Thursday, November 5, 2009
Jacks of the O'Lantern Kind
We had a blast at the punkin patch this year...which is chronologically not blogged here yet, oops. Innyhoo, we bought 5 pumpkins, and squirrels took several bites of each one when we left them in the front garden, so we moved them to an enclosed area, when a record breaking frost froze 2 of them. Of the remaining 3, each of my daughters (with a little freehand design help from mom) carved these two spooktacular jacks. Eryn made the vegetarian cannibal punkin, and Kya did the Jack Skellington. :OD I'm sad that Halloween is over cuz I don't feel like I'm over IT, but I have things to do and places to glue, eh. I'm ready to jump into Christmas! Well, after I make some turkey tags, and prep a book for an altered round robin for January, and work up a few Xmo gifties for my daughters (I have a strange desire to make polka dot sock monkeys. It may be incurable.)
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Cheap Wine, Awesome Labels
Cat does not want to be identified.
For the record, I HATE wine. I prefer white to red, but they both reek taste-wise. I don't care how much $$ you spend or how snooty you feel because you spent so much on rotten grape juice, wine is gross to me.
That being said, whenever my friend buys some cheap wine and I happen to be there, I drink a glass and ask for the bottle.
The Pinot Evil is for when you feel like "monkeying around", according to the bottle.
From the back of the Mad Housewife:
"Somewhere near the cool shadows of the laundry room. Past the litter box and between the plastic yard toys. This is your time. A moment without the madness. The dishes can wait. Dinner be damned."
FYI, the Pinot was slightly less gross than the Sauvignon, which had a smoky flavor that gagged me. :OD
(Explanation: when I was about 6 years old, in the dead of Winter, the power went out. My dad had to go to work, but to keep my mom and I from freezing, he decided to bring in the charcoal bbq and light it up. IN the house. I don't know if we had not established that fumes can kill you in 1966 or we were just a family of idiots, (or perhaps it was a failed attempt by my dad to kill us) but needless to say, my mom and I got terribly sick for about three days from that. Since then, the smell or taste of smoky bbq or even the flavor of smoke in food or beverages makes me wretchingly ill. Hence I hate Burger King. Except for those cheesy tots, MMmmmm.)
For the record, I HATE wine. I prefer white to red, but they both reek taste-wise. I don't care how much $$ you spend or how snooty you feel because you spent so much on rotten grape juice, wine is gross to me.That being said, whenever my friend buys some cheap wine and I happen to be there, I drink a glass and ask for the bottle.
The Pinot Evil is for when you feel like "monkeying around", according to the bottle.
From the back of the Mad Housewife:
"Somewhere near the cool shadows of the laundry room. Past the litter box and between the plastic yard toys. This is your time. A moment without the madness. The dishes can wait. Dinner be damned."
FYI, the Pinot was slightly less gross than the Sauvignon, which had a smoky flavor that gagged me. :OD
(Explanation: when I was about 6 years old, in the dead of Winter, the power went out. My dad had to go to work, but to keep my mom and I from freezing, he decided to bring in the charcoal bbq and light it up. IN the house. I don't know if we had not established that fumes can kill you in 1966 or we were just a family of idiots, (or perhaps it was a failed attempt by my dad to kill us) but needless to say, my mom and I got terribly sick for about three days from that. Since then, the smell or taste of smoky bbq or even the flavor of smoke in food or beverages makes me wretchingly ill. Hence I hate Burger King. Except for those cheesy tots, MMmmmm.)
Monday, October 12, 2009
Chunky Halloweenie Charm Bracelet Yumminess
But first, a peek into why it takes me a dozen tries to get one half decent picture:
I covet the charm bracelets on Etsy, but I can't afford the upwards of $40 for my favorite ones. Yay for swappy pals! The charms and beads on this sweet puppy were almost all sent to me in swaps over the past year, and hung on a $5 bracelet. It could use some tweaking as to size and shapes but I intend to keep adding on to it until I can't lift my arm!!! Muahahahaha!
I covet the charm bracelets on Etsy, but I can't afford the upwards of $40 for my favorite ones. Yay for swappy pals! The charms and beads on this sweet puppy were almost all sent to me in swaps over the past year, and hung on a $5 bracelet. It could use some tweaking as to size and shapes but I intend to keep adding on to it until I can't lift my arm!!! Muahahahaha!
Friday, October 9, 2009
If You Glitter It...
It will SNOW
Yup, first snow of the ahem..FALL season got here today - a full 3 weeks before halloween for a change! But tomorrow it'll be 60 again. YOu know what they say about Colorado! (Besides Californians go back to Mars - teehee)
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Glitterati
I loves me some GLITTER! My latest thrifty find was a package of K&Company glittered chipboard snowflakes of various sizes, plus some medallions and circles all glitterified as well, at good ol' Ross. I paid $3 for a big ol' package of 30 flakes plus the other bits, including 10 jeweled brads. I was so squealy about it I made hubby go back the next day and buy the other 2 packages.
I glued some vintage images to the glittery side of these 2" medallions...
...and some vintage sheet music, buttons, and a bit of raffia to the other side to make these lil' ornies.
When i get a round tuit, I'll take pics of the AFTER snowflakes. so super glitter purty! (Objects in this pic are more glittery than they appear)
I glued some vintage images to the glittery side of these 2" medallions...
...and some vintage sheet music, buttons, and a bit of raffia to the other side to make these lil' ornies.
When i get a round tuit, I'll take pics of the AFTER snowflakes. so super glitter purty! (Objects in this pic are more glittery than they appear)
Friday, October 2, 2009
Harvest King = PUNKIN PIE!!
This is my tribute to pumpkin pie, my fave things about Fall other than Halloween and Halloween eggnog. :O) Note Mr. Pumpkin's pie crown.
Thrifty Goodness
Goodies from my last thrift expedition!!
Rosa Rosa (named for the Google translation of "Pink Rose") is a 12" doll made by the Munecos Carselles Co., I discovered after some online research. She was made in the late 40's-early 50's in Mexico and is only missing the fan from her hands -luckily her mantilla is still in place. I thought I'd alter her and make her all Day of the Deadified, but she's pretty special as is. (And those nails in her hands are kinda creepy.) Plus, she smells like old things that have been kept safe because they were loved. You know? She's valued between $15 & $35 - not a bad deal for $2.82!
Rosa Rosa and her thrifted company. Not sure about the foreign doll's origin, but she's definitely not recent ($2.42). The happy face serving bowl says "Handpainted in Italy" on the bottom. Who can resist happy food for less than five bucks? The unfinished box has a glass panel in the top and is begging for me to glue something to it ($2.42). And the bags of punkin bells and cardinals were 80 cents each. All in all, $14.80 went quite far on this lucky thrifting day.
Cat paw not included.
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