Fairy House

Pretending is so fun! When I was little, Paul and I had a family of mice (imaginary!) that lived by our stairs and we had a friendly ghost that lived in the attic. We had so much fun with them. Also, depending on how many times we spun around, we could turn ourselves into either Peter Pan or another boy (for him) or girl (for me). Some how I stumbled upon this fairy door on etsy at the faerywatcher shop. The lady was super nice and it was only $10. Now that I have it, I see how easy it was to make. She made it out of popcicle sticks and twigs with some fake leaves and stuff. I tried to convince Macie that a fairy made it, but she really wasn't convinced. She said a fairy could not have made it because the leaves were fake. But, she was excited about it and was all caught up in the imaginative part of it. She moved the door to another tree and we made a front walk with a welcome sign and she made a backyard with trees, pool, table and chairs, all out of sticks and leaves. It was fun. My original idea was to just put it in the backyard and wait for her to discover it. But, I couldn't wait and I wanted to capture her reaction on video.... SO, I kinda guided her to it. I wasn't too obvious I don't think. I was going to post the video on here too, but I don't have time to figure that out and can't find the cord to the video camera. Maybe someday, but I doubt it. Anyway, here are the pictures. I think we could totally make our own fairy doors!

Cool Jeans Fix

I haven't posted in forever and I really want to, but always end up doing something else. But, I thought I would share with my 3 readers (ha!) a neat little trick I found and tried today. So, this is a lame post, but an easy one.

So, when you find a great pair of jeans at the thrift store for $3 and they fit and feel great over your big butt, but are WAY too long, what do ya do? It kinda defeats the purpose to take them to the tailor for $10 cuz then they are $13 jeans. Not such a great deal. And, hemming them myself isn't an option cuz it would look like crap. So...... I found this website that tells you to just sew some colorful stitches at the bottom and then just cut them off! It is a controlled fray. It was just what I wanted and was so easy and quick, goes perfect with the worn vintagey comfy look of my jeans. But, I think I cut mine a little short. Oh well. Thought I would pass it along...

kitchen decorating

I have finally put my kitchen somewhat back together since we repainted it in March. I am trying to use my bakers rack for extra storage, not just junk or pretties. I wanted my coffee pot over there, but it opens from the top and wouldn't fit on the shelf. So, john had this idea to put the thing on a drawer slide. Now, I just pull it out to add the coffee and water and i have a whole little coffee station. I am really liking it. The yellow bowl holds my filters and the coffee is in the canister. I still want to repaint the whole bakers rack. But, haven't decided how yet. And, I am undecided on the curtain thing. i made it out of a thrift store table cloth. it looks kinda stupid. I bought the drawer shelves in Round Top and the new drawer pulls at Anthropology. Yes, the pulls were more than the drawers. ha! Sara took the lovely pictures of our girls cooking when she was here in june. i got the idea to display them this way from a magazine. Can you belive i did that all by myself? The guy at Lowes cut the boards for me..... Ok, and john hung them. oh, and Sara took the pictures. ok, so i just put them on the board. ha! i was still impressed with myself.

Just as a side note.... i am totally addicted to the thrift stores! i have been going almost every week and finding all sorts of tresures. Several Christmas gifts are coming from there. maris picked out her own sit n spin for $3. That will be under the tree. ha! And, i found a cute vanity bench for Macie that i am going to re paint and fix up for Christmas. More stuff that i won't reveal at this time. hee hee. ok, bye!

Halloween and Flower Pillow

Wow! It's been a long time. Is anyone even looking at this any more? I need to just give this thing up. But, I wanted to post Halloween pictures of my cuties and to show off the flower pillow I made Macie. I was having a good ole time making it until I had to sew those dang petals on! You sew them on when they are stuffed and it was a little difficult.... It was a pain in the BUTT! Also, when I got ready to post this, I realized that I didn't have a picture of Macie in her Halloween costume by herself. So, this is a cute one of her and her friend Jordan aka Tinkerbell. Funny cuz Macie was Tinkerbell last year and Jordan was Ariel. Hee hee.

Thrifting and crafties

Yesterday I went to some thrift stores with my friend Amy. We met at Panera Bread and then hit the shops. It was so much fun and I spent too much money. Here is a sampling of what I got. I had been looking forward to a big cup of coffee from Panera Bread all day... you know those big coffee mugs they have? Anyway... found one at the thrift store! And, it's so cute!! Presentation/packaging is everything. Had been wanting one of these truffle bowls or whatever you call it. And, the ugly duck thing, I bought for the embroidery loom. Hopefully, I will post a project with that soon. I also got a vintage tupperware cheese grater for $2, a ballerina outfit for Macie, two red kitchen rugs, a pumpkin towel and a shawl. I want to go back. Trying to hold off and save my money for Round Top in about 10 days!!

When Sara was here a couple of months ago, we both got some of these cute hearts cut out of an old quilt. Sara had the idea that I should put them in these oval frames that I had (I bought two the same day as the hearts). Anyway, I finally got around to putting them up in Maris's room. They look cute. I think it needs something else though. What do you think? Different spacing, more stuff?

Finally!

Here is a project that I had been wanting to do forever. And, it took me forever. I just worked on it here and there and finally finished it. I think it turned out cute. Of course, Macie will never wear it. I asked if she wanted to wear it to school tomorrow and she said: "Maybe the next day". That translates into: "I am never putting it on again". I guess there is hope that someday Maris might wear it. I guess I should be happy that she agreed to wear the spiral skirt I made her today. Oh well, I enjoy making the stuff. I took one of John's shirts that had a rip in the sleeve and the fabric band is some fabric I had used for my kitchen curtains. The hardest part was making the pattern. John helped me do that.

Maris's First Day of School

Today was Maris's first day of school. How cute is she???!!! She cried when I dropped her off and was crying when I picked her up. But, her teacher said she was fine in between. Her teachers are SO nice and sweet. I am so happy about that! Ok, back to Maris. Granny made her this sweet little dress. Macie and Sally (Macie's doll) have matching ones. I need a picture of all three. Thanks Granny! And, check out her backpack. I got it from Etsy and she LOVES it! She can even say "backpack". It is just too cute! Oh, and if you can see it, check out the name tag on the backpack, also from here (Etsy) and adorable. I ordered some for all Macie's friends for Bday gifts. And, did I mention cheap?