End of Crafters Block

I crafted and crafted and crafted pretty much all summer up until about the end of September.  Then it just died.  I couldn't think of anything I wanted to make.  Then for my Birthday, Troy and Scheli got me a gift card to Hobby Lobby.  Usually I have something in mind that I would use it for.  Not this time.  Then the next night my visiting teachers gave me one too. :/   I was stressing at that point.  I thought and thought and thought...  Finally I remembered that awesome site Pinterest.com!  I have a bunch of crafts and ideas on my page there.  Yesterday I took a look and found a few options.  Then I went into the store... Ah yeah.... 

Here is my project.  Of course it's Christmas related.

It's an Ornament Ball beautifully placed in a vase.  The first picture is inspiration photo.

Love the ball.  Hate the vases...  Good thing when you make things yourself, you can change as much as you want. :D

Most of the pieces... Can you tell it's a gold theme... That's not totally obvious or anything. ;)

Take a Styrofoam ball and push the ornaments with hot glue into it.  

(Remove the hanger on the ornament)

Weapon of Choice!

And the finished product.  There will be an identical twin.  I just got too excited to get it finished before I posted this. 

This has regular ornaments and small ones too.  I also bought the vases a Hobby Lobby too.  All the leaves and glitters pieces were cut apart from floral swags.  This is an awesome craft because it can be exactly how you want it to look.  I'm pretty surprised that I chose to stay with gold because usually I try to stay away from making too much like the original inspiration.  I'm slightly obsessed with gold right now so... yeah.  LOL!  I LOVE the vases.  I spent about an hour and a half in the store.  Most of that time was finding the perfect vase.  I found this one with a twin first and carried it around in my cart while I looked at other options.  If I can give anyone a bit of advice on crafting....

ALWAYS FOLLOW YOUR FIRST INSTINCT!  IT'S ALWAYS THE ONE YOU'LL GO BACK TO.

At least I always do that. ;)  I love this project.  I'll have the other done soon.  ;)

Copy Cat Moment....

So, my friend Brynn made this blog post about the artists she could listen to all the time just because their voice is just that good.  I thought about all the people that their voice is just that good.  So... yeah, here is my list of people, with videos.  Hopefully you enjoy them as much as I do. :)

First and always first:

Freddie Mercury of Queen.



The rest are no particular order...

Cris Cornell formally of Soundgarden and Audioslave


Jakob Dylan of The Wallflowers


Elton John


Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac


Gordon Lightfoot


Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish


Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin


Simon and Garfunkel


Alex Brown Church from Sea Wolf


I was way too excited to do this post. LOL!  How fun to listen to these people all in a row.  Hopefully some people will enjoy this. Or at least find one or two in bands to like. :)

Private

I have a few people on my blog that have private blogs.  I think I'm going to follow suit.  I've noticed that most of the views of my blog are from places that I guarantee I don't know anyone.  I noticed today that one of the pictures random people are looking at is of my nephew.  That's no good!  If you would like to continue viewing my blog, please send me your email.  I'll give it a week, so everyone will get a chance to get me their info.  I'll like it much better knowing that the people who are viewing my blog are family and friends, not unknown or crazies. :P

Get your info to me.  :)  

The Jewelry Saga continues...

So I got my other ring!  I really like it.  It's a lot different than the others I have.  Here it be!

It's called Sophia.  Love it!  It makes me love gold!

Since I have all these jewels now I have a problem...  A bunch of little boxes.  I hate that!  So, I needed something to put them in or on.  Brynn, my totally jeweled out friend made a board for her jewelry that was huge.  (she needed it huge) She has all sorts of cool pieces.  I, on the other hand, don't have a forth of what she does.  So, I needed something similar, but much smaller.  We happen to be shopping and made a trip into my favorite store (Hobby Lobby) I love brainstorming with friends!  I had an idea and with both brains at work we found a way to bring it together.  Here is what I came up with....

 It started out as being a plan wood board.  I painted it, then stenciled on the bird.  Here it is with the jewelry on it....

I think it will do just dandy!  Now I can see all the things I have without digging through a bunch of boxes.  :)

Halloween Party!

It's taken me forever but here is our Halloween.  Every year, Brynn throws an awesome Halloween party.  This year was no exception. I always have fun there!  Here are some photos of the event...

Houston and I as a scarecrow and a farmer

The makeup was a challenge, but it was good enough.  I mean really, how "good" can you do a scarecrow...?

Erin as a matador, Brynn as a fortune teller, and that weirdo in the back. ;)

Last year there was the infamous photo of me hanging myself.  This year Erin took the honors.

Rebekah came as Lois Lane and her Husband as Superm... Clark Kent.

A lot of people said later that Houston looked like the Brawny Paper Towel guy.

Justin came as a "Creep"  Him and Houston did not want to play charades, but once we got them up to do it, they were really good at it. (Minus Justin's slight verbal hints) Lol!

Had to post it!  My face looks creepy!

Brynn is AWESOME at Charades!

Melissa came as a nerd.  She is by far my favorite nerd! ;)

I already have thoughts for next years costume. I can't believe I actually kept the same idea all last year!  I don't know if that will happen this next year.  I have too many ideas in my mind at the moment.   Thanks Brynn for making Halloween so much fun every year.  You always go above and beyond!