lately....

lately i've been crafting.
not sure what it is about this time of year but it casts a craft spell on me and i'm lost in gallons of glitter, mounds of metallic paints, pounds of plaster....

the biggest little had a day off and she asked me if i wanted to....craft! gasp! gulp! get me the defibrillator!!! um, i mean, yea, okay, sure, i guess if i have nothing else goin on...*puff of smoke and squeal of tires on road as i am halfway to jo-anns, then michael's, then the hardware store*...

she did a few really cute projects
see-

her picture wall and gold glitter mason jar vase (she's definitely mine)

i decided that i was gonna try my hand at plaster of paris. i've been a little intimidated by that stuff.
i have no idea why, it was super easy. i did plaster a spoon to death (on accident of course) but it's a small sacrifice for these awesome candle holders!

my inspiration came from this concrete & brass lamp-my favorite lamp in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD (at the moment) which you can find in my online boutique, but i'm too pansy to start mixing toxic cement in my backyard. baby steps ya know.

here she goes...

making my molds...

breaking open the molds and taping them off.
i am in love with the 64 fl. oz. imprint from the water jug.

is there anything that a lil metallic gold can't beautify! that's not even a question.

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i had been thinking about making a university of washington front door wreath for like ev-ah, and since my hawaiian bleeds purple and gold (truly) and since the dawgs are kickin ass and takin names faster than i can heat up my glue gun i thought i best do this thing! 

i am also severely behind schedule on all things fall décor. by the way, this lil craft project is from 2 weeks ago so i'm behind on posts as well and we won't go into saturday's game. let's just say that at one point i video taped the conversation my hawaiian had with the refs and the players. oh yes, hand motions, words, hand motions......few more words. they can hear him ya know.

i need to start the halloween stuff this week but i haven't even had a chance to spend time thinking about september even being here and now it's october!
i'm still wearing shorts and spraying my littles with spf as they rush past me jumping hurdles to avoid the sun protection 100 spray coming at their lil white (hawaiian??) bodies.
why do kids hate getting spf'd? is it just mine?
anyway.
i made a wreath, i made a wreath (<----you should sing that, not read that).

i'm not leaving real instructions but first, i do strongly suggest you start with festive shoes and a witch hat while you pick out your team colors, and to answer your thoughts, yes, i would have bought a pair if the shoes had fit.

this is all supplies ya need.

lil paint, lil sparkle.

the look of tied fabric strips isn't really my style or decor 

but it was easy so i was sold!

every week the game and time is displayed here

so don't even think about knockin',

unless you have beer, and chips, then you can knock.

whose house?

and then the board changes to the final score

until next week when it starts all over again.

love me some husky football!!

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i made a table runner and a few gray hairs.....

not in that order.
and although i made the gray hairs myself i cannot fully take the credit.
my mom gave me the gray hairs.
it's all her fault.
aren't I suppose to have given HER the grays?

i noticed a gray hair earlier this month right about the time of her surgery a few tuesdays ago. then, little mr. gray hair (and i most definitely am calling him a mr. because a woman would never do such a thing!) decided it was a party and he was fully entitled to a plus 1.
so he brought a guest which now leaves me with 2.
2 gray hairs.
i am naming them tuesday and saturday.
tuesday for surgery day and saturday because the saturday after her surgery she went out and got into a car accident in palm springs breaking wrists, cracking sternums and bruising up like she went 3 rounds with floyd mayweather jr.
yeah, i know. i am locking her up.
parents nowadays!


i did let her out this past week-end though. i even took her to the craft store. she can't really craft with one arm in a cast, but i can!!!
i bought stuff to make a table runner. i can never find a table runner i like, and since i am just now getting out my fall decorations (seriously, 90 degrees in southern cal doesn't entice me to pull out fall leaves and burlap) i thought i would just do it and make my own. 

jo-ann's sells this burlap roll with both ends finished so it won't unravel



i just used hot glue to attach a 4" black ribbon edging to edging

did one side, rolled it out, cut another burlap strip and did it on the other side of ribbon

decided the ends needed feathers.

glued them on and ran a smaller strip of ribbon over the ends to

make it look reaaal nice (says clark's cousin eddie)

i made the runner long in case i want to display it like this or cut the

feathers off if i am ever over that feathered end look (as if)



i love the look of burlap in the fall and it goes with my house décor already

love how simple and classic my fall table turned out. 

oh, but wait... 

this cat.

he has a feather fetish.

he is trying to act all uninterested waiting for me

to walk away so he can get all 'personal' with my new runner.

oh, well looky here.

there is a cat.

on the kitchen table (nasty!)

and, i do see you ya know.

 

 hmmmm...interesting, he found his way to the feathers.

he is sure acting like he isn't doing a thing wrong.

he is sure doing his best to give me full "huh, me" eyes

yet one paw is strategically placed on a feather.

he has no self control.

embarrassing, really.

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i gotta create 

i've been on a bender

usually it's baking but lately it's been crafting.

it happened again this last week-end.

i can't stop

i don't care

at least i am admitting it

step one: check

i saw these plastic animals at jo-anns for $2.50 each and although i no longer have littles that would play with these 
i just really liked them.

i bought them and brought them home where they have sat for almost 2 months waiting for me to 

cut them in half, paint them, and hang them on the wall like the prize that they are.

my littlest little totally caught the d.i.y. gene so she 
has fast become my sidekick.

we bought these plaques at michaels for 2 bucks and put a coat of gloss white on them.

my animals after they were cut in half. 
the lion is clearly quite pissed.

they all got a coat of silver and the lion got gold-because he thinks he's special, must be a leo thing...

gorilla glue is where its at, i used it last here.

after letting them sit for a day or 7 (hey, girl gets busy!)

they get to hang on the wall now....

the rhino and the elephant are in my littlest littles room where they happily hold her jewelry

the lion is in my sons room. 
he refused to go in a girls room. 
this lion and i are about to go rounds here.

he's still pissed too....

oh well.
happy monday y'all!!!

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