein {too much Noggin} and Spooky Cat:

Daddy's Skeleton:

My Witch:

Grammy's Bat:

Yes, he is in his underpants. I had to take his paint clothes to pre-school, so now he must paint in his underpants. He's ok with it, so I am too!

And, if you have read this far, thanks for listening to me ramble! Have a great Wednesday! ~Lisa

Just Finished!

Well, last night I finished it. Turned out cute!! I like the little blue bird perched on the roof. He looks happy :)

Have a great Wednesday! ~Lisa

Little Things

Finally, I can do a post about something I have been making. Just little things. We have had a busy home over the past few months. I guess summers will be like that now that the kids are a little more, um- active, I will say! I made this for my grandma on my 7th birthday, in 1980. She recently gave it back to me, because she wanted to be sure I had it to keep. For the past 28 years it had been hanging in her bedroom. This is the very first craft she ever taught me to do, was to embroidery. It is so special to me, and her too, and I am happy to have it hanging in my studio. Thank you Grandma!!!

So, I just got the latest catalog of 'Chasing Fireflies' and on page 23 there are the cutest little fairy tale handbags!! They are made of felt & hand embroidered. Naturally- the first thing that came to my mind is 'I can make that!' {Good thing, too- they are slightly out of my budget!} So, here is my attempt. I don't have the roof assembled yet, but I do have it started, and I am pretty pleased so far. We'll see how it looks all done. Here is the front with the un-assembled roof:

Front Door Detail:

One side:

Another side:

The back:

Some details:

This will look cute in Zoey's room. I like how it turned out so far. It's lined and everything! I am sure she will have fun filling it up & toting it around the house. I'll be sure to post final pics next time. I am going to try to finish it up today!

Next thing are these shelves in my dining room. I have decided that I am going to make them less cluttered- SOMEHOW!! So, I have painted all the picture frames the same color as the shelves and I antiqued them with some glaze. Then attached them all to the wall rather than on the shelves. I am going to put a minimal amount of decor on the shelves, all in one shade. Hopefully this will make them look more organized and less cluttered, we will see.

So now I need more aqua/teal/blue vases and 'stuff'. So, I made this little flower in a vase I had floating around. Turned out cute, I think. I might make some more to add to it if I have some time. It was pretty easy and only took about 15 minutes to make.

Lastly- My little man headed off to pre-school today! There were no tears, for me, anyway. My husband just called to see if his school wanted me to pick him up yet. Apparently there were tears for him. Hopefully he will still want to go on Thursday!

Have a great Tuesday!! ~Lisa