Fall deco

My friend Billie Jo is so talented!!!

Check out all her fall wreaths and decorations

Love the color in these!!

Happy scarecrow head :-)

This one is my favorite!!

Autumn Inspiration

So....I don't know if anyone else struggles with sleepless nights but lately mine have been beneficial, only to the degree that my creativity has been heightened during those wee hours of the morning between 12am and 3:30am.  

My son asked me why I am crafting in the middle of the night and my only response was...."well I was awake and my brain was spinning"  I thought I'd better take advantage of it.  

for the past three years my creativity has been curbed to say the least because of all the stress in my life right now, so a little reprieve is well worth the hours of sleep that were lost.  I'd rather be productive than tossing and turning for those few hours.

So this was project #1

I took an antique mason jar and wired the lid to hang off the back and put some glass rocks and river rock in the bottom, constructed a fall arrangement from silk flowers purchased at www.walmart.com  

I also saw my bin of fabric in my craft room that I had planned on getting rid of, for the move to a different house and low and behold there was fall fabric in there that was going to look great under the arrangement.  

(sorry the picture isn't that great...the phone I have doesn't take great pics but that will soon be rectified) :-)

Now get out there and make something!! lol

Garden

The summer has come to an end and fall has arrived, although you wouldn't guess it from the 90 degrees temps the last week.  I happened to see this picture from my garden on my shutterfly account and it made me both happy and sad.  I loved spending time weeding my garden and seeing all the flowers and plants that I had planted, full of life and color.  Now, it is time for a new chapter in my life as I get ready to move from this place that I've lived for 15 years.  

I've enjoyed my time sitting in this garden, grooming my little area of the world and having an occasional visitor sit with me among the flowers and plants.  The first time he came to visit he scared me to death....he leaped out at me from his hidden position where he had seemingly been stalking me, as I waved the collected weeds in my hand, unknowingly.  He would periodically show up to lay among the flowers or roll on the patio and would accommodate my need to pet him by laying still for a little bit.  I named him "my cat" although he technically belonged to the elusive neighbors who let him wander the neighborhood at his leisure.  "My cat" is a good hunter, apparently, because he looks like he always has quite a full belly and seems very content with himself. 

We recently had a stray black cat show up and looked like he was starving and I had a little chat with him and told him he needed to learn to catch mice like "my cat".  We tried to feed the poor thing but he didn't seem interested and later wandered away, not to be seen since.

Well enough of my ramblings...enjoy the few pics of my favorite spot in my yard...

I may add some more if and when I find them...  :-)

Repainted Stool

Bought this solid oak stool at the thrift store for $5

Restrained the top a darker color

Painted the rest chalky black

I love the way it turned out!!

Cupcake Jars

Cupcake jars....YUMMY!!!!

A friend at work made these adorable jars for her daughters first birthday....I think the possibilities are endless...

I can see these....with rainbow colors of cake....or fall colors....or Red and Green....

Red, White and Blue with sprinkles....Yummy!!

Hidden jewelry storage

My friend from high school made this cute and handy jewelry case.  

She found the picture at goodwill for $3 and then  an old window frame for the back part..attached the artwork with some hinges. 

She attached a piece of wood inside the window frame and used cup hooks for the necklaces.  You could probably put some kind of little fabric mesh bags on the board to hold rings.

Be creative and I'm sure you can come up with your own version... 

Thank you Diana for the great idea!!

(She said she loved the artwork but it had to be practical) 

Dress made out of men's dress shirts

I picked out two men's dress shirts that went together at a thrift store and used the top of one shirt and the bottom of the other and tried to make a dress...I cut the collar and sleeves off and tucked the edges in.. sewing clothing is hard for me.  I know most of you can do much better than this... I would love to see what you've come up with..

Whimsical Watering Can

My creative cousin made this wonderfully cute watering can for her garden and I love it!!!

Items needed:   Metal watering can (farm and fleet)

                         Acrylic jewels (eBay)

                         Shepherd hook (Walmart)

                         Pliers

                         Extra jump rings ( for jewelry)

Attach strings of jewels with jump rings into holes in can... 

 

   

Another Fairy Garden

face="Georgia" size="6">I was recently visiting a woman's house when I noticed a couple of different scenes she had set up in her yard... enchanted little places where fairies and trolls live.  (There are always lots of mushrooms in these places... makes me think differently of mushrooms.)  They caught my eye and I asked her if I could share them with all of you.  She loves to share the enjoyment she gets from her little piece of heaven, which is her yard.  She told me that she thought of removing the little pond in the fairy garden and then realized that a local toad had taken up residence there and decided that disturbing his little sanctuary would be cruel... so we wait for him or one of his relatives to come back this summer and revisit  his spa.